Share of eighth-grade mathematics students attending schools with a given concentration of poor students, by individual race/ethnicity and level of poverty, 2003 and 2013

Low- to high-poverty school as measured by low to high shares of students who are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
Race/Ethnicity FRPL eligibility 0 to 10% 11 to 25% 26 to 50% 51 to 75% Over 75%
2003 White Not FRPL eligible 30.6% 29.7% 28.7% 9.7% 1.2%
RPL 15.9% 19.7% 37.7% 21.8% 4.9%
Free lunch 6.0% 15.7% 39.1% 25.6% 13.7%
All students 25.9% 26.9% 30.9% 12.9% 3.3%
Black Not FRPL eligible 11.4% 18.3% 28.6% 24.2% 17.4%
RPL eligible 3.3% 10.7% 25.0% 33.8% 27.2%
FL eligible 1.6% 5.3% 17.9% 26.8% 48.4%
All students 5.1% 10.2% 22.2% 26.6% 36.0%
Hispanic ELL Not FRPL eligible 8.6% 12.5% 16.6% 38.5% 23.8%
RPL eligible 1.4% 6.9% 18.3% 34.8% 38.7%
FL eligible 1.3% 4.5% 14.0% 25.0% 55.2%
All students 2.5% 6.1% 14.9% 28.1% 48.5%
Hispanic non-ELL Not FRPL eligible 17.1% 19.4% 26.6% 26.3% 10.5%
RPL eligible 3.7% 11.6% 23.0% 36.0% 25.6%
FL eligible 1.3% 5.2% 14.7% 28.2% 50.5%
All students 6.9% 10.7% 19.6% 28.4% 34.4%
Asian ELL Not FRPL eligible 40.6% 20.5% 11.4% 19.4% 8.2%
RPL eligible 9.0% 18.9% 17.4% 16.3% 38.4%
FL eligible 2.8% 12.6% 12.8% 31.7% 40.1%
All students 17.3% 16.1% 12.7% 25.8% 28.2%
Asian non-ELL Not FRPL eligible 41.3% 23.8% 21.7% 10.9% 2.4%
RPL eligible 18.6% 11.8% 28.4% 29.1% 12.1%
FL eligible 7.1% 9.9% 20.2% 28.3% 34.5%
All students 30.5% 19.2% 21.8% 16.9% 11.6%
All students Not FRPL eligible 28.1% 27.5% 28.2% 12.6% 3.7%
RPL eligible 10.9% 15.7% 31.3% 27.3% 14.9%
FL eligible 3.0% 8.7% 23.5% 26.6% 38.2%
All students 19.1% 20.9% 27.0% 18.0% 15.0%
2013 White Not FRPL eligible 19.0% 23.8% 35.9% 18.1% 3.2%
RPL eligible 6.7% 13.4% 36.6% 32.2% 11.1%
FL eligible 3.0% 8.8% 34.7% 37.5% 16.0%
All students 14.2% 19.4% 35.6% 23.9% 6.9%
Black Not FRPL eligible 6.5% 16.0% 30.5% 26.4% 20.7%
RPL eligible 3.0% 9.0% 25.0% 28.4% 34.5%
FL eligible 1.3% 3.7% 13.9% 28.6% 52.5%
All students 2.7% 7.0% 18.6% 28.0% 43.7%
Hispanic ELL Not FRPL eligible 3.6% 10.6% 20.2% 31.8% 33.9%
RPL eligible 0.1% 6.3% 14.3% 40.0% 39.3%
FL eligible 0.6% 3.2% 10.1% 27.0% 59.1%
All students 0.9% 4.0% 11.3% 28.0% 55.8%
Hispanic non-ELL Not FRPL eligible 9.1% 14.2% 32.9% 28.7% 15.1%
RPL eligible 2.4% 6.4% 23.7% 34.0% 33.5%
FL eligible 0.9% 3.4% 15.4% 29.2% 51.1%
All students 3.1% 6.4% 20.5% 29.5% 40.4%
Asian ELL Not FRPL eligible 9.0% 27.3% 34.4% 17.9% 11.5%
RPL eligible 3.9% 13.9% 46.0% 23.6% 12.7%
FL eligible 2.9% 5.5% 18.1% 31.4% 42.2%
All students 5.0% 13.1% 25.3% 26.5% 30.2%
Asian non-ELL Not FRPL eligible 27.4% 25.1% 30.5% 12.0% 4.9%
RPL eligible 9.0% 13.3% 36.8% 24.7% 16.2%
FL eligible 2.8% 11.8% 25.4% 31.5% 28.5%
All students 19.6% 20.8% 29.4% 18.2% 12.1%
All students Not FRPL eligible 17.2% 22.2% 34.8% 19.7% 6.1%
RPL eligible 4.6% 10.4% 30.3% 32.5% 22.1%
FL eligible 1.8% 5.5% 21.5% 31.7% 39.5%
All students 9.8% 14.2% 28.7% 25.7% 21.6%

Notes: In this analysis, we use the free or reduced-price lunch (FRPL) status classification for individual poverty, and the proportion of students who are FRPL eligible in the school for school poverty. Students who are not eligible for free or reduced-price lunch are not poor; students who are eligible for reduced-price lunch (RPL) are poor, and students who are eligible for free lunch (FL) are the most poor; ELL stands for English language learner.

Source: National Assessment of Educational Progress microdata, 2003 and 2013

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