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Table 96. Public elementary and secondary school students, by racial/ethnic enrollment concentration of school: Fall 1994 and fall 1998
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                      |  Distribution of students in racial/ethnic group, by percent minority        |  Distribution of students in each racial/ethnic group, by
                      |                        of school                                             |   percent of that racial/ethnic group in the school
 Racial/ethnic group  |______________________________________________________________________________|______________________________________________________________________________
                      |           | Less than | 10 to 24 | 25 to 49 | 50 to 74 | 75 to 89 |90 percent|           |Less than | 10 to 24 | 25 to 49 | 50 to 74 | 75 to 89 |90 percent
                      |   Total   |10 percent | percent  | percent  | percent  | percent  |or more   |   Total   |10 percent| percent  | percent  | percent  | percent  |or more
                      |           | minority  | minority | minority | minority | minority | minority |           | of group | of group | of group | of group | of group | of group
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          1           |     2     |     3     |    4     |    5     |    6     |    7     |    8     |     9     |    10    |    11    |    12    |    13    |    14    |    15
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  Number of students  |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |          |          |          |
    enrolled, 1994    |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |          |          |          |
Total ................|43,787,599 |14,660,071 |8,021,494 |8,181,588 |5,359,329 |2,695,150 |4,869,967 |       --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |       ---
  White ..............|28,639,089 |14,089,859 |6,679,828 |5,205,779 |2,058,480 |  469,651 |  135,492 |28,639,089 |  135,190 |  467,293 |2,046,901 |5,208,699 |6,679,483 |14,101,523
  Minority ...........|15,148,510 |   570,212 |1,341,666 |2,975,809 |3,300,849 |2,225,499 |4,734,475 |       --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |       ---
    Black ............| 7,349,256 |   200,204 |  598,953 |1,593,323 |1,616,631 |  874,969 |2,465,176 | 7,349,256 |  640,050 |1,107,693 |1,855,605 |1,351,491 |  787,842 | 1,606,575
    Hispanic .........| 5,718,169 |   171,364 |  397,282 |  904,139 |1,237,383 |1,034,946 |1,973,055 | 5,718,169 |  622,335 |  810,718 |1,311,576 |1,286,454 |  822,305 |   864,781
    Asian/Pacific     |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |          |          |          |
      Islander .......| 1,597,229 |   143,663 |  252,372 |  356,352 |  371,521 |  280,626 |  192,695 | 1,597,229 |  681,953 |  412,828 |  297,431 |  128,233 |   65,505 |    11,279
    American Indian/  |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |          |          |          |
      Alaskan Native .|   483,856 |    54,981 |   93,059 |  121,995 |   75,314 |   34,958 |  103,549 |   483,856 |  213,277 |   73,334 |   63,875 |   34,136 |   13,881 |    85,353
                      |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |          |          |          |
  Number of students  |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |          |          |          |
    enrolled, 1998    |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |          |          |          |
Total ................|46,106,993 |13,918,585 |8,609,057 |8,634,368 |5,751,343 |3,231,797 |5,961,843 |       --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |       ---
  White ..............|28,927,821 |13,353,338 |7,166,476 |5,475,168 |2,197,933 |  559,052 |  175,854 |28,927,821 |  175,342 |  557,156 |2,189,587 |5,476,109 |7,163,518 |13,366,109
  Minority ...........|17,179,172 |   565,247 |1,442,581 |3,159,200 |3,553,410 |2,672,745 |5,785,989 |       --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |       ---
    Black ............| 7,914,940 |   194,596 |  597,596 |1,566,164 |1,658,677 |1,008,792 |2,889,115 | 7,914,940 |  711,003 |1,176,520 |1,941,294 |1,393,630 |  862,646 | 1,829,847
    Hispanic .........| 6,901,588 |   180,371 |  460,460 |1,040,981 |1,403,828 |1,285,839 |2,530,109 | 6,901,588 |  710,103 |  944,193 |1,539,795 |1,589,145 |1,008,330 | 1,110,022
