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| Urbanicity | Noise level is about the sound of a whisper | Noise level is about the sound of a normal conversation | Noise level at least the sound of yelling | ||
| Urban | 47.8 | 46.1 | 6.1 | ||
| Suburban | 59.9 | 38.6 | 1.5 | ||
| Rural | 61.6 | 36.7 | 1.7 | ||
| NOTE: Observers were asked to stand in the main entrance into the school and observe the school’s front hallway(s) during a time when most students are in class (i.e., a class period). They were then asked to rate the noise level of the school. | |||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), An Examination of the Conditions of School Facilities Attended by 10th-Grade Students in 2002, (NCES 2006-302), table 4. Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002) Facilities Checklist. U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. | |||||
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