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Scale Range: 0.1% – 97.5%
Definition: Racial/ethnic composition of public middle schools.
Notes: Middle schools defined as those with lowest grade of 4 through 7 and highest grade of 4 through 9. Racial/ethnic shares of enrollment are based on total number of students for whom race/ethnicity was reported, which may not sum to total school enrollment reported separately. Data for 1999-2001 geocoded from zip codes to metropolitan areas. Data for multi-racial students only collected for all states as of 2010-2011. Excludes metro areas in which 10% or more of students attended schools for which race/ethnicity data was not reported.
Source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey.