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Total number of full-time and part-time school staff (head counts), by type of staff and selected school characteristics: 2015–16

                    Student support services professional staff
Selected school characteristic   Vice principals and assistant principals   Instructional coordinators and supervisors, such as curriculum specialists   Librarians/library media specialists   School counselors, excluding psychologists and social workers   Nurses   Social workers   Psychologists   Speech therapists or pathologists   Other student support services professional staff  
All public schools   80,840   80,920   73,580   124,420   84,020   44,920   66,320   96,440   82,550  
                                       
School classification                                      
Traditional public   74,690   73,900   70,690   117,470   79,920   42,050   62,810   91,050   75,780  
Charter school   6,150   7,020   2,890   6,950   4,100   2,870   3,510   5,390   6,770  
                                       
Community type                                      
City   28,210   28,610   18,960   36,080   22,920   15,650   19,900   28,690   27,470  
Suburban   30,920   31,070   25,440   45,830   28,950   16,770   25,610   34,430   32,270  
Town   9,110   7,900   9,880   15,140   11,220   4,760   7,350   11,500   8,250  
Rural   12,590   13,340   19,310   27,350   20,930   7,740   13,460   21,810   14,570  
                                       
School level                                      
Primary   29,510   45,910   42,730   45,180   47,950   24,410   38,440   63,050   47,500  
Middle   17,240   13,350   12,080   23,260   13,760   7,620   10,910   14,070   11,460  
High   29,540   16,180   14,110   46,200   15,760   9,880   12,870   12,180   15,310  
Combined   4,550   5,480   4,660   9,770   6,550   3,010   4,100   7,140   8,280  
                                       
Student enrollment                                      
Less than 100   1,020   1,680   1,530   3,900   3,960   2,410   3,070   3,570   4,130  
100-199   1,850   3,000   3,910   5,750   4,930   2,400   3,630   4,720   4,190  
200-499   16,650   26,530   28,860   34,380   32,190   16,420   24,060   38,110   28,400  
500-749   21,800   22,890   20,190   28,030   22,630   11,750   18,380   27,890   24,150  
750-999   13,660   12,270   8,720   17,400   9,840   5,510   7,870   11,500   10,560  
1,000 or more   25,850   14,550   10,380   39,940   10,460   6,420   9,320   10,650   11,120  
                                       
Percent of K-12 students who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches                                      
0-34   24,720   22,430   23,230   40,590   24,750   12,100   20,980   28,330   22,970  
35-49   10,520   9,250   11,030   17,360   11,510   5,700   9,020   12,650   10,630  
50-74   17,800   16,160   15,900   26,530   17,680   8,970   13,280   20,280   15,580  
75 or more   24,900   29,990   21,580   34,930   27,260   16,620   20,660   32,100   28,610  
School did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program   2,890   3,090   1,850   5,010   2,830   1,530   2,380   3,080   4,770  
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS), "Public School Data File," 2015–16.

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