Table 17. Percentage of schools with physical space limitations, by school type and selected school characteristics: 2003

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Table 17. Percentage of schools with physical space limitations, by school type and selected school characteristics: 2003–04

School type and selected school characteristic	Percent of schools with enrollment that exceeded permanent and temporary building capacity	Percent of schools that had one or more temporary buildings	Average student capacity of temporary buildings	Percent of schools that routinely used common areas for instructional purposes	Percent of schools in which some teachers did not have their own classrooms due to lack of space
All schools	6.9	27.3	150.0	17.9	24.0

All public schools	8.5	31.7	159.6	19.2	26.7

School classification
Traditional public	8.5	31.9	160.0	19.0	26.8
Charter school	8.5	24.2	140.3	28.1	23.2

Community type
Central city	9.3	37.7	186.4	21.3	27.9
Urban fringe/large town	9.7	34.4	164.3	19.0	29.1
Rural/small town	5.6	21.3	102.1	17.6	21.4

School level
Elementary	7.8	33.7	148.0	19.9	22.5
Secondary	11.9	27.5	223.8	17.5	41.5
Combined	4.9	26.0	95.7	18.5	21.0

Student enrollment
Less than 100	2.4	20.8	46.8	14.1	14.4
100–199	3.2	20.9	82.9	23.3	19.8
200–499	5.6	26.0	111.2	19.2	21.9
500–749	8.2	38.4	145.0	17.3	24.6
750–999	14.6	47.3	206.9	22.2	38.9
1,000 or more	24.2	42.3	332.8	21.0	54.4

All BIA schools	1.9	52.1	97.9	26.1	19.7

All private schools	2.1	13.5	81.2	13.7	15.5

School classification
Catholic	1.3	12.3	92.2	14.1	23.6
Other religious	1.8	15.7	86.0	15.1	12.6
Nonsectarian	3.6	10.6	52.0	10.5	11.8

Community type
Central city	2.8	14.5	89.4	14.7	18.0
Urban fringe/large town	1.7	13.7	70.8	13.6	14.6
Rural/small town	1.9	10.8	98.9	12.0	12.9

School level
Elementary	2.2	13.4	82.5	13.9	13.0
Secondary	1.8	10.3	63.9	12.0	34.0
Combined	2.1	14.9	82.6	13.9	14.8

Student enrollment
Less than 100	1.9	9.3	71.9	13.4	8.1
100–199	1.4	15.2	83.4	16.7	15.6
200–499	1.9	18.7	74.0	11.0	22.9
500–749	4.7	19.5	126.9	19.5	37.5
750 or more	9.6	20.7	129.2	9.0	46.0
NOTE: BIA school refers to schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) that are operated by the BIA, a tribe, or a private contractor and not by a regular school district.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey, 2003–04, Public School, BIA School, and Private School Data Files.

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