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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2022 May;30(5):1116–1125. doi: 10.1002/oby.23416

Table 1.

Number of students in 5th, 7th and 9th grade participating in the 2018–2019 California Fitnessgram, and characteristics of schoolsa to which students attended.

Integrateda,d Schools Schools with Segregateda,d children of color Schools with Segregateda,d white children Schools Excludeda,d
Asian-White comparison
 N Asian students 93,232 (72%) 19,584 (15%) 10,112 (8%)b 5,727 (4%)b
 N White students 161,927 (53%) 2,399 (1%)b 127,729 (42%) 13,258 (4%)b
 N Schools 1720 (21%) 509 (6%) 2756 (34%) 3184 (39%)
 School Enrollment 1,166 656 643 521
 % of enrolled students who are White 31% 5% 40% 10%
 % of enrolled students who are Asian 20% 33% 3% 3%
 % students in FRPM 37% 64% 53% 80%
 Median household incomec 91,544 67,749 68,556 51,395
 % with ≥16 years of educationc 43 29 30 18
Black-White comparison
 N Black students 36,351 (50%) 17,819 (24%) 10,882 (15%)b 7,642 (10%)b
 N White students 102,808 (34%) 2,628 (1%)b 186,848 (61%) 13,029 (4%)b
 N Schools 1,116 (13%) 680 (8%) 3,360 (40%) 3,210 (38%)
 School Enrollment 1,347 654 678 515
 % of enrolled students who are White 24% 4% 41% 10%
 % of enrolled students who are Black 9% 23% 2% 4%
 % students in FRPM 57% 84% 43% 77%
 Median household incomec 71,913 48,653 79,292 54,483
 % with ≥16 years of educationc 31 18 36 20
Filipino-White comparison
 N Filipino students 16,497 (50%) 3,132 (9%) 9,227 (28%)b 4,190 (13%)b
 N White students 70,282 (23%) 722 (0.2%)b 219,374 (72%) 14,935 (5%)b
 N Schools 610 (8%) 142 (2%) 3,866 (48%) 3,434 (43%)
 School Enrollment 1,590 825 727 528
 % of enrolled students who are White 23% 4% 38% 9%
 % of enrolled students who are Filipino 7% 15% 2% 1%
 % students in FRPM 44% 64% 47% 78%
 Median household incomec 83,323 69,124 76,513 52,912
 % with ≥16 years of education 36 25 35 19
Latino-White comparison
 N Latino students 407,134 (56%) 312,777 (43%) 4,401 (1%)b 3,997 (1%)b
 N White students 253,362 (83%) 12,303 (4%)b 36,294 (12%) 3,354 (1%)b
 N Schools 3,808 (43%) 3,475 (39%) 668 (8%) 955 (11%)
 School Enrollment 912 567 460 353
 % of enrolled students who are White 33% 6% 55% 31%
 % of enrolled students who are Latino 44% 76% 19% 35%
 % students in FRPM 49% 81% 33% 55%
 Median household incomec 72,760 51,553 87,203 66,439
 % with ≥16 years of educationc 33 18 43 30
a.

Integrated schools defined as those attended by >10 white children and >10 children of the specific race/ethnicity subgroup; schools with segregated children of color have >10 children of the specific race/ethnicity subgroup, and <10 white children; vice-versa for segregated white schools; excluded schools have <10 white children and <10 children of the specific race/ethnic subgroup.

b.

Children with missing data due to masking of data for confidentiality purposes.

c.

Characteristic of census tract where school is located

d.

ANOVA p-values comparing school characteristics across the level of integration/segregation in the schools are all p<0.001.