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Table 418. Percent of public schools and school classrooms having access to the Internet, by school characteristics: 1994 to 1999
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                        |       |Instructional  |    Size of school    |      Metropolitan status      |Percent of students eligible for
                        |  All  |  level\1\     |      enrollment      |                               |  free or reduced-price lunch
  Schools, computers,   |public |_______________|______________________|_______________________________|________________________________
   instruction rooms,   |schools|       |       | Less  |  300  |1,000 |       |       |       |       | Less  | 11 to | 31 to |   71
       and access       |       |Elemen-|Secon- | than  |  to   |  or  | City  | Urban | Town  | Rural |than 11|  30   |  70   |percent
                        |       | tary  | dary  |  300  |  999  | more |       |fringe |       |       |percent|percent|percent|or more
                        |       |       |       |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
________________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|________
           1            |   2   |   3   |   4   |   5   |   6   |  7   |   8   |   9   |  10   |  11   |  12   |  13   |  14   |   15
________________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|________
       Estimated        |       |       |       |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   number of schools    |       |       |       |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
1995 ...................|77,853 |57,705 |18,083 |20,673 |50,044 |7,136 |17,906 |18,464 |19,539 |21,944 |13,192 |21,876 |28,017 | 14,651
1997 ...................|79,125 |59,695 |19,430 |20,540 |51,169 |7,416 |21,071 |23,419 |12,637 |21,998 |10,677 |21,686 |32,666 | 14,097
1998 ...................|78,727 |59,173 |19,555 |20,095 |50,591 |8,041 |20,635 |26,265 |11,306 |20,522 |10,860 |22,916 |29,450 | 15,462
1999 ...................|78,399 |59,575 |17,110 |20,018 |50,389 |7,992 |21,034 |26,245 |11,235 |19,885 |13,377 |20,201 |31,725 | 13,096
                        |       |       |       |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
1998 (standard error) ..|  (339)|  (293)|  (203)|  (479)|  (473)| (165)|   (96)|   (98)|  (182)|  (273)|(1,030)|(1,357)|(1,547)| (1,288)
1999 (standard error) ..|  (665)|  (722)|  (521)|(1,263)|  (681)| (291)|  (605)|  (514)|  (343)|  (506)|(1,054)|(1,058)|(1,563)|   (958)
                        |       |       |       |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Percent of schools   |       |       |       |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  having access to the  |       |       |       |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
        Internet        |       |       |       |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
1994 ...................|    35 |    30 |    49 |    30 |    35 |   58 |    40 |    38 |    29 |    35 |   --- |   --- |   --- |    ---
1995 ...................|    50 |    46 |    65 |    39 |    52 |   69 |    47 |    59 |    47 |    48 |    62 |    59 |    47 |     31
1996 ...................|    65 |    61 |    77 |    57 |    66 |   80 |    64 |    75 |    61 |    60 |    78 |    72 |    58 |     53
1997 ...................|    78 |    75 |    89 |    75 |    78 |   89 |    74 |    78 |    84 |    79 |    88 |    83 |    78 |     63
1998 ...................|    89 |    88 |    94 |    87 |    89 |   95 |    92 |    85 |    90 |    92 |    87 |    94 |    91 |     80
1999 ...................|    95 |    94 |    98 |    96 |    94 |   96 |    93 |    96 |    94 |    96 |    94 |    96 |    97 |     90
                        |       |       |       |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
1998 (standard error) ..|  (1.3)|  (1.6)|  (2.1)|  (3.4)|  (1.4)| (2.4)|  (2.1)|  (2.8)|  (3.2)|  (3.4)|  (5.6)|  (2.0)|  (3.7)|   (3.3)
1999 (standard error) ..|  (0.8)|  (1.0)|  (0.8)|  (1.5)|  (1.0)| (1.7)|  (1.5)|  (1.2)|  (2.5)|  (1.4)|  (2.2)|  (1.4)|  (2.0)|   (2.8)
