TABLE 1—
Demographic Characteristics by City, 2001–2002
| Hartford, Conn | Columbus, Ga | |
| Race/ethnicity, % | ||
| Non-Hispanic White | 6 | 39 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 20 | 37 |
| Hispanic | 59 | 8 |
| Multiethnic | 9 | 12 |
| Other | 6 | 5 |
| Gender, % | ||
| Male | 47 | 52 |
| Female | 53 | 48 |
| Grade, % | ||
| 9th | 35 | 100 |
| 10th | 30 | 0 |
| 11th | 18 | 0 |
| 12th | 18 | 0 |
| ESL classes during high school, % | ||
| No | 80 | 85 |
| Yes | 20 | 15 |
Note. ESL = English as a Second Language. In Hartford and Columbus, respectively, n = 1363 and 655 for race/ethnicity; n = 1382 and 659 for gender; n = 1352 and 655 for grade; and n = 1367 and 655 for ESL classes during high school. The race/ethnicity numbers for Columbus add up to 101 because of a rounding error.