Title page
Contents
Introduction 8
Selected Findings 10
References 12
Estimate Tables 13
Appendix A: Standard Error Tables 30
Appendix B: Methodology and Technical Notes 47
Overview of the NTPS School Survey 48
Sampling Frames and Sample Selection 48
Data Collection Procedures 51
Data Processing and Imputation 51
Response Rates 52
Weighting 56
Variance Estimation 57
Reliability of Data 58
Caution Concerning Changes in Estimates 58
Appendix C: Description of Variables 59
Table 1. Percentage of schools and students that participated in the Title I and federal free or reduced-price lunch programs, by school type and selected school characteristics: 2017-18 14
Table 2. Percentage of schools that had any students with an Individual Education Plan (IEP) because of special needs, or who were English-language learners (ELLs) or limited-English proficient... 16
Table 3. Percentage of schools with a library media center, percentage with students attending across 12 months, percentage that offered any courses entirely online, and percentage that offered... 18
Table 4. Percentage of schools where various programs or services were available before or after school for students in any grades K-12, by school type and selected school characteristics: 2017-18 20
Table 5. Average school start time and percentage distribution of school start time, by school type and selected school characteristics: 2017-18 22
Table 6. Percentage distribution of schools, by type of school program, school type, and selected school characteristics: 2017-18 24
Table 7. Among schools with students enrolled in third grade, average minutes third-grade students spend on different activities per week, by school type and selected school characteristics: 2017-18 26
Table 8. Among schools with students enrolled in any of grades 9-12, percentage that offered various learning opportunities and types of classroom organization, by school type and selected school... 28
Table A-1. Standard errors for Table 1: Percentage of schools and students that participated in the Title I and federal free or reduced-price lunch programs, by school type and selected school... 31
Table A-2. Standard errors for Table 2: Percentage of schools that had any students with an Individual Education Plan (IEP) because of special needs, or who were English-language learners (ELLs)... 33
Table A-3. Standard errors for Table 3: Percentage of schools with a library media center, percentage with students attending across 12 months, percentage that offered any courses entirely online,... 35
Table A-4. Standard errors for Table 4: Percentage of schools where various programs or services were available before or after school for students in any grades K-12, by school type and selected... 37
Table A-5. Standard errors for Table 5: Average school start time and percentage distribution of school start time, by school type and selected school characteristics: 2017-18 39
Table A-6. Standard errors for Table 6: Percentage distribution of schools, by type of school program, school type, and selected school characteristics: 2017-18 41
Table A-7. Standard errors for Table 7: Among schools with students enrolled in third grade, average minutes third-grade students spend on different activities per week, by school type and selected... 43
Table A-8. Standard errors for Table 8: Among schools with students enrolled in any of grades 9-12, percentage that offered various learning opportunities and types of classroom organization,... 45
Table B-1. Indication of potential sources of bias for public school data at the national level based on comparisons between frame distribution and base-weighted or nonresponse-adjusted respondent... 53
Table B-2. Indication of potential sources of bias for private school data at the national level based on comparisons between frame distribution and base-weighted or nonresponse-adjusted respondent... 55
Table B-3. Summary of weighted item response rate, by survey: 2017-18 56
Table C-1. Variables used in the Characteristics of Public and Private Elementary and Secondary Schools in the United States: Results From the National Teacher and Principal Survey report: 2017-18 60