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Selected characteristics of eighth-grade public school students in NAEP reading, by jurisdiction: 2007
      Percentage of all students
Jurisdiction Number of
eighth-
graders		 Number of
students assessed		 White Black Hispanic Asian/
Pacific
Islander		 Eligbile for
National
Schoool
Lunch
Program		 Identified as
students
with disabilities		 Identified as
English
language
learners
Nation 3,553,000 154,700 58 17 18 5 40 13 7
Large central city 536,000 28,500 23 31 37 8 64 13 13
Atlanta 3,000 900 6 90 3 # 75 12 3
Austin 5,000 1,500 31 13 53 3 55 17 15
Boston 4,000 1,200 16 41 32 11 70 21 11
Charlotte 9,000 1,400 35 47 11 4 47 11 9
Chicago 25,000 1,800 9 49 39 3 85 19 7
Cleveland 4,000 1,100 15 75 8 1 100 20 5
District of Columbia 5,000 1,800 3 88 8 1 65 18 4
Houston 13,000 2,000 9 31 57 3 77 13 13
Los Angeles 52,000 2,100 9 10 74 7 76 11 30
New York City 69,000 2,000 16 33 37 15 85 15 10
San Diego 9,000 1,400 26 12 45 16 57 12 21
# Rounds to zero.
NOTE: The number of eighth-graders is rounded to the nearest 1,000. The number of students assessed is rounded to the nearest 100. Black includes African American, Hispanic includes Latino, and Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian. Race categories exclude Hispanic origin. Students categorized by race/ethnicity as "other" are included in the totals but not shown separately.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2007 Trial Urban District Reading Assessment.

 

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