                        |       |       |       |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Number of computers for |       |       |       |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
instructional purposes, |       |       |       |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      in thousands      |       |       |       |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
1995\2\ ................| 5,621 | 3,453 | 2,021 |   850 | 3,600 |1,171 | 1,497 | 1,526 | 1,404 | 1,195 | 1,017 | 1,712 | 1,919 |    951
1997 ...................| 5,959 | 3,701 | 2,258 |   839 | 3,767 |1,353 | 1,727 | 2,084 |   934 | 1,214 | 1,008 | 1,782 | 2,211 |    959
1998 ...................| 7,111 | 4,519 | 2,592 |   952 | 4,414 |1,744 | 2,148 | 2,606 | 1,047 | 1,311 | 1,074 | 2,232 | 2,474 |  1,317
1999 ...................| 7,806 | 4,923 | 2,728 | 1,021 | 4,952 |1,834 | 2,320 | 2,975 | 1,022 | 1,489 | 1,523 | 2,205 | 2,811 |  1,267
                        |       |       |       |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
1998 (standard error) ..|  (183)|  (145)|   (94)|   (53)|  (136)| (106)|   (74)|  (129)|   (58)|   (77)|   (96)|  (196)|  (153)|   (153)
1999 (standard error) ..|  (665)|  (722)|  (521)|(1,263)|  (681)| (291)|  (605)|  (514)|  (343)|  (506)|(1,054)|(1,058)|(1,563)|   (958)
                        |       |       |       |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Mean number of     |       |       |       |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  computers per school  |       |       |       |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
1995 ...................|    72 |    60 |   112 |    41 |    72 |  164 |    84 |    83 |    72 |    54 |    77 |    78 |    68 |     65
1997 ...................|    75 |    62 |   116 |    41 |    74 |  183 |    82 |    89 |    74 |    55 |    94 |    82 |    68 |     68
1998 ...................|    90 |    76 |   133 |    47 |    87 |  218 |   104 |    99 |    93 |    64 |    99 |    97 |    84 |     85
1999 ...................|   100 |    83 |   159 |    51 |    99 |  229 |   111 |   114 |    91 |    75 |   114 |   110 |    89 |     97
                        |       |       |       |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
1998 (standard error) ..|  (2.3)|  (2.4)|  (4.8)|  (2.6)|  (2.5)|(12.8)|  (3.7)|  (4.8)|  (5.2)|  (3.6)|  (7.3)|  (5.7)|  (7.3)|   (7.2)
1999 (standard error) ..|  (2.2)|  (2.2)|  (6.4)|  (2.5)|  (2.4)|(10.7)|  (4.7)|  (4.2)|  (4.2)|  (3.6)|  (6.1)|  (4.8)|  (8.3)|   (5.1)
                        |       |       |       |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  Number of computers   |       |       |       |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 with Internet access,  |       |       |       |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      in thousands      |       |       |       |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
1995 ...................|   448 |   232 |   187 |    59 |   315 |   73 |    96 |   131 |   126 |    94 |   111 |   163 |   123 |     39
1998 ...................| 3,940 | 2,306 | 1,634 |   456 | 2,516 |  968 | 1,114 | 1,472 |   536 |   818 |   723 | 1,341 | 1,346 |    529
1999 ...................| 5,388 | 3,110 | 2,180 |   736 | 3,353 |1,299 | 1,425 | 2,096 |   781 |  1087 | 1,230 | 1,665 | 1,959 |    533
                        |       |       |       |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
1998 (standard error) ..|  (190)|  (155)|   (90)|   (39)|  (152)|  (78)|   (94)|  (113)|   (47)|   (77)|   (79)|  (149)|  (108)|    (87)
1999 (standard error) ..|  (153)|  (115)|   (97)|   (64)|  (142)|  (68)|   105 |   (98)|   (51)|   (79)|  (109)|  (124)|  (120)|    (60)
                        |       |       |       |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Percent of all     |       |       |       |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 computers with access  |       |       |       |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
    to the Internet     |       |       |       |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
1995 ...................|     8 |     7 |     9 |     7 |     9 |    6 |     6 |     9 |     9 |     8 |    11 |    10 |     6 |      4
