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Table H14. Percentage and number of public schools with a 12th grade that offered career academies, by selected school characteristics: 2004
School characteristic Percent Number
  All public schools with 12th grade 21.54,800
School type  
Regular23.33,700
Special emphasis31.6200
Special education 8.1!
Vocational/technical60.2
Alternative12.0600
Charter school status  
Charter school15.7
Not a charter school21.84,700
School size  
1–599 students13.71,800
600–1,199 students25.51,200
1,200–1,999 students39.51,200
2,000 or more students45.4600
Locale  
Urban29.21,300
Suburban23.82,200
Rural15.21,300
Percent of students eligible for NSLP  
1–10 percent17.1
11–30 percent21.2
31–50 percent28.2
More than 50 percent26.6
Not available due to some schools having missing data for the percent of students eligible for NSLP.
! Interpret data with caution. Due to relatively large starndard errors, estimates are unstable.
‡ Reporting standards not met. Too few cases for a reliable estimate.
NOTE: NSLP is the National School Lunch Program. Area CTE schools were not fully 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, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School Questionnaire," 2003–04.


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