Percentage of schools with full-time and part-time school nurses, by school characteristics: 2015

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Percentage of schools with full-time and part-time school nurses, by school characteristics: 2015–16


Selected school characteristics	Schools with full-time nurses	Schools with part-time nurses	Schools with at least one nurse, full- or part-time
All public schools	52.3	32.0	81.6

School classification
Traditional public	54.1	32.8	84.1
Charter school	30.2	22.9	51.5

Community type
City	51.2	31.8	80.9
Suburban	59.5	28.8	83.8
Town	52.2	33.9	84.4
Rural	44.7	35.2	78.2

Student Level
Primary	53.5	35.3	85.9
Middle	58.9	31.4	86.9
High	50.7	26.6	75.0
Combined	36.9	25.3	60.2

Student enrollment
Less than 100	14.9	35.5	49.0
100–199	24.7	38.2	62.8
200–499	48.7	35.5	82.8
500–749	61.9	30.3	87.9
750–999	70.3	24.5	90.0
1,000 or more	73.1	22.9	90.8

Percent of K–12 students who were approved for free or reduced‑price lunches
0–34	58.6	32.5	87.3
35–49	53.7	34.6	85.9
50–74	54.2	33.1	84.4
75 or more	49.3	32.2	79.4
School did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program	28.4	19.0	45.0
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS), “Public School Data Files,” 2015–16.

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