Math Poverty vs. Poverty students
As I created MMU1 to uplift the math poorest half to the math richer half, the actual poverty criteria of the USA seems very relevant.
In the USA, the free or reduced-price lunch (FRPL) is considered a proxy to the low income.
- High-poverty schools are defined as public schools where more than 75% of the students are eligible for FRPL
- Mid-high poverty schools are those schools where 50.1 to 75% of the students are eligible for FRPL.
- Mid-low poverty schools are those schools where 25.1 to 50% of the students are eligible for FRPL.
- Low-poverty schools are defined as public schools where 25% or less of the students are eligible for FRPL.
- In school year 2012–13, some 21 percent of public school students attended low-poverty schools, and 24 percent of public school students attended high-poverty schools.”
- As of 2017, about 50% of all the public school students are eligible for RFPL, equivalent to be in Mid-high or High-poverty in the USA.
Source: https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator_clb.asp
Over 50% of public school students across the country are considered “low-income”. The concentrations of the students from the low-income families are highest in the South and in the West. You can see the distributions by state here or here.
Percentage of public school students in low-poverty and high-poverty schools, by race/ethnicity: School year 2012–13
Source: NCES https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator_clb.asp
Percentage of public school students in low-poverty and high-poverty schools, by race/ethnicity: School year 2012–13
Source: NCES https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator_clb.asp
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