By the numbers: a data bank on education trends for district leaders.THIS MONTH: Urban vs. Rural The median number of primary students for each teacher ranges from a low of fewer than 13 in Montana Montana (mŏntăn`ə), Rocky Mt. state in the NW United States. It is bounded by North Dakota and South Dakota (E), Wyoming (S), Idaho (W), and the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan (N). , Nebraska Nebraska (nəbrăs`kə), Great Plains state of the central United States. It is bordered by Iowa and Missouri, across the Missouri R. (E), Kansas (S), Colorado (SW), Wyoming (NW), and South Dakota (N). North Dakota North Dakota, state in the N central United States. It is bordered by Minnesota, across the Red River of the North (E), South Dakota (S), Montana (W), and the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba (N). , South Dakota South Dakota (dəkō`tə), state in the N central United States. It is bordered by North Dakota (N), Minnesota and Iowa (E), Nebraska (S), and Wyoming and Montana (W). , Vermont Vermont (vərmŏnt`) [Fr.,=green mountain], New England state of the NE United States. It is bordered by New Hampshire, across the Connecticut R. and Wyoming Wyoming, city, United States Wyoming, city (1990 pop. 63,891), Kent co., W Mich., in the greater Grand Rapids metropolitan area, on the Grand River; settled 1832, inc. 1959. , to a high of 22 in Utah. BIG vs. Small 25 school districts enroll 100,000 or more students, while 1,692 districts serve fewer than 150 students. LARGE CITIES [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] About 1 out of every 6 students are in a large city school. RURAL SCHOOLS A smaller proportion, about 1 in 10, attend a rural school. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] High schools range from an average of fewer than 300 students in Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota, to more than 1,500 students in Florida. More than one-third of districts have fewer than 600 students, hut these districts account for only 3% of public school enrollment. Source: All figures, except below are from National Center for Education Statistics The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), as part of the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES), collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States; conducts studies , 2001-02 school year, nces.ed.gov TECHNOLOGY
# of students per
networked computer
Urban 5.8
Rural 4.0
Note: Table made from bar graph.
% of schools offering more tahn 20 hourse of
technology training
Urban 43
Rural 31
Note: Table made from bar graph.
National Student
Enrollment
Number of Students Number Percentage
of districts of districts
100,000 or more 25 .2
25,000 to 99.999 218 2
10,000 te 24,999 573 4
7,500 to 9,999 342 2
5.000 to 7,499 725 5
2,500 to 4,559 2,031 14
2.000 to 2,499 801 6
1,500 to 1,999 1,071 8
1,000 to 1,499 1,557 11
800 to 999 790 6
450 to 700 954 7
450 to 599 897 6
300 to 449 1,118 6
150 to 299 1,435 10
1 to 149 1,692 12
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