Table 420. | Selected statistics on public school library/media centers, by state: 1999-2000 |
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Percent of centers offering selected | Average | Total | Books | Books | Total | services/equipment | number | students | checked | held at | expenditure State |____________________________________________| of staff |using library|out per 100 | end of year| for |Automated | Automated |Connection| Video | per li- | per 100 | students | per 100 | materials | catalog |circulation| to the |laser disk| brary\1,2\|students each| each | students | per | | system | Internet | or DVD | | week\2,3\ | week\3\ | | student\2\ ______________________|__________|___________|__________|__________|___________|_____________|____________|____________|_____________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 ______________________|__________|___________|__________|__________|___________|_____________|____________|____________|_____________ United States .....|72.8(0.69)| 74.4(0.65)|90.1(0.57)|43.0(0.68)|1.89(0.018)| 94.9 (0.88)|106.6 (1.63)|1,803 (19.7)|$23.37(0.438) |__________|___________|__________|__________|___________|_____________|____________|____________|_____________ Alabama ..............|83.7(2.53)| 85.4(2.30)|85.1(2.92)|40.6(4.09)|1.76(0.039)| 102.4 (5.40)|119.3 (9.04)|1,908(158.4)| 17.08(0.870) Alaska ...............|76.1(2.79)| 67.4(3.17)|91.6(1.84)|35.4(2.87)|1.43(0.061)| 97.5 (2.78)|137.5(14.08)|2,855 (90.7)| 25.46(2.353) Arizona ..............|86.1(3.39)| 88.5(3.17)|91.6(2.40)|51.4(4.19)|1.97(0.061)| 92.4 (4.99)|113.0(11.08)|1,897(147.1)| 15.73(1.050) Arkansas .............|75.8(3.47)| 79.9(3.04)|86.6(3.23)|23.0(2.52)|1.50(0.042)| 94.8 (3.98)|115.6 (8.40)|2,038 (82.4)| 22.38(2.309) California ...........|66.5(3.63)| 76.7(3.21)|71.3(3.83)|37.8(3.57)|1.73(0.068)| 75.9 (2.51)| 86.7 (5.17)|1,399 (85.8)| 17.66(1.272) | | | | | | | | | Colorado .............|86.9(2.65)| 86.3(2.45)|96.8(1.27)|41.6(4.21)|1.99(0.077)| 107.3 (5.34)|100.9 (5.45)|1,758 (90.4)| 25.68(2.551) Connecticut ..........|57.2(2.73)| 59.8(2.83)|87.2(2.31)|42.9(3.80)|2.06(0.062)| 102.0 (2.40)| 87.9 (6.06)|2,092(126.3)| 27.74(1.341) Delaware .............|80.3(3.53)| 88.7(2.99)|97.3(1.10)|35.0(4.39)|1.51(0.073)| 85.1 (3.59)| 63.2 (9.15)|1,435 (76.3)| 18.94(2.573) District of Columbia .|33.8(3.03)| 35.4(3.46)|78.1(2.93)|26.7(3.34)|1.16(0.030)| 64.7 (2.53)| 36.2 (4.52)|2,066(184.0)| 12.59(1.710) Florida ..............|94.1(1.48)| 96.8(0.99)|95.1(1.22)|90.6(1.53)|2.53(0.192)| 93.7 (4.81)|101.1 (6.97)|1,567(102.0)| 31.24(5.676) | | | | | | | | | Georgia ..............|99.7(0.29)| 99.7(0.29)|96.3(1.56)|71.4(3.42)|2.33(0.122)| 111.1 (6.45)|119.4 (7.67)|1,586 (53.5)| 24.39(1.426) Hawaii ...............|87.9(2.62)| 94.0(1.95)|96.8(1.43)|50.6(4.15)|1.54(0.049)| 87.3 (3.15)|113.7(12.93)|1,622 (37.5)| 14.31(1.214) Idaho ................