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Table 2 Distribution of demographic groups by achievement within schools

From: Gender and racial differences in peer effects of limited English students: a story of language or ethnicity?

 

Top tercile (%)

Middle tercile (%)

Bottom tercile (%)

Total (%)

Panel A by math score

 Female

33.9

33.9

32.2

100

 Male

34.8

32.0

33.2

100

 Black

20.1

32.8

47.2

100

 White

41.1

33.0

25.9

100

Panel B by reading score

 Female

36.8

33.7

29.5

100

 Male

32.3

32.2

35.5

100

 Black

20.8

33.0

46.2

100

 White

41.0

32.9

26.1

100

  1. Notes: Students are divided into terciles for math and reading based on their performance in the same subject in the prior year relative to their peers within their grade within their school