| Table 4. Percentage of public school districts that offered various benefits to teachers, by selected public school district characteristics: 2007–08 |
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| Selected public school district characteristic |
General medical insurance | Retirement plan1 | Housing, housing subsidies, or rent assistance |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dental insurance | Group life insurance | Defined- benefit | Defined- contribution | Tuition reimburse- ment |
Subsidized meals | Subsidized transportation | ||||||
| All public school districts | 98.0 | 85.2 | 80.0 | 83.0 | 65.9 | 44.6 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 2.9 | |||
| District size | ||||||||||||
| 1 school | 96.6 | 80.2 | 70.2 | 78.4 | 65.5 | 45.2 | 5.9 | 6.6 | 2.8 | |||
| 2-3 schools | 97.6 | 81.0 | 79.1 | 81.3 | 62.4 | 45.9 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 2.6 | |||
| 4-5 schools | 99.4 | 88.3 | 83.5 | 86.0 | 66.4 | 44.5 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 3.7 | |||
| 6-9 schools | 99.0 | 92.3 | 88.9 | 86.1 | 69.2 | 44.4 | 0.8 | 1.2 | ! | 2.4 | ||
| 10-19 schools | 99.5 | 94.0 | 90.3 | 90.3 | 69.2 | 41.3 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 3.4 | |||
| 20 or more schools | 99.7 | 96.9 | 96.1 | 93.7 | 72.2 | 40.6 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 2.7 | |||
| Community type | ||||||||||||
| City | 99.9 | 90.7 | 81.2 | 82.5 | 68.8 | 45.2 | 0.6 | ! | 4.3 | 3.4 | ||
| Suburban | 99.2 | 95.2 | 84.8 | 83.2 | 66.3 | 53.1 | 0.3 | 0.7 | ! | 1.4 | ||
| Town | 99.5 | 88.0 | 85.8 | 83.4 | 68.9 | 39.8 | 1.8 | ! | 4.8 | 3.5 | ||
| Rural | 96.4 | 78.1 | 75.3 | 83.0 | 63.9 | 42.5 | 6.2 | 4.7 | 3.2 | |||
| District K-12 enrollment | ||||||||||||
| Less than 250 | 93.6 | 75.5 | 64.7 | 78.8 | 61.0 | 42.9 | 10.1 | 9.1 | 3.3 | |||
| 250-999 | 98.6 | 80.5 | 77.9 | 78.6 | 64.4 | 43.8 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 2.9 | |||
| 1,000-1,999 | 99.5 | 89.2 | 84.5 | 86.1 | 67.6 | 47.3 | 1.0 | 2.8 | 2.1 | |||
| 2,000-4,999 | 99.5 | 93.3 | 88.1 | 88.0 | 70.0 | 48.0 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 3.7 | |||
| 5,000-9,999 | 99.8 | 96.0 | 91.7 | 89.1 | 68.5 | 41.9 | 0.4 | 1.1 | ! | 1.8 | ||
| 10,000 or more | 99.7 | 96.9 | 94.1 | 91.9 | 72.0 | 39.5 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 2.4 | |||
| Percent of K-12 students in district who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches | ||||||||||||
| 0-34 | 98.8 | 88.0 | 83.8 | 82.9 | 67.5 | 50.5 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 2.3 | |||
| 35-49 | 98.9 | 83.6 | 80.2 | 83.7 | 64.9 | 42.6 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 3.7 | |||
| 50-74 | 98.2 | 82.8 | 81.7 | 84.3 | 65.9 | 37.2 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 3.6 | |||
| 75 or more | 98.2 | 88.9 | 75.5 | 85.1 | 62.5 | 40.7 | 4.9 | 7.7 | 2.7 | |||
| District did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program | 91.5 | 78.4 | 63.5 | 75.9 | 66.0 | 49.3 | 8.4 | ! | 3.5 | ! | 1.8 | ! |
| ! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is equal to 30 percent or more of the estimate's value. | ||||||||||||
| 1 Districts can offer both defined-benefit and defined-contribution retirement plans. A defined-benefit retirement plan is a plan in which benefits are invested in a group trust fund which employees do notcontrol. Benefits are based on a formula that takes into account employee's length of employment and earnings. Most state retirement plans are defined-benefit. A defined-contribution retirement plan is aplan where contributions are paid into an individually-controlled retirement account. Funds available at retirement depend on the nature of the investment and returns. 403(b) plans are defined-contribution. | ||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School District Data File," 2007–08. | ||||||||||||
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