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	Schools under the knife
	Keeping current in class
	Teens' 21st century values
	Interactive: No Child Left Behind


Diversity		Community

Public school students (2001-2002)		Public school students by community type (2001-2002)
• Hispanics are the fastest growing group.

School type		Economics

Public school type by system (2001-2002)		Public school students eligible for free or reduced-price meals (2001-2002)
• 90% of students attend a public shool. 76% of schools are public. (1999-2000)		• Mississippi had the highest percentage (65.3%), New Hampshire (14.8%) the lowest.

Technology

Classrooms with Internet access
• The ratio of students-to-computers with Internet access is 5.4 to 1, or 6.8 to 1 in schools with high poverty rates.
FACT: School-age children are more likely to use computers at school than at home FACT: 99% of U.S. public schools have some form of Internet access. Source: U.S. Department of Education; all schools did not report in some categories

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