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. 2020 Sep 21;97(6):759–775. doi: 10.1007/s11524-020-00476-0

Table 1.

District-level demographic data

Variable Chicago Houston Los Angeles New York City
No. of public schools (charter schools) 642 (118 charter) 280 (19 charter) 1386 (288 charter) 1866 (260 charter)
K-12 public school enrollment 337,664 209,772 557,560 1,126,501
Percent of FARM students 76.4% 74.9% 80% 72.8%
English learners (EL) 18.8% N/A 22.2% 13.2%
African American 35.9% 24.0% 8.2% 25.5%
Asian 4.2% 4.1% 4.2% 16.2%
Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.2% N/A 2.1% NA
Hispanic 46.6% 61.8% 73.4% 40.6%
Multi-racial 1.3% NA NA NA
Native American/Alaskan 0.3% NA < 1% NA
White 10.8% 8.7% 10.5% 15.1%
Not available 0.7% NA 1% NA

All data derived from publicly available school district data

NA, not available