 |
| 2013 Tables and Figures | All Years of Tables and Figures | Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest |
 Previous Page |
Download Excel  (40KB) |
| Table 234.12. | Number and percentage of public schools that have all students attending a year-round calendar cycle and average number of days in the cycle, by selected school characteristics: 2011-12 |
| [Standard errors appear in parentheses] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selected school characteristic | Total number of schools |
Number of schools with year-round calendar cycle/1/ |
Percent of schools with a year-round calendar cycle/1/ |
Average number of days per school year for schools with year-round calendar cycle/1/ |
||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| All public schools | 90,000 | (410) | 3,700 | (300) | 4.1 | (0.29) | 189 | (2.3) |
| Region | ||||||||
| Northeast | 14,700 | (80) | 600 | (100) | 4.2 | (0.90) | 182 | (.8) |
| Midwest | 22,300 | (180) | 600 | (100) | 2.8 | (0.46) | 189 | (7.2) |
| South | 31,800 | (200) | 1,500 | (200) | 4.8 | (0.56) | 193 | (5.2) |
| West | 21,200 | (260) | 900 | (200) | 4.2 | (0.76) | 188 | (4.2) |
| School classification | ||||||||
| Traditional public | 85,500 | (400) | 3,300 | (200) | 3.8 | (0.29) | 188 | (2.5) |
| Charter school | 4,500 | (250) | 400 | (100) | 8.4 | (1.58) | 197 | (6.4) |
| School level | ||||||||
| Elementary | 61,800 | (440) | 2,100 | (200) | 3.5 | (0.37) | 181 | (1.7) |
| Secondary | 20,900 | (490) | 900 | (100) | 4.3 | (0.50) | 192 | (4.1) |
| Combined | 7,400 | (570) | 600 | (100) | 8.5 | (1.26) | 215 | (9.8) |
| Enrollment enrollment | ||||||||
| Less than 100 | 6,800 | (460) | 600 | (100) | 8.5 | (1.46) | 220 | (12.7) |
| 100 to 199 | 6,500 | (340) | 300 | (100) | 4.9 | (1.05) | 195 | (6.4) |
| 200 to 499 | 37,100 | (670) | 1,400 | (200) | 3.7 | (0.46) | 182 | (1.1) |
| 500 to 749 | 21,700 | (600) | 600 | (100) | 2.7 | (0.53) | 180 | (.8) |
| 750 to 999 | 8,900 | (420) | 400 | (100) | 4.4 | (1.35) | 179 | (.7) |
| 1,000 or more | 9,100 | (380) | 400 | (100) | 4.6 | (0.80) | 190 | (7.9) |
| Percent of K-12 students who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches |
||||||||
| Less than 35 | 27,000 | (620) | 600 | (100) | 2.2 | (0.39) | 187 | (5.5) |
| 35 to 49 | 14,600 | (540) | 300 | (100) | 2.2 | (0.67) | 181 | (1.4) |
| 50 to 74 | 23,000 | (540) | 600 | (100) | 2.7 | (0.49) | 180 | (.6) |
| 75 or more | 22,100 | (620) | 1,600 | (200) | 7.2 | (0.91) | 188 | (1.9) |
| School did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program |
3,300 | (270) | 500 | (100) | 15.7 | (2.85) | 214 | (14.7) |
| /1/ Year-round cycle is defined as a cycle of school days distributed across 12 months of the calendar year and all students attending on the same cycle. | ||||||||
| NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. | ||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School Data File," 2011–12. (This table was prepared February 2014.) |