Table 422.

Public schools and instructional rooms with access to the Internet, by selected school characteristics: 1994 through 2003

Schools, computers, instructional rooms, and access	All public schools		Instructional level1				Size of school enrollment					Metropolitan status							Percent of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch2
			Elementary		Secondary		Less than 300	300 to 999		1,000 or more		City	Urban fringe		Town		Rural		Less than 35 percent	35 to 49 percent		50 to 74 percent		75 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
2003	82,232		62,298		17,889		21,623	51,952		8,657		18,803	26,485		10,597		26,347		32,501	14,869		18,577		16,285
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)		(1,416)	(1,002)		(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)
2003 (standard error)	(763)		(759)		(396)		(697)	(448)		(154)		(1,160)	(1,060)		(1,098)		(1,422)		(1,381)	(1,111)		(1,095)		(999)
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		100	3	96	98		99		96	98		98		99		99	99		97		94
2001	99		99		100	3	99	99		100	3	97	99		100	3	100	3	99	100	3	99		97
2002	99		99		100	3	99	100	3	100	3	99	100	3	98		98		98	100	3	100	3	99
2003	100	3	100	3	100		100	100	3	100		100	100	3	100		100		100	100		100		99
1998 (standard error)	(1.3)		(1.6)		(2.1)		(3.4)	(1.4)		(2)		(2)	(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)		(2)		(2)	(1.2)		(2.5)		(1.4)		(1.1)	(0.9)		(1.7)		(3.1)
2000 (standard error)	(0.5)		(0.7)		(†)		(1.7)	(0.5)		(1)		(1)	(1.2)		(1.2)		(0.9)		(0.7)	(0.7)		(1.3)		(1.7)
2001 (standard error)	(0.3)		(0.4)		(†)		(1.0)	(0.4)		(†)		(1)	(0.5)		(†)		(†)		(0.6)	(†)		(0.5)		(1.1)
2002 (standard error)	(0.5)		(0.6)		(†)		(1.7)	(†)		(†)		(1)	(†)		(2.2)		(1.0)		(1.0)	(†)		(†)		(0.9)
2003 (standard error)	(†)		(†)		(†)		(†)	(†)		(†)		(†)	(†)		(†)		(†)		(†)	(†)		(†)		(0.8)
Number of computers for instructional purposes, in thousands
19954	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
2003	11,180		6,879		4,087		1,275	6,709		3,196		2,825	4,188		1,357		2,810		5,049	1,923		2,248		1,960
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)
2003 (standard error)	(265)		(234)		(115)		(77)	(179)		(118)		(163)	(177)		(139)		(220)		(252)	(165)		(139)		(110)
Average number of instructional computers per school
19954	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
2003	136		110		228		59	129		369		150	158		128		107		155	129		121		120
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)
2003 (standard error)	(2.6)		(3.1)		(4.9)		(2.9)	(3.2)		(11.0)		(6.1)	(5.6)		(6.7)		(4.9)		(5.9)	(7.0)		(5.6)		(5.1)
Number of instructional computers with access to the Internet, in thousands
19954	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
2003	10,361		6,225		3,935		1,156	6,169		3,036		2,593	3,887		1,264		2,616		4,751	1,724		2,121		1,726
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)
2003 (standard error)	(270)		(237)		(117)		(71)	(186)		(122)		(160)	(168)		(128)		(217)		(244)	(158)		(134)		(107)
Percent of instructional computers with access to the Internet
19954	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
2003	93		90		96		91	92		95		92	93		93		93		95	90		94		88
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)
2003 (standard error)	(0.6)		(0.8)		(0.8)		(1.9)	(0.8)		(1.0)		(1.0)	(1.1)		(1.6)		(1.3)		(0.8)	(2.3)		(1.0)		(1.5)
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
2003	4.4		4.9		3.8		3.2	4.7		4.3		5.0	4.6		4.1		3.8		4.2	4.4		4.4		5.1
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)
2003 (standard error)	(0.1)		(0.2)		(0.1)		(0.2)	(0.1)		(0.2)		(0.2)	(0.2)		(0.2)		(0.2)		(0.1)	(0.3)		(0.2)		(0.2)
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
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
2003	3,004		1,998		952		378	1,919		707		777	1,104		375		748		1,281	524		626		512
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)
2003 (standard error)	(47)		(44)		(20)		(18)	(33)		(16)		(45)	(51)		(38)		(54)		(51)	(39)		(38)		(34)
Percent of instructional rooms5  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
2003	93		93		94		93	93		94		90	94		97		94		95	93		94		90
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)
2003 (standard error)	(0.5)		(0.7)		(0.9)		(1.6)	(0.7)		(1.1)		(1.0)	(0.9)		(0.9)		(1.2)		(1.0)	(1.4)		(1.1)		(1.5)

†Not applicable. 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 Includes computers used for instructional or administrative purposes. 5 Includes all classrooms, computer labs, and library/media centers. NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses. Standard errors for some years were not available. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Fast Response Survey System (FRSS), Internet Access in U.S. Public Schools and Classrooms: 1994–2003; and unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared April 2005.)