| Table 6. Number and percentage of schools with staff with academic specialist or coaching assignments and among those schools the percentage with different types of assignments, by school type and selected school characteristics: 2007–08 |
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| School type and selected school characteristic | Number of schools with staff with specialist or coaching assignments | Percent of all schools with staff with specialist or coaching assignments | Among schools that had specialist or coaching assignments | |||||||||||||
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| Percent with reading specialists | Percent with math specialists | Percent with science specialists | Percent with reading coaches | Percent with math coaches | Percent with science coaches | |||||||||||
| All schools | 67,850 | 56.9 | 78.1 | 34.6 | 19.6 | 43.2 | 22.9 | 10.5 | ||||||||
| All public schools | 57,440 | 63.3 | 79.8 | 31.6 | 16.3 | 45.9 | 23.0 | 9.6 | ||||||||
| School classification | ||||||||||||||||
| Traditional public | 55,250 | 63.4 | 80.2 | 31.3 | 16.1 | 46.0 | 22.8 | 9.4 | ||||||||
| Charter school | 2,200 | 61.6 | 70.2 | 39.5 | 21.1 | 43.9 | 29.3 | 13.9 | ||||||||
| Community type | ||||||||||||||||
| City | 15,530 | 72.4 | 70.5 | 32.5 | 22.2 | 57.2 | 35.1 | 12.6 | ||||||||
| Suburban | 17,510 | 67.9 | 84.7 | 30.6 | 15.8 | 44.2 | 21.1 | 10.3 | ||||||||
| Town | 8,290 | 58.9 | 80.6 | 33.2 | 12.2 | 41.9 | 17.9 | 7.3 | ||||||||
| Rural | 16,110 | 54.7 | 83.0 | 31.0 | 13.3 | 38.9 | 16.1 | 7.1 | ||||||||
| School level | ||||||||||||||||
| Elementary | 45,380 | 72.7 | 82.2 | 30.6 | 15.2 | 47.3 | 22.2 | 8.3 | ||||||||
| Secondary | 9,010 | 41.7 | 68.8 | 36.6 | 21.6 | 40.0 | 30.0 | 17.0 | ||||||||
| Combined | 3,040 | 45.6 | 76.3 | 31.4 | 18.0 | 42.2 | 13.9 | 6.8 | ! | |||||||
| Student enrollment | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than 100 | 2,370 | 31.2 | 66.7 | 48.2 | 23.6 | 21.3 | ! | 10.7 | ! | 7.2 | ! | |||||
| 100-199 | 4,310 | 52.1 | 78.7 | 36.7 | 19.1 | 38.0 | 12.3 | 4.4 | ! | |||||||
| 200-499 | 25,620 | 69.6 | 83.5 | 28.8 | 13.0 | 44.6 | 21.2 | 7.8 | ||||||||
| 500-749 | 13,800 | 67.9 | 81.0 | 31.4 | 17.2 | 50.7 | 24.7 | 10.7 | ||||||||
| 750-999 | 5,750 | 67.2 | 72.4 | 31.2 | 19.0 | 50.9 | 27.6 | 11.2 | ||||||||
| 1,000 or more | 5,600 | 60.7 | 73.9 | 34.5 | 21.1 | 51.3 | 35.8 | 18.5 | ||||||||
| Percent of K-12 students who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches |
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| 0-34 | 20,780 | 61.4 | 86.8 | 32.5 | 16.8 | 30.4 | 16.3 | 7.3 | ||||||||
| 35-49 | 9,030 | 61.1 | 83.8 | 33.4 | 12.3 | 41.1 | 21.2 | 9.7 | ||||||||
| 50-74 | 13,310 | 67.2 | 77.3 | 27.9 | 15.2 | 57.3 | 24.0 | 9.6 | ||||||||
| 75 or more | 12,650 | 70.2 | 70.8 | 30.7 | 17.6 | 64.2 | 34.2 | 13.3 | ||||||||
| School did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program |
1,680 | 38.8 | 59.3 | 47.7 | 31.6 | 34.7 | 24.4 | ! | 9.0 | ! | ||||||
