Table 1. Characteristics of students by race/ethnicity1.
| Characteristics | PI Total2 | n (%) | AIAN Total | n (%) | FI Total | n (%) | White Total | n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade | ||||||||
| Fifth | 78,841 | 40,037 (50.8) | 97,129 | 49,831 (51.3) | 328,667 | 165,646 (50.4) | 3,309,982 | 1,673,741 (50.6) |
| Seventh | 78,841 | 38,804 (49.2) | 97,129 | 47,298 (48.7) | 328,667 | 163,021 (49.6) | 3,309,982 | 1,636,241 (49.4) |
| Sex | ||||||||
| Boys | 78,841 | 40,125 (50.9) | 97,129 | 48,905 (50.4) | 328,667 | 171,001 (52.0) | 3,309,982 | 1,703,654 (51.5) |
| Girls | 78,841 | 38,716 (49.1) | 97,129 | 48,224 (49.7) | 328,667 | 157,666 (48.0) | 3,309,982 | 1,606,328 (48.5) |
| Age | ||||||||
| 9 | 78,841 | 36 (0.05) | 97,129 | 26 (0.03) | 328,667 | 114 (0.03) | 3,309,982 | 862 (0.03) |
| 10 | 78,841 | 22,144 (28.1) | 97,129 | 25,176 (25.9) | 328,667 | 94,910 (28.9) | 3,309,982 | 863,439 (26.1) |
| 11 | 78,841 | 16,907 (21.4) | 97,129 | 22,831 (23.5) | 328,667 | 67,854 (20.7) | 3,309,982 | 782,045 (23.6) |
| 12 | 78,841 | 22,667 (28.8) | 97,129 | 25,782 (26.5) | 328,667 | 94,482 (28.8) | 3,309,982 | 876,234 (26.5) |
| 13 | 78,841 | 16,049 (20.4) | 97,129 | 21,539 (22.2) | 328,667 | 67,753 (20.6) | 3,309,982 | 757,007 (22.9) |
| 14 | 78,841 | 1,025 (1.3) | 97,129 | 1,745 (1.8) | 328,667 | 3,486 (1.1) | 3,309,982 | 29,718 (0.9) |
| 15 | 78,841 | 13 (0.02) | 97,129 | 30 (0.03) | 328,667 | 68 (0.02) | 3,309,982 | 677 (0.02) |
| Fitness level3 | ||||||||
| Unfit | 78,841 | 29,040 (36.8) | 97,129 | 37,217 (38.3) | 328,667 | 104,514 (31.8) | 3,309,982 | 870,070 (26.3) |
| Fit | 78,841 | 36,557 (46.4) | 97,129 | 42,903 (44.2) | 328,667 | 166,394 (50.6) | 3,309,982 | 1,544,151 (46.7) |
| Super fit | 78,841 | 13,244 (16.8) | 97,129 | 17,009 (17.5) | 328,667 | 57,759 (17.6) | 3,309,982 | 895,761 (27.1) |
| Overweight/obesity4 | ||||||||
| 2001–2002 | 6,859 | 2,797 (40.8) | 6,939 | 2,614 (37.7) | 18,808 | 6,607 (35.1) | 228,723 | 66,929 (29.3) |
| 2002–2003 | 8,451 | 3,334 (39.5) | 7,633 | 3,083 (40.4) | 19,726 | 7,170 (36.4) | 250,803 | 74,634 (29.8) |
| 2003–2004 | 5,759 | 2,679 (46.5) | 6,488 | 2,681 (41.3) | 20,067 | 7,124 (35.5) | 247,642 | 73,586 (29.7) |
| 2004–2005 | 5,764 | 2,723 (47.2) | 6,156 | 2,632 (42.8) | 21,880 | 8,035 (36.7) | 241,538 | 73,038 (30.2) |
| 2005–2006 | 5,087 | 2,589 (50.9) | 5,923 | 2,529 (42.7) | 22,398 | 7,956 (35.5) | 232,758 | 68,584 (29.5) |
| 2006–2007 | 4,935 | 2,539 (51.5) | 5,970 | 2,617 (43.8) | 22,630 | 7,927 (35.0) | 227,694 | 65,946 (29.0) |
| 2007–2008 | 5,174 | 2,685 (51.9) | 6,163 | 2,616 (42.5) | 23,951 | 8,454 (35.3) | 226,316 | 65,669 (29.0) |
| 2008–2009 | 5,326 | 2,740 (51.5) | 6,096 | 2,678 (43.9) | 24,578 | 8,685 (35.3) | 224,730 | 64,904 (28.9) |
| 2009–2010 | 5,215 | 2,668 (51.2) | 6,774 | 3,022 (44.6) | 21,429 | 7,583 (35.4) | 213,321 | 62,011 (29.1) |
| 2010–2011 | 4,663 | 2,439 (52.3) | 5,055 | 2,222 (44.0) | 22,436 | 7,885 (35.1) | 202,028 | 56,495 (28.0) |
| 2011–2012 | 4,587 | 2,294 (50.0) | 5,352 | 2,382 (44.5) | 23,292 | 7,930 (34.1) | 209,033 | 58,092 (27.8) |
| 2012–2013 | 4,408 | 2,247 (51.0) | 5,193 | 2,271 (43.7) | 22,826 | 7,672 (33.6) | 206,923 | 56,050 (27.1) |
| 2013–2014 | 4,180 | 2,057 (49.2) | 4,678 | 2,062 (44.1) | 21,755 | 7,265 (33.4) | 200,422 | 53,773 (26.8) |
| 2014–2015 | 4,260 | 2,238 (52.5) | 9,624 | 4,385 (45.6) | 21,644 | 7,118 (32.9) | 199,838 | 53,587 (26.8) |
| 2015–2016 | 4,173 | 2,086 (50.0) | 9,085 | 4,146 (45.6) | 21,247 | 6,991 (32.9) | 198,213 | 53,803 (27.1) |
1 Authors’ analysis of the CA FitnessGram data. The numbers are n (% within each racial/ethnic group) unless otherwise noted.
2 Total n for overweight/obesity is for each academic year for each racial/ethnic group. For all other characteristics, the total n is for each racial/ethnicity.
3 Those categories are based on whether students exceeded, met, or did not meet the Cooper Institute’s guidelines for the time to run a mile for each age and sex.
4 Overweight and obese categories are defined as having BMI z-score 85 and 95 percentiles in comparison to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s growth chart from 2000.
AIAN, American Indian/Alaska Native; BMI, body mass index; CA, California; FI, children of Filipino origin; PI, children of Pacific Islander origin.