Table 1
Peer characteristics of 2010–2011 kindergarten class, by race/ethnicity and by proportion of minority students in their school
| Proportion of minority students in school | Variable | White | Black | Hispanic | Asian | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Up to 10% (heavily white) | % in poverty | 11.4% | 14.3% | 22.1% | 12.3% | 12.3% |
| % not living with two parents | 19.6% | 44.0% | 23.8% | 15.2% | 20.3% | |
| % no English | 0.2% | 3.3% | 13.0% | 32.0% | 1.2% | |
| % mother HS or less | 30.2% | 44.5% | 41.8% | 17.4% | 31.0% | |
| % mother BA or more | 15.6% | 17.5% | 11.6% | 32.8% | 15.8% | |
| More than 10%, to 25% (mixed) | % in poverty | 9.5% | 25.6% | 21.2% | 4.1% | 11.2% |
| % not living with two parents | 19.1% | 39.1% | 27.6% | 3.4% | 20.6% | |
| % no English | 1.1% | 2.1% | 29.0% | 46.2% | 5.2% | |
| % mother HS or less | 24.1% | 28.9% | 45.9% | 15.3% | 26.2% | |
| % mother BA or more | 19.9% | 17.0% | 18.8% | 41.2% | 20.5% | |
| More than 25%, to 50% (moderately segregated) | % in poverty | 14.0% | 40.6% | 36.4% | 12.6% | 21.1% |
| % not living with two parents | 25.8% | 59.2% | 26.7% | 11.4% | 29.2% | |
| % no English | 3.4% | 9.7% | 35.9% | 50.6% | 12.2% | |
| % mother HS or less | 30.2% | 47.5% | 57.7% | 14.3% | 35.5% | |
| % mother BA or more | 17.1% | 8.9% | 6.4% | 50.0% | 16.4% | |
| More than 50%, to 75% (heavily minority) | % in poverty | 20.3% | 41.3% | 41.4% | 19.2% | 30.2% |
| % not living with two parents | 32.8% | 56.5% | 32.9% | 10.1% | 36.3% | |
| % no English | 3.2% | 3.2% | 38.1% | 59.6% | 16.4% | |
| % mother HS or less | 39.0% | 49.1% | 65.2% | 28.4% | 47.9% | |
| % mother BA or more | 11.0% | 8.9% | 5.8% | 33.7% | 10.6% | |
| More than 75% (extremely heavily minority) | % in poverty | 22.9% | 51.4% | 56.5% | 24.1% | 48.9% |
| % not living with two parents | 25.2% | 70.1% | 31.5% | 8.4% | 40.7% | |
| % no English | 6.6% | 2.8% | 59.5% | 59.6% | 36.2% | |
| % mother HS or less | 36.8% | 51.3% | 75.5% | 26.3% | 61.4% | |
| % mother BA or more | 16.6% | 6.4% | 2.5% | 23.3% | 7.0% | |
| Total | % in poverty | 12.9% | 45.4% | 46.2% | 17.3% | 25.4% |
| % not living with two parents | 22.5% | 63.3% | 30.3% | 9.1% | 29.5% | |
| % no English | 1.8% | 3.9% | 47.6% | 54.4% | 15.4% | |
| % mother HS or less | 29.7% | 47.9% | 66.4% | 21.7% | 39.5% | |
| % mother BA or more | 16.7% | 8.6% | 5.6% | 35.0% | 14.4% |
Note: In this table, HS stands for high school education, and BS stands for a bachelor's degree or more education. The column “Total” includes the groups shown here and also children whose race/ethnicity is “other.”
Source: ECLS-K, Kindergarten Class of 2010–2011 (National Center for Education Statistics)
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