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FIGURE 5: LOCATIONS OF INSTRUCTIONAL COMPUTERS
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TABLE 5: PERCENTa OF COMPUTERS IN U.S. K-12 SCHOOLS
 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS BY SCHOOL LEVELb, 1998.

Level

Location

  

Elementary

  

Middle

  

High School

  

Total

Computer labs

  

37%

(1,501)

  

44%

(799)

  

49%

(1,360)

  

43%

(3,660)

Classrooms

  

56%

(2,273)

  

40%

(725)

  

42%

(1,159)

  

48%

(4,157)

Other places

  

6%

(252)

  

16%

(283)

  

9%

(244)

  

9%

(778)

Total

  

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 each of these levels of schools in U.S. as of Spring, 1998.

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 of 9.5 or higher; and those in between as middle schools.

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