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                           |                      Percent of students participating in program
          School           |____________________________________________________________________________________________________
      characteristics      |   All    |                   Public                   |                   Private
                           |  schools |____________________________________________|____________________________________________
                           |          |   Total  |Elementary|Secondary |Combined\2\|   Total  |Elementary|Secondary |Combined\2\
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        Total .............|13.1 (0.4)|14.3 (0.4)|18.5 (0.6)| 6.1 (0.3)|13.6  (0.7)| 3.3 (0.2)| 4.6 (0.3)| 1.9 (0.4)| 1.4  (0.2)
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Community type             |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |          |
  Central city ............|17.0 (0.7)|19.4 (0.8)|24.2 (1.2)| 9.2 (1.0)|14.4  (2.3)| 4.4 (0.4)| 6.7 (0.6)| 2.5 (0.7)| 0.8  (0.2)
  Urban fringe/large town .| 9.1 (0.7)|10.1 (0.8)|13.0 (1.2)| 4.6 (0.6)| 8.3  (1.3)| 2.0 (0.2)| 2.4 (0.3)| 0.9 (0.3)| 1.9  (0.6)
  Rural/small town ........|13.2 (0.5)|13.7 (0.5)|18.2 (0.7)| 5.2 (0.2)|14.9  (1.0)| 3.0 (0.5)| 4.0 (0.6)| 2.3 (0.6)| 1.8  (0.7)
                           |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |          |
School size (students)     |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |          |
   Less than 150 ..........| 9.8 (0.6)|16.7 (0.9)|20.0 (1.3)|11.1 (0.9)|15.6  (1.4)| 3.8 (0.5)| 3.3 (0.5)| 8.1 (3.0)| 3.8  (0.9)
   150-299 ................|13.1 (0.6)|16.7 (0.8)|19.2 (1.0)| 7.6 (0.8)|11.6  (1.7)| 5.1 (0.4)| 6.2 (0.5)| 4.1 (1.9)| 1.4  (0.5)
   300-499 ................|14.7 (0.6)|16.3 (0.6)|18.0 (0.7)| 7.0 (0.9)|13.1  (1.0)| 2.6 (0.4)| 3.7 (0.7)| 0.9 (0.2)| 0.8  (0.2)
   500-749 ................|14.7 (0.6)|15.5 (0.7)|17.6 (0.9)| 6.0 (0.7)|18.3  (2.4)| 2.0 (0.6)| 3.8 (1.3)| 1.1 (0.3)| 0.3  (0.2)
   750 or more ............|11.3 (0.7)|11.7 (0.7)|20.1 (1.7)| 5.8 (0.4)|11.4  (1.0)| 1.3 (0.3)| 4.5 (1.6)| 0.8 (0.2)| 0.4  (0.2)
                           |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |          |
Minority students          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |          |
   Less than 5% ...........| 7.8 (0.2)| 8.8 (0.2)|11.6 (0.3)| 3.7 (0.3)| 9.7  (0.6)| 1.7 (0.1)| 2.4 (0.2)| 0.6 (0.2)| 0.8  (0.3)
   5 to 19% ...............| 6.0 (0.2)| 6.6 (0.3)| 8.6 (0.4)| 2.3 (0.2)|14.2  (1.7)| 2.1 (0.2)| 3.0 (0.3)| 1.6 (0.5)| 0.9  (0.4)
   20 to 49% ..............|10.2 (0.7)|10.8 (0.7)|14.6 (1.1)| 3.3 (0.2)|13.7  (1.5)| 2.7 (0.4)| 2.7 (0.6)| 3.7 (1.2)| 1.7  (0.5)
   50% or more ............|27.8 (1.0)|29.0 (1.1)|35.8 (1.6)|14.9 (1.2)|18.2  (2.1)|10.0 (1.1)|12.4 (1.3)| 2.5 (0.7)| 5.2  (1.6)
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Schools and Staffing Survey, 1993-94." (This table was prepared June 1998.)