Table 7. Percentage of schools that used various methods to organize classes or student groups and percentage of schools that used a year-round calendar, by school type and selected school characteristics: 2003

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Table 7. Percentage of schools that used various methods to organize classes or student groups and percentage of schools that used a year-round calendar, by school type and selected school characteristics: 2003–04

	Percent of schools that used various methods to organize classes or student groups						Percent of schools that used a year-round calendar
School type and selected school characteristic	Traditional grades or academic discipline-based departments	Grades subdivided into small groups such as "houses" or "families"	Student groups that remain 2 or more years with the same teacher (e.g., looping)	Inter- disciplinary teaching	Paired or team teaching	Block scheduling	Percent of schools that used a year-round calendar
All schools	84.0	13.1	22.9	34.4	32.4	31.8	6.1

All public schools	85.9	15.1	21.4	36.4	36.1	34.5	5.5

School classification
Traditional public	86.4	14.9	21.0	36.4	36.1	34.1	5.3
Charter school	68.6	23.1	36.8	37.4	37.7	48.6	12.3

Community type
Central city	83.7	19.0	26.3	40.2	41.4	43.1	8.4
Urban fringe/large town	87.8	15.8	20.6	37.3	37.7	32.9	5.0
Rural/small town	84.7	10.4	18.4	31.3	28.4	29.4	3.7

School level
Elementary	86.8	15.4	23.2	37.4	37.6	31.6	5.3
Secondary	86.7	15.7	15.4	35.6	35.2	44.7	4.8
Combined	75.3	10.7	23.3	29.8	24.8	30.4	9.8

Student enrollment
Less than 100	68.0	12.7	42.0	29.2	24.5	29.5	10.7
100–199	83.9	10.6	19.6	27.9	23.8	25.1	4.8
200–499	87.1	9.7	21.3	33.9	33.2	32.1	3.4
500–749	87.9	16.4	19.5	38.3	39.9	37.4	5.9
750–999	87.3	28.9	17.8	45.3	48.6	39.0	10.4
1,000 or more	91.0	26.8	15.4	46.5	47.4	45.3	5.1

All BIA schools	80.8	9.9	17.7	26.8	28.8	37.6	3.2

All private schools	78.0	6.8	27.5	28.3	20.7	23.6	7.7

School classification
Catholic	91.4	5.6	10.0	37.5	14.1	23.7	3.4
Other religious	80.1	4.4	31.6	19.8	17.2	20.0	5.3
Nonsectarian	58.3	12.8	39.9	34.7	35.2	30.7	17.6

Community type
Central city	81.1	8.3	23.2	33.8	24.2	26.3	8.2
Urban fringe/large town	77.2	5.9	28.2	26.7	19.0	24.2	7.3
Rural/small town	73.8	6.2	34.7	21.4	18.2	15.9	8.0

School level
Elementary	80.7	7.2	28.6	29.6	20.2	23.1	5.7
Secondary	82.6	5.8	9.2	30.0	21.6	31.3	13.9
Combined	71.0	6.2	31.1	25.1	21.3	22.2	9.9

Student enrollment
Less than 100	63.6	8.0	44.8	22.7	23.4	21.6	12.3
100–199	87.8	4.5	17.8	32.2	17.2	22.0	3.9
200–499	92.9	6.5	8.2	35.4	18.8	27.7	3.2
500–749	93.3	6.6	5.6	26.9	15.6	24.5	4.7
750 or more	97.4	6.3	4.7	35.8	25.3	35.5	1.1
NOTE: BIA school refers to schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) that are operated by the BIA, a tribe, or a private contractor and not by a regular school district.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey, 2003–04, Public School, BIA School, and Private School Data Files.

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