|79.4(2.38)| 82.9(2.13)|95.6(1.46)|30.5(2.55)|1.75(0.038)| 122.9 (3.09)|202.4(12.44)|2,374(122.9)| 49.49(2.183) Illinois .............|61.4(3.70)| 59.9(3.76)|89.6(2.25)|34.9(4.09)|2.03(0.103)| 95.0 (3.47)| 82.9 (6.55)|1,545 (76.2)| 22.54(1.727) Indiana...............|70.0(3.75)| 72.9(4.18)|89.0(2.61)|50.2(3.84)|1.93(0.045)| 95.3 (2.15)|114.2 (7.93)|2,177(173.4)| 23.93(1.683) | | | | | | | | | Iowa .................|75.1(3.31)| 70.3(3.90)|97.2(1.13)|41.0(3.86)|2.36(0.244)| 133.0 (4.98)|140.9 (8.98)|2,517 (74.0)| 26.52(1.683) Kansas ...............|76.4(3.99)| 77.4(4.00)|94.8(2.36)|43.3(3.90)|1.85(0.053)| 119.3 (5.08)|182.7(12.96)|2,637(104.3)| 25.72(1.222) Kentucky .............|77.9(3.96)| 77.3(4.16)|97.9(1.07)|49.7(4.25)|1.64(0.064)| 119.2 (8.64)|123.7 (8.25)|1,758 (47.2)| 30.43(3.961) Louisiana ............|53.5(4.84)| 62.5(5.45)|88.0(3.86)|25.8(3.85)|1.27(0.088)| 75.3 (3.73)| 71.7 (7.48)|1,602 (63.9)| 15.23(2.208) Maine ................|54.4(4.54)| 52.8(4.82)|99.3(0.63)|15.5(1.95)|1.73(0.066)| 102.5 (2.74)|102.5 (6.89)|2,931(224.6)| 26.00(1.233) | | | | | | | | | Maryland .............|83.3(3.21)| 81.4(3.52)|94.5(2.28)|50.4(6.04)|1.68(0.093)| 82.6 (3.02)|130.3(39.71)|1,401 (61.5)| 28.47(4.900) Massachusetts ........|54.0(3.83)| 49.8(3.67)|96.8(1.28)|31.9(5.21)|1.87(0.078)| 83.7 (2.89)| 63.8 (4.46)|1,635 (68.9)| 18.76(1.091) Michigan .............|69.5(4.08)| 68.1(4.04)|84.1(2.89)|44.6(4.21)|1.76(0.097)| 93.5 (3.80)| 92.2 (7.03)|1,703 (68.0)| 23.18(2.222) Minnesota ............|91.1(2.56)| 91.8(2.80)|95.9(1.21)|43.3(5.38)|2.43(0.097)| 126.8 (9.32)|127.3(12.41)|2,486(174.2)| 36.34(6.738) Mississippi ..........|70.7(2.94)| 76.2(2.41)|89.8(2.28)|29.2(2.61)|1.54(0.034)| 80.0 (2.84)|100.4 (7.64)|1,985(175.3)| 19.66(1.414) | | | | | | | | | Missouri..............|71.8(6.17)| 70.7(6.26)|89.2(3.33)|49.3(6.03)|1.63(0.083)| 100.5 (5.71)|110.7 (9.85)|2,250(123.4)| 30.59(2.178) Montana ..............|52.8(3.07)| 52.0(2.98)|88.1(2.57)|31.2(3.10)|1.66(0.058)| 145.5 (6.37)|153.5 (9.31)|3,578(150.2)| 32.59(1.721) Nebraska .............|68.1(3.42)| 69.1(3.17)|95.5(1.55)|38.2(3.33)|1.85(0.073)| 101.9 (4.19)|160.8(16.46)|3,253(206.2)| 37.44(3.549) Nevada ...............|89.0(3.10)| 91.6(2.76)|78.0(3.23)|36.0(3.03)|1.71(0.064)| 83.3 (2.15)| 83.6 (4.03)|1,665(187.1)| 14.13(1.573) New Hampshire ........|57.6(5.89)| 60.4(5.20)|89.0(5.84)|36.5(4.74)|1.83(0.100)| 103.1 (4.24)| 94.2 (7.51)|1,862 (84.3)| 22.73(1.392) | | | | | | | | | New Jersey ...........|62.6(3.67)| 63.1(3.70)|87.8(2.76)|31.8(3.62)|1.78(0.060)| 82.9 (2.52)| 81.6 (6.64)|1,905 (81.0)| 23.28(1.549) New Mexico ...........|69.1(5.59)| 62.4(5.24)|78.5(5.16)|28.0(5.10)|1.53(0.068)| 92.4 (8.04)|123.8(15.98)|2,064(245.4)| 22.81(2.374) New York .............|57.7(3.86)| 54.8(3.81)|86.6(2.12)|29.8(2.47)|2.12(0.086)| 78.1 (3.26)| 66.3 (3.37)|1,473 (55.3)| 18.31(1.415) North Carolina .......