Standard errors for the average number of students per staff member employed in public schools with such staff, by staff type and school characteristics: School year 2003–04

Contexts of Elementary and Secondary Education: Standard Error Tables

Teachers and Staff

Table S32-2b. Standard errors for the average number of students per staff member employed in public schools with such staff, by staff type and school characteristics: School year 2003–04—Continued

		Student services professional staff					Aides
School characteristic	Total staff	Total	Nurses	Social workers and psychol-ogists	Speech therapists	Other professional staff	Total	Special needs aides	Other aides	Other staff

Total	0.05	2.00	5.92	7.25	6.47	9.04	0.81	1.85	2.20	0.39
Instructional level
Elementary	0.05	1.93	7.05	6.48	5.66	10.13	0.70	2.26	1.74	0.50
Middle	0.10	5.90	16.14	20.99	15.75	29.89	2.02	3.76	6.95	0.87
Secondary	0.09	6.58	21.90	20.50	32.00	25.54	2.14	3.75	7.43	0.70
Combined	0.19	8.17	21.79	20.75	25.15	19.97	2.38	5.38	5.58	1.18
School type
Regular	0.05	2.06	6.26	6.35	6.39	10.66	0.83	1.83	2.41	0.42
Special emphasis	0.21	10.47	31.83	37.20	39.54	42.43	4.88	9.56	10.81	1.55
Special education	0.40	2.92	19.32	9.82	20.85	9.16	2.85	2.23	11.58	3.20
Vocational/technical	0.86	28.58	94.95	86.39	223.67	35.06	17.85	31.98	27.18	4.55
Alternative	0.39	4.84	21.72	17.08	34.04	16.08	4.87	9.33	8.37	2.59
Enrollment size
Less than 300	0.07	1.90	5.60	5.71	5.67	7.06	0.83	2.27	1.56	0.70
300–499	0.06	2.47	6.19	8.07	7.88	11.23	1.15	2.70	2.50	0.53
500–999	0.06	3.06	9.33	11.06	9.79	16.80	1.23	2.91	3.67	0.58
1,000–1,499	0.12	9.06	24.78	25.38	40.62	52.54	3.17	6.22	10.71	1.16
1,500 or more	0.25	22.07	80.57	65.62	89.39	62.02	4.32	6.83	23.87	1.77
Percentage of students approved for free or reduced-price lunch
10 percent or less	0.19	5.85	24.99	20.46	25.35	30.27	3.09	5.54	9.11	1.57
11–25 percent	0.12	5.46	16.67	17.24	20.90	19.19	2.29	4.40	6.15	1.02
26–50 percent	0.07	3.99	12.79	13.36	13.28	19.05	1.37	3.28	3.90	0.62
51–75 percent	0.10	4.29	16.99	13.05	14.73	15.42	1.56	4.25	3.94	0.72
More than 75 percent	0.11	4.85	16.95	17.17	18.51	17.24	1.55	3.77	3.61	0.84
Region
Northeast	0.08	3.28	10.14	10.31	14.13	18.11	1.42	3.05	3.29	1.00
Midwest	0.10	3.12	10.91	9.54	11.13	13.38	1.50	3.66	3.12	0.81
South	0.06	3.92	10.92	16.81	10.73	14.05	1.27	3.87	2.94	0.44
West	0.13	6.16	22.40	24.36	27.15	18.58	2.16	4.15	7.47	1.04
Locale
City	0.07	4.26	17.28	13.75	17.68	16.17	1.39	3.18	4.25	0.68
Suburban	0.08	3.47	12.73	11.39	13.57	15.85	1.70	3.37	4.76	0.69
Town	0.12	5.17	18.06	21.88	17.66	19.63	1.54	3.90	3.85	0.82
Rural	0.10	4.11	9.50	11.43	10.84	18.18	1.21	3.10	2.98	0.76

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), “Public School Data File,” 2003–04.

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