Academic Statistics between Blacks and Whites

Posted on August 30th, 2005 in General, Education by tavaresforby || 2 Comments

I found some interesting statistics from “The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education” that showed different academic statistics between blacks and whites. I posted data that I thought was most relevant.

  • Percentage of all classrooms that had Internet access in the year 2000 in public schools where minority students were more than one half of the student body: 64%
  • Percentage of all classrooms that had Internet access in the year 2003 in public schools where minority students were more than one half of the student body: 92%

  • Percentage of all white students in Florida public schools who have been classified as gifted: 5.7%
  • Percentage of all black students in Florida public schools who have been classified as gifted: 1.8%

  • Percentage of white high school sophomores who attend public schools: 90.4%
  • Percentage of black high school sophomores who attend public schools: 97.3%

  • Percentage of white high school students who say they do not feel safe at their school: 9.1%
  • Percentage of black high school students who say they do not feel safe at their school: 17.4%

  • Percentage of white high school students who say that there are frequent race-related fights at their school: 21.9%
  • Percentage of black high school students who say that there are frequent race-related fights at their school: 26.3%

  • Percentage of white high school students who say that someone has tried to sell them drugs at their school: 25.5%
  • Percentage of black high school students who say that someone has tried to sell them drugs at their school: 18.3%

  • Percentage of white high school students who say that they had gotten into a physical fight at their school: 12.0%
  • Percentage of black high school students who say that they had gotten into a physical fight at their school: 20.3%

  • Average number of hours spent on homework per week for white high school sophomores: 10.7
  • Average number of hours spent on homework per week for black high school sophomores: 9.0