The Nation - News from May 25, 1987

The percentage of minorities in the nation’s private boarding and day college preparatory schools has doubled in the last 15 years, with the fastest growth among Asian-American students, the National Assn. of Independent Schools reported. Asian-Americans outnumbered blacks by a slight margin this year, 15,193 to 15,096, the association said. Each group accounted for 4.7% of the overall enrollment of 324,025 students at 815 prep schools. There were also 5,709 Latino students (1.8%) and 347 native Americans (0.1%), for a total minority enrollment of 36,345, or 11.3%. In 1972, minorities accounted for 5% of the enrollment.