Table 32-1. Number and percentage distribution of public schools by school type and selected student and school characteristics: 2004–05
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Type of public school
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Student or school characteristic |
Conventional |
Charter |
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Number of students |
47,694,443 |
887,243 |
Number of schools |
90,001 |
3,294 |
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Student characteristic |
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Percentage of students |
98.2 |
1.8 |
Sex |
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Male |
42.1 |
32.9 |
Female |
57.9 |
67.1 |
Race/ethnicity1 |
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White |
58.0 |
42.0 |
Black |
16.9 |
31.3 |
Hispanic |
19.4 |
21.8 |
Asian/Pacific Islander |
4.6 |
3.3 |
American Indian/Alaska Native |
1.2 |
1.5 |
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School characteristic |
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Percentage of schools |
96.5 |
3.5 |
Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch |
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Less than 15 |
16.0 |
26.8 |
15–29 |
22.5 |
27.0 |
30–49 |
17.0 |
11.5 |
50–74 |
22.7 |
14.9 |
75 or more |
21.8 |
19.8 |
Enrollment |
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Less than 300 |
30.9 |
70.9 |
300–999 |
59.0 |
26.2 |
1,000 or more |
10.1 |
2.9 |
Instructional level |
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Elementary |
57.0 |
44.4 |
Middle |
17.8 |
9.4 |
Secondary |
19.4 |
24.3 |
Combined |
5.8 |
22.0 |
Region |
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Northeast |
16.2 |
9.1 |
South |
27.9 |
25.1 |
Midwest |
33.5 |
26.5 |
West |
22.4 |
39.3 |
Location |
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Central city |
25.2 |
52.4 |
Urban fringe/large town |
48.0 |
35.5 |
Rural/small town |
26.8 |
12.1 |
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1Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.
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NOTE: These tabulations exclude schools with no charter status designation and those not reporting membership. See supplemental note 1 for the states included in each region and information on location. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), “Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey,” 2004–05.
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