Table 3.

Contextual Profiles of Elementary Schools by Cluster (6 cluster solution)

	Cluster1	Cluster2	Cluster3	Cluster4	Cluster5	Cluster6
Indicators used in the analysis
Metropolitan location
Central city	49.1	13.5	42.3	23.8	2.6	40.2
Suburb	40.5	71.5	30.2	58.1	47.3	31.5
Non-metropolitan	10.4	15.1	27.5	18.1	50.1	28.3
Race/ethnic composition
Non-Hispanic white %	30.2	87.0	37.8	74.8	97.0	40.4
Black %	26.7	4.5	51.9	7.2	0.9	21.4
Hispanic %	39.1	4.1	8.7	7.1	0.9	24.0
Asian %	3.5	3.4	0.0	8.7	0.0	1.7
Native American %	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.9	0.0	12.3
Poverty % (free/reduced price lunch)	59.9	20.9	68.9	31.4	34.5	66.2
Cluster share of schools	0.187	0.187	0.186	0.170	0.167	0.104
Mean reading score percentile	40.0	68.6	34.5	61.6	58.4	37.6
Mean math score percentile	41.6	67.5	35.0	61.5	57.7	38.9

1. Predominantly Hispanic, poor and central city
2. White, affluent and suburban
3. Black and Hispanic, very poor, mixed location
4. Majority white, significant Asian presence, affluent and suburban
5. Exclusively white low-poverty, mixed suburban and non-metropolitan
6. Racially mixed, high Native American presence, high poverty, mixed location