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Table 101. Public secondary schools, by grade span and average school size, by state: 1999-2000

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                       |       |          |                      Schools, by grade span            ||  Voca-   ||Average of students
                       |Total, |  Total,  |________________________________________________________||  tional  ||  per school\3\
  State or other area  |  all  |   all    |Grades 7|Grades|Grades|Grades |Grades|Other spans|Other ||schools\2\||____________________
                       |secon- | regular  |to 8 and|  7   |  8   |   9   |  10  |  ending   |grade ||          ||   All   | Regular
                       | dary  |secondary | 7 to 9 |to 12 |to 12 | to 12 |to 12 |   with    |spans ||          ||secondary|secondary
                       |schools|schools\1\|        |      |      |       |      |grade 12   |      ||          || schools |schools\1\
_______________________|_______|__________|________|______|______|_______|______|___________|______||__________||_________|__________
           1           |   2   |    3     |   4    |  5   |  6   |   7   |  8   |     9     |  10  ||    11    ||   12    |    13
_______________________|_______|__________|________|______|______|_______|______|___________|______||__________||_________|__________
   United States ......|22,365 |   18,784 |  3,566 |3,309 |  377 |13,148 |  766 |       260 |  939 ||    1,048 ||     706 |      785
                       |_______|__________|________|______|______|_______|______|___________|______||__________||_________|__________
Alabama ...............|   410 |      297 |     34 |  108 |    7 |   212 |   36 |         8 |    5 ||       81 ||     667 |      695
Alaska ................|    90 |       75 |     15 |   28 |    1 |    44 |    1 |         0 |    1 ||        2 ||     491 |      554
Arizona ...............|   403 |      366 |     78 |   31 |    2 |   273 |   10 |         1 |    8 ||       13 ||     757 |      799
Arkansas ..............|   409 |      406 |     55 |  200 |    4 |    65 |   57 |         2 |   26 ||        1 ||     441 |      443
California ............| 2,057 |    1,292 |    412 |  181 |    4 | 1,395 |   41 |         5 |   19 ||        0 ||     955 |    1,442
                       |       |          |        |      |      |       |      |           |      ||          ||         |
Colorado ..............|   373 |      311 |     49 |   65 |    6 |   234 |   10 |         2 |    7 ||        8 ||     625 |      712
Connecticut ...........|   212 |      176 |     28 |   11 |    2 |   162 |    2 |         1 |    6 ||       17 ||     792 |      884
Delaware ..............|    43 |       36 |     11 |    1 |    0 |    31 |    0 |         0 |    0 ||        5 ||     938 |      969
District of Columbia ..|    41 |       38 |     10 |    2 |    0 |    29 |    0 |         0 |    0 ||        0 ||     492 |      521
Florida ...............|   471 |      435 |     25 |   38 |   11 |   371 |    5 |         3 |   18 ||       36 ||   1,396 |    1,483
                       |       |          |        |      |      |       |      |           |      ||          ||         |
Georgia ...............|   317 |      301 |     18 |    6 |   10 |   276 |    3 |         0 |    4 ||        0 ||   1,174 |    1,231
Hawaii ................|    50 |       48 |     12 |    9 |    0 |    27 |    0 |         0 |    2 ||        0 ||   1,285 |    1,334
Idaho .................|   226 |      163 |     47 |   58 |    5 |    93 |   18 |         0 |    5 ||        0 ||     437 |      561
Illinois ..............| 1,021 |      819 |    195 |   67 |   26 |   622 |   13 |        36 |   62 ||       26 ||     630 |      738
Indiana................|   463 |      405 |     73 |  102 |    0 |   253 |    5 |         1 |   29 ||       29 ||     792 |      828
                       |       |          |        |      |      |       |      |           |      ||          ||         |
Iowa ..................|   437 |      403 |     63 |   96 |    0 |   267 |    9 |         0 |    2 ||        0 ||     414 |      440
Kansas ................|   425 |      425 |     65 |   86 |    2 |   261 |    7 |         2 |    2 ||        0 ||     407 |      407
Kentucky ..............|   441 |      309 |     36 |   86 |    4 |   305 |    3 |         5 |    2 ||       91 ||     621 |      682
Louisiana .............|   336 |      288 |     63 |   46 |   17 |   195 |    3 |         1 |   11 ||       15 ||     709 |      776
Maine .................|   163 |      136 |     26 |   12 |    1 |   122 |    0 |         1 |    1 ||       27 ||     523 |      523
                       |       |          |        |      |      |       |      |           |      ||          ||         |
Maryland ..............|   244 |      188 |     25 |    2 |    5 |   187 |    4 |         2 |   19 ||       26 ||   1,089 |    1,261
Massachusetts .........|   348 |      289 |     40 |   40 |   14 |   244 |    3 |         2 |    5 ||       42 ||     834 |      886
Michigan ..............|   866 |      831 |    115 |  113 |   15 |   537 |   23 |        11 |   52 ||       35 ||     682 |      684
Minnesota .............|   717 |      511 |     87 |  249 |   34 |   227 |   63 |        30 |   27 ||        0 ||     466 |      629
Mississippi ...........|   315 |      223 |     35 |   66 |    6 |   175 |   22 |         2 |    9 ||       86 ||     670 |      670
                       |       |          |        |      |      |       |      |           |      ||          ||         |
Missouri...............|   646 |      572 |     63 |  198 |    7 |   334 |   24 |         9 |   11 ||       61 ||     540 |      541
Montana ...............|   365 |      361 |    188 |    0 |    0 |   175 |    1 |         0 |    1 ||        0 ||     180 |      182
Nebraska ..............|   350 |      349 |     41 |  202 |    2 |    88 |   11 |         1 |    5 ||        0 ||     341 |      342
