
Last Updated: December 21, 2010
This article appeared in the December 2010 Rural Policy Matters.
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Data source: 2008-2009 Common Core of Data (CCD), delimited to LEA codes 1 and 2 (Local School District and Local School District component of a supervisory union) and locale codes 41, 42, and 43 (Rural Fringe, Rural Distant, and Rural Remote) based on 2008-09 designations. CCD data are available from the National Center for Education Statistics at http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/ccddata.asp.
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