Table 27-1. Number of public high school guidance staff, counselors, and certified counselors, and the number of students per guidance staff and per counselor, by selected school characteristics: 2002
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| School characteristic |
Total
number of
guidance staff1 |
Total
number of
counselors |
Number of
certified
counselors |
Number of
students per
guidance staff |
Number of
students per
counselor |
|
| Total |
49,500 |
43,400 |
40,900 |
249 |
284 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Enrollment |
|
|
|
|
|
| Less than 400 |
7,500 |
6,500 |
5,500 |
131 |
150 |
| 400–799 |
8,300 |
7,300 |
7,000 |
225 |
256 |
| 800–1,199 |
8,900 |
7,900 |
7,600 |
250 |
282 |
| 1,200–1,999 |
15,100 |
13,400 |
12,900 |
279 |
316 |
| 2,000 or more |
9,700 |
8,300 |
7,900 |
313 |
365 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| School locale |
|
|
|
|
|
| Central city |
11,900 |
10,200 |
9,600 |
273 |
318 |
| Urban fringe/large town |
18,300 |
16,200 |
15,700 |
269 |
303 |
| Small town |
5,800 |
5,000 |
4,800 |
261 |
300 |
| Rural |
13,500 |
11,900 |
10,800 |
196 |
221 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Percent college bound |
|
|
|
|
|
| Less than 50 |
4,800 |
4,000 |
3,600 |
221 |
265 |
| 50–74 |
17,100 |
15,000 |
13,900 |
259 |
296 |
| 75 or more |
27,300 |
24,200 |
23,200 |
247 |
279 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Percent minority |
|
|
|
|
|
| Less than 10 |
17,800 |
16,000 |
15,000 |
231 |
256 |
| 10–24 |
9,500 |
8,300 |
7,800 |
241 |
278 |
| 25–49 |
8,600 |
7,400 |
7,000 |
262 |
306 |
| 50–74 |
6,200 |
5,300 |
5,100 |
275 |
323 |
| 75 or more |
6,900 |
6,100 |
5,600 |
269 |
305 |
| |
|
|
|
|
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| Region |
|
|
|
|
|
| Northeast |
10,000 |
9,100 |
8,900 |
204 |
222 |
| Southeast |
16,300 |
14,300 |
13,400 |
272 |
312 |
| Central |
12,900 |
11,500 |
10,900 |
237 |
266 |
| West |
10,200 |
8,400 |
7,700 |
271 |
330 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Vocational courses per 100 students |
|
|
|
|
|
| Fewer than 3 |
20,500 |
18,000 |
17,200 |
282 |
321 |
| 3–6 |
17,600 |
15,400 |
14,600 |
254 |
288 |
| More than 6 |
10,500 |
9,200 |
8,300 |
176 |
204 |
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1Guidance staff includes guidance counselors and paraprofessionals.
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NOTE: See supplemental note 3 for more information on the Fast Response Survey System (FRSS). See supplemental note 1 for more information on school locale and region. Detail may not sum to totals because of missing data. Some numbers revised from previously published data.
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SOURCE: Parsad, B., Alexander, D., Farris, E., and Hudson, L. (2003). High School Guidance Counseling (NCES 2003–015), table 12 and previously unpublished tabulation (October 2003). Data from U.S. Department of Education, NCES, Fast Response Survey System (FRSS), “Survey on High School Guidance Counseling,” FRSS 80, 2002.
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