Race and ethnicity In 2007–08, some 14 percent of students
attending high-poverty elementary schools were White, 34 percent
were Black, 46 percent were Hispanic, 4 percent were
Asian/Pacific Islander, and 2 percent were American
Indian/Alaska Native (see table A-25-2). At low-poverty
elementary schools, student enrollment was on average 75 percent
White, 6 percent Black, 11 percent Hispanic, 7 percent
Asian/Pacific Islander, and 1 percent American Indian/Alaska
Native. This pattern held for Hispanic, Black, and White
students in cities, suburban areas, and towns (see table
A-25-2). For example, in suburban areas, Hispanics made up over
half (55 percent) of all students in high-poverty elementary
schools, followed by Blacks (29 percent), Whites (12 percent),
Asians/Pacific Islanders (3 percent), and American
Indians/Alaska Natives (1 percent). In rural high-poverty
elementary schools, however, there were greater percentages of
Black and White students (31 percent each) than Hispanic (27
percent), American Indi