Fewer than half of US public school students are white

In 2017, nearly 4 in 5 U.S. public school teachers was white – while fewer than half of their students were. Latinos were 8.5% of teachers and 26.8% of students. Blacks were 6.8% of teachers and 15.2% of students.

Data are for 2017, the most recent year available.
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