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Fact and Figures About Rural Schools in Non-Rural School Districts
Last Updated: December 29, 2009
This article appeared in the December 2009 Rural Policy Matters.
Question: What percentage of students attend a school that is designated as rural (the school is located in a rural community) but the district is NOT designated rural?
Answer: 31%. A rural district is classified by the National Center for Education Statistics as one in which the number of children who attend a school located in a rural place outnumber students who attend a school in an urban or suburban place or a town. Because many districts are large and encompass more than one kind of community, many rural schools are located in districts that are not designated as rural.
Read more from the December 2009 Rural Policy Matters.
