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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