TABLE 2.
DISTRIBUTION OF STRUCTURAL AND RELATIONAL ATTRIBUTES OF SCHOOLS: BY THREE GROUPS AND LOW SES
| Variable | White
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Mexican
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Chinese
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High SES | Low SES | High SES | Low SES | High SES | Low SES | |
| Structural in tenth grade | ||||||
| School sector | ||||||
| Public | 0.893 | 0.992 | 0.944 | 0.984 | 0.926 | 1.000 |
| Catholic | 0.062 | 0.008 | 0.033 | 0.014 | 0.040 | 0.000 |
| Private | 0.045 | 0.000 | 0.022 | 0.001 | 0.034 | 0.000 |
| Language minority | ||||||
| 0 percent | 0.375 | 0.523 | 0.038 | 0.029 | 0.070 | 0.126 |
| 1–10 percent | 0.534 | 0.354 | 0.354 | 0.158 | 0.503 | 0.320 |
| 11+ percent | 0.091 | 0.124 | 0.608 | 0.813 | 0.427 | 0.555 |
| Lunch program | ||||||
| 0 percent | 0.123 | 0.026 | 0.055 | 0.025 | 0.088 | 0.036 |
| 1–10 percent | 0.436 | 0.321 | 0.188 | 0.064 | 0.460 | 0.253 |
| 11–50 percent | 0.397 | 0.522 | 0.454 | 0.501 | 0.233 | 0.389 |
| 51+ percent | 0.044 | 0.132 | 0.304 | 0.411 | 0.219 | 0.322 |
| Location | ||||||
| Urban | 0.538 | 0.725 | 0.713 | 0.649 | 0.529 | 0.622 |
| Suburban | 0.462 | 0.275 | 0.287 | 0.351 | 0.471 | 0.378 |
| Rural | 0.330 | 0.626 | 0.252 | 0.216 | 0.042 | 0.126 |
| Number of regular math courses | 4.164 | 4.203 | 4.110 | 3.948 | 4.224 | 4.713 |
| Relational in tenth grade | ||||||
| School collective responsibility | ||||||
| School mean | 0.090 | −0.028 | 0.257 | 0.343 | 0.176 | 0.235 |
| School SD | 0.535 | 0.577 | 0.714 | 0.649 | 0.678 | 0.761 |
| School academic press | −0.012 | −0.146 | −0.200 | −0.055 | 0.300 | 0.942 |
| Student-educator bonds | ||||||
| Teachers’ interest | 0.758 | 0.718 | 0.731 | 0.755 | 0.790 | 0.847 |
| Educators’ college encouragement | ||||||
| Low | 0.331 | 0.447 | 0.329 | 0.250 | 0.381 | 0.340 |
| Medium | 0.190 | 0.194 | 0.218 | 0.200 | 0.135 | 0.213 |
| High | 0.479 | 0.359 | 0.453 | 0.550 | 0.484 | 0.447 |
| Structural in twelfth grade | ||||||
| Student position in curriculum structure | ||||||
| College prep | 0.494 | 0.184 | 0.349 | 0.287 | 0.581 | 0.734 |
| Regular | 0.366 | 0.600 | 0.505 | 0.475 | 0.370 | 0.207 |
| Vocational | 0.140 | 0.216 | 0.146 | 0.238 | 0.049 | 0.059 |
| School programs assisting college going | 2.805 | 2.157 | 2.598 | 2.510 | 3.709 | 3.110 |
| Federal programs for disadvantaged | 0.960 | 1.058 | 1.270 | 1.328 | 1.533 | 1.698 |
| Relational in twelfth grade | ||||||
| Student-educator bonds | ||||||
| Teachers interest | 0.822 | 0.810 | 0.846 | 0.843 | 0.863 | 0.794 |
| Educators’ college encouragement | ||||||
| Low | 0.292 | 0.646 | 0.324 | 0.436 | 0.137 | 0.210 |
| Medium | 0.132 | 0.091 | 0.136 | 0.111 | 0.139 | 0.151 |
| High | 0.576 | 0.263 | 0.540 | 0.453 | 0.724 | 0.639 |
SOURCE: Authors’ compilation based on National Educational Longitudinal Study (NELS; 1988–2000).
NOTE: SES = socioeconomic status.