Student Race and Ethnicity
Student diversity in Catholic schools has increased significantly in the past 40 years. When data were first collected, the Hispanic/Latino population was included and the reports listed non-Whites as “minorities.” In 1970, the diversity percentage was 10.8%; in 1980, it had increased to 19.4% and by 2010 was 29.8%. In 2017, the racial diversity is 20.7% and Hispanic/Latino is 16.8%. NCEA will no longer use the minority identifier, but instead report racial and ethnic diversity separately.
Catholic School Enrollment and Percentages by Race
|
|
Elementary/Middle
|
Secondary
|
All Schools
|
|
|
Number
|
%
|
Number
|
%
|
Number
|
%
|
|
American Indian/Native Alaskan
|
11,005
|
0.9
|
3,191
|
0.6
|
14,196
|
0.8%
|
|
Asian
|
64,103
|
5.0
|
35,405
|
6.3
|
99,508
|
5.4
|
|
Black
|
92,484
|
7.3
|
51,049
|
9.1%
|
143,533
|
7.8
|
|
Native Hawaiian/Pacific islander
|
7,348
|
0.6
|
4,294
|
0.8
|
11,642
|
0.6
|
|
Multiracial
|
84,250
|
6.6
|
29,478
|
5.3
|
113,728
|
6.2
|
|
White
|
927,993
|
72.8
|
405,438
|
72.2
|
1,333,431
|
72.7
|
|
Unknown
|
86,979
|
6.8
|
32,359
|
5.8
|
119,338
|
6.5
|
|
Total
|
1,274,162
|
100.0%
|
561,214
|
100.0%
|
1,835,376
|
100.0%
|
Hispanic/Latino Enrollment and Percentages
|
|
Elementary/Middle
|
Secondary
|
All Schools
|
|
|
Number
|
%
|
Number
|
%
|
Number
|
%
|
|
New England
|
6,585
|
11.1
|
2,819
|
7.3
|
9,404
|
9.6
|
|
Mideast
|
41,660
|
15.3
|
18,044
|
12.5
|
59,704
|
14.4
|
|
Great Lakes
|
39,720
|
13.0
|
11,968
|
10.8
|
51,688
|
12.4
|
|
Plains
|
12,599
|
8.6
|
3,586
|
7.1
|
16,185
|
8.2
|
|
Southeast
|
36,204
|
16.6
|
15,438
|
16.8
|
51,642
|
16.7
|
|
West/Far West
|
96,150
|
35.2
|
34,877
|
27.8
|
131,027
|
32.9
|
|
Total
|
232,918
|
18.3%
|
86,732
|
15.5%
|
319,650
|
17.4%
|