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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Econ Educ Rev. 2013 Jun 26;36:88–107. doi: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2013.06.007

Table 2.

Student-level sample descriptive statistics by traditional vs. UFM school, school years 2002–03 & 2003–04.

Traditional
UFM
2002–03 2003–04 2002–03 2003–04
% Black 30.9 (46.2) 29.6 (45.7) 35.2 (47.8) 34.1 (47.4)
% Hispanic 33.9 (0.5) 36.0 (0.5) 43.1 (0.5) 40.3 (0.5)
% Asian 13.8 (34.5) 13.3 (33.9) 12.7 (33.3) 13.6 (34.3)
% White 21.3 (41.0) 19.2 (39.4) 9.0 (28.6) 10.0 (30.0)
% Free lunch eligible 66.3 (47.3) 68.0 (46.6) 85.0 (35.7) 84.5 (36.2)
% Reduced price eligible 9.4 (29.2) 8.9 (28.5) 7.3 (26.0) 7.3 (26.0)
% Full price eligible 24.2 (42.9) 23.0 (42.1) 7.7 (26.6) 8.2 (27.4)
% Limited English proficiency 7.8 (26.8) 8.8 (28.3) 9.7 (29.6) 9.6 (29.5)
% Female 49.8 (50.0) 48.9 (50.0) 50.3 (50.0) 49.3 (50.0)
% Grade 3 16.2 (36.9) 17.6 (38.0) 19.7 (39.7) 17.5 (38.0)
% Grade 4 15.6 (36.3) 17.3 (37.8) 19.0 (39.2) 17.1 (37.6)
% Grade 5 15.5 (36.2) 17.2 (37.7) 19.1 (39.3) 17.5 (38.0)
% Grade 6 17.8 (38.2) 16.2 (36.9) 14.6 (35.3) 15.9 (36.6)
% Grade 7 17.7 (38.2) 16.0 (36.7) 13.9 (34.6) 16.1 (36.7)
% Grade 8 17.2 (37.7) 15.7 (36.4) 13.7 (34.4) 16.0 (36.7)
Avg school attendance rate 91.7 (9.0) 92.6 (8.3) 91.7 (9.0) 92.4 (8.6)
Avg reading Z-score 0.102 (1.033) 0.068 (1.036) 30.083 (0.953) 30.055 (0.960)
Avg math Z-score 0.086 (1.034) 0.054 (1.023) 30.065 (0.961) 30.040 (0.979)
Number of students 207,508 206,416 214,932 214,848

Note: Sample contains students in grades 3–8; standard deviations in parentheses.