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                           |Percent of students participating in program
          School           |--------------------------------------------
      characteristics      |  Total   |Elementary|Secondary |Combined\1\
---------------------------|----------|----------|----------|-----------
             1             |    2     |    3     |    4     |     5
---------------------------|----------|----------|----------|-----------
        Total .............|     33.2 |     38.8 |     22.0 |      39.1
                           |----------|----------|----------|-----------
Community type             |          |          |          |
  Central city ............|     44.9 |     52.1 |     29.0 |      52.2
  Urban fringe/large town .|     24.0 |     28.6 |     15.4 |      24.0
  Rural/small town ........|     32.2 |     36.6 |     22.9 |      40.1
                           |          |          |          |
School size (students)     |          |          |          |
  Less than 150 ...........|     38.6 |     38.4 |     35.8 |      50.3
  150-299 .................|     38.1 |     39.5 |     28.4 |      51.8
  300-499 .................|     37.0 |     38.8 |     26.2 |      37.3
  500-749 .................|     33.5 |     36.0 |     22.3 |      34.7
  750 or more .............|     29.7 |     42.5 |     20.6 |      34.3
                           |          |          |          |
Minority students          |          |          |          |
  Less than 5% ............|     22.0 |     22.4 |     17.0 |      28.6
  5 to 19% ................|     18.9 |     22.2 |     11.7 |      30.8
  20 to 49% ...............|     32.0 |     38.1 |     20.1 |      38.5
  50% or more .............|     57.3 |     65.5 |     38.9 |      60.6
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1 Includes schools beginning with grade 6 or below and ending with grade 9 or above.

NOTE.--Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

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