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Table 421. Public schools and instructional rooms with access to the Internet, by selected school characteristics: 1994 to 2002

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                          |       |Instructional    |    Size of school         |            Metropolitan status         |   Percent of students eligible for
                          |  All  |  level\1\       |      enrollment           |                                        |    free or reduced-price lunch\2\
   Schools, computers,    |public |_________________|___________________________|________________________________________|_____________________________________
   instructional rooms,   |schools|       |         | Less  |   300   |1,000    |       |          |          |          | Less  |   35 to  |   50 to  |  75
        and access        |       |Elemen-|Secondary| than  |   to    |         | City  |   Urban  |   Town   |   Rural  |than 35|     49   |     74   |percent
                          |       | tary  |         |  300  |   999   |        m|       |   fringe |          |          |percent|   percent|   percent|or more
                          |       |       |         |       |         |         |       |          |          |          |       |          |          |
__________________________|_______|_______|_________|_______|_________|_________|_______|__________|__________|__________|_______|__________|__________|_______
            1             |   2   |   3   |     4   |   5   |     6   |   7     |   8   |      9   |     10   |     11   |  12   |     13   |     14   |  15
__________________________|_______|_______|_________|_______|_________|_________|_______|__________|__________|__________|_______|__________|__________|_______
     Estimated total      |       |       |         |       |         |         |       |          |          |          |       |          |          |
    number of schools     |       |       |         |       |         |         |       |          |          |          |       |          |          |
1995 .................... | 77,853| 57,705|   18,083| 20,673|   50,044|    7,136| 17,906|    18,464|    19,539|    21,944| 37,450|    13,627|    12,808| 13,166
1997 ...................  | 79,125| 59,695|   19,430| 20,540|   51,169|    7,416| 21,071|    23,419|    12,637|    21,998| 37,525|    12,250|    16,302| 12,864
1998 ...................  | 78,791| 59,173|   19,193| 20,095|   50,655|    8,041| 20,698|    26,265|    11,306|    20,522| 38,156|    12,088|    13,967| 14,541
1999 ...................  | 78,399| 59,575|   17,110| 20,018|   50,389|    7,992| 21,034|    26,245|    11,235|    19,885| 35,653|    13,908|    16,099| 11,993
2000 ...................  | 80,127| 59,782|   18,414| 20,067|   51,887|    8,173| 21,115|    26,584|    11,879|    20,550| 36,563|    12,414|    17,030| 13,912
2001 ...................  | 81,066| 61,640|   17,627| 20,665|   51,968|    8,433| 17,997|    26,260|    10,180|    26,628| 34,928|    14,753|    16,627| 14,710
2002 ...................  | 82,036| 62,134|   17,608| 21,429|   51,876|    8,731| 18,550|    26,431|    10,774|    26,280| 34,989|    13,243|    19,040| 14,765
                          |       |       |         |       |         |         |       |          |          |          |       |          |          |
1998 (standard error) ....|  (333)|  (293)|    (220)|  (479)|    (467)|    (165)|   (88)|      (98)|     (182)|     (273)|(1,530)|   (1,185)|     (991)|(1,263)
1999 (standard error) ....|  (665)|  (722)|    (521)|(1,263)|    (681)|    (291)|  (605)|     (514)|     (343)|     (506)|(1,211)|     (977)|   (1,067)|  (949)
2000 (standard error) ....|  (650)|  (569)|    (359)|  (697)|    (206)|    (217)|(1,380)|   (1,746)|   (1,323)|   (1,478)|(1,215)|     (792)|   (1,071)|  (923)
2001 (standard error) ....|  (492)|  (527)|    (414)|  (589)|    (274)|    (139)| (1416)|    (1002)|     (746)|   (1,087)|(1,191)|   (1,203)|     (995)|  (814)
2002 (standard error) ....|  (780)|  (647)|    (371)|  (761)|    (253)|    (145)|  (963)|     (922)|   (1,080)|   (1,289)|(1,194)|   (1,050)|   (1,134)|  (862)
                          |       |       |         |       |         |         |       |          |          |          |       |          |          |
    Percent of schools    |       |       |         |       |         |         |       |          |          |          |       |          |          |
