Table 3.9a. Percentage of public school teachers who reported potential problems as "serious problems" in their schools, by type of problem, locale, and grade level taught: 2003

Status of Education in Rural America

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Table 3.9a.

Percentage of public school teachers who reported potential problems as "serious problems" in their schools, by type of problem, locale, and grade level taught: 2003–04

Locale and grade level taught	Students come to school unprepared to learn	Lack of parental involvement	Poverty	Student apathy	Student tardiness	Student class cutting	Students dropping out	Student pregnancy
Total	26.8	21.6	21.4	16.6	13.9	5.6	3.3	2.4
City	36.9	30.3	32.2	20.5	21.7	10.3	5.6	3.5
Suburban	22.2	18.3	14.6	14.3	12.4	4.3	2.0	1.4
Town	25.7	19.2	22.4	16.8	10.2	3.9	3.3	3.4
Rural	22.0	17.4	17.7	15.0	8.7	2.9	2.7	2.0

Elementary	21.7	18.5	23.2	6.2	9.1	0.6	0.4	0.1
City	32.4	27.6	35.2	8.9	15.9	1.3	0.6	0.2 !
Suburban	17.2	16.0	16.2	5.2	7.6	0.4	0.1	‡
Town	19.1	13.8	22.6	4.4	5.0	0.2	0.1	0.1
Rural	15.5	12.7	18.1	5.0	4.7	0.3	0.6	0.2

Middle	27.9	21.0	20.8	17.7	11.2	3.1	0.7	0.4
City	36.6	28.4	30.2	20.9	15.8	6.0	1.0	0.4
Suburban	24.9	19.1	15.7	17.2	10.6	2.2	0.2	0.2
Town	27.9	18.4	22.3	19.5	8.9	1.4	1.0	1.0
Rural	22.1	16.6	16.5	13.5	7.8	2.3	0.9	0.6

High school	33.0	26.5	19.5	30.3	23.2	14.8	10.0	7.5
City	44.8	36.8	29.9	39.0	37.0	28.8	18.2	11.9
Suburban	27.1	20.9	11.0	25.5	22.0	12.4	6.6	4.8
Town	32.3	26.8	22.2	31.3	18.8	11.4	9.9	10.3
Rural	29.0	22.9	18.0	26.8	13.6	6.0	6.2	4.9
! Interpret data with caution. ‡ Reporting standards not met. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey, "Teacher Questionnaire," 2003–04.