Figure 1b shows the dissimilarity index — the percentage of blacks who would need to change schools if blacks and whites were to attend each school in the same percentage as their
percentage of public school enrollment.
This week: how rural schools are bringing cutting - edge tech to their students, the wave of teacher strikes across the country and their implications for CA and the value of teacher diversity especially in a state where students of color now comprise three -
quarters of public school enrollment.
«The latest compilation from the US Department of Education (from 2010 - 2011) reports that about 13 percent
of public school enrollment consists of students served by special education programs.
The South hit a demographic turning point over the past couple of years, becoming the first U.S. region in which both low - income and minority students constitute a
majority of public school enrollment, an Atlanta - based advocacy group says.
At a time when charter schools account for 10, 25, even 45
percent of public school enrollment in urban areas, this represents thousands of students across the country who won't start the school year with the teachers they need.
Close to 5 million U.S. students — about 9 percent
of public school enrollment — are ELLs.
African Americans represent about half of the city's population, and 81 percent
of the public school enrollment.
Hispanic students have now passed white students as the largest ethnic group in Texas schools, making up almost 51 percent
of public school enrollment, the Dallas Morning News reports.
About 4 million U.S. public school students received ELL services in the 2003 — 04 school year, accounting for 8 %
of all public school enrollment that year (NCES, 2006).
As of 2002, almost 2.4 million students, or over 5 %
of all public school enrollment, attended schools with a white population of less than 1 %.
Whites, by contrast, comprise only 26 percent
of public school enrollments, and blacks only 6.5 percent.
In 1971, students of color, many of them poor, made up just 12 percent
of public school enrollments; in 2015 minority enrollment sat at 52 percent — and more than half of all public school students were eligible for subsidized meals, a widely accepted metric for student poverty.
Charter students represent less than 2.7 %
of public school enrollment but are receiving more than 7 % of total state education aid.
Students of color make up about 43 percent
of the public school enrollment, but only about 17 percent of teachers are non-White.
Hispanics have passed whites as the largest ethnic group in Texas schools, making up almost 51 percent
of public school enrollment.
Statewide, charter school students comprise 3 percent
of public school enrollment.)
In Kansas City, Mo., for example, charter schools account for 30 percent
of public school enrollment.