Nurses and students in public schools, by school level and community type: 1999–2000, 2003–04, and 2007

Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS)

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Nurses and students in public schools, by school level and community type: 1999–2000, 2003–04, and 2007–08

School level and community type	1999–2000		2003–04		2007–08
	All schools	Schools with at least one nurse¹	All schools	Schools with at least one nurse¹	All schools	Schools with at least one nurse¹
	All schools	Schools with at least one nurse¹	All schools	Schools with at least one nurse¹	All schools	Schools with at least one nurse¹
	FTE nurse to school ratio	Student to FTE nurse ratio	FTE nurse to school ratio	Student to FTE nurse ratio	FTE nurse to school ratio	Student to FTE nurse ratio
	FTE nurse to school ratio	Student to FTE nurse ratio	FTE nurse to school ratio	Student to FTE nurse ratio	FTE nurse to school ratio	Student to FTE nurse ratio
All public schools	0.63	710	0.69	670	0.71	640

Community type
City	—	—	0.74	740	0.74	700
Suburban	—	—	0.78	740	0.79	690
Town	—	—	0.63	620	0.66	600
Rural	—	—	0.58	530	0.63	540

School level

All public elementary schools	0.62	660	0.69	610	0.71	570

Community type
City	—	—	0.73	670	0.72	630
Suburban	—	—	0.75	640	0.78	610
Town	—	—	0.65	560	0.68	550
Rural	—	—	0.60	500	0.65	480

All public secondary schools	0.65	930	0.70	930	0.72	900

Community type
City	—	—	0.78	1,120	0.74	1,070
Suburban	—	—	0.87	1,100	0.84	1,050
Town	—	—	0.61	830	0.66	740
Rural	—	—	0.57	600	0.65	720

All public combined schools	0.67	290	0.58	400	0.62	310

Community type
City	—	—	0.67	330	0.94	200	!
Suburban	—	—	0.76	250	0.83	150
Town	—	—	0.58	290	0.45	330
Rural	—	—	0.51	500	0.50	460
— Not available.
! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is equal to 30 percent or more of the estimate's value.
¹ Includes both part-time and full-time nurses.
NOTE: FTE is full-time equivalent. The number of FTE nurses is calculated by adding the number of full-time nurses to half the number of part-time nurses. Public schools include traditional and charter schools. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School and Public Charter School Surveys," 1999–2000 and "Public School Data File," 2003–04, and "Public School Data File," 2007–08.

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