Standard errors for the percentage distribution of 4th- and 8th-grade public school students, by school location and selected student and school characteristics: 2003

Student Reading and Mathematics Performance in Public Schools by Urbanicity

Table S14-1. Standard errors for the percentage distribution of 4th- and 8th-grade public school students, by school location and selected student and school characteristics: 2003

	Grade 4					Grade 8
Student or school characteristic	All public schools	All central city schools	Large central city schools	Urban fringe schools	Rural schools	All public schools	All central city schools	Large central city schools	Urban fringe schools	Rural schools

Total	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Sex
Male	0.20	0.37	0.41	0.34	0.31	0.22	0.45	0.59	0.29	0.30
Female	0.20	0.37	0.41	0.34	0.31	0.22	0.45	0.59	0.29	0.30
Race/ethnicity
American Indian	0.05	0.06	0.10	0.07	0.16	0.07	0.08	0.14	0.07	0.18
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.20	0.44	0.67	0.37	0.13	0.19	0.46	1.16	0.32	0.10
Black	0.31	0.64	1.37	0.50	0.32	0.32	0.72	1.60	0.50	0.46
White	0.38	0.65	1.25	0.60	0.71	0.36	0.63	1.24	0.59	0.56
Hispanic	0.38	0.60	1.45	0.60	0.76	0.31	0.61	1.10	0.53	0.49

Percent of students in school eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
0–10	0.60	0.93	1.58	1.03	0.98	0.69	0.88	2.19	1.40	1.09
11–25	0.76	1.18	1.01	1.29	1.25	0.82	1.41	1.42	1.52	1.65
26–50	0.80	1.36	1.79	1.34	1.18	0.78	1.54	2.26	0.98	1.51
51–75	0.71	1.61	2.62	1.25	1.52	0.92	1.67	3.31	1.32	1.32
76–100	0.62	1.66	2.84	1.01	0.76	0.59	1.40	3.42	0.95	0.82

Percent of minority students in school
0–10	0.58	0.53	0.66	0.97	1.10	0.44	0.69	0.59	0.83	1.04
11–25	0.73	0.97	1.31	1.32	1.28	0.55	1.04	1.62	0.99	1.15
26–50	0.59	1.24	1.40	1.10	0.78	0.65	1.40	1.62	1.19	0.75
51–75	0.67	1.40	2.62	1.11	1.19	0.66	1.20	2.38	1.23	0.67
76–100	0.51	1.15	2.36	0.77	0.76	0.55	0.97	2.59	1.09	0.67

† Not applicable.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2003 Reading Assessment, previously unpublished tabulation (January 2005).