Table 25
Shares of all U.S. high school students, and of PISA sample, by free and reduced-price lunch (FRPL) percentages of their schools, with average PISA reading and math scores, by FRPL percentages of schools
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share of students eligible for FRPL in student’s school | Share of all U.S. high school students, by share of students in school who are FRPL-eligible, 2007–2008 | Share of PISA 2009 sample in high schools, by school percent of students eligible for FRPL | Average U.S. PISA reading score, by school percent of students eligible for FRPL | Average U.S. PISA math score, by school percent of students eligible for FRPL |
| (a) 75 percent or more | 9% | 16% | 449 | 437 |
| (b) 50 to 74.9 percent | 22 | 24 | 472 | 461 |
| (c) 25 to 49.9 percent | 36 | 36 | 502 | 488 |
| (d) Less than 25 percent | 30 | 24 | 538 | 533 |
| (e) No data available | 3 | |||
| (f) All | 100% | 100% | 495 | 484 |
| (g) PISA average scores, weighted by actual share of schools with specific FRPL-eligible ranges (columns c and d, weighted by column a) | 501 | 491 |
Source: NCES (2012), Table A-13-1 (for column a); authors' analysis of OECD Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2009 database (for columns b–d)
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