   having access to the   |       |       |         |       |         |         |       |          |          |          |       |          |          |
         Internet         |       |       |         |       |         |         |       |          |          |          |       |          |          |
1994 .................... |     35|     30|       49|     30|       35|       58|     40|        38|        29|        35|     39|        35|        32|     18
1995 .................... |     50|     46|       65|     39|       52|       69|     47|        59|        47|        48|     60|        48|        41|     31
1996 .................... |     65|     61|       77|     57|       66|       80|     64|        75|        61|        60|     74|        59|        53|     53
1997 .................... |     78|     75|       89|     75|       78|       89|     74|        78|        84|        79|     86|        81|        71|     62
1998 ...................  |     89|     88|       94|     87|       89|       95|     92|        85|        90|        92|     92|        93|        88|     79
1999 ...................  |     95|     94|       98|     96|       94|       96|     93|        96|        94|        96|     95|        98|        96|     89
2000 ...................  |     98|     97|\3\   100|     96|       98|       99|     96|        98|        98|        99|     99|        99|        97|     94
2001 ...................  |     99|     99|\3\   100|     99|       99|\3\   100|     97|        99|\3\    100|\3\    100|     99|\3\    100|        99|     97
2002 ...................  |     99|     99|\3\   100|     99|\3\   100|\3\   100|     99|\3\    100|        98|        98|     98|\3\    100|\3\    100|     99
                          |       |       |         |       |         |         |       |          |          |          |       |          |          |
1998 (standard error) ....|  (1.3)|  (1.6)|    (2.1)|  (3.4)|    (1.4)|    (2.4)|  (2.1)|     (2.8)|     (3.2)|     (3.4)|  (2.0)|     (2.2)|     (3.0)|  (3.7)
1999 (standard error) ....|  (0.8)|  (1.0)|    (0.8)|  (1.5)|    (1.0)|    (1.7)|  (1.5)|     (1.2)|     (2.5)|     (1.4)|  (1.1)|     (0.9)|     (1.7)|  (3.1)
2000 (standard error) ....|  (0.5)|  (0.7)|    (0.2)|  (1.7)|    (0.5)|    (0.6)|  (1.1)|     (1.2)|     (1.2)|     (0.9)|  (0.7)|     (0.7)|     (1.3)|  (1.7)
2001 (standard error) ....|  (0.3)|  (0.4)|    (0.2)|  (1.0)|    (0.4)|   (\4\) |  (1.4)|     (0.5)|    (\4\) |     (0.1)|  (0.6)|    (\4\) |     (0.5)|  (1.1)
2002 (standard error) ....|  (0.5)|  (0.6)|    (0.5)|  (1.7)|    (0.2)|   (\4\) |  (0.7)|    (\4\) |     (2.2)|     (1.0)|  (1.0)|    (\4\) |    (\4\) |  (0.9)
                          |       |       |         |       |         |         |       |          |          |          |       |          |          |
 Number of computers for  |       |       |         |       |         |         |       |          |          |          |       |          |          |
 instructional purposes,  |       |       |         |       |         |         |       |          |          |          |       |          |          |
       in thousands       |       |       |         |       |         |         |       |          |          |          |       |          |          |
1995\5\ ..................|  5,621|  3,453|    2,021|    850|    3,600|    1,171|  1,497|     1,526|     1,404|     1,195|  2,905|       806|       950|    882
1997 ...................  |  5,959|  3,701|    2,258|    839|    3,767|    1,353|  1,727|     2,084|       934|     1,214|  3,154|       886|     1,013|    890
1998 ...................  |  7,111|  4,519|    2,549|    952|    4,414|    1,744|  2,148|     2,606|     1,047|     1,311|  3,630|     1,105|     1,127|  1,235
1999 .................... |  7,806|  4,923|    2,728|  1,021|    4,952|    1,834|  2,320|     2,975|     1,022|     1,489|  3,900|     1,245|     1,429|  1,170
2000 .................... |  8,776|  5,296|    3,271|  1,135|    5,524|    2,117|  2,537|     3,396|     1,155|     1,689|  4,394|     1,373|     1,606|  1,384
2001 .................... | 10,058|  6,165|    3,654|  1,085|    6,273|    2,700|  2,685|     3,791|     1,134|     2,448|  4,781|     1,707|     1,862|  1,698
2002 .................... | 10,711|  6,775|    3,705|  1,347|    6,533|    2,831|  2,662|     4,043|     1,320|     2,686|  4,982|     1,673|     2,265|  1,792
