This survey report describes the state of minorities in the public schools according to data from the Public School Survey (PSS) of 1985 and the Current Population Report (CPR) of April 1988. Principal findings were as follows: (1) minority enrollment fluctuates by school size, school type, district size, and region; (2) percentage of minority enrollment was highest for medium and large schools, and lowest for small schools; (3) elementary schools, large school districts, and the West and South had higher proportions of minority students; (4) advanced placement programs were more likely to be absent than present in schools with the highest category of minority enrollment; and (5) college application rates did not vary significantly across district sizes or regions in the highest minority category--however, schools with the highest enrollment, as well as the highest minority category, had the highest college application rates. This report includes plans for future surveys, definitions, and technical notes for both the PSS and the CPR, as well as reference tables for both surveys. The appendixes include generalized standard errors from the CPR, unweighted data from the PSS, a list of states in the four geographic regions used by the Census Bureau, and a copy of the Administrator Questionnaire from the PSS. (DM)