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Table H7. Percentage of public schools with a 10th grade offering occupational programs and the average number of occupational programs offered, by program location and selected school characteristics: 2002
  Percent offering programs   Average number of programs
School characteristic Either
location
On-site Off-site1 Either
location
On-site Off-site1
  All public schools with 10th grade 88.182.953.1   8.6 5.0 3.6
School size
1–599 students86.380.550.0   7.6 4.2 3.4
600–1,199 students 86.8 80.3 54.6   9.3 5.3 3.9
1,200–1,999 students 90.8 89.8 53.7   9.7 6.4 3.3
2,000 or more students99.498.068.7   11.4 7.4 4.1
Locale
Urban71.570.243.2   6.9 4.2 2.7
Suburban and town 86.181.255.3   9.4 5.6 3.7
Rural95.188.454.3   8.4 4.7 3.7
Region
Northeast70.668.153.0   7.0 3.3 3.8
Midwest94.690.861.9   10.0 5.6 4.4
South88.884.350.5   8.5 4.9 3.7
West89.679.445.7   7.7 5.7 2.0
Percent of students eligible for NSLP
0–10 percent81.280.562.1   9.0 4.5 4.5
11–30 percent90.987.047.2   9.0 6.0 3.0
31–50 percent93.983.356.4   7.9 4.4 3.5
More than 50 percent83.181.639.2   7.2 4.7 2.4
Percent of students with an IEP
0–5 percent87.281.451.8   8.4 4.3 4.1
6–10 percent86.284.649.9   8.9 5.8 3.1
11–15 percent96.082.960.9   8.6 4.9 3.7
More than 15 percent87.386.054.2   8.6 5.0 3.6
Percent of students who were LEP
0 percent85.978.352.3   7.7 4.2 3.5
1–10 percent90.188.454.8   10.0 6.1 3.9
More than 10 percent 100.0 99.057.2   9.8 7.0 2.8
1 Off-site locations include area CTE schools, postsecondary institutions, other full-time high schools, and other locations.
NOTE: CTE is career/technical education. NSLP is the National School Lunch Program. IEP is an Individualized Education Program. LEP is limited English proficient. Area CTE schools were not included in the data collection and thus are not included in this table. Area CTE schools are described in tables H8 and H9.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002), “School Administrator Questionnaire Base Year.”

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