                          |       |       |         |       |         |         |       |          |          |          |       |          |          |
1998 (standard error) ....|  (183)|  (145)|     (94)|   (53)|    (136)|    (106)|   (74)|     (129)|      (58)|      (77)|  (198)|     (114)|      (89)|  (155)
1999 (standard error) ....|  (147)|  (114)|    (103)|   (76)|    (127)|    (101)|  (113)|     (121)|      (50)|      (75)|  (152)|     (115)|     (116)|   (98)
2000 (standard error) ....|  (174)|  (149)|    (113)|   (73)|    (121)|    (103)|  (179)|     (213)|     (132)|     (131)|  (147)|      (93)|     (112)|  (107)
2001 (standard error) ....|  (180)|  (165)|     (98)|   (57)|    (140)|     (85)|  (192)|     (168)|      (78)|     (142)|  (206)|     (120)|     (132)|  (117)
2002 (standard error) ....|  (237)|  (187)|    (105)|  (101)|    (181)|    (101)|  (158)|     (173)|     (172)|     (164)|  (170)|     (172)|     (137)|  (136)
                          |       |       |         |       |         |         |       |          |          |          |       |          |          |
      Mean number of      |       |       |         |       |         |         |       |          |          |          |       |          |          |
 instructional computers  |       |       |         |       |         |         |       |          |          |          |       |          |          |
        per school        |       |       |         |       |         |         |       |          |          |          |       |          |          |
1995\5\...................|     72|     60|      112|     41|       72|      164|     84|        83|        72|        54|     78|        59|        74|     67
1997 ...................  |     75|     62|      116|     41|       74|      183|     82|        89|        74|        55|     84|        72|        62|     69
1998 ...................  |     90|     76|      133|     47|       87|      217|    104|        99|        93|        64|     95|        91|        81|     85
1999 ...................  |    100|     83|      159|     51|       98|      229|    110|       113|        91|        75|    109|        90|        89|     98
2000 ...................  |    110|     89|      178|     57|      106|      259|    120|       128|        97|        82|    120|       111|        94|     99
2001 ...................  |    124|    100|      207|     52|      121|      320|    149|       144|       111|        92|    137|       116|       112|    115
2002 ...................  |    131|    109|      210|     63|      126|      324|    144|       153|       123|       102|    142|       126|       119|    122
                          |       |       |         |       |         |         |       |          |          |          |       |          |          |
1998 (standard error) ....|  (2.3)|  (2.4)|    (4.9)|  (2.6)|    (2.5)|   (13.0)|  (3.6)|     (4.9)|     (5.2)|     (3.6)|  (3.7)|     (6.1)|     (4.5)|  (7.7)
1999 (standard error) ....|  (2.2)|  (2.2)|    (6.4)|  (2.5)|    (2.3)|   (10.7)|  (4.7)|     (4.2)|     (4.2)|     (3.6)|  (2.8)|     (6.8)|     (5.6)|  (5.2)
2000 (standard error) ....|  (2.0)|  (2.4)|    (5.3)|  (3.1)|    (2.3)|    (9.0)|  (4.9)|     (4.3)|     (5.6)|     (3.6)|  (3.4)|     (5.9)|     (5.7)|  (5.5)
2001 (standard error) ....|  (2.3)|  (2.7)|    (6.2)|  (2.5)|    (2.6)|   (10.1)|  (6.4)|     (4.7)|     (6.0)|     (4.0)|  (4.9)|     (5.8)|     (6.0)|  (5.0)
2002 (standard error) ....|  (2.8)|  (2.9)|    (6.4)|  (4.1)|    (3.5)|   (10.8)|  (6.4)|     (5.2)|     (9.3)|     (4.5)|  (4.7)|     (8.5)|     (5.3)|  (5.9)
                          |       |       |         |       |         |         |       |          |          |          |       |          |          |
 Number of instructional  |       |       |         |       |         |         |       |          |          |          |       |          |          |
  computers with access   |       |       |         |       |         |         |       |          |          |          |       |          |          |
     to the Internet,     |       |       |         |       |         |         |       |          |          |          |       |          |          |
       in thousands       |       |       |         |       |         |         |       |          |          |          |       |          |          |
