Table 375. | Public school students receiving federally funded free or reduced price lunches, by selected school characteristics: School year 1993-94 |
________________________________________________________________________ |Percent of students participating in program School |____________________________________________ characteristics | Total |Elementary|Secondary |Combined\1\ ___________________________|__________|__________|__________|___________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 ___________________________|__________|__________|__________|___________ Total .............|33.2 (0.5)|38.8 (0.7)|22.0 (0.4)|39.1 (1.7) |__________|__________|__________|___________ Community type | | | | Central city ............|44.9 (1.0)|52.1 (1.3)|28.9 (0.9)|52.2 (3.0) Urban fringe/large town .|23.5 (0.9)|28.3 (1.4)|14.6 (0.6)|23.9 (3.8) Rural/small town ........|32.2 (0.6)|36.3 (0.8)|23.0 (0.4)|39.9 (1.9) | | | | School size (students) | | | | Less than 150 ...........|38.6 (1.3)|38.4 (1.9)|35.8 (1.5)|50.2 (2.4) 150-299 .................|38.1 (0.9)|39.5 (1.2)|28.4 (1.1)|51.8 (4.9) 300-499 .................|37.0 (0.9)|38.8 (1.0)|26.2 (1.1)|37.3 (2.6) 500-749 .................|33.5 (0.9)|36.0 (1.0)|22.3 (0.7)|34.7 (2.2) 750 or more .............|29.7 (0.9)|42.5 (1.8)|20.6 (0.5)|34.3 (3.2) | | | | Minority students | | | | Less than 5% ............|22.0 (0.5)|24.4 (0.7)|17.0 (0.6)|28.6 (1.6) 5 to 19% ................|18.9 (0.5)|22.2 (0.8)|11.7 (0.4)|30.6 (2.3) 20 to 49% ...............|32.0 (0.7)|38.1 (1.0)|20.1 (0.4)|38.6 (5.0) 50% or more .............|57.3 (1.1)|65.5 (1.2)|38.9 (1.0)|60.6 (3.2) ___________________________|__________|__________|__________|___________ |
NOTE: Combined schools include schools beginning with grade 6 or below and ending with grade 9 or above. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Schools and Staffing Survey, 1993-94." (This table was prepared June 1998.) |