Table 1 Characteristics of schools exposed to oil and gas development vs.
From: School-based exposures to oil and gas development for public school children in the United States
Buffer Size | 800 m | 1.6 km | 10 km | > 10 km | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristic | Exposed schools | Exposed schools | Exposed schools | Unexposed schools | ||||||||
Any well within 800 m | Any well within 1.6 km | Any well within 10 km | No wells within 10 km | |||||||||
Number (%) of schools | 3837 (3.8) | 7742 (7.6) | 29,648 (29.2) | 71,742 (70.8) | ||||||||
Estimated number of students | 1,761,632 | 3,601,011 | 14,514,481 | 35,938,652 | ||||||||
Percentage of student body (2022-2023) | ||||||||||||
Mean | Median | (IQR) | Mean | Median | (IQR) | Mean | Median | (IQR) | Mean | Median | (IQR) | |
Non-Hispanic White | 61.9 | 74.0 | (33.3–91.0) | 57.4 | 66.7 | (25.5–88.9) | 50.4 | 53.9 | (15.9–83.2) | 47.4 | 49.5 | (15.3–76.9) |
Hispanic | 21.6 | 7.4 | (2.5–31.0) | 24.9 | 10.1 | (3.1–39.4) | 27.9 | 14.0 | (4.2–46.2) | 25.4 | 14.7 | (6.0–36.3) |
Black | 8.5 | 1.6 | (0.4–8.1) | 9.4 | 1.8 | (0.5–9.5) | 11.7 | 2.6 | (0.7–2.3) | 0 | 4.8 | (1.0–9.7) |
Asian or Pacific Islander | 1.3 | 0 | (0.0–0.4) | 1.4 | 0.1 | (0.0–0.4) | 1.6 | 0.2 | (0.0–0.5) | 0 | 0.2 | (0.0–0.6) |
Free or reduced lunch eligible | 55.6 | 55.0 | (37.0–55.6) | 57.2 | 57.1 | (38.5–77.1) | 59.1 | 59.9 | (39.0–81.2) | 58.5 | 56.0 | (34.0–80.4) |
