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title: "V. The Changing Racial and Ethnic Composition of Public Schools"
description: "The number of nearly all-minority schools increased from 5,498 in 1993-94 to 10,135 in 2005-06. In 1993-94, 31% of the 82,972 public schools were nearly-all white schools (Table 6). By 2005-06, 18% of the nation’s public schools were nearly all-white schools. Nearly all-white schools were the only category of public schools to decline in number […]"
date: "2007-08-30"
authors:
  - name: "Richard Fry"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnicity/2007/08/30/v-the-changing-racial-and-ethnic-composition-of-public-schools/"
categories:
  - "Hispanics/Latinos & Education"
---

# V. The Changing Racial and Ethnic Composition of Public Schools

The number of nearly all-minority schools increased from 5,498 in 1993-94 to 10,135 in 2005-06.

In 1993-94, 31% of the 82,972 public schools were nearly-all white schools (Table 6). By 2005-06, 18% of the nation’s public schools were nearly all-white schools. Nearly all-white schools were the only category of public schools to decline in number since 1993-94. Meanwhile, heavily minority public schools have been the fastest growing categories of public schools since 1993-94. The number of public schools with 90 to less than 95% minority enrollment more than doubled over the 12-year period. The number of schools that have 95% or more minority enrollment nearly doubled (84% growth) since 1993-94.

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