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Minority Demographics in School Psychology

There are disproportionately few minority and bilingual school psychologists available to serve both regular and special education students. 

Ethnicity of School Psychologists
Source: 2004-05 NASP membership survey (69% response rate)

Ethnicity	%
White/Caucasian	92.55
Hispanic/Latino	2.99
Black/African American	1.94
Asian-American/Pacific Islander	0.94
American Indian/Alaskan Native	0.82

Reference:
Curtis, M. J., Lopez, A. D., Batsche, G. M., & Smith, J. C. (2006, March). School psychology 2005: A national perspective. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, Anaheim, CA.

Ethnicity of the U.S. Population
Source: 2000 Census

Ethnicity	%
White/Caucasian	70.7
Hispanic/Latino	12.5
Black/African American	12.3
Asian-American/Pacific Islander	3.6
American Indian/Alaskan Native	0.9

Linguistic Diversity of U.S. Public Schools

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education, 2004

1. Currently there are 5.5 million English Language Learners in U.S. public schools who speak more than 400 different languages.