Elementary and Secondary Education

Student Effort, Persistence and Progress

Table A-15-1. Percent of public school districts with any high school students enrolled in distance education courses and number of student enrollments in distance education, by selected district characteristics: School years 2002-03, 2004-05, and 2009-10

District characteristic	Percent of public school districts with high school students enrolled in distance education			Number of public high school student enrollments in distance education
District characteristic	2002-03	2004-05	2009-10	2002-03		2004-05	2009-10

All public school districts	30	30	53	222,090		309,630	1,348,920

District enrollment size
Less than 2,500	29	28	49	74,160		103,190	408,030	!
2,500 to 9,999	31	33	64	44,780		48,420	312,130
10,000 or more	47	48	73	103,150		157,440	628,760

Locale
City	21	22	37	63,040	!	70,540	405,740
Suburban	22	27	45	62,170		136,260	434,260
Town	37	33	66	24,790		27,030	246,850	!
Rural	34	32	56	71,970		75,220	262,070

Region
Northeast	18	17	38	17,420		16,860	71,330
Southeast	41	42	76	50,410		89,800	443,770
Central	38	35	60	60,560		70,450	416,550
West	25	27	48	93,700		132,520	417,270

Poverty concentration
Less than 10 percent	27	29	52	57,310		80,150	231,890
10 to 19 percent	35	35	54	77,810		124,540	682,380
20 percent or more	36	32	54	83,100		78,590	434,640

! Interpret with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is 30 percent or greater.
NOTE: Distance education courses are defined as courses that are credit-granting, technology-delivered, have either the instructor in a different location than the students and/or have the course content developed in, or delivered from, a different location than that of the students. Poverty estimates for school districts were based on Title I data provided to the U.S. Department of Education by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more information on locale and region, see Appendix C – Commonly Used Measures. For more information on the Fast Response Survey System (FRSS), see Appendix B – Guide to Sources.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Fast Response Survey System (FRSS), "Distance Education Courses for Public School Elementary and Secondary Students: 2002-03," FRSS 84, 2003; "Distance Education Courses for Public Elementary and Secondary School Students: 2004-05," FRSS 89, 2005; and "Distance Education Courses for Public Elementary and Secondary School Students: 2009-10," FRSS 98, 2010.

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