Table 8. Average class size for school teachers in elementary schools, secondary schools, and schools with combined grades, by classroom type, school type, and selected school characteristics: 2007–08 |
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Elementary schools | Secondary schools | Combined grade schools | |||||||||||||
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Average class size for teachers in self-contained classes | Average class size for teachers in departmentalized instruction | Average class size for teachers in self-contained classes | Average class size for teachers in departmentalized instruction | Average class size for teachers in self-contained classes | Average class size for teachers in departmentalized instruction | ||||||||||
School type and selected school characteristic | |||||||||||||||
All schools | 20.1 | 23.3 | 18.6 | 23.0 | 15.3 | 16.5 | |||||||||
All public schools | 20.3 | 23.7 | 18.6 | 23.3 | 15.1 | 16.8 | |||||||||
School classification | |||||||||||||||
Traditional public | 20.3 | 23.7 | 18.5 | 23.3 | 14.6 | 16.6 | |||||||||
Charter school | 21.7 | 23.6 | 33.1 | 20.3 | 21.5 | 18.8 | |||||||||
Community type | |||||||||||||||
City | 20.5 | 24.4 | 22.2 | 24.3 | 12.6 | 17.6 | |||||||||
Suburban | 21.0 | 24.4 | 17.9 | 24.5 | 12.9 | 17.7 | |||||||||
Town | 19.9 | 23.6 | 14.7 | 21.8 | 16.1 | 16.6 | |||||||||
Rural | 19.2 | 22.3 | 18.5 | 21.2 | 16.3 | 16.4 | |||||||||
Student enrollment | |||||||||||||||
Less than 100 | 13.0 | 12.0 | 13.7 | 13.6 | 8.9 | 9.0 | |||||||||
100-199 | 18.0 | 18.9 | 21.4 | 17.2 | 11.1 | 11.0 | |||||||||
200-499 | 20.0 | 21.2 | 18.4 | 19.1 | 15.7 | 16.2 | |||||||||
500-749 | 20.9 | 24.1 | 15.6 | 22.0 | 18.8 | 20.3 | |||||||||
750-999 | 20.8 | 26.8 | 15.6 | 23.3 | 18.6 | 20.6 | |||||||||
1,000 or more | 20.1 | 25.0 | 20.4 | 24.9 | 20.9 | 22.6 | |||||||||
Percent of K-12 students who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches |
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0-34 | 20.8 | 24.8 | 17.6 | 23.8 | 16.2 | 17.0 | |||||||||
35-49 | 19.8 | 22.5 | 19.9 | 23.3 | 16.1 | 18.4 | |||||||||
50-74 | 19.8 | 23.0 | 17.6 | 22.8 | 15.2 | 17.5 | |||||||||
75 or more | 20.4 | 23.8 | 21.2 | 21.2 | 12.0 | 13.2 | |||||||||
School did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program |
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19.2 | 18.5 | 21.3 | 19.0 | 18.1 | 14.8 | ||||||||||
All BIE schools | 17.1 | 15.4 | 21.4 | ! | 15.2 | 15.6 | 12.5 | ||||||||
All private schools | 18.1 | 19.8 | 18.4 | 19.9 | 15.4 | 16.3 | |||||||||
School classification | |||||||||||||||
Catholic | 20.8 | 23.0 | 15.5 | ! | 23.3 | 25.1 | ! | 19.3 | |||||||
Other religious | 15.2 | 15.6 | 25.7 | 17.6 | 15.4 | 17.2 | |||||||||
Nonsectarian | 17.0 | 16.3 | 14.6 | ! | 10.1 | 14.2 | 14.4 | ||||||||
Community type | |||||||||||||||
City | 18.3 | 20.7 | 22.0 | 21.6 | 17.0 | 16.4 | |||||||||
Suburban | 19.1 | 20.6 | 11.9 | 19.8 | 15.0 | 17.4 | |||||||||
Town | 16.8 | 17.4 | 7.1 | 18.5 | 16.3 | 15.0 | |||||||||
Rural | 14.4 | 14.5 | 33.5 | ! | 14.7 | 13.6 | 14.1 | ||||||||
Student enrollment | |||||||||||||||
Less than 100 | 12.7 | 9.5 | 14.8 | ! | 8.5 | 9.8 | 8.3 | ||||||||
100-199 | 16.7 | 15.6 | 21.5 | ! | 15.8 | 13.0 | 12.1 | ||||||||
200-499 | 21.2 | 21.9 | 21.1 | 17.3 | 18.0 | 16.0 | |||||||||
500-749 | 25.4 | 29.2 | 23.0 | 22.9 | 18.5 | 19.0 | |||||||||
750 or more | 24.4 | 34.1 | 26.0 | 25.6 | 22.0 | 20.7 | |||||||||
Percent of K-12 students who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches |
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0-34 | 18.4 | 20.9 | 29.0 | ! | 20.4 | 20.6 | 15.2 | ||||||||
35-49 | 17.2 | 17.6 | 7.4 | 16.8 | 12.4 | 15.0 | |||||||||
50-74 | 17.8 | 20.6 | 13.7 | 13.3 | ! | 13.2 | 23.4 | ||||||||
75 or more | 17.7 | 16.8 | 12.0 | 17.1 | 15.7 | 21.7 | ! | ||||||||
School did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program |
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18.0 | 19.6 | 15.5 | 20.1 | 14.8 | 16.2 | ||||||||||
! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is equal to 30 percent or more of the estimate's value. | |||||||||||||||
NOTE: 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. Among all school teachers, 28% teach self-contained classes in elementary schools, 1% in secondary schools, and 3% in combined schools; 17% teach departmentalized classes in elementary schools, 27% in secondary schools, and 6% in combined schools; 16% teach other types of classes, such as elementary subject specialist classes, team taught classes, and “pull-out” classes or“push-in” classes, in elementary schools, 2% in secondary schools, and 1% in combined schools. | |||||||||||||||
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School Teacher, BIE School Teacher, and Private School TeacherData Files," 2007–08. |
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