| Table 9. Percentage of library media centers that provided support for various types of literacy activities and standards, and average number of books checked out during the most recent full week of school, 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 | Percent of library media centers | Average number of books or other materials checked out during the most recent full week of school | |||||||||
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| Percent of library media centers that provided support for literacy activities | That received formal feedback on students' information literacy skills | In which paid professional library staff received formal training on information literacy instruction in the past 12 months | ||||||||||
| Family literacy activities | Book clubs | |||||||||||
| All public schools | 81,920 | 41.8 | 38.6 | 24.2 | 37.4 | 627 | ||||||
| School classification | ||||||||||||
| Traditional public | 80,100 | 42.0 | 38.5 | 24.2 | 37.7 | 635 | ||||||
| Charter school | 1,820 | 32.5 | 41.3 | 21.8 | ! | 24.5 | ! | 283 | ||||
| Community type | ||||||||||||
| City | 19,340 | 48.0 | 43.2 | 24.5 | 43.7 | 678 | ||||||
| Suburban | 23,740 | 44.5 | 46.2 | 24.6 | 42.3 | 676 | ||||||
| Town | 12,380 | 36.4 | 30.6 | 23.4 | 31.2 | 669 | ||||||
| Rural | 26,450 | 37.3 | 32.1 | 24.0 | 31.4 | 527 | ||||||
| School level | ||||||||||||
| Elementary | 59,730 | 48.6 | 38.2 | 24.5 | 37.7 | 757 | ||||||
| Secondary | 17,760 | 20.6 | 42.0 | 22.3 | 38.5 | 279 | ||||||
| Combined | 4,430 | 33.6 | 30.2 | 27.7 | 29.2 | 272 | ||||||
| Student enrollment | ||||||||||||
| Less than 100 | 3,040 | 26.4 | 23.0 | 24.9 | 23.8 | 137 | ||||||
| 100-199 | 6,600 | 29.9 | 24.5 | 21.9 | 30.1 | 262 | ||||||
| 200-499 | 34,460 | 45.0 | 34.9 | 24.5 | 36.3 | 577 | ||||||
| 500-749 | 20,010 | 47.8 | 41.8 | 24.6 | 38.9 | 809 | ||||||
| 750-999 | 8,600 | 43.9 | 48.4 | 23.1 | 39.1 | 937 | ||||||
| 1,000 or more | 9,200 | 28.3 | 51.7 | 24.6 | 46.6 | 553 | ||||||
| Percent of K-12 students who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches |
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| 0-34 | 32,390 | 37.2 | 42.3 | 22.9 | 39.4 | 625 | ||||||
| 35-49 | 14,270 | 37.7 | 34.8 | 24.3 | 37.5 | 569 | ||||||
| 50-74 | 18,280 | 48.2 | 38.0 | 26.5 | 35.0 | 683 | ||||||
| 75 or more | 15,460 | 49.3 | 35.8 | 24.4 | 37.2 | 647 | ||||||
| School did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program |
1,520 | 23.3 | 30.4 | 20.4 | ! | 26.6 | 343 | |||||
| All BIE schools | 160 | 52.9 | 36.6 | 35.5 | 28.2 | 629 | ||||||
| ! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is equal to 30 percent or more of the estimate's value. | ||||||||||||
| 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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