There are nearly 140,000 computers in Missouri Public Schools. About a third of Missouri's public school computers are connected to the Internet. Classrooms and computer labs are the most prominent settings for Internet computers. Classrooms account for 39 percent of the Internet computers and computer labs account for 37 percent.
Administrative settings account for eight and three fifths percent.
Overall, there are seven Missouri public school students for each instructional computer. There are 24 Missouri public school students for each Internet accessible computer. There is only a little difference between elementary and secondary schools in the number of students per instructional computer, but there is a relatively large difference between elementary and secondary schools when it comes to Internet accessible computers. 15 high school students per Internet computer 22 middle or junior high students per Internet computer 39 elementary students per Internet computer Smaller schools have fewer students competing for Internet access. Schools with fewer than 200 students have 15 students per Internet computer while schools with more than 2,000 students have 48 students per Internet computer.