| Table 371. | Public school students receiving federally funded free or reduced price lunches, by selected school characteristics: School year 1993-94 |
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|Percent of students participating in program
School |____________________________________________
characteristics | Total |Elementary|Secondary |Combined\1\
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
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Total ...............| 33.2 | 38.8 | 22.0 | 39.1
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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
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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
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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.)
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