A r c h i v e d  I n f o r m a t i o n

Indicator 25. Race of Students

Percent of students 3 to 34 years old, by race/ethnicity and level of enrollment: Fall 1960 to fall 1991

____________________________________________________________             |   Elementary and high schools     |     Year    |___________________________________| Colleges             |   Total   |Elementary |   High    |             |           | schools1/ | schools2/ | ____________|___________|___________|___________|___________               Percent of students who are white, non-Hispanic  1960 3,4/ ..       86.6        85.8        89.0        93.6 1965 4/.....       85.9        85.2        87.5        93.7 1970 4/.....       85.0        84.4        86.5        91.2 1975 .......       77.4        76.9        78.4        84.0 1980 .......       74.5        73.7        75.9        83.0  1985 .......       71.3        70.2        73.3        80.8 1986 .......       70.7        69.7        72.7        78.1 1987 .......       70.2        69.5        71.6        78.1 1988 .......       69.7        69.0        71.3        78.8 1989 .......       69.3        68.9        70.1        79.4 1990 .......       68.9        68.8        69.1        78.7 1991 .......       68.8        68.6        69.2        76.9               Percent of students who are black, non-Hispanic  1960 3,5/ ..       13.4        14.2        11.0         6.4 1965 5/ ....       14.1        14.8        12.5         6.3 1970 4/.....       13.8        14.3        12.5         7.0 1975 .......       14.5        14.7        14.0         9.6 1980 .......       15.2        15.3        15.0         9.8  1985 .......       15.5        15.8        15.1         9.5 1986 .......       15.5        15.7        15.1        10.6 1987 .......       15.6        15.7        15.4        10.6 1988 .......       15.8        15.8        15.6        10.0 1989 .......       15.8        15.7        16.0        10.1 1990 .......       15.7        15.8        15.3        10.3 1991 .......       15.9        15.9        16.0        10.3                     Percent of students who are Hispanic  1975 .......        6.5         6.8         6.0         4.2 1980 .......        8.1         8.6         7.2         4.4  1985 .......        9.7        10.4         8.3         5.3 1986 .......       10.2        11.0         8.6         6.4 1987 .......       10.4        11.1         9.1         6.1 1988 .......       10.5        11.2         8.9         6.0 1989 .......       10.9        11.3         9.9         5.8 1990 .......       11.2        11.2        11.3         5.5 1991 .......       11.1        11.3        10.5         6.2 ____________________________________________________________ 

NOTE: Enrollment includes students in any type of graded public, parochial, or other private school in regular school systems. Includes elementary schools, secondary schools, colleges, universities, and professional schools. Attendance may be either full-time or part-time and during the day or night. Enrollments in special schools, such as trade schools, business colleges, or correspondence schools, are not included.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, Series P-20, School Enrollment, Social and Economic Characteristics of Students, nos. 409, 429, and 460; and unpublished data.