Percentage of public schools with full-time and part-time school nurses, by selected school characteristics: 1999–2000, 2003–04, 2007–08, and 2011

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Percentage of public schools with full-time and part-time school nurses, by selected school characteristics: 1999–2000, 2003–04, 2007–08, and 2011–12

	1999–2000			2003–04			2007–08			2011–12
Selected school characteristics	Schools with full-time nurses	Schools with part-time nurses	Schools with full-time or part-time nurses	Schools with full-time nurses	Schools with part-time nurses	Schools with full-time or part-time nurses	Schools with full-time nurses	Schools with part-time nurses	Schools with full-time or part-time nurses	Schools with full-time nurses	Schools with part-time nurses		Schools with full-time or part-time nurses
All public schools	32.6	48.1	78.7	41.1	40.9	79.9	48.3	32.0	78.0	49.6	32.0		79.3

School classification
Traditional public	99.4	99.3	99.3	99.0	98.9	98.9	98.4	96.9	97.8	97.7	97.0		97.4	!
Charter school	0.6	0.7	0.7	1.0	1.1	1.1	1.6	3.1	2.2	2.3	3.0		2.6

Community type
City¹	30.6	29.1	29.7	26.6	25.4	25.8	23.4	24.6	23.9	25.7	26.3		26.1
Suburban²	41.6	30.2	34.7	39.7	31.1	35.2	33.8	24.0	29.5	31.2	25.2		28.4
Town³	10.4	15.8	13.7	9.5	12.7	11.3	14.1	17.8	15.7	12.6	14.5		13.5
Rural	17.4	24.8	22.0	24.2	30.7	27.7	28.7	33.7	30.9	30.5	34.0		32.0

School level
Primary	54.0	64.6	60.8	55.1	63.9	59.5	55.8	62.9	58.8	57.2	62.4		59.5
Middle	18.6	13.4	15.4	17.8	14.7	16.3	17.9	14.1	16.5	17.2	15.6		16.4
High	23.6	18.7	20.4	21.0	16.7	18.8	21.0	18.0	19.6	19.4	17.1		18.4
Combined	3.7	3.3	3.4	6.2	4.7	5.4	5.3	5.0	5.1	6.1	5.0		5.7

Student enrollment
Less than 100	2.0	6.1	4.4	1.9	5.5	3.8	2.1	7.7	4.4	2.5	6.3		4.0
100–199	3.8	10.9	8.2	3.6	11.4	7.6	5.2	10.7	7.5	3.2	8.9		5.5
200–499	30.0	45.2	39.6	36.9	45.3	41.6	37.7	45.9	41.3	39.6	45.7		42.4
500–749	32.8	22.1	26.4	28.2	23.0	25.5	27.1	21.4	24.7	27.9	23.1		26.0
750–999	14.1	8.3	10.5	13.3	7.7	10.4	12.8	8.3	10.9	12.9	8.7		11.0
1,000 or more	17.2	7.4	10.9	16.1	7.0	11.2	15.1	6.0	11.2	13.9	7.3		11.0

Percent of K–12 students who were approved for free or reduced price lunches
0–34	50.5	42.9	45.9	45.4	39.9	42.3	42.2	37.2	39.8	31.9	30.3		30.9
35–49	12.0	17.3	15.3	16.5	16.8	16.7	17.2	17.4	17.2	16.9	17.4		17.1
50–74	16.0	18.4	17.6	17.2	23.6	20.6	19.9	23.0	21.4	26.6	25.4		26.4
75 or more	14.7	15.5	15.1	18.6	17.6	18.1	18.8	19.9	19.4	23.1	25.0		23.9
School did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program	6.7	6.0	6.2	2.3	2.2	2.3	1.9	2.5	2.1	1.6	1.9	!	1.6
! 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 For school years 1999–2000 and 2003–04, the following two categories, Large Central city and Mid-size Central city, were combined to make this category comparable with more recently published categories.
² For school years 1999–2000 and 2003–04, the following two categories, Urban fringe of Large city and Urban fringe of Mid-size city, were combined to make this category comparable with more recently published categories.
³ For school years 1999–2000 and 2003–04, the following two categories, Large town and Small town, were combined to make this category comparable with more recently published categories.
NOTE: Each column has a different denominator as schools can have both full- and part-time nurses.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School Data File," 1999–2000, "Public School Data File," 2003–04, "Public School Data File," 2007–08, and "Public School Data File," 2011–12.

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