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Table 3.9a. | Percentage of public school teachers who reported potential problems as "serious problems" in their schools, by type of problem, locale, and grade level taught: 2003–04 |
Locale and grade level taught | Students come to school unprepared to learn | Lack of parental involvement | Poverty | Student apathy | Student tardiness | Student class cutting | Students dropping out | Student pregnancy |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 26.8 | 21.6 | 21.4 | 16.6 | 13.9 | 5.6 | 3.3 | 2.4 |
City | 36.9 | 30.3 | 32.2 | 20.5 | 21.7 | 10.3 | 5.6 | 3.5 |
Suburban | 22.2 | 18.3 | 14.6 | 14.3 | 12.4 | 4.3 | 2.0 | 1.4 |
Town | 25.7 | 19.2 | 22.4 | 16.8 | 10.2 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
Rural | 22.0 | 17.4 | 17.7 | 15.0 | 8.7 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.0 |
Elementary | 21.7 | 18.5 | 23.2 | 6.2 | 9.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
City | 32.4 | 27.6 | 35.2 | 8.9 | 15.9 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.2 ! |
Suburban | 17.2 | 16.0 | 16.2 | 5.2 | 7.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | ‡ |
Town | 19.1 | 13.8 | 22.6 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
Rural | 15.5 | 12.7 | 18.1 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
Middle | 27.9 | 21.0 | 20.8 | 17.7 | 11.2 | 3.1 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
City | 36.6 | 28.4 | 30.2 | 20.9 | 15.8 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 |
Suburban | 24.9 | 19.1 | 15.7 | 17.2 | 10.6 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Town | 27.9 | 18.4 | 22.3 | 19.5 | 8.9 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Rural | 22.1 | 16.6 | 16.5 | 13.5 | 7.8 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 0.6 |
High school | 33.0 | 26.5 | 19.5 | 30.3 | 23.2 | 14.8 | 10.0 | 7.5 |
City | 44.8 | 36.8 | 29.9 | 39.0 | 37.0 | 28.8 | 18.2 | 11.9 |
Suburban | 27.1 | 20.9 | 11.0 | 25.5 | 22.0 | 12.4 | 6.6 | 4.8 |
Town | 32.3 | 26.8 | 22.2 | 31.3 | 18.8 | 11.4 | 9.9 | 10.3 |
Rural | 29.0 | 22.9 | 18.0 | 26.8 | 13.6 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 4.9 |
! Interpret data with caution. ‡ Reporting standards not met. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey, "Teacher Questionnaire," 2003–04. |