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| Table 411. | Percent of public schools and school classrooms having access to the Internet, by school characteristics: 1994 and 1995 |
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|Estimated| Percent of | Percent of | Mean |Percent of| Number of computers\2\ with Internet access in
| number | schools | instrucational| number | compu- | schools with Internet access
School | of | having |rooms\1\ having| of all | ters\2\ |--------------------------------------------------
characteristics |schools, | access | access to | compu- | with | Mean |Percent distribution of computers, 1995
| 1995 | to Internet | Internet | ters,\2\ | Internet |number of |---------------------------------------
| |-------------|---------------|per school| access, |computers,| 1 com- | 2 to 5 | 6 to 9 |10 or more
| | 1994 | 1995 | 1994 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | 1995 | puter |computers|computers|computers
----------------------|---------|------|------|-------|-------|----------|----------|----------|--------|---------|---------|----------
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13
----------------------|---------|------|------|-------|-------|----------|----------|----------|--------|---------|---------|----------
All public schools .| 77,853 | 35 | 50 | 3 | 9 | 72 | 14 | 12 | 35 | 38 | 6 | 21
|---------|------|------|-------|-------|----------|----------|----------|--------|---------|---------|----------
Instructional level\3\| | | | | | | | | | | |
Elementary ...........| 57,705 | 30 | 46 | 3 | 10 | 60 | 13 | 9 | 40 | 37 | 5 | 18
Secondary ............| 18,083 | 49 | 65 | 4 | 8 | 112 | 13 | 16 | 25 | 39 | 9 | 27
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Size of enrollment | | | | | | | | | | | |
Less than 300 ........| 20,673 | 30 | 39 | 3 | 11 | 41 | 15 | 7 | 34 | 42 | 8 | 16
300 to 999 ...........| 50,044 | 35 | 52 | 3 | 10 | 71 | 15 | 12 | 38 | 35 | 6 | 21
1,000 or more ........| 7,136 | 58 | 69 | 3 | 4 | 164 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 45 | 5 | 31
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Metropolitan status | | | | | | | | | | | |
City .................| 17,906 | 40 | 47 | 4 | 8 | 84 | 11 | 11 | 29 | 39 | 6 | 26
Urban fringe .........| 18,464 | 38 | 59 | 4 | 8 | 83 | 13 | 12 | 38 | 34 | 6 | 22
Town .................| 19,539 | 29 | 47 | 3 | 10 | 72 | 16 | 14 | 36 | 35 | 6 | 22
Rural ................| 21,944 | 35 | 48 | 3 | 10 | 54 | 14 | 9 | 36 | 42 | 6 | 16
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Percent of students | | | | | | | | | | | |
eligible for free | | | | | | | | | | | |
or reduced-price lunch| | | | | | | | | | | |
Less than 11 percent .| 13,192 | --- | 62 | --- | 9 | 77 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 38 | 6 | 26
11 to 30 percent .....| 21,876 | --- | 59 | --- | 10 | 78 | 15 | 13 | 35 | 33 | 7 | 25
31 to 70 percent .....| 28,017 | --- | 47 | --- | 8 | 68 | 12 | 9 | 40 | 40 | 5 | 15
71 percent or more ...| 14,651 | --- | 31 | --- | 5 | 65 | 10 | 9 | 32 | 43 | 4 | 21
----------------------|---------|------|------|-------|-------|----------|----------|----------|--------|---------|---------|---------- |
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\1\Includes all classrooms, computer labs, and library/media centers.
\2\Includes computers used for instructional or administrative purposes. \3\Excludes combined elementary/secondary schools because of small sample size. ---Data not available. NOTE.--Data are derived from a sample survey and are subject to sampling error. Details may not add to totals because of rounding for weighted estimates. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Fast Response Survey System, Survey on Advanced Telecommunications in U.S. Public Schools, K-12; and Advanced Telecommunications in U.S. Public Elementary and Secondary Schools, 1995. (This table was prepared September 1996.)
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