Table 47. Of schools with library media centers, average number of total holdings, additions, and expenditures in library media centers during 2002-03 for various kinds of materials, by school type and selected school characteristics: 2003

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Table 47. Of schools with library media centers, average number of total holdings, additions, and expenditures in library media centers during 2002-03 for various kinds of materials, by school type and selected school characteristics: 2003–04

School type and selected school characteristic	Total number of schools¹	Number of schools with library media centers¹	Average number of holdings at the end of the 2002–03 school year			Average number acquired during the 2002–03 school year			Average amount of expenditures during the 2002–03 school year
School type and selected school characteristic	Total number of schools¹	Number of schools with library media centers¹	Book titles	Video materials	CD-ROM titles	Book titles	Video materials	CD-ROM titles	Book titles	Video materials	CD-ROM titles
All public schools	88,113	82,569	10,900	391	69	574	25	4.3	$6,300	$562	$98

School classification
Traditional public	85,934	81,204	11,000	393	69	571	25	4.3	6,400	564	98
Charter school	2,179	1,364	8,000	191	46	815	25	6.4	5,400	449	139

Community type
Central city	21,985	20,427	11,400	425	76	711	25	4.8	8,500	580	149
Urban fringe/large town	42,326	39,830	11,800	415	77	588	27	3.8	6,500	643	88
Rural/small town	23,802	22,312	9,000	317	48	427	21	4.7	4,300	403	73

School level
Elementary	61,572	60,172	10,600	349	81	591	22	4.7	5,800	451	102
Secondary	19,886	17,035	12,600	557	35	558	37	2.9	8,800	925	91
Combined	6,655	5,361	9,100	331	38	413	22	3.7	3,900	666	75

Student enrollment
Less than 100	6,895	4,175	5,700	191	38	260	13	3.7	2,100	157	60
100–199	7,922	6,953	6,400	159	32	311	11	2.4	2,600	186	36
200–499	35,685	34,289	9,800	314	57	482	19	4.1	4,900	366	104
500–749	20,156	19,868	11,600	423	102	652	26	5.3	6,900	579	114
750–999	8,396	8,265	13,300	469	85	727	33	3.5	7,200	681	86
1,000 or more	9,059	9,018	16,300	753	60	882	51	4.9	13,600	1,513	108

All BIA schools	168	160	10,100	383	34	758	33	4.9	9,600	553	191

¹ The school data files were used to generate these estimates. The school library media center data files were used to generate the remaining estimates.
NOTE: The 2003–04 Schools and Staffing Survey did not collect School Library Media Center data from private schools. 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, Public School Library Media Center, and BIA School Library Media Center Data Files.

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