[Lmresearch] New NCES report--Status of Education in Rural America

[Russell W. Rumberger]

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           Status of Education in Rural America

            This report, which includes the findings that in 2003-04 over half of all operating school districts and one-third of all public schools in the United States were in rural areas; yet only one-fifth of all public school students were enrolled in rural areas, presents a series of indicators on the status of education in rural America, using the new NCES locale classification system

            Highlights:

              a.. In 2003-04, over half of all operating school districts and one-third of all public schools were in rural areas; yet only one-fifth of all public school students were enrolled in rural schools.
              b.. A larger percentage of public school students in the South and the Midwest were enrolled in rural schools (28 and 25 percent, respectively) than in the Northeast and the West (16 and 13 percent, respectively) in 2003-04.
              c.. The percentage of White public school students in rural areas was larger than that in any other locale. The same was true for American Indian/Alaska Native public school students. However, the percentages of public school students in rural areas who were Black, Hispanic, and Asian/Pacific Islander were smaller than those in any other locale.
              d.. A smaller percentage of public school students in rural areas were identified as limited English proficient (LEP) than in any other locale in 2003-04 (2 vs. 5-14 percent).
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