The 1998 Missouri School District Computing Census

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8.) Who is responsible for technical maintenance and/or support of DISTRICT hardware? (Check ALL that apply)

70% District Staff 15% School Classified Staff 44% School Certificated Staff

65% Outside Vendor(s) 22% Contractors Agreement 02% Regional Centers/Units

10% Students 03% Parents/Community Members 0% No One

 

9.) Please identify the number of computers by type that are currently in use in your Administrative Building/District Office(s).

Apple II/Iie/GS Mac 68000 Mac 20 and 30 Mac 40

Mac

Power PC

Mac Powerbook  

386 or

earlier

486

Pentium 586 Pentium MMX Pentium 2 Pentium Pro 686 PC
676 77 90 272 557 184   614 2009 2446 938 229 17 118

 

 

Computers

Percent Of Total

Total Mac

1,856

23%

Total PC

6,371

77%

TOTAL

8,227

100%

 

Districts that have:

Districts

Percent of Total

At least 1 Mac

109

23%

At least 1 PC

453

97%

At least 1 Computer

454

97%

 

District has at least 1 Computer in the Administrative Building/District Office

Districts that have:

Total # of Districts

Districts with 1 Computer

Percent of Total

Size of District

     

1-200 Students

80

62

76%

201-400 Students

107

92

86%

401-800 Students

122

106

87%

801-2000 Students

113

103

91%

2001-6000 Students

74

67

91%

6001 or More Students

28

24

86%

       

Free and Reduced Lunch

     

Less than 25%

88

75

85%

25% to 50%

283

251

89%

51% or More

153

128

84%

       

Geographic Location

     

Large City

6

5

83%

Mid-Size City

7

7

100%

UF of Large City

61

53

87%

UF of Mid-Size City

11

10

91%

Large Town

4

3

75%

Small Town

94

78

83%

Rural Metro

63

57

90%

Rural Non-Metro

278

241

87%

 

10.) How many of these personal computers (PCs) are running:

 

Computers

Percent of Total

Windows 3.1 or earlier?

2,409

36%

Windows 95 or later?

4,202

64%

TOTAL

6,611

100%

 

11.) Please indicate the number of these computers that are multimedia equipped (CDROM & speakers):

 

Computers

Percent of Total

Apple/Macs

1,006

20%

PCs

3,992

80%

TOTAL

4,998

100%

 

12.) In regards to your plan, how many computers will be purchased for the Administrative Building/District Office(s)?

 

Computers

Number of Districts Reporting No Computers

Percent of Districts Reporting No Computers

This school year?

503

320

20%

Next year?

687

260

80%

Future years?

638

290

100%

 

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