Table 41. Percentage of public school districts that required all schools to participate in state or district assessments, that required all schools except charter schools to participate, that permitted schools to participate on a voluntary basis, and that had no state or district-level assessment program, by selected public school district characteristics: 2003

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Table 41. Percentage of public school districts that required all schools to participate in state or district assessments, that required all schools except charter schools to participate, that permitted schools to participate on a voluntary basis, and that had no state or district-level assessment program, by selected public school district characteristics: 2003–04

Selected public school district characteristic	Districts that required all schools with designated students to participate	Districts that required all schools, except charter schools, with designated students to participate	Districts that permitted schools with designated students to participate on a voluntary basis	Districts that did not have a state or district-level assessment program
All public school districts	98.2	0.3	0.8	0.7

District size
1 school	96.9	#	1.9	1.1
2–3 schools	98.3	0.3	0.3	1.1
4–5 schools	99.2	0.2	0.5	#
6–9 schools	99.1	0.5	0.1	0.3
10–19 schools	98.6	1.2	0.1	0.1
20 or more schools	98.2	1.4	#	0.3

Community type
Central city	98.5	0.8	0.1	0.6
Urban fringe/large town	98.4	0.4	0.7	0.5
Rural/small town	97.9	0.2	0.9	0.9

District K–12 enrollment
Less than 250	97.0	#	1.5	1.5
250–999	97.8	0.2	1.1	1.0
1,000–1,999	99.3	#	0.3	0.4
2,000–4,999	99.0	0.6	0.4	0.1
5,000–9,999	98.9	0.9	0.2	#
10,000 or more	97.7	2.0	#	0.3

Percent of K–12 students in district who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches
Less than 5	100.0	#	#	#
5–24.9	98.6	0.5	0.5	0.4
25–49.9	99.4	0.2	0.1	0.3
50–74.9	97.8	0.7	1.5	#
75 or more	98.0	0.1	1.1	0.8
District did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program	89.7	#	3.3	7.0
# Rounds to zero.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey, 2003–04, District Data File.

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