Nearly one ill three ofAmerica 's school-age children attend public schools in rural areas or small towns of less than 25,000, and more than one in six go to school in the verv smallest communities. those with populations under 2,500. These children, their schools, and their communities matter, and they deserve more consideration than they get in the national debate over education policy, This report presents and analvzes descriptive data about the rural schools that serve the 21% of our students who go to school in communities of under 2,500.
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