NAEP - Charter School Pilot Study - Student Population Table

Percentage of students assessed in mathematics, by type of public school and student characteristics, grade 4: 2003
Characteristic	Charter schools		Other public schools

Gender
Male	48	*	51
Female	52	*	49
Race/ethnicity
White	45	*	58
Black	31	*	17
Hispanic	20		19
Other¹	4	*	6
Eligibility for free/reduced-price school lunch
Eligible	42		44
Not eligible	48		52
Information not available	10		4
Students with disabilities
Yes	8	*	11
No	92	*	89
Limited-English-proficient students
Yes	9		9
No	91		91
Type of location
Central city	50	*	29
Non-central-city²	50	*	71

* Significantly different from other public schools. ¹Other includes Asian/Pacific Islander students, American Indian/Alaska Native students, and students categorized in school records as another race or ethnicity. ²Non-central-city includes students attending schools in urban fringe/large town and rural/small town locations. NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. The results for students with disabilities and limited-English-proficient students are based on students who were assessed and cannot be generalized to the total population of such students, which also includes students who could not be assessed based on defined exclusion criteria. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2003 Mathematics Charter School Pilot Study.

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