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                           |                      Percent of students participating in program
          School           |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      characteristics      |   All    |                   Public                   |                   Private
                           | schools  |--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------
                           |          |  Total   |Elementary|Secondary |Combined\2\|  Total   |Elementary|Secondary |Combined\2\
---------------------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|-----------|----------|----------|----------|-----------
             1             |    2     |    3     |    4     |    5     |     6     |    7     |    8     |    9     |    10
---------------------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|-----------|----------|----------|----------|-----------
        Total .............|     13.1 |     14.3 |     18.5 |      6.1 |      13.6 |      3.3 |      4.6 |      1.9 |       1.4
                           |----------|----------|----------|----------|-----------|----------|----------|----------|-----------
Community type             |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |          |
  Central city ............|     17.0 |     19.4 |     24.2 |      9.2 |      14.3 |      4.4 |      6.7 |      2.5 |       0.8
  Urban fringe/large town .|      9.3 |     10.2 |     13.2 |      4.7 |       8.3 |      2.2 |      2.7 |      0.9 |       1.9
  Rural/small town ........|     13.2 |     13.9 |     18.4 |      5.2 |      15.0 |      2.7 |      3.5 |      2.5 |       1.8
                           |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |          |
School size (students)     |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |          |
   Less than 150 ..........|      9.8 |     16.7 |     20.0 |     11.1 |      15.7 |      3.8 |      3.3 |      8.1 |       3.8
   150-299 ................|     13.1 |     16.7 |     19.2 |      7.6 |      11.6 |      5.1 |      6.2 |      4.1 |       1.4
   300-499 ................|     14.7 |     16.3 |     18.0 |      7.0 |      13.0 |      2.6 |      3.7 |      0.9 |       0.8
   500-749 ................|     14.7 |     15.5 |     17.6 |      6.0 |      18.3 |      2.0 |      3.8 |      1.1 |       0.3
   750 or more ............|     11.3 |     11.7 |     20.1 |      5.8 |      11.4 |      1.3 |      4.5 |      0.8 |       0.4
                           |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |          |
Minority students          |          |          |          |          |           |          |          |          |
   Less than 5% ...........|      7.8 |      8.8 |     11.7 |      3.7 |       9.7 |      1.7 |      2.4 |      0.6 |       0.8
   5 to 19% ...............|      6.0 |      6.6 |      8.6 |      2.3 |      14.3 |      2.1 |      3.0 |      1.6 |       0.9
   20 to 49% ..............|     10.2 |     10.8 |     14.6 |      3.3 |      13.6 |      2.7 |      2.7 |      3.7 |       1.7
   50% or more ............|     27.8 |     29.0 |     35.8 |     14.9 |      18.0 |     10.0 |     12.4 |      2.5 |       5.2
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1 Chapter 1 was reauthorized under the Improving America's Schools Act (IASA) of 1994 and is now called Title I.

2 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.)