Table 1. Number and percentage of public schools by presence of counselors, psychologists, and social workers on staff and selected school characteristics: 2015

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Number and percentage of public schools by presence of counselors, psychologists, and social workers on staff and selected school characteristics: 2015–16

		Schools with at least one full- or part-time counselor		Schools with at least one full- or part-time psychologist		Schools with at least one full- or part-time social worker		Schools with at least one full- or part-time counselor, psychologist, or social worker
School school characteristic	Total number of public schools	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
All public schools	90,400	73,000	80.7	60,200	66.5	37,500	41.5	85,200	94.2

School classification
Traditional public	83,500	68,700	82.3	56,900	68.1	35,200	42.2	79,500	95.2
Public Charter	6,900	4,300	62.0	3,300	47.0	2,300	33.2	5,600	81.2

Community type
City	24,800	19,800	80.1	17,500	70.5	12,600	50.9	23,600	95.4
Suburban	29,100	23,200	79.8	23,200	79.6	14,100	48.4	28,300	97.3
Town	12,200	10,000	82.4	6,800	55.7	4,100	33.7	11,200	91.8
Rural	24,400	19,900	81.6	12,800	52.3	6,700	27.5	22,000	90.2

School level
Primary	50,400	38,000	75.3	36,100	71.7	21,300	42.3	47,800	94.7
Middle	13,900	12,700	91.9	9,900	71.7	6,500	46.6	13,500	97.5
High	17,900	16,200	90.6	10,600	59.1	7,700	42.8	16,900	94.2
Combined	8,200	6,100	73.7	3,500	42.5	2,100	25.3	7,000	84.9

Student enrollment
Less than 100	6,500	3,200	49.4	2,700	42.0	1,600	24.5	4,600	70.7
100–199	7,300	5,100	70.2	3,400	46.1	2,000	27.5	6,200	85.6
200–499	35,700	28,600	80.2	22,900	64.1	14,400	40.4	33,900	95.1
500–749	22,900	19,200	83.6	16,900	73.5	10,300	44.8	22,500	98.3
750–999	9,200	8,300	90.9	7,100	77.7	4,300	46.7	9,100	99.3
1,000 or more	8,800	8,500	96.7	7,200	81.5	4,900	56.1	8,700	98.9

Percent of K–12 students who were approved for free or reduced–price lunches
0–34	24,500	20,400	83.3	18,900	77.2	10,500	42.8	23,900	97.4
35–49	12,000	10,200	84.6	8,200	68.1	5,100	42.5	11,700	97.1
50–74	18,800	15,900	84.4	12,000	64.0	7,600	40.4	18,000	95.9
75 or more	30,100	23,400	77.8	19,000	63.0	13,100	43.6	27,900	92.5
School did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program	5,000	3,100	62.4	2,100	41.3	1,200	24.3	3,700	74.7

Percent of students in the school who are non-White¹
50 or fewer	48,000	39,500	82.3	31,600	65.8	17,700	36.9	45,300	94.4
Greater than 50	35,600	28,500	80.0	24,000	67.3	16,200	45.6	33,700	94.5
¹ Data on student race/ethnicity were not available for 7.5% of responding schools. These schools are included in the rest of the table.
NOTE: Primary schools are those with at least one grade lower than 5 and no grade higher than 8, middle schools have no grade lower than 5 and no grade higher than 8, high schools have no grade lower than 7 and at least one grade higher than 8, and all other schools are classified as combined. 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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