1995\5\ ..................|    447|    232|      187|     59|      315|       73|     96|       131|       126|        94|    286|        46|        57|     36
1998 .................... |  3,569|  2,100|    1,450|    407|    2,276|      887|  1,026|     1,334|       481|       727|  2,064|       608|       439|    458
1999 .................... |  4,809|  2,773|    1,945|    663|    2,988|    1,158|  1,265|     1,887|       691|       966|  2,762|       778|       810|    428
2000 .................... |  6,759|  3,813|    2,779|    882|    4,191|    1,686|  1,782|     2,688|       955|     1,335|  3,608|     1,064|     1,215|    858
2001 .................... |  8,500|  4,936|    3,357|    874|    5,229|    2,396|  2,175|     3,178|     1,008|     2,139|  4,225|     1,447|     1,529|  1,289
2002 .................... |  9,658|  5,912|    3,525|  1,214|    5,827|    2,618|  2,329|     3,677|     1,222|     2,431|  4,586|     1,474|     2,049|  1,549
                          |       |       |         |       |         |         |       |          |          |          |       |          |          |
1998 (standard error) ....|  (173)|  (148)|     (79)|   (38)|    (140)|     (73)|   (87)|     (105)|      (46)|      (73)|  (151)|      (79)|      (48)|   (78)
1999 (standard error) ....|  (145)|  (111)|     (89)|   (60)|    (132)|     (68)|   (94)|      (93)|      (50)|      (70)|  (140)|      (59)|      (79)|   (55)
2000 (standard error) ....|  (174)|  (136)|    (113)|   (69)|    (114)|     (97)|  (148)|     (178)|     (111)|      (91)|  (139)|      (80)|      (93)|   (87)
2001 (standard error) ....|  (176)|  (144)|     (92)|   (61)|    (139)|     (89)|  (164)|     (150)|      (74)|     (137)|  (196)|     (105)|     (114)|  (101)
2002 (standard error) ....|  (236)|  (183)|    (105)|   (97)|    (183)|    (102)|  (145)|     (160)|     (162)|     (148)|  (167)|     (158)|     (129)|  (122)
                          |       |       |         |       |         |         |       |          |          |          |       |          |          |
 Percent of instructional |       |       |         |       |         |         |       |          |          |          |       |          |          |
  computers with access   |       |       |         |       |         |         |       |          |          |          |       |          |          |
     to the Internet      |       |       |         |       |         |         |       |          |          |          |       |          |          |
1995\5\ ..................|      8|      7|        9|      7|        9|        6|      6|         9|         9|         8|     10|         6|         6|      4
1998 .................... |     50|     46|       57|     43|       52|       51|     48|        51|        46|        55|     57|        55|        39|     37
1999 .................... |     62|     56|       71|     65|       60|       63|     55|        63|        68|        65|     71|        62|        57|     37
2000 .................... |     77|     72|       85|     78|       76|       80|     70|        79|        83|        79|     82|        77|        76|     62
2001 .................... |     85|     80|       92|     81|       83|       89|     81|        84|        89|        87|     88|        85|        82|     76
2002 .................... |     90|     87|       95|     90|       89|       92|     87|        91|        93|        90|     92|        88|        90|     86
                          |       |       |         |       |         |         |       |          |          |          |       |          |          |
1998 (standard error) ....|  (1.7)|  (2.5)|    (2.1)|  (3.4)|    (2.2)|    (3.4)|  (3.0)|     (2.8)|     (4.1)|     (3.4)|  (2.0)|     (4.2)|     (2.9)|  (4.6)
1999 (standard error) ....|  (1.4)|  (1.6)|    (2.4)|  (3.0)|    (1.7)|    (3.6)|  (2.6)|     (2.4)|     (3.1)|     (2.7)|  (2.2)|     (3.6)|     (2.8)|  (3.6)
2000 (standard error) ....|  (1.1)|  (1.5)|    (1.2)|  (2.6)|    (1.3)|    (1.8)|  (2.1)|     (1.7)|     (2.5)|     (2.1)|  (1.2)|     (2.9)|     (2.6)|  (3.1)
2001 (standard error) ....|  (0.8)|  (1.2)|    (0.8)|  (2.8)|    (1.2)|    (1.4)|  (2.1)|     (1.5)|     (2.1)|     (1.3)|  (1.2)|     (2.0)|     (2.5)|  (2.2)
2002 (standard error) ....|  (0.8)|  (1.1)|    (0.6)|  (1.8)|    (0.9)|    (1.3)|  (1.6)|     (1.2)|     (1.9)|     (1.4)|  (1.1)|     (2.0)|     (1.5)|  (1.6)
