Table 1.12. Percentage of public and private elementary and secondary students whose parents reported participation in school-related activities, by selected school activity, grade level, and locale: 2003

Status of Education in Rural America

NCES 2007-040
June 2007

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Table 1.12.

Percentage of public and private elementary and secondary students whose parents reported participation in school-related activities, by selected school activity, grade level, and locale: 2003

Grade and locale	Attended general meeting	Attended scheduled meeting with teacher	Attended school event	Acted as a volunteer or served on a committee	Indicated involvement in any of the four activities
Total	87.7	77.0	70.0	41.7	95.1
City	86.7	77.9	64.8	37.8	94.4
Suburban	90.0	77.5	71.3	44.8	95.5
Town	85.5	75.9	72.6	40.8	94.4
Rural	85.9	75.4	73.8	42.4	95.7

K–5	93.3	91.2	75.4	52.3	98.3
City	91.5	90.3	70.8	46.7	97.8
Suburban	96.0	93.3	77.3	58.9	99.1
Town	90.3	88.2	75.0	45.6	96.4
Rural	92.9	90.5	79.1	52.3	98.4

6–12	82.7	64.7	65.3	32.5	92.4
City	82.4	66.6	59.3	29.7	91.3
Suburban	84.7	63.6	65.9	32.2	92.3
Town	81.4	65.5	70.5	36.8	92.8
Rural	80.5	63.8	69.8	34.8	93.6
NOTE: Excludes 1,193,461 homeschooled students, or 2.3 percent of all K–12 students. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Household Education Surveys Program (NHES), "Parent and Family Involvement in Education" survey, 2003.