Table 4.
Descriptive Statistics: Means and Proportions by Race for Students in Predominantly Hispanic Middle Schools
White | Black | Hispanic | |
---|---|---|---|
Seventh-grade academic background | |||
Mathematics test score(standardized) | 0.13BH (0.93) | −0.30WH (0.91) | −0.10WB (0.99) |
Mathematics grade (standardized) | 0.29BH (0.90) | −0.09WH (0.96) | −0.02WB (0.99) |
Honors mathematics | 0.67BH | 0.41W | 0.43W |
Controls | |||
Free or reduced lunch | 0.82BH | 0.93WH | 0.98WB |
Books at home | 2.80BH (0.98) | 2.20WH (0.97) | 1.90WB (0.90) |
Female | 0.51 | 0.52 | 0.50 |
LEP | 0.02H | 0.02H | 0.58WB |
N (students) | 96 | 958 | 6,310 |
Note. B, H, and W indicate that the mean is statistically significantly different from the mean for Black, Hispanic, and White students, respectively (p < .05). Standard deviations are in parentheses.