Number of schools with a library media center and number of full–time and part–time school technology specialists and librarians/library media specialists, by selected school characteristics: 2015

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Number of schools with a library media center and number of full–time and part–time school technology specialists and librarians/library media specialists, by selected school characteristics: 2015–16

			Number of technology specialists		Number of librarians/library media specialists
Selected school characteristic	Total number of schools	Number of schools with a library media center	Full–time	Part–time	Full–time	Part–time
All public schools	90,400	82,300	36,700	29,400	56,000	17,600

School classification
Traditional public	83,500	77,900	33,600	27,500	53,900	16,800
Charter school	6,900	4,400	3,100	1,900	2,100	800

Community type
City	24,800	21,700	9,300	6,400	14,600	4,300
Suburban	29,100	26,800	12,800	8,700	19,900	5,600
Town	12,200	10,900	5,000	4,300	7,400	2,500
Rural	24,400	22,800	9,600	9,900	14,100	5,200

School level
Primary	50,400	48,200	14,400	16,300	30,600	12,100
Middle	13,900	13,200	6,200	4,700	9,600	2,500
High	17,900	14,400	11,800	6,000	12,300	1,800
Combined	8,200	6,500	4,300	2,400	3,500	1,200

Student enrollment
Less than 100	6,500	4,000	700	2,200	500	1,100
100–199	7,300	5,600	1,700	3,100	1,800	2,200
200–499	35,700	33,200	11,400	12,400	20,000	8,900
500–749	22,900	22,100	9,400	6,500	16,700	3,500
750–999	9,200	8,800	5,200	3,200	7,500	1,200
1,000 or more	8,800	8,500	8,300	2,000	9,500	900

Percent of K–12 students who were approved for free or reduced–price lunches
0–34	24,500	23,600	12,000	8,700	17,800	5,400
35–49	12,000	11,600	5,000	4,800	7,900	3,100
50–74	18,800	17,900	7,300	5,300	12,300	3,600
75 or more	30,100	26,300	10,200	9,000	16,700	4,900
School did not participate in free or reduced–price lunch program	5,000	2,900	2,000	1,600	1,200	600
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS), "Public School Data File," 2015–16.

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