Understanding Data
Dictionary of Data Terms
Families and Communities
Student Eligibility for Subsidized Lunch
Indicates the percentage of students from families whose income falls below federal guidelines (poverty or near-poverty) and are therefore eligible for free or reduced-price school lunch.
Families and Communities
Students from Various Racial/Ethnic Backgrounds
African-American: A student having origins in any of the African-American racial groups, not including people of Hispanic origins.
Asian: A student having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia or the Pacific Islands, e.g., China, Japan, Korea, the Philippine Islands and Samoa.
Hispanic: A student of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race.
Multiracial: The federal government does not use a demographic category of "multiracial," so this indicates that students have checked more than one racial option.
Native American: A student having origins in any of the original peoples of North America, including American Indians, Eskimos, and Aleuts.
White: A student having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, or the Indian subcontinent.
Families and Communities
Students Receiving ESL/Bilingual Education Services
Indicates the percentage of children receiving special English Language Services.
English as a Second Language: Students receive content area instruction solely in English while learning English as a second language.
Bilingual Education: Students receive instruction in both English and another language to support content-area learning while learning English as a second language.
Families and Communities
Students Receiving Special Education Services
Indicates the percentage of children who have an Individual Education Plan or IEP. An IEP specifies what special-education services the child should be receiving.
A note on InfoWorks data reporting: To ensure confidentiality, data are not reported for groups with fewer than 10 students, so that no individual student is identifiable. Where this is the case, InfoWorks reports "too few data." Also, "no data" is used to point out instances where data are not available for a particular state, district, or school indicator.