Table 365. | Public school students receiving publicly funded free or reduced price lunches, by selected school characteristics: School year 1993-94 |
________________________________________________________________________ |Percent of students participating in program School |____________________________________________ characteristics | Total |Elementary|Secondary |Combined\1\ ___________________________|__________|__________|__________|___________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 ___________________________|__________|__________|__________|___________ Total .............| 33.2 | 38.8 | 22.0 | 39.1 |__________|__________|__________|___________ Community type | | | | Central city ............| 42.5 | 49.9 | 26.9 | 42.7 Urban fringe/large town .| 24.3 | 28.8 | 15.7 | 29.9 Rural/small town ........| 32.6 | 37.0 | 23.4 | 40.2 | | | | School size (students) | | | | Less than 150 ...........| 38.6 | 38.4 | 35.8 | 50.3 150-299 .................| 38.1 | 39.5 | 28.4 | 51.8 300-499 .................| 37.0 | 38.8 | 26.2 | 37.3 500-749 .................| 33.5 | 36.0 | 22.3 | 34.7 750 or more .............| 29.7 | 42.5 | 20.6 | 34.3 | | | | Minority students | | | | Less than 5% ............| 22.0 | 22.4 | 17.0 | 28.6 5 to 19% ................| 18.9 | 22.2 | 11.7 | 30.8 20 to 49% ...............| 32.0 | 38.1 | 20.1 | 38.5 50% or more .............| 57.3 | 65.5 | 38.9 | 60.6 ___________________________|__________|__________|__________|___________ |
\1\Includes schools beginning with grade 6 or below and ending with grade 9 or above. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Schools and Staffing Survey, 1993-94." (This table was prepared August 1995.) |