Table 1. Total number of schools and students and percentage of schools and students that participated in Title I and the National School Lunch Program, by school type and selected school characteristics: 2007

Characteristics of Public, Private, and Bureau of Indian Education Elementary and Secondary Schools in the United States:Results From the 2007–08 Schools and Staffing Survey

NCES 2009-321
June 2009

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Table 1. Total number of schools and students and percentage of schools and students that participated in Title I and the National School Lunch Program, by school type and selected school characteristics: 2007–08
			Title I services				National School Lunch Program
School type and selected school characteristic			Percent of all schools that received services¹		Percent of all K-12 students that received services		Percent of all schools that participated	Percent of all K-12 students who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches
	Total number of schools	Total number of students
	Total number of schools	Total number of students
All schools	119,150	53,693,930	44.6		26.8		78.7	42.5

All public schools	90,760	48,479,590	52.5		29.2		95.2	42.9

School classification
Traditional public	87,190	47,432,440	52.4		29.1		96.0	42.6
Charter school	3,560	1,047,150	55.3		35.6		75.5	58.4

Community type
City	21,460	13,023,630	59.7		45.0		95.1	57.4
Suburban	25,810	16,812,010	39.5		18.1		94.8	32.3
Town	14,070	6,597,550	55.7		30.0		96.7	47.7
Rural	29,430	12,046,400	57.2		27.3		95.1	39.4

School level
Elementary	62,440	29,812,850	61.7		38.0		97.8	47.0
Secondary	21,640	16,741,560	24.8		13.5		90.3	35.0
Combined	6,670	1,925,180	56.6		29.8		86.9	47.3

Student enrollment
Less than 100	7,600	365,030	42.2		29.8		74.2	57.7
100-199	8,280	1,244,590	61.1		36.8		91.6	51.7
200-499	36,780	13,024,670	63.1		39.4		97.3	48.8
500-749	20,310	12,256,050	49.8		32.8		98.1	43.6
750-999	8,550	7,283,050	39.4		26.2		98.2	41.6
1,000 or more	9,230	14,306,200	29.4		17.8		98.5	36.6

Percent of K-12 students who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches
0-34	33,830	21,343,040	33.0		8.5		100.0	17.0
35-49	14,780	8,132,500	53.0		23.8		100.0	42.4
50-74	19,810	9,859,720	65.9		45.7		100.0	61.1
75 or more	18,010	8,042,670	80.9		72.2		100.0	89.9
School did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program	4,320	1,101,660	23.9		9.9	!	#	#

All BIE schools	180	49,060	84.5		69.2		97.1	82.4

All private schools	28,220	5,165,280	19.0		3.6		25.5	27.4

School classification
Catholic	7,400	2,224,470	43.9		4.7		49.2	19.6
Other religious	13,950	1,975,980	11.6		2.5		17.2	37.0
Nonsectarian	6,860	964,830	7.4		3.0		16.7	60.2

Community type
City	9,730	2,180,940	23.8		4.6		29.2	34.2
Suburban	9,490	2,017,340	14.4		2.6		21.4	25.0
Town	3,020	400,530	35.1		4.3		42.7	12.9
Rural	5,980	566,480	10.5		2.3	!	17.4	26.3

School level
Elementary	16,370	2,462,980	25.1		4.9		30.4	21.1
Secondary	3,040	850,750	10.0		1.5	!	26.6	23.8
Combined	8,810	1,851,550	10.8		2.7		15.9	49.5

Student enrollment
Less than 100	13,610	587,220	11.2		5.1		18.8	42.3
100-199	5,720	839,760	30.7		6.6		39.3	31.8
200-499	6,650	2,002,300	28.3		3.9		28.8	23.1
500-749	1,390	827,240	11.1		1.2	!	25.8	13.4
750 or more	850	908,760	5.9	!	1.2	!	14.3	43.1

Percent of K-12 students who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches
0-34	4,630	970,550	45.3		4.6		100.0	8.8
35-49	580	67,040	41.7		9.7		100.0	41.9
50-74	650	120,110	56.4		23.4		100.0	65.0
75 or more	1,340	195,220	56.6		25.1		100.0	91.9
School did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program	21,020	3,812,370	9.1		1.5		#	#
# Rounds to zero.
! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is equal to 30 percent or more of the estimate's value.
¹ These services were received at the school or any other location.
NOTE: BIE school refers to schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) that are operated by the BIE, a tribe, or a private contractor and not by a regular school district. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School, BIE School, and Private School Data Files," 2007–08.

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