This article offers new directions in measuring racial isolation in schools. The most widely used measurement approach is to examine the mean on the distribution of school percentage non-White across non-White students (the isolation rate) or the percentage of non-White students in schools with large shares of non-Whites (e.g., 90% or more) at a…

Statistics were collected to show the racial and ethnic distributions of public school students and staff for the 1985-86 school year in New York State. The tables include statistics on: (1) public school students; (2) Black and Hispanic public school students; (3) racial and ethnic origin of public school students between 1981 and 1986; (4)…

Previous studies of the residential succession process have described the patterns of succession in terms of stages defined either by the responses of the residents or by the percent of black population occupying the area. The present study approaches the investigation from an operational point of view, using a microscopic technique of data…

This document contains racial/ethnic data on the school population of New York State for 1983-84. Table 1 presents the racial/ethnic distribution of public school students for the state's big five school districts (Buffalo, New York City, Rochester, Syracuse, and Yonders), for the rest of the state, and for the state as a whole. Table 2 details…

The report presents the 1976-77 racial/ethnic distribution of public school students and staff in New York. Tabular data include the students' racial/ethnic distribution for the State's major school districts of Buffalo, New York, Rochester, Syracuse, and Yonkers (individually and combined), for the rest of the State, and for the State as a whole;…

Tables in this document present: (1) the 1977-78 racial/ethnic distribution of public school students for New York State's "Big Five" (Buffalo, New York, Rochester, Syracuse and Yonkers) school districts, and for the rest of the State; (2) the 1977-78 distribution of black and Hispanic students by location in the State; (3) the percent…

Since 1966 racial/ethnic data has been collected annually from all public elementary and secondary schools in New York State. This report presents such data for the 1974-75 school year. The tabular data include the: (1) students' racial/ethnic distribution for the State's major school districts of Buffalo, New York, Rochester, Syracuse, and…

Since 1966 racial/ethnic data has been collected annually from all public elementary and secondary schools in New York State. Such data is presented in eight tables. Table 1 gives the 1973-74 racial/ethnic distribution of public school students for the State's major school districts (Buffalo, New York, Rochester, Syracuse, and Yonkers), for the…

Statistical data on the racial and ethnic distribution of students and staff in New York State public elementary and secondary schools are presented in this report. Detailed in the tables are: (1) racial/ethnic distribution of public school students, 1979-80; (2) distribution of black and Hispanic students, 1979-80; (3) percent distribution of…

This document is a collection of racial/ethnic data on the school population of New York State for l989-90. Such data have been collected annually since 1966 and are part of the State Department of Education's Basic Educational Data System. Table 1 gives racial/ethnic student distribution in the State's five major school districts (Buffalo, New…

The collection of racial/ethnic data on the school population of New York State was initiated in 1961 with a census of public elementary schools. Since 1966 such information has been collected annually from all public elementary and secondary schools and is now a part of the Department's Basic Educational Data System. The information is used…

Data summaries are provided concerning the racial and ethnic distribution of enrollment in New York colleges and universities, drawn from a 1986-87 Higher Education Data System Survey form. Data are presented in 9 tables that provide total enrollment and percentage enrollment figures for undergraduate, first-professional, and graduate male and…