1998 ...................|    55 |    51 |    63 |    48 |    57 |   56 |    52 |    56 |    51 |    62 |    67 |    60 |    54 |     40
1999 ...................|    69 |    63 |    80 |    72 |    68 |   71 |    61 |    70 |    76 |    73 |    81 |    76 |    70 |     42
                        |       |       |       |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
1998 (standard error) ..|  (1.7)|  (2.5)|  (2.1)|  (3.4)|  (2.2)| (3.4)|  (3.0)|  (2.8)|  (4.1)|  (3.4)|  (3.8)|  (2.7)|  (4.8)|   (4.3)
1999 (standard error) ..|  (1.4)|  (1.6)|  (2.4)|  (3.0)|  (1.7)| (3.6)|  (2.6)|  (2.4)|  (3.1)|  (2.7)|  (3.1)|  (2.8)|  (4.3)|   (3.6)
                        |       |       |       |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Number of instructional |       |       |       |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 rooms,\3\ in thousands |       |       |       |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
1997 ...................| 2,625 | 1,720 |   906 |   335 | 1,725 |  566 |   830 |   902 |   388 |   505 |   412 |   758 |   976 |    480
1998 ...................| 2,709 | 1,772 |   937 |   349 | 1,740 |  620 |   839 |   981 |   390 |   498 |   406 |   838 |   958 |    505
1999 ...................| 2,811 | 1,830 |   926 |   360 | 1,805 |  645 |   857 | 1,049 |   375 |   530 |   502 |   750 | 1,087 |    472
                        |       |       |       |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
1998 (standard error) ..|   (41)|   (29)|   (26)|   (15)|   (34)|  (21)|   (22)|   (24)|   (14)|   (17)|   (35)|   (52)|   (48)|    (42)
1999 (standard error) ..|   (36)|   (33)|   (29)|   (26)|   (39)|  (30)|   (29)|   (33)|   (16)|   (23)|   (39)|   (42)|   (60)|    (33)
                        |       |       |       |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  Percent of instruc-   |       |       |       |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
  tional rooms\3\ with  |       |       |       |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 access to the Internet |       |       |       |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
1994 ...................|     3 |     3 |     4 |     3 |     3 |    3 |     4 |     4 |     3 |     3 |   --- |   --- |   --- |    ---
1995 ...................|     8 |     8 |     8 |     9 |     8 |    4 |     6 |     8 |     8 |     8 |     9 |    10 |     7 |      3
1996 ...................|    14 |    13 |    16 |    15 |    13 |   16 |    12 |    16 |    14 |    14 |    18 |    16 |    14 |      7
1997 ...................|    27 |    24 |    32 |    27 |    28 |   25 |    20 |    29 |    34 |    30 |    36 |    32 |    27 |     14
1998 ...................|    51 |    51 |    52 |    54 |    53 |   45 |    47 |    50 |    55 |    57 |    62 |    53 |    52 |     39
1999 ...................|    63 |    62 |    67 |    71 |    64 |   58 |    52 |    67 |    72 |    71 |    74 |    71 |    65 |     39
                        |       |       |       |       |       |      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
1998 (standard error) ..|  (1.7)|  (2.3)|  (2.1)|  (5.4)|  (5.3)| (4.5)|  (3.2)|  (2.9)|  (4.0)|  (3.6)|  (4.0)|  (3.1)|  (6.1)|   (4.1)
1999 (standard error) ..|  (1.6)|  (1.8)|  (2.6)|  (3.2)|  (1.9)| (3.0)|  (2.6)|  (2.5)|  (3.4)|  (3.0)|  (4.0)|  (2.9)|  (4.9)|   (4.3)
________________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|________

---Not Available.
\1\Excludes combined elementary/secondary schools because of small sample size.
\2\Includes computers used for instructional or administrative purposes.
\3\Includes all classrooms, computer labs, and library/media centers.

NOTE: Data are derived from sample surveys and are subject to sampling error. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding of weighted estimates. Standard errors appear in parentheses.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Fast Response Survey System, Internet Access in U.S. Public Elementary and Secondary Schools; Advanced Telecommunications in U.S. Public Elementary and Secondary Schools, 1995; and unpublished data. (This table was prepared April 2000.)


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