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Table 88. Public school districts and enrollment, by size of district: 1989-90 to 1998-99
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                    |                        Number of districts                            |        1998-99
                    |_______________________________________________________________________|_______________________
  Enrollment size   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |Number |Percent|Percent
    of district     |1989-90|1990-91|1991-92|1992-93|1993-94|1994-95|1995-96|1996-97|1997-98|of dis-|of dis-|of stu-
                    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |tricts |tricts | dents
____________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______
         1          |   2   |   3   |   4   |   5   |   6   |   7   |   8   |   9   |  10   |  11   |  12   |  13
____________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______
  Total ............|15,367 |15,358 |15,173 |15,025 |14,881 |14,772 |14,766 |14,841 |14,805 |14,891 | 100.0 | 100.0
                    |_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______
25,000 or more .....|   179 |   190 |   195 |   202 |   206 |   207 |   216 |   226 |   230 |   236 |   1.6 |  31.9
10,000 to 24,999 ...|   479 |   489 |   502 |   510 |   525 |   542 |   553 |   569 |   572 |   574 |   3.9 |  18.6
5,000 to 9,999 .....|   913 |   937 |   941 |   955 |   973 |   996 | 1,013 | 1,024 | 1,038 | 1,026 |   6.9 |  15.3
2,500 to 4,999 .....| 1,937 | 1,940 | 1,981 | 2,002 | 2,008 | 2,013 | 2,027 | 2,069 | 2,079 | 2,062 |  13.8 |  15.7
                    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
1,000 to 2,499 .....| 3,547 | 3,542 | 3,525 | 3,530 | 3,570 | 3,579 | 3,554 | 3,536 | 3,524 | 3,496 |  23.5 |  12.4
600 to 999 .........| 1,801 | 1,799 | 1,793 | 1,798 | 1,785 | 1,777 | 1,777 | 1,772 | 1,775 | 1,790 |  12.0 |   3.1
300 to 599 .........| 2,283 | 2,275 | 2,222 | 2,200 | 2,162 | 2,113 | 2,104 | 2,066 | 2,044 | 2,066 |  13.9 |   2.0
1 to 299 ...........| 3,910 | 3,816 | 3,648 | 3,465 | 3,294 | 3,173 | 3,123 | 3,160 | 3,165 | 3,245 |  21.8 |   1.0
Size not reported ..|   318 |   370 |   366 |   363 |   358 |   372 |   399 |   419 |   378 |   396 |   2.7 |   ---
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NOTE: Size not reported includes school districts reporting enrollment of 0. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data surveys. (This table was prepared May 2000.)


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