Table 5.

Predictors of elementary school reading and mathematics scores

	Reading			Math
	b	Robust SE	t	b	Robust SE	t
School characteristics:
Race
% Black students	−0.214	0.021	−10.3***	−0.233	0.019	−12.5***
% Hispanic students	−0.216	0.023	−9.5***	−0.206	0.018	−11.4***
% Asian students	−0.072	0.067	−1.1	0.074	0.075	1.0
% Native American students	−0.187	0.027	−7.0***	−0.151	0.027	−5.7***
Poverty share	−0.303	0.024	−12.9***	−0.284	0.024	−11.8***
Metropolitan location (ref=suburban)
City	−1.435	0.779	−1.8	−1.330	0.841	−1.6
Non-metropolitan	0.883	0.664	1.3	0.478	0.842	0.6
School size (100s)	0.006	0.001	5.4***	0.005	0.001	3.7***
Non-elementary grades	−2.049	0.456	−4.5***	−2.354	0.466	−5.1***
District characteristics:
% College educated	0.324	0.022	14.5***	0.273	0.022	12.3***
% Foreign born	−0.052	0.087	−0.6	0.050	0.087	0.6
% Single parent household	−0.170	0.037	−4.6***	−0.164	0.041	−4.0***
Constant	67.495	1.132	59.6***	67.638	1.229	55.0***
Number of schools	38,262			41,300
Adj R-squared	0.367			0.346