Elementary and Secondary Education
School Characteristics and Climate
Table A-31-2. Student/teacher ratios in public schools, by level, poverty level, and locale of school: Fall 2007–08
| Poverty level and locale of school |
All schools |
|
Regular schools |
| |
Elementary |
Secondary |
Combined |
| Total |
15.7 |
|
15.6 |
16.4 |
14.9 |
| Percent of students approved |
|
|
|
|
|
| for free or reduced-price lunch |
|
|
|
|
|
| 25 percent or less |
16.3 |
|
16.1 |
16.7 |
15.8 |
| 26–50 percent |
15.7 |
|
15.5 |
16.3 |
14.6 |
| 51–75 percent |
15.2 |
|
15.2 |
16.1 |
14.0 |
| More than 75 percent |
15.0 |
|
15.1 |
15.7 |
14.0 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Locale |
|
|
|
|
|
| City |
15.9 |
|
15.7 |
16.8 |
13.3 |
| Large |
16.0 |
|
15.9 |
16.8 |
13.9 |
| Midsize |
15.9 |
|
15.5 |
17.2 |
12.1 |
| Small |
15.7 |
|
15.4 |
16.5 |
12.6 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Suburban |
16.1 |
|
15.9 |
16.9 |
13.4 |
| Large |
16.2 |
|
15.9 |
16.9 |
13.2 |
| Midsize |
15.9 |
|
15.7 |
16.7 |
13.7 |
| Small |
16.2 |
|
16.0 |
16.8 |
14.7 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Town |
15.4 |
|
15.3 |
15.6 |
14.7 |
| Fringe |
15.9 |
|
15.7 |
16.1 |
16.7 |
| Distant |
15.2 |
|
15.1 |
15.5 |
13.4 |
| Remote |
15.0 |
|
14.9 |
15.1 |
14.5 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Rural |
15.0 |
|
15.1 |
15.1 |
13.6 |
| Fringe |
15.9 |
|
15.8 |
16.2 |
15.3 |
| Distant |
14.4 |
|
14.6 |
14.3 |
13.5 |
| Remote |
12.5 |
|
12.9 |
12.0 |
12.1 |
| NOTE: The student/teacher ratio is determined by dividing the total number of full-time-equivalent teachers into the total fall enrollment. Regular schools include all schools except special education schools, vocational schools, and alternative schools. Combined schools include both elementary and secondary grades. This analysis excludes schools that did not report both enrollment and teacher data. For more information on free and reduced-price lunch and locale codes, see supplemental note 1. For more information on the Common Core of Data (CCD), see supplemental note 3. |
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2007–08. |
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