A survey of computer usage in 179 randomly selected public elementary and secondary schools in Louisiana was conducted in the spring of 1988. School principals responded to questions about school size, the socioeconomic status of the student population, the number of teachers certified in computer literacy and computer science, and the number of teachers who received inservice training in computer usage. Key computer-using teachers answered more specific questions about resources, personnel, location of computers, funding sources, and access by various student groups. A comparison of the available resources to the national average in 1985 indicated a lag in the acquisition of equipment. The mean number of computers per school was found to be 21.5 with a range of 1 to 99; roughly half of the computers were Apples or Apple compatible. Most schools owned peripherals such as printers and color monitors, but input devices such as light pens, joysticks, and "mice" were uncommon. The most common computer software resources were word processing, tutorial, and drill and practice packages. The primary sources of funding were vocational education on the secondary level and special education at the elementary level. Most of the computers were located in learning laboratories or in special or vocational education classrooms and departments, with regular students having little access to these computers unless they participated in a computer course offered in the lab. Certified teachers in computer literacy and computer science were scarce in both settings. (4 figures and 8 tables; 4 references) (EW)