|89.8(2.79)| 95.7(1.65)|95.3(2.12)|69.4(3.79)|2.11(0.063)| 90.4 (4.86)|117.1 (7.99)|1,591 (76.7)| 28.51(2.208) North Dakota .........|54.2(3.44)| 49.5(3.38)|94.1(1.40)|24.7(2.29)|1.81(0.073)| 130.8 (3.62)|167.4 (8.35)|5,180(251.9)| 40.87(2.946) | | | | | | | | | Ohio .................|54.8(3.99)| 53.1(3.68)|89.9(3.24)|32.0(4.21)|1.77(0.152)| 96.1 (3.71)| 87.2 (6.64)|1,536 (62.7)| 18.71(2.181) Oklahoma .............|66.1(4.39)| 68.4(3.58)|82.8(3.22)|25.0(3.49)|1.95(0.061)| 107.4 (4.61)|117.5(10.90)|2,257(100.5)| 31.40(3.148) Oregon ...............|77.6(4.09)| 80.2(3.57)|90.0(3.54)|41.7(4.59)|1.84(0.068)| 102.7 (5.42)|156.7(33.01)|2,655(204.4)| 18.97(1.267) Pennsylvania .........|62.4(5.47)| 64.4(5.44)|88.9(4.76)|28.3(4.05)|1.90(0.096)| 92.6 (4.72)| 94.5 (6.97)|2,011(192.1)| 21.88(1.759) Rhode Island .........|46.4(2.07)| 51.5(1.92)|95.6(1.04)|12.8(1.46)|1.84(0.034)| 70.0 (1.02)| 68.6 (1.88)|1,505 (33.6)| 16.04(0.656) | | | | | | | | | South Carolina .......|96.5(1.42)| 93.6(2.62)|98.2(0.76)|54.4(4.11)|1.97(0.055)| 84.3 (2.61)|105.7 (7.00)|1,515 (33.6)| 24.84(1.777) South Dakota .........|52.1(4.15)| 44.7(3.74)|93.4(1.35)|40.8(3.66)|1.62(0.076)| 155.9 (7.93)|135.2 (6.82)|4,006(315.8)| 38.18(1.916) Tennessee ............|69.2(4.67)| 75.5(3.97)|95.3(2.38)|53.3(4.73)|1.79(0.076)| 86.7 (4.89)|143.2(14.03)|1,516 (58.3)| 18.81(4.114) Texas ................|84.0(2.60)| 88.3(2.39)|93.6(2.20)|44.8(3.14)|1.90(0.054)| 103.2 (5.12)|145.5 (7.35)|1,800 (61.0)| 24.32(1.590) Utah .................|87.5(3.14)| 88.7(2.76)|96.2(1.50)|60.3(3.88)|1.69(0.065)| 76.3 (3.46)|114.1(20.51)|1,256 (51.3)| 16.84(1.982) | | | | | | | | | Vermont ..............|62.2(2.82)| 60.3(2.94)|93.7(4.09)|13.3(2.87)|1.74(0.101)| 117.2 (4.93)| 93.3 (7.97)|2,783(171.9)| 36.30(2.424) Virginia .............|99.0(0.66)| 98.0(0.79)|98.1(1.05)|74.6(4.19)|1.88(0.064)| 87.7 (2.77)|110.6 (6.62)|1,849(166.7)| 22.98(1.550) Washington ...........|90.8(2.23)| 91.4(2.20)|98.1(0.95)|65.2(3.94)|2.04(0.047)| 128.2 (8.97)|137.4 (9.23)|2,068(120.8)| 24.62(2.363) West Virginia.........|48.2(4.91)| 47.5(5.12)|93.4(2.20)|57.6(5.45)|0.92(0.058)| 96.2 (5.30)| 75.2 (7.77)|1,692 (73.4)| 19.08(1.680) Wisconsin ............|81.0(3.63)| 86.0(2.92)|97.9(1.37)|42.2(3.80)|2.09(0.057)| 138.3 (7.54)|146.7(12.59)|2,719(198.2)| 39.38(3.107) Wyoming ..............|75.7(4.47)| 76.8(4.49)|93.8(1.89)|39.9(4.60)|1.80(0.071)| 122.8 (6.94)|126.2 (7.72)|3,341(272.1)| 32.08(2.182) ______________________|__________|___________|__________|__________|___________|_____________|____________|____________|_____________ |
\1\Includes professional and nonprofessional staff. NOTE: Percentages are based on schools that have library/media centers. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School Library Media Center Questionnaire," 1999-2000; and "Public Charter School Questionnaire," 1999-2000, unpublished data. (This table was prepared August 2004.)
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