                          |       |       |         |       |         |         |       |          |          |          |       |          |          |
     Total number of      |       |       |         |       |         |         |       |          |          |          |       |          |          |
 instructional rooms,\6\  |       |       |         |       |         |         |       |          |          |          |       |          |          |
        in thousands
1997 ...................  |  2,625|  1,720|      906|    335|    1,725|      566|    830|       902|       388|       505|  1,336|       375|       462|    447
1998 ...................  |  2,709|  1,772|      916|    349|    1,740|      620|    839|       981|       390|       498|  1,372|       413|       451|    471
1999 ...................  |  2,811|  1,830|      926|    360|    1,805|      645|    857|     1,049|       375|       530|  1,325|       477|       541|    437
2000 ...................  |  2,905|  1,864|      972|    377|    1,871|      657|    866|     1,086|       413|       541|  1,380|       465|       570|    482
2001 ...................  |  2,851|  1,854|      929|    332|    1,829|      690|    726|     1,068|       339|       718|  1,299|       486|       551|    510
2002 ...................  |  2,988|  2,006|      919|    396|    1,896|      696|    748|     1,101|       378|       761|  1,368|       451|       648|    520
                          |       |       |         |       |         |         |       |          |          |          |       |          |          |
1998 (standard error) ....|   (41)|   (29)|     (25)|   (15)|     (34)|     (21)|   (22)|      (24)|      (14)|      (17)|   (60)|      (39)|      (29)|   (42)
1999 (standard error) ....|   (36)|   (33)|     (29)|   (26)|     (39)|     (30)|   (29)|      (33)|      (16)|      (23)|   (46)|      (34)|      (42)|   (34)
2000 (standard error) ....|   (35)|   (28)|     (24)|   (22)|     (23)|     (23)|   (56)|      (61)|      (47)|      (39)|   (46)|      (28)|      (36)|   (29)
2001 (standard error) ....|   (31)|   (30)|     (18)|   (17)|     (23)|     (15)|   (49)|      (46)|      (24)|      (36)|   (48)|      (34)|      (35)|   (29)
2002 (standard error) ....|   (37)|   (30)|     (19)|   (25)|     (20)|     (16)|   (36)|      (39)|      (40)|      (48)|   (45)|      (38)|      (38)|   (33)
                          |       |       |         |       |         |         |       |          |          |          |       |          |          |
   Percent of instruc-    |       |       |         |       |         |         |       |          |          |          |       |          |          |
   tional rooms\6\ with   |       |       |         |       |         |         |       |          |          |          |       |          |          |
  access to the Internet  |       |       |         |       |         |         |       |          |          |          |       |          |          |
1994 .................... |      3|      3|        4|      3|        3|        3|      4|         4|         3|         3|      3|         2|         4|      2
1995 .................... |      8|      8|        8|      9|        8|        4|      6|         8|         8|         8|      9|         6|         6|      3
1996 .................... |     14|     13|       16|     15|       13|       16|     12|        16|        14|        14|     17|        12|        11|      5
1997 .................... |     27|     24|       32|     27|       28|       25|     20|        29|        34|        30|     33|        33|        20|     14
1998 ...................  |     51|     51|       52|     54|       53|       45|     47|        50|        55|        57|     57|        60|        41|     38
1999 ...................  |     64|     62|       67|     71|       64|       58|     52|        67|        72|        71|     73|        69|        61|     38
2000 ...................  |     77|     76|       79|     83|       78|       70|     66|        78|        87|        85|     82|        81|        77|     60
2001 ...................  |     87|     86|       88|     87|       87|       86|     82|        87|        91|        89|     90|        89|        87|     79
2002 ...................  |     92|     92|       91|     91|       93|       89|     88|        92|        96|        93|     93|        90|        91|     89
                          |       |       |         |       |         |         |       |          |          |          |       |          |          |
