| NOTE: From “Households Dissatisfied With Public Elementary Schools.” Includes households with children from birth to age 16, unless otherwise noted. The data on public, private, and other schools attendance may add up to more than 100 percent because in some households the children attend more than one type of school. ---Indicates the sample was too small to provide a reliable estimate. |
| Households Dissatisfied With Public Elementary Schools | Households So Dissatisfied With Public Elementary Schools They Want To Move To a New Area | ||||
Metropolitan Area | Number | Percent | Public School | Private School | Other School |
| New Orleans | 36,800 | 22.70% | 38.70% | 63.70% | 0.50% |
| Oakland, Calif. | 44,000 | 18.6 | 56.5 | 44.7 | 2.7 |
| San Francisco | 25,100 | 17.8 | --- | --- | --- |
| Cleveland | 32,700 | 15.2 | 42.1 | 56 | 7.4 |
| Philadelphia, Pa.- N.J. | 79,400 | 15.1 | 44.3 | 58.1 | 3.7 |
| Sacramento, Calif. | 25,600 | 14.7 | 60.3 | 42.2 | 3.5 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach | 135,000 | 13.7 | 61.5 | 40.6 | 0 |
| New York | 125,200 | 13.7 | --- | --- | --- |
| Portland, Ore.- Wash. | 26,100 | 13.6 | 62 | 35.4 | 7.2 |
| Chicago | 89,200 | 13.6 | 43 | 56.9 | 2 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg, Fla. | 27,000 | 13.2 | 60.6 | 40.9 | 0.8 |
| Miami | 28,400 | 12.8 | --- | --- | --- |
| Oklahoma City | 16,000 | 12.6 | 72.6 | 26.3 | 4.8 |
| Memphis, Tenn.-Ark.-Miss. | 16,900 | 12.6 | 52.6 | 46.4 | 3.9 |
| Dallas | 44,200 | 12.4 | 53.4 | 47.3 | 3.7 |
| Phoenix | 32,700 | 12.2 | 77.3 | 25 | 2.3 |
| Seattle- Everett | 30,700 | 12.2 | 64.3 | 37.6 | 3.2 |
| Birmingham, Ala. | 14,900 | 12 | 71.3 | 29.6 | 2.4 |
| San Jose, Calif. | 19,700 | 12 | 64.9 | 35.4 | 3.3 |
| Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas | 19,600 | 11.7 | 50.7 | 49.9 | 4.3 |
| Cincinnati, Ohio- Ky.- Ind. | 20,400 | 11.6 | 54.2 | 51.9 | 1.1 |
| Providence-Warwick- Pawtucket, R. I. -Mass. | 12,800 | 11.6 | 74.1 | 27.7 | 4 |
| Milwaukee | 18,800 | 11.4 | 40.3 | 58.8 | 4.6 |
| Kansas City, Mo.-Kan. | 24,100 | 11.3 | 58.2 | 37.6 | 5.6 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Calif. | 40,700 | 11.3 | 75.1 | 22.7 | 3.8 |
| Denver | 23,300 | 11.2 | 77 | 24.1 | 1.2 |
| San Diego | 28,800 | 11.2 | 78 | 24.8 | 0 |
| Detroit | 60,700 | 11 | --- | --- | --- |
| Pittsburgh | 29,000 | 10.6 | 64.5 | 42.5 | 1.5 |
| Indianapolis | 19,700 | 10.5 | 64.1 | 34.5 | 8.1 |
| Columbus, Ohio | 17,900 | 10.4 | 67.5 | 32.6 | 3.2 |
| Boston-Lawrence- Lowell, Mass.-N. H. | 45,700 | 10.3 | 41 | 60.7 | 1.3 |
| St. Louis, Mo.- Ill. | 32,000 | 10.2 | 56.6 | 46.4 | 5.7 |
| Baltimore | 28,600 | 10.2 | 61.8 | 43.7 | 1.3 |
| Atlanta | 38,100 | 9.9 | 63 | 35.6 | 5.3 |
| Washington, D. C. -Md.-Va. | 41,300 | 9.3 | 72.1 | 32.5 | 4.5 |
| Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, Va. | 15,900 | 9.3 | 69 | 29.6 | 4.8 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul | 26,400 | 8.9 | 52.9 | 48.1 | 5.2 |
| San Antonio | 15,000 | 8.8 | 63.6 | 39.1 | 0 |
| Hartford, Conn. | 11,600 | 8.8 | 69 | 35.6 | 3.2 |
| Salt Lake City | 12,400 | 8.8 | 86.6 | 13.6 | 0.9 |
| Buffalo, N. Y. | 9,000 | 8.6 | --- | --- | --- |
| Houston | 36,300 | 8.6 | 74.6 | 32.3 | 0 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana, Calif. | 22,600 | 8.2 | 51.1 | 51.5 | 0 |
| Newark, N. J. | 16,100 | 7.4 | --- | --- | --- |
| Rochester, N. Y. | 8,500 | 7.2 | 47.8 | 49.1 | 6.6 |
| United States — All Metropolitan Areas | 2,317,500 | 9.6 | 53.6 | 46.4 | 3.2 |
| SOURCE: Canevale and Desrochers (1999) analysis of the American Housing Survey, 1990- 1996. | |||||
