Table 1. Number of school teachers, by school type and selected school characteristics: 2007

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Table 1. Number of school teachers, by school type and selected school characteristics: 2007–08

		School type
Selected school characteristic	Total	Public	Private	BIE¹
All schools	3,898,420	3,404,520	489,550	4,360

Community type
City	1,085,780	882,430	203,270	80	!
Suburban	1,380,360	1,200,730	179,520	120
Town	504,870	467,500	37,030	340
Rural	927,410	853,850	69,730	3,820

School level
Elementary	2,361,750	2,147,890	211,630	2,240
Secondary	1,178,490	1,099,770	78,150	580
Combined	358,180	156,870	199,770	1,540

Student enrollment
Less than 100	136,650	48,750	87,630	280
100-199	220,620	124,140	95,450	1,040
200-499	1,203,280	1,029,850	171,310	2,130
500-749	912,670	845,100	67,110	460
750-999	516,520	488,620	27,640	260
1,000 or more	908,680	868,070	40,420	190

Percent of K-12 students who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches


0-34	1,584,610	1,487,880	96,270	470
35-49	597,930	576,040	21,610	280
50-74	734,780	722,520	11,510	750
75 or more	576,490	554,730	19,000	2,760
School did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program

	404,600	63,360	341,160	90
! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is equal to 30 percent or more of the estimate's value.
¹ BIE refers to schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Education that are operated by the BIE, a tribe, or a private contractor and not by a regular school district.
NOTE: 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 Teacher, Private School Teacher, and BIE School Teacher Data Files," 2007–08.

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