Average size and distribution of enrollment of public elementary and secondary schools, by type: 1982-83 to 1998-99

Table 95.

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         |  Average enrollment size of schools, by type             |Percentage distribution of schools, by
         |                                                          |size of enrollment
  Year   |__________________________________________________________|_______________________________________________
         |        |        | Secondary\3\      | Combined  |        |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
         |        |        |___________________|elementary/|        |Under| 200 | 300 | 400 | 500 | 600 | 700 |1000
         |Total\1\|Elemen- |  All   | Regular  |  secon-   |Other\1\| 200 | to  | to  | to  | to  | to  | to  | or
         |        |tary\2\ |schools |schools\5\|  dary\4\  |        |     | 299 | 399 | 499 | 599 | 699 | 999 |more
_________|________|________|________|__________|___________|________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____
    1    |   2    |   3    |   4    |    5     |     6     |   7    |  8  |  9  | 10  | 11  | 12  | 13  | 14  | 15
_________|________|________|________|__________|___________|________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____
1982-83 .|    478 |    399 |    719 |      --- |       478 |    142 |21.9 |13.8 |15.5 |13.1 |10.2 | 7.1 |10.2 | 8.3
1983-84 .|    480 |    401 |    720 |      --- |       475 |    145 |21.7 |13.7 |15.5 |13.2 |10.2 | 7.1 |10.3 | 8.3
1984-85 .|    482 |    403 |    721 |      --- |       476 |    146 |21.5 |13.6 |15.5 |13.2 |10.3 | 7.1 |10.4 | 8.4
1987-88 .|    490 |    424 |    695 |      711 |       420 |    122 |20.3 |12.9 |14.9 |13.8 |11.1 | 7.8 |11.2 | 8.0
1988-89 .|    494 |    433 |    689 |      697 |       412 |    142 |20.0 |12.5 |14.7 |13.8 |11.4 | 8.0 |11.6 | 8.0
1989-90 .|    493 |    441 |    669 |      689 |       402 |    142 |19.8 |12.2 |14.5 |13.7 |11.5 | 8.3 |12.0 | 7.9
         |        |        |        |          |           |        |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
1990-91 .|    497 |    449 |    663 |      684 |       398 |    150 |19.7 |11.9 |14.2 |13.6 |11.7 | 8.5 |12.3 | 8.1
1991-92 .|    507 |    458 |    677 |      717 |       407 |    152 |19.1 |11.7 |14.1 |13.5 |11.8 | 8.6 |12.8 | 8.5
1992-93 .|    513 |    464 |    688 |      733 |       423 |    135 |18.6 |11.6 |13.9 |13.5 |11.9 | 8.7 |13.1 | 8.7
1993-94 .|    518 |    468 |    693 |      748 |       418 |    136 |18.6 |11.5 |13.6 |13.5 |11.7 | 8.8 |13.3 | 9.0
1994-95 .|    520 |    471 |    696 |      759 |       412 |    131 |18.6 |11.4 |13.6 |13.4 |11.8 | 8.7 |13.3 | 9.2
         |        |        |        |          |           |        |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
1995-96 .|    525 |    476 |    703 |      771 |       401 |    136 |18.5 |11.2 |13.5 |13.4 |11.8 | 8.8 |13.4 | 9.4
1996-97 .|    527 |    478 |    703 |      777 |       387 |    135 |18.7 |11.3 |13.2 |13.2 |11.8 | 8.8 |13.6 | 9.5
1997-98 .|    525 |    478 |    699 |      779 |       374 |    121 |19.3 |11.2 |13.1 |13.3 |11.6 | 8.6 |13.4 | 9.6
1998-99 .|    524 |    478 |    707 |      786 |       290 |    135 |19.6 |11.2 |13.1 |13.2 |11.5 | 8.5 |13.3 | 9.6
_________|________|________|________|__________|___________|________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____

---Not Available.
\1\Includes special education, alternative, and other schools not classified by grade span.
\2\Includes schools beginning with grade 6 or below and with no grade higher than 8.
\3\Includes schools with no grade lower than 7.
\4\Includes schools beginning with grade 6 or below and ending with grade 9 or above.
\5\Excludes special education schools, vocational schools, and alternative schools.

NOTE: Data reflect reports by schools rather than by states or school districts. Percent distribution and average enrollment calculations exclude data for schools not reporting enrollment. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.

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

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