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                         |Number of|Percent of |  Librarians and other  |Libary/|Number of|Percent of |  Librarians and other  |Libary/
      School level       |library/ |  schools  |professional media staff| media |library/ |  schools  |professional media staff| media
        and size         |  media  |   with    |------------------------|center |  media  |   with    |------------------------| center
                         | centers |library/me-|   Number   | Student/  | aides | centers |library/me-|  Number  |  Student/   | aides
                         |         |dia centers|            |staff ratio|       |         |dia centers|          | staff ratio |
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     All schools ........|  76,545 |      95.8 |     58,738 |       967 |41,480 |  21,431 |      86.8 |    9,497 |         492 |  4,341
Fewer than 300 pupils ...|  22,032 |      89.5 |      9,603 |       600 | 6,974 |  16,897 |      84.1 |    5,058 |         459 |  2,337
300 to 499 pupils .......|  22,733 |      98.0 |     16,607 |       863 |10,779 |   2,876 |      98.4 |    2,085 |         534 |    993
500 to 699 pupils .......|  16,032 |      99.1 |     13,801 |     1,026 | 9,266 |     988 |      99.8 |    1,115 |         526 |    530
700 to 999 pupils .......|   9,343 |      99.1 |      9,265 |     1,108 | 7,017 |     459 |      98.3 |      747 |         505 |    282
1,000 to 1,999 pupils ...|   5,736 |      98.9 |      8,317 |     1,169 | 6,554 |     211 |     100.0 |      492 |         556 |    199
2,000 or more pupils ....|     669 |     100.0 |      1,145 |     1,886 |   890 |   (\1\) |     (\1\) |    (\1\) |       (\1\) |  (\1\)
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Elementary ..............|  54,387 |      96.9 |     36,803 |       931 |26,950 |  13,296 |      86.1 |    4,159 |         636 |  2,653
  Fewer than 300 pupils .|  15,250 |      92.1 |      6,123 |       613 | 4,907 |  11,017 |      84.0 |    2,767 |         593 |  1,710
  300 to 499 pupils .....|  18,657 |      98.6 |     12,980 |       856 | 8,870 |   1,765 |      98.0 |      917 |         734 |    720
  500 to 699 pupils .....|  12,848 |      99.3 |     10,534 |     1,051 | 7,221 |     411 |      99.5 |      327 |         741 |    173
  700 to 999 pupils .....|   6,039 |      99.3 |      5,380 |     1,177 | 4,211 |     103 |      92.8 |      148 |         597 |     50
  1,000 or more pupils ..|   1,593 |      97.7 |      1,786 |     1,117 | 1,741 |     --- |       --- |      --- |         --- |    ---
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Secondary ...............|  18,705 |      94.8 |     19,441 |     1,052 |13,019 |   2,301 |      94.1 |    2,355 |         377 |    805
  Fewer than 300 pupils .|   4,925 |      86.7 |      2,621 |       596 | 1,468 |   1,184 |      89.1 |      868 |         203 |    174
  300 to 499 pupils .....|   3,284 |      95.7 |      2,987 |       840 | 1,640 |     497 |     100.0 |      562 |         347 |    150
  500 to 699 pupils .....|   2,835 |      98.3 |      2,904 |       938 | 1,823 |     286 |     100.0 |      369 |         459 |    238
  700 to 999 pupils .....|   3,055 |      98.6 |      3,582 |     1,007 | 2,583 |     191 |     100.0 |      266 |         578 |    100
  1,000 to 1,999 pupils .|   3,937 |      99.4 |      6,202 |     1,181 | 4,615 |     143 |     100.0 |      290 |         664 |    143
  2,000 or more pupils ..|     669 |     100.0 |      1,145 |     1,886 |   890 |   (\1\) |     (\1\) |    (\1\) |       (\1\) |  (\1\)
                         |         |           |            |           |       |         |           |          |             |
Combined ................|   3,453 |      85.4 |      2,494 |       877 | 1,511 |   5,834 |      85.8 |    2,983 |         383 |    883
  Fewer than 300 pupils .|   1,857 |      78.1 |        859 |       505 |   599 |   4,696 |      83.1 |    1,423 |         357 |    453
  300 to 499 pupils .....|     792 |      93.0 |        640 |     1,251 |   269 |     614 |      98.2 |      606 |         404 |    123
  500 to 699 pupils .....|     349 |     100.0 |        363 |       929 |   222 |     291 |     100.0 |      419 |         416 |    119
  700 to 999 pupils .....|     249 |      97.6 |        303 |       961 |   223 |     165 |     100.0 |      333 |         406 |    132
  1,000 or more pupils ..|     206 |      99.5 |        329 |     1,339 |   198 |      68 |     100.0 |      202 |         401 |     56
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Schools and Staffing Survey." (This table was prepared April 1994.)