Percentage of public school teachers who indicated that they were members of a union or an employee association similar to a union,
by selected school characteristics: 2017–18

Selected school characteristic	Member of a union or employee association
All public schools	69.4
School classification
Traditional public	72.1
Charter school	24.4
Community type
City	68.6
Suburban	74.8
Town	66.6
Rural	61.7
School level
Primary	69.3
Middle	70.7
High	71.9
Combined	56.0
Student enrollment
Less than 100	62.8
100–199	59.8
200–499	70.6
500–749	69.1
750–999	68.6
1,000 or more	70.3
Percent of K–12 students who were approved for free or reduced‑price lunches
0–34	72.6
35–49	70.1
50–74	66.6
75 or more	67.9
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS), "Public School Teacher Data File," 2017–18.

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