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Table 59. Student participation in school programs and services, by control, level of school, and type of community: 1993-94
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                            | Total students    |                Percent of students participating in program or service
      Control, level,       |___________________|_______________________________________________________________________________
            and             |           |Percent|         |English |        |        |        | Programs | Diagnostic |Extended
         community          |  Number   |distri-|Bilingual|  as a  |Remedial|Remedial|Programs| for the  |    and     |   day
            type            |           |bution |education| second |reading | mathe- |for the |gifted and|prescriptive|
                            |           |       |         |language|        | matics |disabled| talented |            |
____________________________|___________|_______|_________|________|________|________|________|__________|____________|_________
             1              |     2     |   3   |    4    |   5    |   6    |   7    |   8    |    9     |     10     |   11
____________________________|___________|_______|_________|________|________|________|________|__________|____________|_________
  Public total .............|41,621,660 | 100.0 |    3.07 |   3.97 |  10.88 |   6.90 |   6.88 |     6.43 |       0.27 |    2.50
                            |___________|_______|_________|________|________|________|________|__________|____________|_________
School level                |           |       |         |        |        |        |        |          |            |
   Elementary ..............|26,886,026 |  64.6 |    3.98 |   4.75 |  13.46 |   7.77 |   6.76 |     6.25 |       0.31 |    3.58
   Secondary ...............|13,757,801 |  33.1 |    1.39 |   2.58 |   5.63 |   5.03 |   6.54 |     6.90 |       0.20 |    0.48
   Combined ................|   977,833 |   2.3 |    1.80 |   1.88 |  13.70 |   9.39 |  14.84 |     4.72 |       0.44 |    1.31
                            |           |       |         |        |        |        |        |          |            |
Community type              |           |       |         |        |        |        |        |          |            |
   Central city ............|12,163,036 |  29.2 |    6.30 |   7.13 |  12.86 |   8.34 |   7.05 |     6.55 |       0.23 |    3.82
   Urban fringe/large town .|13,559,662 |  32.6 |    2.04 |   3.90 |   8.84 |   5.60 |   6.34 |     7.26 |       0.23 |    2.69
   Rural/small town ........|15,898,962 |  38.2 |    1.48 |   1.60 |  11.09 |   6.90 |   7.20 |     5.63 |       0.35 |    1.33
                            |===========|=======|=========|========|========|========|========|==========|============|=========
  Private total ............| 4,970,548 | 100.0 |    0.81 |   0.58 |   6.35 |   4.16 |   2.98 |     4.93 |       0.89 |    9.20
                            |___________|_______|_________|________|________|________|________|__________|____________|_________
School level                |           |       |         |        |        |        |        |          |            |
   Elementary ..............| 2,803,359 |  56.4 |    0.77 |   0.45 |   7.22 |   4.33 |   0.93 |     3.34 |       0.94 |   12.48
   Secondary ...............|   811,087 |  16.3 |    0.19 |   0.62 |   4.24 |   3.06 |   3.43 |     8.56 |       0.47 |    0.23
   Combined ................| 1,356,102 |  27.3 |    1.25 |   0.83 |   5.82 |   4.46 |   6.95 |     6.05 |       1.03 |    7.76
                            |           |       |         |        |        |        |        |          |            |
Community type              |           |       |         |        |        |        |        |          |            |
   Central city ............| 2,261,125 |  45.5 |    0.83 |   0.71 |   7.33 |   4.77 |   2.68 |     5.56 |       0.72 |   11.36
   Urban fringe/large town .| 1,810,230 |  36.4 |    0.97 |   0.57 |   5.98 |   4.15 |   3.58 |     5.24 |       0.85 |    8.89
   Rural/small town ........|   899,193 |  18.1 |    0.42 |   0.27 |   4.63 |   2.62 |   2.50 |     2.75 |       1.48 |    4.39
____________________________|___________|_______|_________|________|________|________|________|__________|____________|_________

NOTE: School level includes elementary schools which have grade 6 or lower or a low grade of ungraded and no grade higher than 8; secondary schools that have no grade lower than 7; and combined schools that have grades lower than 7 and higher than 8. Students may participate in more than one program or service. Includes only kindergarten pupils who attend schools that offer first grade or above. Excludes prekindergarten students. Totals differ from data appearing in other tables because of varying survey processing procedures and time period coverages.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Schools and Staffing Survey, 1993-94." (This table was prepared September 1996.)


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