| All BIE schools | 120 | 66.6 | 79.2 | 26.1 | 14.7 | 53.6 | 13.0 | 6.3 | ||||||||
| All private schools | 10,290 | 36.5 | 68.6 | 51.4 | 38.3 | 27.9 | 22.2 | 15.7 | ||||||||
| School classification | ||||||||||||||||
| Catholic | 3,190 | 43.2 | 72.2 | 44.1 | 35.9 | 19.6 | 16.5 | 12.3 | ||||||||
| Other religious | 4,330 | 31.0 | 64.9 | 58.7 | 37.7 | 31.0 | 24.6 | 14.4 | ||||||||
| Nonsectarian | 2,760 | 40.2 | 70.2 | 48.6 | 41.9 | 32.8 | 24.9 | 21.6 | ||||||||
| Community type | ||||||||||||||||
| City | 4,010 | 41.2 | 68.6 | 46.2 | 35.6 | 25.7 | 19.0 | 11.4 | ||||||||
| Suburban | 3,810 | 40.2 | 70.4 | 54.6 | 42.5 | 31.5 | 25.3 | 20.8 | ||||||||
| Town | 990 | 32.7 | 63.7 | 51.4 | 44.8 | 25.9 | 19.0 | ! | 18.0 | ! | ||||||
| Rural | 1,480 | 24.7 | 67.4 | 57.5 | 30.3 | 25.9 | 25.0 | 12.8 | ||||||||
| School level | ||||||||||||||||
| Elementary | 6,080 | 37.1 | 66.3 | 45.8 | 40.2 | 24.2 | 16.6 | 12.5 | ||||||||
| Secondary | 950 | 31.3 | 70.6 | 49.0 | 30.7 | 29.1 | 28.8 | 18.6 | ||||||||
| Combined | 3,250 | 36.9 | 72.4 | 62.7 | 37.0 | 34.5 | 30.6 | 20.7 | ||||||||
| Student enrollment | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than 100 | 3,830 | 28.1 | 62.8 | 59.7 | 39.2 | 33.6 | 24.8 | 15.1 | ||||||||
| 100-199 | 2,400 | 42.0 | 62.9 | 48.0 | 41.3 | 28.8 | 22.7 | 18.3 | ||||||||
| 200-499 | 2,990 | 45.0 | 76.3 | 47.9 | 37.3 | 22.6 | 18.7 | 14.1 | ||||||||
| 500-749 | 610 | 43.9 | 82.3 | 38.1 | 28.8 | 22.5 | 20.3 | 16.0 | ||||||||
| 750 or more | 450 | 53.1 | 78.0 | 41.6 | 34.2 | 17.1 | 22.2 | 17.4 | ||||||||
| Percent of K-12 students who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches |
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| 0-34 | 1,860 | 40.2 | 71.7 | 46.9 | 37.4 | 17.1 | 11.3 | 7.5 | ! | |||||||
| 35-49 | 180 | ! | 30.6 | 85.7 | 60.1 | 30.0 | ! | 26.8 | ! | 24.2 | ! | 8.8 | ! | |||
| 50-74 | 290 | 44.1 | 69.2 | 18.6 | ! | 19.3 | ! | 23.9 | ! | 23.3 | ! | 6.6 | ! | |||
| 75 or more | 450 | 33.2 | 81.2 | 43.0 | 24.2 | ! | 44.3 | 21.7 | ! | 18.4 | ! | |||||
| School did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program |
7,520 | 35.8 | 66.7 | 54.1 | 40.2 | 29.8 | 24.8 | 18.0 | ||||||||
| ! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is equal to 30 percent or more of the estimate's value. | ||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: A specialist works with students and a coach works with teachers. Coaching includes observing lessons, providing feedback and demonstrating teaching strategies. BIE school refers to schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) that are operated by the BIE, a tribe, or a private contractor and not by a regular school district. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. | ||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School, BIE School, and Private School Data Files," 2007–08. | ||||||||||||||||
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