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Digest of Education Statistics: 2011
Digest of Education Statistics: 2011

NCES 2012-001
May 2012


Table 109. Number and internet access of instructional computers and rooms in public schools, by selected school characteristics: Selected years, 1995 through 2008
Instructional computers and rooms, and access All public schools Instructional level1 Size of school enrollment Community type2 Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch3
Elementary Secondary Less than 300 300 to 999 1,000 or more City Suburban Town Rural Less than 35 percent 35 to 49 percent 50 to 74 percent 75 percent or more
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Computers for
   instructional
   purposes
                                                                   
Number
   (in thousands)
                                                                   
19954  5,621   (—) 3,453   (—) 2,021   (—) 850 (—) 3,600   (—) 1,171 (—) 1,497 (—) 1,526   (—) 1,404 (—) 1,195   (—) 2,905 (—) 806 (—) 950 (—) 882 (—)
2000 8,776   (174) 5,296   (149) 3,271   (113) 1,135 (73) 5,524   (121) 2,117 (103) 2,537 (179) 3,396   (213) 1,155 (132) 1,689   (131) 4,394 (147) 1,373 (93) 1,606 (112) 1,384 (107)
2005 12,672   (281) 7,701   (251) 4,783   (148) 1,566 (98) 7,966   (243) 3,139 (163) 3,132 (177) 4,058   (242) 1,819 (193) 3,663   (255) 5,352 (261) 2,193 (185) 2,687 (244) 2,440 (152)
2008 15,434   (193) 9,711   (159) 5,415   (125) 1,746 (68) 9,486   (144) 4,202 (130) 3,611 (155) 5,787   (255) 2,062 (159) 3,974   (180) 6,195 (174) 2,364 (155) 3,805 (190) 3,070 (175)
                                                                     
Average number
   per school
                                                                   
19954 72   (—) 60   (—) 112   (—) 41 (—) 72   (—) 164 (—) 84 (—) 83   (—) 72 (—) 54   (—) 78 (—) 59 (—) 74 (—) 67 (—)
2000 110   (2.0) 89   (2.4) 178   (5.3) 57 (3.1) 106   (2.3) 259 (9.0) 120 (4.9) 128   (4.3) 97 (5.6) 82   (3.6) 120 (3.4) 111 (5.9) 94 (5.7) 99 (5.5)
2005 154   (3.4) 124   (3.8) 253   (6.8) 75 (4.2) 149   (4.2) 388 (13.5) 165 (7.2) 170   (6.3) 154 (13.4) 132   (5.9) 166 (5.5) 153 (9.3) 147 (6.9) 139 (7.4)
2008 189   (2.9) 157   (2.8) 301   (6.5) 87 (3.4) 179   (2.9) 486 (10.4) 205 (7.5) 221   (6.1) 189 (8.0) 147   (4.2) 209 (5.6) 182 (7.7) 181 (6.8) 170 (8.2)
                                                                     
Number with
   internet access
   (in thousands)
                                                                   
19954  447   (—) 232   (—) 187   (—) 59 (—) 315   (—) 73 (—) 96 (—) 131   (—) 126 (—) 94   (—) 286 (—) 46 (—) 57 (—) 36 (—)
2000 6,759   (174) 3,813   (136) 2,779   (113) 882 (69) 4,191   (114) 1,686 (97) 1,782 (148) 2,688   (178) 955 (111) 1,335   (91) 3,608 (139) 1,064 (80) 1,215 (93) 858 (87)
2005 12,245   (274) 7,361   (246) 4,706   (151) 1,515 (98) 7,642   (239) 3,089 (162) 3,009 (173) 3,912   (238) 1,784 (193) 3,541   (239) 5,239 (259) 2,090 (176) 2,583 (228) 2,332 (146)
2008 15,162   (204) 9,508   (169) 5,356   (128) 1,710 (69) 9,308   (153) 4,144 (130) 3,517 (154) 5,716   (253) 2,028 (154) 3,901   (178) 6,131 (174) 2,321 (153) 3,739 (188) 2,971 (175)
                                                                     
