Opinions of public school teachers on the overall quality of education that students received at their school, by selected characteristics: 1987 and 1997

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____________________________________________________________________________________
                           |               Percent of teachers
                           |________________________________________________________
  School characteristics   |             1987          |               1997
                           |___________________________|____________________________
                           |       |      |      |     |       |      |      |
                           |  Ex-  |      |      |     |  Ex-  |      |      |
                           |cellent| Good | Fair |Poor |cellent| Good | Fair | Poor
___________________________|_______|______|______|_____|_______|______|______|______
             1             |   2   |  3   |  4   |  5  |   6   |  7   |  8   |  9
___________________________|_______|______|______|_____|_______|______|______|______
  Total....................|    26 |   64 |    9 |   1 |    37 |   55 |    7 |    1
                           |_______|______|______|_____|_______|______|______|______
Urbanicity                 |       |      |      |     |       |      |      |
  Urban....................|    18 |   65 |   15 |   1 |    30 |   56 |   12 |    2
  Suburban.................|    29 |   62 |    8 |   1 |    50 |   47 |    3 |    0
  Small town...............|    26 |   64 |    9 |   1 |    36 |   59 |    5 |    0
  Rural....................|    26 |   64 |    8 |   2 |    33 |   58 |    8 |(\1\)
Median income of community |       |      |      |     |       |      |      |
 where most students live  |       |      |      |     |       |      |      |
  $30,000 or less..........|   --- |  --- |  --- | --- |    29 |   59 |   10 |    1
  More than $30,000 .......|   --- |  --- |  --- | --- |    49 |   48 |    2 |    0
___________________________|_______|______|______|_____|_______|______|______|______

\1\Value less than .05 percent.
---Data not available.

SOURCE: Metropolitan Life/Louis Harris Associates, Inc., The Metropolitan Life Survey of The American Teacher, 1998. "Building Family-School Partnerships: Views of Teachers and Students." (This table was prepared September 1998.)

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