    Asian/Pacific     |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |          |          |          |
      Islander .......| 1,823,991 |   138,154 |  283,376 |  415,352 |  402,760 |  334,023 |  250,326 | 1,823,991 |  766,718 |  487,256 |  316,286 |  160,495 |   78,173 |    15,063
    American Indian/  |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |          |          |          |
      Alaskan Native .|   538,653 |    52,126 |  101,149 |  136,703 |   88,145 |   44,091 |  116,439 |   538,653 |  240,327 |   81,718 |   69,361 |   40,997 |   16,568 |    89,682
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 Percent of students  |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |          |          |          |
    enrolled, 1994    |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |          |          |          |
Total ................|     100.0 |      33.5 |     18.3 |     18.7 |     12.2 |      6.2 |     11.1 |       --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |       ---
  White ..............|     100.0 |      49.2 |     23.3 |     18.2 |      7.2 |      1.6 |      0.5 |     100.0 |      0.5 |      1.6 |      7.1 |     18.2 |     23.3 |      49.2
  Minority ...........|     100.0 |       3.8 |      8.9 |     19.6 |     21.8 |     14.7 |     31.3 |       --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |       ---
    Black ............|     100.0 |       2.7 |      8.1 |     21.7 |     22.0 |     11.9 |     33.5 |     100.0 |      8.7 |     15.1 |     25.2 |     18.4 |     10.7 |      21.9
    Hispanic .........|     100.0 |       3.0 |      6.9 |     15.8 |     21.6 |     18.1 |     34.5 |     100.0 |     10.9 |     14.2 |     22.9 |     22.5 |     14.4 |      15.1
    Asian/Pacific     |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |          |          |          |
      Islander .......|     100.0 |       9.0 |     15.8 |     22.3 |     23.3 |     17.6 |     12.1 |     100.0 |     42.7 |     25.8 |     18.6 |      8.0 |      4.1 |       0.7
    American Indian/  |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |          |          |          |
      Alaskan Native .|     100.0 |      11.4 |     19.2 |     25.2 |     15.6 |      7.2 |     21.4 |     100.0 |     44.1 |     15.2 |     13.2 |      7.1 |      2.9 |      17.6
                      |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |          |          |          |
 Percent of students  |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |          |          |          |
    enrolled, 1998    |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |          |          |          |
Total ................|     100.0 |      30.2 |     18.7 |     18.7 |     12.5 |      7.0 |     12.9 |       --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |       ---
  White ..............|     100.0 |      46.2 |     24.8 |     18.9 |      7.6 |      1.9 |      0.6 |     100.0 |      0.6 |      1.9 |      7.6 |     18.9 |     24.8 |      46.2
  Minority ...........|     100.0 |       3.3 |      8.4 |     18.4 |     20.7 |     15.6 |     33.7 |       --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |      --- |       ---
    Black ............|     100.0 |       2.5 |      7.6 |     19.8 |     21.0 |     12.7 |     36.5 |     100.0 |      9.0 |     14.9 |     24.5 |     17.6 |     10.9 |      23.1
    Hispanic .........|     100.0 |       2.6 |      6.7 |     15.1 |     20.3 |     18.6 |     36.7 |     100.0 |     10.3 |     13.7 |     22.3 |     23.0 |     14.6 |      16.1
    Asian/Pacific     |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |          |          |          |
      Islander .......|     100.0 |       7.6 |     15.5 |     22.8 |     22.1 |     18.3 |     13.7 |     100.0 |     42.0 |     26.7 |     17.3 |      8.8 |      4.3 |       0.8
    American Indian/  |           |           |          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |          |          |          |
      Alaskan Native .|     100.0 |       9.7 |     18.8 |     25.4 |     16.4 |      8.2 |     21.6 |     100.0 |     44.6 |     15.2 |     12.9 |      7.6 |      3.1 |      16.6
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NOTE: Data reflect racial/ethnic data reported by schools. Because some schools do not report complete racial/ethnic data, totals may differ from figures in other tables.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data surveys. (This table was prepared August 2000.)


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