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                              |             Distribution of children, by parental reports of
   Selected characteristic    |                    average grades in all subjects
   of children and schools    |_____________________________________________________________________
                              |            1996            ||               1999
                              |____________________________||_______________________________________
                              |Mostly|Mostly |Mostly|Mostly||   Mostly|   Mostly|  Mostly | Mostly
                              | A's  |  B's  | C's  |D's or||     A's |   B's   |   C's   | D's or
                              |      |       |      | F's  ||         |         |         |  F's
                              |      |       |      |      ||         |         |         |
______________________________|______|_______|______|______||_________|_________|_________|_________
              1               |  2   |   3   |  4   |  5   ||     6   |    7    |     8   |     9
______________________________|______|_______|______|______||_________|_________|_________|_________
Total ........................|  39.5|   37.7|  18.5|   4.2||40.3(0.5)|37.7(0.5)|17.8(0.4)| 4.3(0.2)
                              |______|_______|______|______||_________|_________|_________|_________
Sex of child                  |      |       |      |      ||         |         |         |
  Male .......................|  32.5|   38.3|  23.5|   5.7||33.7(0.7)|38.3(0.7)|21.9(0.6)| 6.2(0.4)
  Female .....................|  46.9|   37.2|  13.2|   2.7||47.0(0.8)|37.1(0.8)|13.5(0.5)| 2.4(0.2)
                              |      |       |      |      ||         |         |         |
Race/ethnicity of child       |      |       |      |      ||         |         |         |
  White, non-Hispanic ........|  43.7|   36.1|  16.5|   3.7||44.6(0.7)|36.1(0.7)|15.8(0.5)| 3.4(0.3)
  Black, non-Hispanic ........|  27.0|   41.0|  26.2|   5.8||27.5(1.2)|40.3(1.4)|26.4(1.2)| 5.8(0.7)
  Hispanic ...................|  31.9|   43.6|  19.6|   4.9||33.3(1.2)|42.7(1.3)|17.4(1.0)| 6.5(0.7)
  Other non-Hispanic .........|  44.7|   33.7|  17.1|   4.5||45.8(2.4)|35.8(2.4)|14.2(2.0)| 4.2(1.2)
                              |      |       |      |      ||         |         |         |
Highest education level       |      |       |      |      ||         |         |         |
  of parents                  |      |       |      |      ||         |         |         |
  Less than high school ......|  29.0|   39.0|  23.9|   8.1||26.3(1.6)|40.8(1.8)|22.3(1.6)|10.5(1.3)
  High school graduate .......|  30.5|   40.5|  23.1|   5.9||31.6(1.0)|39.5(1.1)|23.3(0.9)| 5.6(0.5)
  Some postsecondary .........|  36.9|   40.1|  19.1|   3.9||38.9(0.9)|39.0(0.9)|18.3(0.7)| 3.8(0.4)
  College graduate ...........|  52.5|   32.9|  12.7|   1.9||51.1(1.3)|34.9(1.2)|12.1(0.9)| 1.8(0.3)
  Graduate/professional ......|  58.2|   30.9|   9.8|   1.1||54.8(1.3)|33.0(1.2)|10.3(0.8)| 1.9(0.4)
                              |      |       |      |      ||         |         |         |
Family income                 |      |       |      |      ||         |         |         |
  $5,000 or less .............|  28.9|   38.8|  23.3|   8.9||25.0(2.6)|42.9(3.5)|24.4(2.8)| 7.7(1.8)
  $5,001 to $10,000 ..........|  26.6|   41.9|  24.6|   6.9||32.1(2.4)|36.5(2.4)|24.0(2.1)| 7.4(1.3)
  $10,001 to 15,000 ..........|  28.0|   39.8|  26.0|   6.2||30.3(2.0)|38.9(2.2)|23.7(1.9)| 7.1(1.2)
  $15,001 to 20,000 ..........|  32.7|   38.4|  21.6|   7.3||32.0(2.0)|40.0(2.1)|22.3(1.9)| 5.7(0.9)
  $20,001 to 25,000 ..........|  34.4|   40.8|  20.6|   4.2||32.8(1.8)|38.9(1.9)|21.6(1.6)| 6.7(1.1)
  $25,001 to 30,000 ..........|  33.0|   42.0|  19.8|   5.2||37.4(1.9)|37.4(1.9)|19.7(1.5)| 5.4(0.9)
  $30,001 to 35,000 ..........|  40.0|   38.0|  18.1|   3.9||38.2(1.9)|38.8(2.0)|19.2(1.5)| 3.8(0.8)
  $35,001 to 40,000 ..........|  40.4|   37.3|  19.4|   2.8||37.5(1.8)|42.1(1.9)|17.4(1.4)| 3.0(0.6)
  $40,001 to 50,000 ..........|  43.2|   36.0|  16.8|   4.0||45.0(1.5)|35.1(1.4)|16.6(1.1)| 3.3(0.5)
  $50,001 to 75,000 ..........|  50.2|   32.7|  14.9|   2.2||45.8(1.2)|36.8(1.2)|14.5(0.8)| 2.9(0.4)
  Over $75,000 ...............|  51.0|   36.8|  10.9|   1.3||51.9(1.2)|35.4(1.1)|10.9(0.7)| 1.8(0.3)
                              |      |       |      |      ||         |         |         |
Child attending public        |      |       |      |      ||         |         |         |
 schools .....................|  38.2|   37.9|  19.3|   4.6||39.0(0.6)|37.8(0.6)|18.5(0.5)| 4.7(0.3)
  Elementary (kindergarten    |      |       |      |      ||         |         |         |
    to grade 8) ..............|  43.2|   36.6|  16.3|   3.9||43.5(0.7)|36.6(0.7)|15.9(0.5)| 4.1(0.3)
  Secondary (grades 9 to 12) .|  29.6|   40.2|  24.5|   5.7||31.8(0.9)|39.9(0.9)|22.7(0.8)| 5.6(0.5)
                              |      |       |      |      ||         |         |         |
Child attending private       |      |       |      |      ||         |         |         |
 schools .....................|  50.8|   36.1|  11.8|   1.3||51.9(1.6)|36.1(1.5)|11.0(1.1)| 1.0(0.3)
  Elementary (kindergarten    |      |       |      |      ||         |         |         |
    to grade 8) ..............|  55.7|   35.3|   7.5|   1.4||56.2(1.9)|34.4(1.8)| 9.0(1.2)| 0.5(0.2)
  Secondary (grades 9 to 12) .|  40.9|   37.7|  20.4|   1.0||41.2(3.1)|40.6(3.0)|15.9(2.3)| 2.2(0.8)
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