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Profile and Demographic Characteristics of Public Charter Schools
Table 28-3.  Percentage distribution of students attending public schools by type of school, entity granting school charter, origin of school, and selected student characteristics: 2003

        All public charter schools
  All public schools
  Entity granting school charter
  Origin
  
  
Student characteristic
Conventional Charter   School
district
State
board of
education
Post-
secondary
institution
State-
chartering
agency
  Newly
created
school
Pre-
existing
school

Race/ethnicity1                    
  American Indian 1.2 0.6!   1.0! # # #   0.7! 0.6!
  Asian 4.1 2.3   2.8 2.3! 0.5 3.0   2.0 3.0!
  Black 17.4 29.4   14.7 46.5 56.3 7.3!   31.9 23.6
  White 59.2 49.7   61.5 28.5 39.3 74.1   51.7 44.9
  Hispanic 18.1 18.0   20.0 22.3 3.8! 15.6!   13.7 27.9
Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch                    
  Eligible 45.4 45.0   33.9 61.4 57.9   43.5 48.8
  Not eligible 54.6 55.0   66.1 38.6 42.1   56.5 51.2
Limited-English-proficient                    
  No 91.5 92.5   90.5 93.7 94.7 99.0   95.1 86.5
  Yes 8.5 7.5   9.5 6.3! 5.3 1.0   4.9 13.5

# Rounds to zero.

!Interpret data with caution (estimates are unstable).

‡ Reporting standards not met (too few cases).

1American Indian includes Alaska Native, Black includes African American, Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian, and Hispanic includes Latino. Race categories exclude Hispanic origin unless specified.

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. For more information on the National School Lunch Program, see supplemental note 1. See supplemental note 4 for more information about the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2003 Reading Charter School Pilot Study, previously unpublished tabulation (May 2005).

 
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