Table 87. | Number of public school districts and public and private elementary and secondary schools: 1869-70 to 2000-01 |
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | Public schools\2\ | Private schools\2,3\ | Regular |_____________________________________________________|________________________________ School | public | Total, | Total, | Schools with | Schools | |Schools |Schools year | school | all | schools | elementary grades | with | |with |with |districts\1\|schools\4\| with |_____________________|secondary| Total\4\ |elementary|secondary | | | reported | Total |One-teacher| grades | | grades |grades | | | grade | | | | | | | | | spans\5\ | | | | | | ___________|____________|__________|__________|_________|___________|_________|__________|__________|__________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 ___________|____________|__________|__________|_________|___________|_________|__________|__________|__________ 1869-70 ...| --- | 116,312 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- 1879-80 ...| --- | 178,122 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- 1889-90 ...| --- | 224,526 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- 1899-1900 .| --- | 248,279 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- 1909-10 ...| --- | 265,474 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | | | | 1919-20 ...| --- | 271,319 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- 1929-30 ...| --- | 247,289 | --- | 238,306 | 149,282 | 23,930 | --- | 9,275 | 3,258 1931-32 ...| --- | 245,941 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- 1933-34 ...| --- | 241,428 | --- | 236,236 | 138,542 | 24,714 | --- | 9,992 | 3,327 1937-38 ...| 119,001 | --- | --- | 221,660 | 121,178 | 25,467 | --- | 9,992 | 3,327 | | | | | | | | | 1939-40 ...| 117,108 | --- | --- | --- | 113,600 | --- | --- | 11,306 | 3,568 1945-46 ...| 101,382 | --- | --- | 160,227 | 86,563 | 24,314 | --- | 9,863 | 3,294 1947-48 ...| 94,926 | --- | --- | 146,760 | 75,096 | 25,484 | --- | 10,071 | 3,292 1949-50 .. | 83,718 | --- | --- | 128,225 | 59,652 | 24,542 | --- | 10,375 | 3,331 1951-52 ...| 71,094 | --- | --- | 123,763 | 50,742 | 23,746 | --- | 10,666 | 3,322 | | | | | | | | | 1953-54 .. | 63,057 | --- | --- | 110,875 | 42,865 | 25,637 | --- | 11,739 | 3,913 1955-56 ...| 54,859 | --- | --- | 104,427 | 34,964 | 26,046 | --- | 12,372 | 3,887 1957-58 .. | 47,594 | --- | --- | 95,446 | 25,341 | 25,507 | --- | 13,065 | 3,994 1959-60 ...| 40,520 | --- | --- | 91,853 | 20,213 | 25,784 | --- | 13,574 | 4,061 1961-62 ...| 35,676 | --- | --- | 81,910 | 13,333 | 25,350 | --- | 14,762 | 4,129 | | | | | | | | | 1963-64 ...| 31,705 | --- | --- | 77,584 | 9,895 | 26,431 | --- | --- | 4,451 1965-66 ...| 26,983 | --- | --- | 73,216 | 6,491 | 26,597 | 17,849 | 15,340 | 4,606 1967-68 ...| 22,010 | --- | 94,197 | 70,879 | 4,146 | 27,011 | --- | --- | --- 1970-71 ...| 17,995 | --- | 89,372 | 65,800 | 1,815 | 25,352 | --- | 14,372 | 3,770 1973-74 ...| 16,730 | --- | 88,655 | 65,070 | 1,365 | 25,906 | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | | | | 1975-76 ...