| Table 7. Percentage of library media centers that had space for a full class of students at one time, percentage of those that could accommodate other activities concurrent with a full class, and percentage of library media centers that were available for independent student use during specific times, by school type and selected school characteristics: 2007–08 |
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| Number of schools with library media centers | Percent of library media centers that had space for a full class of students at one time | Of library media centers that had space for a full class, percent that could accommodate other activities concurrent with a full class1 |
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| School type and selected school characteristic | Percent of library media centers that were available for independent student use | |||||
| Before school | After school | During regular school hours | ||||
| All public schools | 81,920 | 97.8 | 82.3 | 59.0 | 57.1 | 89.9 |
| School classification | ||||||
| Traditional public | 80,100 | 98.1 | 82.5 | 59.4 | 57.2 | 90.2 |
| Charter school | 1,820 | 82.2 | 69.1 | 43.9 | 55.1 | 76.4 |
| Community type | ||||||
| City | 19,340 | 97.7 | 82.4 | 54.5 | 57.6 | 89.1 |
| Suburban | 23,740 | 98.6 | 86.1 | 55.6 | 52.6 | 88.5 |
| Town | 12,380 | 97.9 | 80.9 | 62.0 | 60.4 | 88.9 |
| Rural | 26,450 | 97.1 | 79.4 | 64.0 | 59.3 | 92.2 |
| School level | ||||||
| Elementary | 59,730 | 98.3 | 80.1 | 50.9 | 48.1 | 87.6 |
| Secondary | 17,760 | 97.7 | 90.7 | 85.7 | 85.4 | 96.8 |
| Combined | 4,430 | 90.9 | 77.7 | 62.5 | 64.7 | 92.8 |
| Student enrollment | ||||||
| Less than 100 | 3,040 | 84.5 | 56.7 | 40.4 | 48.0 | 80.6 |
| 100-199 | 6,600 | 93.6 | 69.4 | 51.5 | 49.7 | 83.7 |
| 200-499 | 34,460 | 98.3 | 79.2 | 51.5 | 49.5 | 89.1 |
| 500-749 | 20,010 | 98.7 | 85.5 | 60.0 | 57.6 | 90.5 |
| 750-999 | 8,600 | 99.9 | 90.5 | 68.6 | 66.7 | 92.8 |
| 1,000 or more | 9,200 | 99.4 | 94.7 | 88.1 | 84.0 | 96.5 |
| Percent of K-12 students who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches | ||||||
| 0-34 | 32,390 | 98.5 | 87.0 | 62.7 | 59.4 | 91.9 |
| 35-49 | 14,270 | 97.8 | 83.2 | 61.2 | 57.0 | 89.7 |
| 50-74 | 18,280 | 98.5 | 80.6 | 59.7 | 57.7 | 90.2 |
| 75 or more | 15,460 | 96.2 | 74.2 | 50.8 | 52.5 | 85.9 |
| School did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program | 1,520 | 90.2 | 74.8 | 37.2 | 49.2 | 87.9 |
| All BIE schools | 160 | 95.3 | 68.7 | 61.7 | 68.6 | 92.8 |
| 1 Concurrent activities included production activities, conferences, small group work, or individual browsing. | ||||||
| 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 Data Files," 2007–08. | ||||||
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