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Table 3. Staffing characteristics of library media center personnel, by school type and selected school characteristics: 2007–08 |
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School type and selected school characteristic |
Number of schools with library media centers | Total number of paid professional library media center staff | Percent of paid professional library media center staff who were state-certified classroom teachers | Percent of paid professional library media center staff who had a master's degree in a library-related major1 | Total number of full-time, paid, state-certified library media center specialists | |||||
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All public schools | 81,920 | 81,790 | 71.9 | 56.2 | 53,880 | |||||
School classification | ||||||||||
Traditional public | 80,100 | 80,500 | 72.2 | 56.6 | 53,500 | |||||
Charter school | 1,820 | 1,280 | 53.7 | 29.4 | 380 | ! | ||||
Community type | ||||||||||
City | 19,340 | 19,640 | 73.3 | 55.9 | 12,670 | |||||
Suburban | 23,740 | 23,580 | 72.3 | 62.7 | 17,360 | |||||
Town | 12,380 | 12,520 | 73.3 | 52.0 | 7,800 | |||||
Rural | 26,450 | 26,050 | 69.8 | 52.4 | 16,060 | |||||
School level | ||||||||||
Elementary | 59,730 | 56,790 | 70.5 | 54.9 | 36,180 | |||||
Secondary | 17,760 | 21,000 | 75.9 | 62.6 | 15,550 | |||||
Combined | 4,430 | 3,990 | 70.2 | 39.8 | 2,160 | |||||
Student enrollment | ||||||||||
Less than 100 | 3,040 | 2,180 | 58.5 | 42.0 | 410 | ! | ||||
100-199 | 6,600 | 5,940 | 65.0 | 36.0 | 2,460 | |||||
200-499 | 34,460 | 32,490 | 70.9 | 54.0 | 19,430 | |||||
500-749 | 20,010 | 19,560 | 72.8 | 57.0 | 14,430 | |||||
750-999 | 8,600 | 9,080 | 74.3 | 58.8 | 6,710 | |||||
1,000 or more | 9,200 | 12,530 | 76.8 | 70.5 | 10,440 | |||||
Percent of K-12 students who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches | ||||||||||
0-34 | 32,390 | 33,750 | 71.1 | 60.0 | 22,660 | |||||
35-49 | 14,270 | 14,190 | 71.5 | 57.7 | 9,620 | |||||
50-74 | 18,280 | 18,490 | 73.9 | 52.7 | 12,310 | |||||
75 or more | 15,460 | 14,180 | 71.2 | 49.9 | 8,710 | |||||
School did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program | 1,520 | 1,180 | 76.7 | 57.5 | 590 | |||||
All BIE schools | 160 | 140 | 64.0 | 26.9 | 80.0 | |||||
! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is equal to 30 percent or more of the estimate's value. | ||||||||||
1 A library-related major refers to degrees in librarianship, library science, information science, educational media, instructional design, or instructional technology. | ||||||||||
NOTE: The 2007–08 Schools and Staffing Survey did not collect School Library Media Center data from private schools. 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 Library Media Center and BIE School Library Media Center DataFiles," 2007–08. |
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