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FIGURE 3:  TYPE OF COMPUTER BY SCHOOL LEVEL
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TABLE 3: PERCENTa  OF COMPUTERS IN U.S. K-12 SCHOOLS
BY PROCESSOR TYPE AND SCHOOL LEVELb, 1998.

Level

Processor Type

Elementary

  

Middle

  

High School

  

Total

  

    Pentiums

18%

(708)

23%

(420)

33%

(919)

24%

(2,048)

    386 or 486

12%

(482)

20%

(369)

24%

(672)

18%

(1,523)

    286 or earlier

7%

(276)

5%

(95)

7%

(183)

6%

(555)

Windows & DOS Subtotal

36%

(1,467)

49%

(884)

64%

(1,775)

48%

(4,126)

    Power Macs

21%

(840)

23%

(421)

20%

(548)

21%

(1,809)

    Older Macs (68xxx)

21%

(849)

16%

(293)

12%

(327)

17%

(1,469)

Macintosh Subtotal

42%

(1,689)

39%

(713)

32%

(875)

38%

(3,277)
                 

Apple II Series

15%

(595)

8%

(143)

3%

(70)

9%

(809)

Other

7%

(275)

4%

(66)

2%

(42)

4%

(383)

Total Computers

100%

(4,026)

100%

(1,806)

100%

(2,762)

100%

(8,595)

Source: Teaching, Learning and Computing Survey of K-12 Schools in USA, 1998 http://www.crito.uci.edu/TLC.

aThese are percents of the estimated computers available for instructional use in K-12 schools in the U.S. as of Spring, 1998.

The cells contain the number of computers divided by column sum.

bElementary schools were defined as those schools with a median grade range of 5.5 or lower; high schools as those with a median grade range of 9.5 or higher; and those in between as middle schools.

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