Number and percentage of schools with membership and percentage of students in membership, by community type: School year 1997-98

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Overview of Public Elementary and Secondary Schools and Districts: School Year 1997-98 / Table 2

Table 2.

Number and percentage of schools with membership and percentage of students in membership, by community type: School year 1997-98

                           Number of    Percentage    Percentage
Community type               schools    of schools   of students

United States                 87,631         100.0         100.0

Large city                    11,350          13.0          17.5
Midsize city                  12,785          14.6          16.2
Urban fringe large city       21,385          24.4          29.9
Urban fringe midsize city      7,762           8.9           9.6
Large town                     1,484           1.7           1.6
Small town                    11,229          12.8          10.9
Rural                         21,636          24.7          14.3

NOTE:	Community types classify the location of a school relative to populous areas. See Key Terms for definitions of locale codes. Table includes the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Table excludes 1,877 schools without membership. Percentages are rounded to the nearest tenth and may not add to 100.
SOURCE:	U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, School Universe, 1997-98.