Table 1. Among schools with students enrolled in any of grades 9–12, percentage that offered various learning opportunities and types of classroom organization, by school type and selected school characteristics: 2017

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Among schools with students enrolled in any of grades 9–12, percentage that offered various learning opportunities and types of classroom organization, by school type and selected school characteristics: 2017–18

School type and selected school characteristic	Dual or concurrent enrollment¹	Specialized career academy²		Career and technical education courses³	Internship outside of school⁴	Block scheduling⁵
All schools	74.6	28.2		59.5	45.7	36.3

All public schools	82.0	37.3		74.3	56.3	38.8

School classification
Traditional public	82.7	39.4		77.2	57.9	38.0
Charter school	76.9	22.0		53.3	44.4	44.0

Community type
City	72.6	38.7		61.5	48.3	48.0
Suburban	80.3	42.3		72.4	61.4	42.8
Town	82.6	35.0		82.2	64.7	36.7
Rural	89.9	33.5		81.6	54.8	30.0

School level
Primary	†	†		†	†	†
Middle	†	†		†	†	†
High	86.3	44.9		78.5	63.6	43.9
Combined	72.8	20.9		65.1	40.7	27.9

Student enrollment
Less than 100	45.2	15.3		53.3	39.1	29.6
100–199	77.4	21.6		65.8	48.5	26.1
200–499	87.1	34.4		75.0	53.9	36.6
500–749	91.9	39.2		78.0	57.7	40.9
750–999	90.5	43.0		82.3	61.3	53.0
1,000 or more	94.1	59.3		86.5	71.4	47.6

Percent of K–12 students who were approved for free or reduced‑price lunches
0–34	84.4	40.1		75.5	62.5	42.0
35–49	92.9	35.8		82.3	63.1	36.2
50–74	85.4	42.0		79.3	57.5	37.3
75 or more	70.6	31.9		64.5	45.3	38.3

All private schools	56.2	6.0		23.2	19.7	30.1

School Classification
Catholic	68.4	5.8		20.4	12.1	39.6
Other religious	63.0	5.9		23.3	19.6	23.6
Nonsectarian	38.0	6.3		24.3	23.4	37.1

Community type
City	54.0	6.5		21.4	18.6	35.0
Suburban	60.9	5.3		23.8	21.5	32.6
Town	63.7	11.8	!	28.5	19.9	21.4
Rural	50.2	4.3		23.0	18.6	23.2

School level
Elementary	†	†		†	†	†
Secondary	54.9	8.1		24.5	20.9	36.5
Combined	56.6	5.3		22.7	19.2	27.8

Student enrollment
Less than 100	44.8	5.6		25.6	21.8	25.0
100–199	68.3	4.2	!	21.7	21.9	27.7
200–499	67.3	7.5		20.1	16.4	33.7
500–749	60.2	4.8	!	17.6	15.9	41.3
750 or more	61.1	9.5		28.3	15.3	44.7
† Not applicable.
! Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 percent and 50 percent (i.e., the standard error is at least 30 percent and less than 50 percent of the estimate).
1 Dual or concurrent enrollment that offers both high school and college credit.
² A specialized career academy is a program that offers a set of specialized curriculum organized around a specific career area, such as automotive, business, carpentry, communications, construction, cosmetology, culinary arts, education, electricity, engineering, health, hospitality, IT, manufacturing, plumbing, protective and legal services, repair, transportation, etc.
³ If course are available to students but not part of a specialized career academy.
⁴ Work-based learning or internship outside of school, in which students earn course credits for supervised learning activities that occur in paid or unpaid workplace assignments.
⁵ Block scheduling is extended class periods scheduled to create blocks of instruction time.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS), “Public School and Private School Documentation Data Files,” 2017–18.

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