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Table 411.Percent of public schools and school classrooms having access to the Internet, by school characteristics: 1994 and 1995

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                      |Estimated| Percent of  |  Percent of   |   Mean   |Percent of|  Number of computers\2\ with Internet access in
                      | number  |  schools    | instrucational|  number  |  compu-  |         schools with Internet access
        School        |   of    |   having    |rooms\1\ having|  of all  | ters\2\  |--------------------------------------------------
   characteristics    |schools, |    access   |  access to    |  compu-  |   with   |   Mean   |Percent distribution of computers, 1995
                      |  1995   | to Internet |   Internet    | ters,\2\ | Internet |number of |---------------------------------------
                      |         |-------------|---------------|per school| access,  |computers,| 1 com- | 2 to 5  | 6 to 9  |10 or more
                      |         | 1994 | 1995 | 1994  | 1995  |   1995   |   1995   |   1995   | puter  |computers|computers|computers
----------------------|---------|------|------|-------|-------|----------|----------|----------|--------|---------|---------|----------
          1           |    2    |  3   |  4   |   5   |   6   |    7     |    8     |    9     |   10   |   11    |   12    |    13
----------------------|---------|------|------|-------|-------|----------|----------|----------|--------|---------|---------|----------
  All public schools .|  77,853 |   35 |   50 |     3 |     9 |       72 |       14 |       12 |     35 |      38 |       6 |       21
                      |---------|------|------|-------|-------|----------|----------|----------|--------|---------|---------|----------
Instructional level\3\|         |      |      |       |       |          |          |          |        |         |         |
Elementary ...........|  57,705 |   30 |   46 |     3 |    10 |       60 |       13 |        9 |     40 |      37 |       5 |       18
Secondary ............|  18,083 |   49 |   65 |     4 |     8 |      112 |       13 |       16 |     25 |      39 |       9 |       27
                      |         |      |      |       |       |          |          |          |        |         |         |
  Size of enrollment  |         |      |      |       |       |          |          |          |        |         |         |
Less than 300 ........|  20,673 |   30 |   39 |     3 |    11 |       41 |       15 |        7 |     34 |      42 |       8 |       16
300 to 999 ...........|  50,044 |   35 |   52 |     3 |    10 |       71 |       15 |       12 |     38 |      35 |       6 |       21
1,000 or more ........|   7,136 |   58 |   69 |     3 |     4 |      164 |        8 |       15 |     19 |      45 |       5 |       31
                      |         |      |      |       |       |          |          |          |        |         |         |
 Metropolitan status  |         |      |      |       |       |          |          |          |        |         |         |
City .................|  17,906 |   40 |   47 |     4 |     8 |       84 |       11 |       11 |     29 |      39 |       6 |       26
Urban fringe .........|  18,464 |   38 |   59 |     4 |     8 |       83 |       13 |       12 |     38 |      34 |       6 |       22
Town .................|  19,539 |   29 |   47 |     3 |    10 |       72 |       16 |       14 |     36 |      35 |       6 |       22
Rural ................|  21,944 |   35 |   48 |     3 |    10 |       54 |       14 |        9 |     36 |      42 |       6 |       16
                      |         |      |      |       |       |          |          |          |        |         |         |
 Percent of students  |         |      |      |       |       |          |          |          |        |         |         |
  eligible for free   |         |      |      |       |       |          |          |          |        |         |         |
or reduced-price lunch|         |      |      |       |       |          |          |          |        |         |         |
Less than 11 percent .|  13,192 |  --- |   62 |   --- |     9 |       77 |       15 |       14 |     29 |      38 |       6 |       26
11 to 30 percent .....|  21,876 |  --- |   59 |   --- |    10 |       78 |       15 |       13 |     35 |      33 |       7 |       25
31 to 70 percent .....|  28,017 |  --- |   47 |   --- |     8 |       68 |       12 |        9 |     40 |      40 |       5 |       15
71 percent or more ...|  14,651 |  --- |   31 |   --- |     5 |       65 |       10 |        9 |     32 |      43 |       4 |       21
----------------------|---------|------|------|-------|-------|----------|----------|----------|--------|---------|---------|----------

\1\Includes all classrooms, computer labs, and library/media centers.

\2\Includes computers used for instructional or administrative purposes.

\3\Excludes combined elementary/secondary schools because of small sample size.

---Data not available.

NOTE.--Data are derived from a sample survey and are subject to sampling error. Details may not add to totals because of rounding for weighted estimates.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Fast Response Survey System, Survey on Advanced Telecommunications in U.S. Public Schools, K-12; and Advanced Telecommunications in U.S. Public Elementary and Secondary Schools, 1995. (This table was prepared September 1996.)


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