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Table 58.Student participation in school programs and services, by control, level of school, and type of community: 1993-94 

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                               |     Total students     |                Percent of students participating in program or service
        Control, level,        |________________________|______________________________________________________________________________________
              and              |           |  Percent   |         |English |        |           |           | Programs | Diagnostic | Extended
          community            |  Number   |distribution|Bilingual|  as a  |Remedial| Remedial  | Programs  | for the  |    and     |   day
             type              |           |            |education| second |reading |mathematics|  for the  |gifted and|prescriptive|
                               |           |            |         |language|        |           | disabled  | talented |            |
_______________________________|___________|____________|_________|________|________|___________|___________|__________|____________|__________
               1               |     2     |     3      |    4    |   5    |   6    |     7     |     8     |    9     |     10     |    11
_______________________________|___________|____________|_________|________|________|___________|___________|__________|____________|__________
  Public total ................|41,621,660 |      100.0 |    3.07 |   3.97 |  10.88 |      6.90 |      6.88 |     6.43 |       0.27 |     2.50
                               |___________|____________|_________|________|________|___________|___________|__________|____________|__________
School level\1\                |           |            |         |        |        |           |           |          |            |
   Elementary .................|26,886,026 |       64.6 |    3.98 |   4.75 |  13.46 |      7.77 |      6.76 |     6.25 |       0.31 |     3.58
   Secondary ..................|13,757,801 |       33.1 |    1.39 |   2.58 |   5.63 |      5.03 |      6.54 |     6.90 |       0.20 |     0.48
   Combined ...................|   977,833 |        2.3 |    1.80 |   1.88 |  13.70 |      9.39 |     14.84 |     4.72 |       0.44 |     1.31
                               |           |            |         |        |        |           |           |          |            |
Community type                 |           |            |         |        |        |           |           |          |            |
   Central city ...............|12,163,036 |       29.2 |    6.30 |   7.13 |  12.86 |      8.34 |      7.05 |     6.55 |       0.23 |     3.82
   Urban fringe/large town ....|13,559,662 |       32.6 |    2.04 |   3.90 |   8.84 |      5.60 |      6.34 |     7.26 |       0.23 |     2.69
   Rural/small town ...........|15,898,962 |       38.2 |    1.48 |   1.60 |  11.09 |      6.90 |      7.20 |     5.63 |       0.35 |     1.33
                               |===========|============|=========|========|========|===========|===========|==========|============|==========
  Private total ...............| 4,970,548 |      100.0 |    0.81 |   0.58 |   6.35 |      4.16 |      2.98 |     4.93 |       0.89 |     9.20
                               |___________|____________|_________|________|________|___________|___________|__________|____________|__________
School level\1\                |           |            |         |        |        |           |           |          |            |
   Elementary .................| 2,803,359 |       56.4 |    0.77 |   0.45 |   7.22 |      4.33 |      0.93 |     3.34 |       0.94 |    12.48
   Secondary ..................|   811,087 |       16.3 |    0.19 |   0.62 |   4.24 |      3.06 |      3.43 |     8.56 |       0.47 |     0.23
   Combined ...................| 1,356,102 |       27.3 |    1.25 |   0.83 |   5.82 |      4.46 |      6.95 |     6.05 |       1.03 |     7.76
                               |           |            |         |        |        |           |           |          |            |
Community type                 |           |            |         |        |        |           |           |          |            |
   Central city ...............| 2,261,125 |       45.5 |    0.83 |   0.71 |   7.33 |      4.77 |      2.68 |     5.56 |       0.72 |    11.36
   Urban fringe/large town ....| 1,810,230 |       36.4 |    0.97 |   0.57 |   5.98 |      4.15 |      3.58 |     5.24 |       0.85 |     8.89
   Rural/small town ...........|   899,193 |       18.1 |    0.42 |   0.27 |   4.63 |      2.62 |      2.50 |     2.75 |       1.48 |     4.39
_______________________________|___________|____________|_________|________|________|___________|___________|__________|____________|__________

\1\Elementary schools have grade 6 or lower or a low grade of ungraded and no grade higher than 8. Secondary schools have no grade lower than 7. Combined schools have grades lower than 7 and higher than 8.

NOTE.--Students may participate in more than one program or service. Includes only kindergarten pupils who attend schools that offer first grade or above. Excludes prekindergarten students. Totals differ from data appearing in other tables because of varying survey processing procedures and time period coverages.

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



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