Nevada ................|   117 |       90 |     17 |   19 |    2 |    66 |    4 |         4 |    5 ||        3 ||     853 |    1,045
New Hampshire .........|    96 |       96 |     18 |    0 |    0 |    77 |    1 |         0 |    0 ||        0 ||     699 |      699
                       |       |          |        |      |      |       |      |           |      ||          ||         |
New Jersey ............|   438 |      388 |     65 |   37 |    9 |   262 |    5 |         1 |   59 ||       48 ||     899 |      967
New Mexico ............|   194 |      161 |     42 |   34 |    1 |   101 |    9 |         0 |    7 ||        0 ||     602 |      693
New York ..............|   940 |      838 |    108 |  181 |    8 |   560 |   26 |         0 |   57 ||       25 ||     939 |      981
North Carolina ........|   370 |      347 |     22 |   14 |    4 |   318 |    6 |         1 |    5 ||        8 ||     954 |      994
North Dakota ..........|   212 |      205 |     14 |  139 |    4 |    41 |    4 |         1 |    9 ||        7 ||     242 |      242
                       |       |          |        |      |      |       |      |           |      ||          ||         |
Ohio ..................|   988 |      897 |    196 |  125 |   17 |   576 |   20 |        40 |   14 ||       77 ||     724 |      724
Oklahoma ..............|   588 |      587 |    111 |    0 |    0 |   391 |   67 |         2 |   17 ||        0 ||     352 |      352
Oregon ................|   264 |      240 |     40 |   26 |    7 |   185 |    4 |         1 |    1 ||        0 ||     689 |      749
Pennsylvania ..........|   789 |      706 |    104 |  159 |   14 |   380 |   36 |         9 |   87 ||       80 ||     873 |      879
Rhode Island ..........|    56 |       47 |     10 |    2 |    0 |    43 |    0 |         0 |    1 ||        4 ||     875 |    1,003
                       |       |          |        |      |      |       |      |           |      ||          ||         |
South Carolina ........|   282 |      229 |     33 |   20 |    6 |   197 |   14 |         9 |    3 ||       40 ||     918 |      918
South Dakota ..........|   288 |      273 |    102 |    1 |    0 |   182 |    3 |         0 |    0 ||        4 ||     169 |      172
Tennessee .............|   368 |      335 |     50 |   42 |    3 |   252 |   15 |         1 |    5 ||       27 ||     823 |      843
Texas .................| 1,995 |    1,529 |    343 |  210 |   44 | 1,117 |   35 |        27 |  219 ||       21 ||     638 |      813
Utah ..................|   250 |      202 |     86 |   34 |    8 |    47 |   61 |         3 |   11 ||        0 ||     834 |    1,006
                       |       |          |        |      |      |       |      |           |      ||          ||         |
Vermont ...............|    71 |       56 |      8 |   23 |    0 |    40 |    0 |         0 |    0 ||       14 ||     629 |      640
Virginia ..............|   399 |      328 |     34 |   12 |   40 |   248 |    9 |         3 |   53 ||       45 ||   1,037 |    1,108
Washington ............|   588 |      440 |    119 |   54 |   19 |   303 |   39 |        22 |   32 ||        9 ||     621 |      797
West Virginia..........|   193 |      151 |     36 |   20 |    3 |   112 |   14 |         1 |    7 ||       34 ||     606 |      646
Wisconsin .............|   533 |      490 |     66 |   49 |    2 |   387 |   12 |        10 |    7 ||        1 ||     568 |      612
Wyoming ...............|   107 |       96 |     33 |    5 |    1 |    59 |    8 |         0 |    1 ||        0 ||     361 |      393
                       |_______|__________|________|______|______|_______|______|___________|______||__________||_________|__________
Bureau of Indian       |       |          |        |      |      |       |      |           |      ||          ||         |
  Affairs .............|    26 |       26 |      1 |    8 |    0 |    17 |    0 |         0 |    0 ||        0 ||     282 |      282
                       |       |          |        |      |      |       |      |           |      ||          ||         |
Department of Defense  |       |          |        |      |      |       |      |           |      ||          ||         |
  dependents schools:  |       |          |        |      |      |       |      |           |      ||          ||         |
   Domestic schools ...|     7 |        7 |      2 |    0 |    0 |     5 |    0 |         0 |    0 ||        0 ||     529 |      529
   Overseas schools ...|    40 |       40 |      3 |   25 |    0 |    12 |    0 |         0 |    0 ||        0 ||     464 |      464
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  Outlying areas       |       |          |        |      |      |       |      |           |      ||          ||         |
American Samoa ........|     6 |        5 |      0 |    0 |    0 |     6 |    0 |         0 |    0 ||        1 ||     589 |      650
Guam ..................|     4 |        4 |      0 |    0 |    0 |     4 |    0 |         0 |    0 ||        0 ||   2,200 |    2,200
Northern Marianas .....|     3 |        3 |      0 |    2 |    0 |     1 |    0 |         0 |    0 ||        0 ||     746 |      746
Puerto Rico ...........|   381 |      362 |    186 |   29 |    1 |     4 |  150 |         0 |   11 ||       12 ||     591 |      595
Virgin Islands ........|    12 |        9 |      7 |    0 |    0 |     4 |    1 |         0 |    0 ||        1 ||     862 |    1,040
_______________________|_______|__________|________|______|______|_______|______|___________|______||__________||_________|__________

\1\Excludes vocational, special education, and alternative schools.
\2\Vocational schools are also included under appropriate grade span.
\3\Average for schools reporting enrollment data.

NOTE: Includes schools with no grade lower than 7. Excludes schools not reported by level, such as special education schools for the disabled.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data survey. (This table was prepared October 2001.)


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