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HISTORICAL FACTS

New York City Public School Enrollment Data (k-12)

NEW YORK
CITY
1999-00

1996-97

1993-94

1990-91

Total Enrollment

1,056,708
1,049,873

992,992

931,910

% White
15.4

16.1

17.6

19.1

% Black
35.2

36.2

37.1

38.0

% Hispanic
37.7

37.3

36.1

34.9

% Other
11.7

10.6

9.2

7.9

         

Annual Attendance Rate
88.4*

87.6

85.2

86.5

Census Poverty Index
30

30

30

30

% Free /

Reduced Lunch
70.7

N/A

N/A

62.2

English Language Learner Rate
16.8

16.6

15.8

13.0

Source: NYS Education Department of Information, Reporting & Technology Services based on information from the Basic Educational Data System

The following definitions explain how the New York State Education Department defines each of the categories listed above.

  • Total Enrollment: The number of students enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12 plus those in ungraded classes for students with disabilities.
  • Percent White: The number of enrolled White (not Hispanic) students divided by the total district enrollment.
  • Percent Black: The number of enrolled Black (not Hispanic) students divided by the total district enrollment.
  • Percent Hispanic: The number of enrolled Hispanic students divided by the total district enrollment.
  • Percent Other: The number of enrolled other minority students divided by the total district enrollment.

  • Annual Attendance Rate: The average daily attendance divided by possible average daily attendance.
  • Census Poverty Index: The number of children 5-17 years of age in families below the poverty level, as determined by the 1990 Federal census, divided by the total number of children within the district boundaries who are 5-17 years of age.
  • Percent Free/Reduced Price Lunch: The number of students in kindergarten through grade 6 participating in the free-and-reduced-price lunch program divided by the enrollment in full-day kindergarten through grade 6.
  • English Language Learner Rate (ELL): The number of English language learners (formerly known as limited English proficiency students) divided by the total district enrollment in grades k-12, expressed as a percentage.

Souce: Basic Educational Data System, New York: The State of Learning 2000 .
* This is the rate for the 1998-99 school year. 1999-00 data was not available.

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