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- This study looks at the nearly 9,937 U.S. school districts for which
data on the number and ethnic group of students in grades 9 through 12
is reported for the 2000-2001 school year.
- The table shows that there is a great deal of diversity in the
demographics of high school students in the U.S. While 68% of districts have at least
one Hispanic high school student, only 9% have 100 or more Hispanics.
- Not only are there great differences in ethnic composition of students,
but there is also great variation in the demographics of the districts
themselves. The median number of
schools in a district is only 3, but one district, New York City, has
1213 schools; median family income across districts also varies
enormously.
- All of this diversity makes the analysis of outcomes more complex.
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- Some demographic variables reveal only modest differences in graduation
rates when the entire population of school districts is examined.
- Overall differences by gender are four percentage points and only one
percentage point for median family income of the district.
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- U.S. Census. Fact Finder. Detailed Census 2000 Summary File 3, at
http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTGeoSearchByListServlet?ds_name=DEC_2000_SF3_U&_lang=en&_ts=59274678718.
- Winter, Greg. “More Schools Rely
on Tests, but Study Raises Doubts,”
New York Times at
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/28/education/28EXAM.html
- NOTE: Raw data tables in Excel
format are available from rex@costanzo.org
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