| 16,376 | 88,597 | 87,034 | 63,242 | 1,166 | 25,330 | --- | --- | --- 1976-77 .. | 16,271 | --- | 86,501 | 62,644 | 1,111 | 25,378 | 19,910 | 16,385 | 5,904 1978-79 .. | 16,014 | --- | 84,816 | 61,982 | 1,056 | 24,504 | 19,489 | 16,097 | 5,766 1979-80 ...| 15,929 | 87,004 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- 1980-81 ...| 15,912 | 85,982 | 83,688 | 61,069 | 921 | 24,362 | 20,764 | 16,792 | 5,678 | | | | | | | | | 1982-83 ...| 15,824 | 84,740 | 82,039 | 59,656 | 798 | 23,988 | --- | ---| --- 1983-84 ...| 15,747 | 84,178 | 81,418 | 59,082 | 838 | 23,947 |\6\27,694 |\6\20,872 |\6\ 7,862 1984-85 | --- | 84,007 | 81,147 | 58,827 | 825 | 23,916 | --- | ---| --- 1985-86 ...| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\6\25,616 |\6\20,252 |\6\ 7,387 1986-87 ...|\7\ 15,713 | 83,455 | 82,190 | 60,784 | 763 | 23,389 | --- | ---| --- | | | | | | | | | 1987-88 ...|\7\ 15,577 | 83,248 | 81,416 | 59,754 | 729 | 23,841 |\6\26,807 |\6\22,959 |\6\ 8,418 1988-89 ...|\7\ 15,376 | 83,165 | 81,579 | 60,176 | 583 | 23,638 | --- | ---| --- 1989-90 ...|\7\ 15,367 | 83,425 | 81,880 | 60,699 | 630 | 23,461 | --- | ---| --- 1990-91 ...|\7\ 15,358 | 84,538 | 82,475 | 61,340 | 617 | 23,460 |\6\24,690 |\6\22,223 |\6\ 8,989 1991-92 ...|\7\ 15,173 | 84,578 | 82,506 | 61,739 | 569 | 23,248 | 25,998 | 23,523 | 9,282 | | | | | | | | | 1992-93 ...|\7\ 15,025 | 84,497 | 82,896 | 62,225 | 430 | 23,220 | --- | ---| --- 1993-94 ...|\7\ 14,881 | 85,393 | 83,431 | 62,726 | 442 | 23,379 |\6\26,093 |\6\23,543 |\6\10,555 1994-95 ...|\7\ 14,772 | 86,221 | 84,476 | 63,572 | 458 | 23,668 | --- | ---| --- 1995-96 ...|\7\ 14,766 | 87,125 | 84,958 | 63,961 | 474 | 23,793 | 27,686 | 25,153 | 10,942 1996-97 ...|\7\ 14,841 | 88,223 | 86,092 | 64,785 | 487 | 24,287 | --- | ---| --- | | | | | | | | | 1997-98 ...|\7\ 14,805 | 89,508 | 87,541 | 65,859 | 476 | 24,802 | 27,402 | 24,915 | 10,779 1998-99 ...|\7\ 14,891 | 90,874 | 89,259 | 67,183 | 463 | 25,797 | --- | ---| --- 1999-2000 .|\7\ 14,928 | 92,012 | 90,538 | 68,173 | 423 | 26,407 | 27,223 | 24,685 | 10,693 2000-01 ...|\7\ 14,859 | 93,273 | 91,691 | 69,697 | 411 | 27,090 | --- | ---| --- ___________|____________|__________|__________|_________|___________|_________|__________|__________|__________ |
---Not available. \1\Includes operating and nonoperating districts. \2\Schools with both elementary and secondary programs are included under elementary schools and also under secondary schools. \3\Data for most years are partly estimated. \4\Includes regular schools, vocational, alternative, and special schools not classified by grade span. \5\Includes elementary, secondary, and combined elementary/secondary schools. \6\These data are from sample surveys and should not be compared directly with the data for earlier years. \7\Because of expanded survey coverage, data are not directly comparable with figures prior to 1986. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Statistics of State School Systems; Statistics of Public Elementary and Secondary School Systems; Statistics of Nonpublic Elementary and Secondary Schools; Private Schools in American Education; and Common Core of Data surveys. (This table was prepared July 2002.) |