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Total number of public schools and students, and percentage of schools and students that participated in the Title I and federal free or reduced-price lunch programs, by selected school characteristics: 2015–16

          Title I services1   Federal free or reduced-price lunch program
Selected school characteristic Total number of schools   Total number of students   Percent of all schools that received services   Percent of all K–12 students that received services2   Percent of all schools that participated   Percent of all K–12 students who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches3  
All public schools 90,400   49,278,500   60.7   42.5   94.5   50.2  
                         
School classification                        
Traditional public 83,500   46,243,500   60.6   42.0   95.6   50.2  
Charter school 6,900   3,035,000   62.5   49.8   80.9   49.9  
                         
Community type                        
City 24,800   14,938,100   64.9   52.7   95.0   58.8  
Suburban 29,100   19,400,300   51.4   32.8   95.2   42.7  
Town 12,200   5,701,800   63.3   48.2   93.7   54.9  
Rural 24,400   9,238,300   66.3   42.7   93.6   49.4  
                         
School level                        
Primary 50,400   23,459,800   72.7   55.3   97.0   55.9  
Middle 13,900   8,554,500   49.7   37.7   98.3   49.1  
High 17,900   14,345,400   35.0   23.8   89.4   42.9  
Combined 8,200   2,918,800   61.8   45.4   83.9   44.0  
                         
Student enrollment                        
Less than 100 6,500   303,800   38.8   38.2   77.6   62.0  
100-199 7,300   1,070,000   67.3   48.8   92.8   65.5  
200-499 35,700   12,598,600   69.0   49.7   95.8   56.5  
500-749 22,900   13,836,400   63.1   49.3   96.8   53.9  
750-999 9,200   7,838,000   53.0   42.4   95.9   47.8  
1,000 or more 8,800   13,631,700   39.5   28.5   95.7   40.6  
                         
Percent of K-12 students who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches                        
0-34 24,500   16,379,100   39.8   17.5   100.0   17.8  
35-49 12,000   6,892,000   53.9   28.0   100.0   42.7  
50-74 18,800   10,413,900   71.0   54.2   100.0   62.0  
75 or more 30,100   13,385,000   80.0   75.1   100.0   92.9  
School did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program 5,000   2,208,600   24.4   19.9   †   †  
† Not applicable.
1 Respondents were provided the following explanation on the questionnaire for Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act: "Title I is a federally funded program that provides educational services, such as remedial reading or remedial math, to children who live in areas with high concentrations of low-income families." These services were received at the school or at any other location.
2 Percentages are based on all students, including those in schools that did not receive Title I services.
3 Percentages are based on all students, including those in schools that did not participate in the federal free or reduced-price lunch program.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Some of the counts for selected school characteristics may not match between school and principal data files due to independent weighting procedures, differential nonresponse, rounding, and not every school having a principal.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS), "Public School File," 2015–16.

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