| Table 3. Percentage distribution of all students, homeschooled students, and nonhomeschooled students, ages 5 through 17 with a grade equivalent of kindergarten through 12th grade, by various characteristics: 1999 and 2003 |
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| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
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| K– 5 | 48.7 | 50.4 | 47.8 | 56.6 | 47.9 | 43.3 | 47.4 | 52.4 |
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| Kindergarten | 7.6 | 10.8 | 7.0 | 12.1 | 7.2 | 9.0 | 7.0 | 8.6 |
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| Grades 1–3 | 25.3 | 23.5 | 25.1 | 27.5 | 23.9 | 19.7 | 23.6 | 26.8 |
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| Grades 4–5 | 15.8 | 16.0 | 15.7 | 17.0 | 16.8 | 14.7 | 16.8 | 17.1 |
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| Grades 6–8 | 23.5 | 21.9 | 23.7 | 22.4 | 24.6 | 27.8 | 24.7 | 23.2 |
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| Grades 9–12 | 27.8 | 27.7 | 28.6 | 20.9 | 27.5 | 28.9 | 27.9 | 24.3 |
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| White, non-Hispanic | 64.7 | 75.3 | 63.1 | 76.8 | 62.3 | 77.0 | 60.9 | 70.5 |
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| Black, non-Hispanic | 16.0 | 9.9 | 16.8 | 10.0 | 15.7 | 9.4 | 16.3 | 12.7 |
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| Hispanic | 14.0 | 9.1 | 14.9 | 7.3 | 15.9 | 5.3 | 16.9 | 10.5 |
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| Other | 5.2 | 5.8 | 5.2 | 5.8 | 6.0 | 8.3 | 5.9 | 6.3 |
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| Female | 49.2 | 51.0 | 48.9 | 50.7 | 49.1 | 48.1 | 49.1 | 49.4 |
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| Male | 50.8 | 49.0 | 51.1 | 49.3 | 50.9 | 51.9 | 50.9 | 50.6 |
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| One child | 16.4 | 14.1 | 16.3 | 17.8 | 15.8 | 10.1 | 15.8 | 17.0 |
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| Two children | 39.6 | 24.4 | 39.9 | 39.6 | 40.5 | 28.0 | 40.6 | 42.4 |
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| Three or more children | 44.0 | 61.6 | 43.8 | 42.6 | 43.7 | 62.0 | 43.6 | 40.6 |
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| Two parents | 65.8 | 80.4 | 64.4 | 75.6 | 70.9 | 80.8 | 69.5 | 80.0 |
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| One parent | 30.8 | 16.7 | 32.0 | 22.7 | 26.2 | 17.9 | 27.3 | 18.4 |
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| Nonparental guardians | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 3.2 | 1.6 |
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| Two parents–both in labor force | 45.6 | 27.9 | 45.5 | 49.5 | 49.5 | 25.0 | 49.3 | 56.3 |
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| Two parents–one in labor force | 19.2 | 52.2 | 17.9 | 25.2 | 20.8 | 54.2 | 19.7 | 22.9 |
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| One parent in labor force | 27.7 | 11.6 | 28.8 | 20.4 | 23.8 | 15.9 | 24.7 | 17.4 |
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| No parent in labor force | 7.5 | 8.3 | 7.8 | 4.9 | 5.9 | 4.9 | 6.3 | 3.4 |
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| $25,000 or less | 33.4 | 30.9 | 35.6 | 14.8 | 24.4 | 25.8 | 26.2 | 9.4 |
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| 25,001–50,000 | 30.3 | 32.7 | 30.6 | 27.5 | 26.1 | 28.4 | 26.9 | 18.5 |
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| 50,001–75,000 | 17.1 | 19.1 | 16.8 | 19.4 | 21.6 | 24.1 | 21.5 | 22.1 |
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| 75,001 or more | 19.2 | 17.4 | 17.0 | 38.3 | 27.9 | 21.7 | 25.3 | 50.0 |
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| High school diploma or less | 36.5 | 18.9 | 39.0 | 17.8 | 31.8 | 24.5 | 34.2 | 13.1 |
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| Voc/tech degree or some college | 30.2 | 33.7 | 31.0 | 23.2 | 31.7 | 30.8 | 32.6 | 24.5 |
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| Bachelor's degree | 16.5 | 25.1 | 15.2 | 26.6 | 19.3 | 25.0 | 17.8 | 30.9 |
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| Graduate/professional school | 16.8 | 22.3 | 14.9 | 32.4 | 17.2 | 19.6 | 15.4 | 31.5 |
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| Urban | 74.5 | 67.6 | 73.2 | 87.2 | 79.2 | 72.4 | 77.9 | 91.1 |
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| Rural | 25.5 | 32.4 | 26.8 | 12.8 | 20.8 | 27.6 | 22.1 | 8.9 |
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| Northeast | 20.4 | 13.4 | 19.9 | 25.8 | 18.2 | 15.3 | 17.4 | 24.8 |
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| South | 34.6 | 41.8 | 34.7 | 32.2 | 34.0 | 40.6 | 34.8 | 26.3 |
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| Midwest | 24.0 | 19.5 | 23.8 | 26.2 | 23.6 | 21.8 | 22.8 | 30.2 |
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| West | 21.0 | 25.3 | 21.5 | 15.8 | 24.3 | 22.3 | 25.0 | 18.7 |
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| 1 Excludes students who were enrolled in school for more than 25 hours a week and students who were homeschooled due to a temporary illness. |
| 2 Students whose grade-equivalent was "ungraded" were excluded from the grade analysis. The percent of students with an "ungraded" grade equivalent was 0.02 percent in 2003 and 0.03 percent in 1999. |
| 3 Urbanicity is based on a U.S. Census classification of places. Urban is a place with at least 50,000 people. Rural is a place not classifed as urban. |
| NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. |
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Parent Survey of the 1999 National Household Education Surveys Program (NHES); Parent and Family Involvement in Education Survey of the 2003 NHES. |
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