1998 (standard error) ....|  (1.8)|  (2.3)|    (2.1)|  (3.7)|    (2.2)|    (3.9)|  (3.2)|     (2.9)|     (4.0)|     (3.6)|  (2.4)|     (5.1)|     (3.9)|  (4.3)
1999 (standard error) ....|  (1.6)|  (1.8)|    (2.6)|  (3.2)|    (1.9)|    (3.0)|  (2.6)|     (2.5)|     (3.4)|     (3.0)|  (2.3)|     (3.4)|     (3.1)|  (4.4)
2000 (standard error) ....|  (1.1)|  (1.5)|    (1.6)|  (2.8)|    (1.5)|    (2.2)|  (2.2)|     (2.0)|     (2.6)|     (1.7)|  (1.5)|     (2.9)|     (2.8)|  (3.3)
2001 (standard error) ....|  (0.9)|  (1.1)|    (1.2)|  (2.1)|    (1.1)|    (1.7)|  (2.1)|     (1.3)|     (2.2)|     (1.3)|  (1.2)|     (2.2)|     (2.4)|  (2.4)
2002 (standard error) ....|  (0.6)|  (0.8)|    (1.0)|  (1.9)|    (0.7)|    (1.7)|  (1.6)|     (0.9)|     (1.1)|     (1.0)|  (0.8)|     (2.1)|     (1.4)|  (1.9)
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                          |       |       |         |       |         |         |       |          |          |          |       |          |          |
 Number of public school  |       |       |         |       |         |         |       |          |          |          |       |          |          |
students per instructional|       |       |         |       |         |         |       |          |          |          |       |          |          |
   computer with access   |       |       |         |       |         |         |       |          |          |          |       |          |          |
     to the internet      |       |       |         |       |         |         |       |          |          |          |       |          |          |
1998 ...................  |   12.1|   13.6|      9.9|    9.1|     12.3|     13.0|   14.1|      12.4|      12.2|       8.6|   10.6|      10.9|      15.8|   16.8
1999 ...................  |    9.1|   10.6|      7.0|    5.7|      9.4|     10.0|   11.4|       9.1|       8.2|       6.6|    7.6|       9.0|      10.0|   16.8
2000 ...................  |    6.6|    7.8|      5.2|    3.9|      7.0|      7.2|    8.2|       6.6|       6.2|       5.0|    6.0|       6.3|       7.2|    9.1
2001 ...................  |    5.4|    6.1|      4.3|    4.1|      5.6|      5.4|    5.9|       5.7|       5.0|       4.6|    4.9|       5.2|       5.6|    6.8
2002 ...................  |    4.8|    5.2|      4.1|    3.1|      5.0|      5.1|    5.5|       4.9|       4.4|       4.0|    4.6|       4.5|       4.7|    5.5
                          |       |       |         |       |         |         |       |          |          |          |       |          |          |
1998 (standard error) ....|  (0.6)|  (0.9)|    (0.4)|  (0.7)|    (0.7)|    (1.0)|  (1.2)|     (0.9)|     (1.2)|     (0.8)|  (0.6)|     (1.2)|     (1.4)|  (2.5)
1999 (standard error) ....|  (0.3)|  (0.4)|    (0.3)|  (0.4)|    (0.4)|    (0.6)|  (0.8)|     (0.4)|     (0.6)|     (0.4)|  (0.3)|     (0.4)|     (0.8)|  (2.2)
2000 (standard error) ....|  (0.1)|  (0.2)|    (0.2)|  (0.3)|    (0.2)|    (0.3)|  (0.4)|     (0.2)|     (0.3)|     (0.3)|  (0.2)|     (0.4)|     (0.4)|  (0.7)
2001 (standard error) ....|  (0.1)|  (0.2)|    (0.1)|  (0.3)|    (0.1)|    (0.2)|  (0.2)|     (0.2)|     (0.3)|     (0.1)|  (0.2)|     (0.2)|     (0.3)|  (0.3)
2002 (standard error) ....|  (0.1)|  (0.2)|    (0.1)|  (0.2)|    (0.2)|    (0.2)|  (0.2)|     (0.2)|     (0.4)|     (0.2)|  (0.1)|     (0.3)|     (0.2)|  (0.3)
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\1\Excludes combined elementary/secondary schools because of small sample size.
\2\Excludes schools with missing data for free and reduced price lunch participation.
\3\This estimate fell between 99.5 percent and 100.0 percent and therefore was rounded to 100 percent.
\4\Estimate of standard error is not appropriate because it would be based on an estimate of 100 percent.
\5\Includes computers used for instructional or administrative purposes.
\6\Includes all classrooms, computer labs, and library/media centers.

NOTE: Data are derived from sample surveys and are subject to sampling error. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding of weighted estimates. Standard errors appear in parentheses.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Fast Response Survey System, Internet Access in U.S. Public Schools and Classrooms: 1994-2002; and unpublished data (This table was prepared January 2004.)


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