| Table 421. | Public schools and school classrooms with access to the Internet, by school characteristics: 1994 to 2000 |
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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 |__________________|______________________|_______________________________|________________________________
instruction rooms, |schools| | | Less | 300 |1,000 | | | | | Less |35 to |50 to | 75
and access | |Elemen-| Secon- | than | to | or | City | Urban | Town | Rural |than 35| 49 | 74 |percent
| | tary | dary | 300 | 999 | more | |fringe | | |percent|percent|percent|or more
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________________________|_______|_______|__________|_______|_______|______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|________
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15
________________________|_______|_______|__________|_______|_______|______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|________
Estimated | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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
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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)
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Percent of schools | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
having access to the | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Internet | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
1994 ...................| 35 | 30 | 49 | 30 | 35 | 58 | 40 | 38 | 29 | 35 | 39 | 36 | 31 | 20
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
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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)
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Number of computers for | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
instructional purposes, | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
in thousands | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
1995\4\ ................| 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
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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)
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Mean number of | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
instructional computers | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
per school | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
1995\4\.................| 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
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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)
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Number of instructional | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
computers with access | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
to the Internet, | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
in thousands | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
1995\4\ ................| 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
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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)
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Percent of instructional| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
computers with access | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
to the Internet | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
1995\4\ ................| 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
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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)
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Number of instructional | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
rooms,\5\ 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
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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)
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Percent of instruc- | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
tional rooms\5\ 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 ...................| 63 | 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
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1998 (standard error) ..| (1.7)| (2.3)| (2.1)| (5.4)| (5.3)| (4.5)| (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)
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\1\Excludes combined elementary/secondary schools because of small sample size.
NOTE: Data are derived from sample surveys and are subject to sampling error. Detail may not sum to totals because of 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: 1994-2000; and unpublished data (This table was prepared July 2001.)
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