Percent with
   internet access
                                                                   
19954  8   (—) 7   (—) 9   (—) 7 (—) 9   (—) 6 (—) 6 (—) 9   (—) 9 (—) 8   (—) 10 (—) 6 (—) 6 (—) 4 (—)
2000 77   (1.1) 72   (1.5) 85   (1.2) 78 (2.6) 76   (1.3) 80 (1.8) 70 (2.1) 79   (1.7) 83 (2.5) 79   (2.1) 82 (1.2) 77 (2.9) 76 (2.6) 62 (3.1)
2005 97   (0.4) 96   (0.5) 98   (0.4) 97 (0.7) 96   (0.5) 98 (0.5) 96 (0.7) 96   (1.1) 98 (0.6) 97   (0.7) 98 (0.6) 95 (1.0) 96 (1.0) 96 (0.8)
2008 98   (0.2) 98   (0.3) 99   (0.2) 98 (0.7) 98   (0.3) 99 (0.4) 97 (0.5) 99   (0.3) 98 (0.7) 98   (0.4) 99 (0.3) 98 (0.5) 98 (0.4) 97 (0.7)
                                                                     
Ratio of students
   to instruction-
   al computers
   with internet
   access
                                                                   
2000 6.6   (0.10) 7.8   (0.20) 5.2   (0.20) 3.9 (0.30) 7.0   (0.20) 7.2 (0.30) 8.2 (0.40) 6.6   (0.20) 6.2 (0.30) 5.0   (0.30) 6.0 (0.20) 6.3 (0.40) 7.2 (0.40) 9.1 (0.70)
2005 3.8   (0.10) 4.1   (0.10) 3.3   (0.10) 2.4 (0.10) 3.9   (0.10) 4.0 (0.10) 4.2 (0.20) 4.1   (0.10) 3.4 (0.20) 3.0   (0.10) 3.8 (0.10) 3.4 (0.20) 3.6 (0.20) 4.0 (0.20)
2008 3.1   (0.04) 3.2   (0.05) 2.9   (0.05) 2.2 (0.07) 3.2   (0.05) 3.2 (0.06) 3.4 (0.12) 3.2   (0.08) 2.7 (0.09) 2.9   (0.07) 3.1 (0.06) 3.2 (0.08) 2.9 (0.08) 3.2 (0.14)
                                                                     
Instructional
   rooms5 
                                                                   
Number
   (in thousands)
                                                                   
2000 2,905   (35) 1,864   (28) 972   (24) 377 (22) 1,871   (23) 657 (23) 866 (56) 1,086   (61) 413 (47) 541   (39) 1,380 (46) 465 (28) 570 (36) 482 (29)
2005 3,283   (71) 2,152   (70) 1,078   (27) 426 (23) 2,152   (70) 705 (30) 849 (62) 1,050   (61) 439 (41) 945   (67) 1,339 (50) 593 (51) 695 (56) 655 (39)
20085  2,663   (21) 1,723   (20) 887   (15) 282 (9) 1,692   (20) 689 (18) 639 (26) 1,003   (35) 338 (24) 683   (28) 1,053 (27) 425 (26) 653 (27) 532 (22)
                                                                     
Percent with
   internet
   access6
                                                                   
1995 8   (0.7) 8   (1.0) 8   (1.0) 9 (1.6) 8   (1.0) 4 (1.0) 6 (1.3) 8   (1.4) 8 (2.0) 8   (1.5) 10 (1.2) 6 (1.4) 6 (1.9) 3 (1.0)
2000 77   (1.1) 76   (1.5) 79   (1.6) 83 (2.8) 78   (1.5) 70 (2.2) 66 (2.2) 78   (2.0) 87 (2.6) 85   (1.7) 82 (1.5) 81 (2.9) 77 (2.8) 60 (3.3)
2005 94   (1.3) 93   (1.9) 95   (0.9) 92 (1.9) 94   (1.9) 94 (1.5) 88 (3.7) 96   (0.8) 98 (0.7) 95   (1.8) 96 (0.8) 88 (4.3) 96 (0.8) 91 (2.5)
2008   (†)   (†)   (†) (†)   (†) (†) (†)   (†) (†)   (†) (†) (†) (†) (†)
—Not available.
†Not applicable.
1 Data for combined schools are included in the totals and in analyses by other school characteristics, but are not shown separately.
2 Due to definitional changes for community type, estimates for years prior to 2005 may not be directly comparable with estimates for later years.
3 Free or reduced-price lunch information was obtained on the questionnaire and supplemented, if necessary, with data from the Common Core of Data (CCD).
4 Includes computers used for instructional or administrative purposes.
5 In 2008, instructional rooms included classrooms only and excluded computer labs and library/media centers. Prior to 2008, instructional rooms included classrooms, computer labs and other labs, library/media centers, and other rooms used for instructional purposes.
6 Some data differ slightly (e.g., by 1 percent) from previously published figures.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Fast Response Survey System (FRSS), Internet Access in U.S. Public Schools and Classrooms: 1994-2005 and Educational Technology in U.S. Public Schools: Fall 2008; and unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared August 2010.)