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Table 89. Number of public elementary and secondary local education agencies, by state and type of agency: 1999-2000 and 2000-01

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                      |               | Regular school  | Regional education   |  State-   |           |
                      |Total agencies |districts, inclu-| service agencies and | operated  | Federally |   Other
                      |               |ding supervisory |  supervisory union   | agencies  | operated  | agencies
 State or other area  |               |union components |administrative centers|           | agencies  |
                      |_______________|_________________|______________________|___________|___________|___________
                      | 1999- |       | 1999-  |        |  1999-   |           |1999-|2000-|1999-|2000-|1999-|2000-
                      | 2000  |2000-01|  2000  |2000-01 |   2000   |  2000-01  |2000 | 01  |2000 | 01  |2000 | 01
______________________|_______|_______|________|________|__________|___________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____
          1           |   2   |   3   |   4    |   5    |    6     |     7     |  8  |  9  | 10  | 11  | 12  | 13
______________________|_______|_______|________|________|__________|___________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____
   United States .....|16,793 |16,935 | 14,928 | 14,859 |    1,273 |     1,282 | 137 | 124 |   1 |   5 | 454 | 665
                      |_______|_______|________|________|__________|___________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____
Alabama ..............|   131 |   131 |    128 |    128 |        0 |         0 |   3 |   3 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
Alaska ...............|    55 |    55 |     53 |     53 |        0 |         0 |   2 |   2 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
Arizona ..............|   422 |   467 |    413 |    410 |        6 |         6 |   2 |   2 |   0 |   0 |   1 |  49
Arkansas .............|   328 |   328 |    310 |    310 |       15 |        15 |   3 |   3 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
California ...........| 1,057 | 1,055 |    987 |    985 |       58 |        58 |  12 |  12 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
                      |       |       |        |        |          |           |     |     |     |     |     |
Colorado .............|   198 |   198 |    176 |    176 |       22 |        22 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
Connecticut ..........|   195 |   198 |    166 |    166 |        6 |         6 |   4 |   7 |   0 |   0 |  19 |  19
Delaware .............|    28 |    27 |     19 |     19 |        0 |         1 |   3 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   6 |   7
District of Columbia .|    28 |    34 |      1 |      1 |        0 |         0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |  27 |  33
Florida ..............|    73 |    73 |     67 |     67 |        0 |         0 |   1 |   1 |   0 |   0 |   5 |   5
                      |       |       |        |        |          |           |     |     |     |     |     |
Georgia ..............|   180 |   180 |    180 |    180 |        0 |         0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
Hawaii ...............|     1 |     1 |      1 |      1 |        0 |         0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
Idaho ................|   114 |   116 |    113 |    115 |        0 |         0 |   1 |   1 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
Illinois .............| 1,055 | 1,055 |    896 |    894 |      154 |       156 |   5 |   5 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
Indiana...............|   328 |   328 |    295 |    295 |       29 |        29 |   3 |   3 |   0 |   0 |   1 |   1
                      |       |       |        |        |          |           |     |     |     |     |     |
Iowa .................|   405 |   389 |    375 |    374 |       15 |        15 |  15 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
Kansas ...............|   304 |   304 |    304 |    304 |        0 |         0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
Kentucky .............|   176 |   178 |    176 |    176 |        0 |         0 |   0 |   2 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
Louisiana ............|    82 |    86 |     75 |     78 |        0 |         0 |   7 |   8 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
Maine ................|   326 |   325 |    283 |    282 |       39 |        39 |   4 |   3 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   1
                      |       |       |        |        |          |           |     |     |     |     |     |
Maryland .............|    24 |    24 |     24 |     24 |        0 |         0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
Massachusetts ........|   477 |   477 |    351 |    349 |       85 |        86 |   1 |   1 |   0 |   0 |  40 |  41
Michigan .............|   799 |   805 |    737 |    734 |       57 |        57 |   4 |   4 |   0 |   0 |   1 |  10
Minnesota ............|   468 |   486 |    407 |    415 |       57 |        66 |   4 |   5 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
Mississippi ..........|   162 |   162 |    152 |    152 |        0 |         0 |  10 |  10 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
                      |       |       |        |        |          |           |     |     |     |     |     |
Missouri..............|   531 |   530 |    525 |    524 |        0 |         0 |   2 |   2 |   0 |   0 |   4 |   4
Montana ..............|   534 |   532 |    455 |    453 |       77 |        77 |   2 |   2 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
Nebraska .............|   709 |   692 |    593 |    576 |      111 |       111 |   5 |   5 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
Nevada ...............|    18 |    18 |     17 |     17 |        0 |         0 |   1 |   1 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
New Hampshire ........|   257 |   256 |    179 |    178 |       78 |        78 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
                      |       |       |        |        |          |           |     |     |     |     |     |
New Jersey ...........|   662 |   671 |    604 |    604 |       12 |        12 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |  46 |  55
New Mexico ...........|    89 |    89 |     89 |     89 |        0 |         0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
New York .............|   745 |   779 |    707 |    703 |       38 |        38 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |  38
North Carolina .......|   201 |   209 |    120 |    120 |        0 |         0 |   2 |   2 |   0 |   0 |  79 |  87
North Dakota .........|   272 |   271 |    231 |    230 |       38 |        38 |   3 |   3 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
                      |       |       |        |        |          |           |     |     |     |     |     |
Ohio .................|   806 |   796 |    708 |    662 |       73 |        60 |   3 |   3 |   0 |   0 |  22 |  71
Oklahoma .............|   556 |   562 |    544 |    544 |        0 |         0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |  12 |  18
Oregon ...............|   221 |   220 |    197 |    197 |       21 |        21 |   2 |   2 |   1 |   0 |   0 |   0
Pennsylvania .........|   666 |   683 |    501 |    501 |      101 |       101 |  15 |  15 |   0 |   0 |  49 |  66
Rhode Island .........|    37 |    37 |     36 |     36 |        0 |         0 |   1 |   1 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
                      |       |       |        |        |          |           |     |     |     |     |     |
South Carolina .......|   104 |   104 |     90 |     90 |       14 |        14 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
South Dakota .........|   199 |   199 |    176 |    176 |       18 |        18 |   5 |   5 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
Tennessee ............|   139 |   138 |    139 |    138 |        0 |         0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
Texas ................| 1,203 | 1,219 |  1,041 |  1,040 |       20 |        20 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 | 142 | 159
Utah .................|    47 |    46 |     40 |     40 |        5 |         4 |   2 |   2 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
                      |       |       |        |        |          |           |     |     |     |     |     |
Vermont ..............|   348 |   350 |    287 |    288 |       60 |        60 |   1 |   1 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   1
Virginia .............|   169 |   181 |    135 |    135 |       34 |        38 |   0 |   3 |   0 |   5 |   0 |   0
Washington ...........|   305 |   305 |    296 |    296 |        9 |         9 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
West Virginia.........|    57 |    57 |     55 |     55 |        0 |         0 |   2 |   2 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
Wisconsin ............|   445 |   450 |    426 |    431 |       16 |        16 |   3 |   3 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
Wyoming ..............|    57 |    59 |     48 |     48 |        5 |        11 |   4 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
                      |_______|_______|________|________|__________|___________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____
Bureau of Indian      |       |       |        |        |          |           |     |     |     |     |     |
  Affairs schools ....|    24 |    24 |      0 |      0 |        0 |         0 |   0 |   0 |  24 |  24 |   0 |   0
Department of Defense |       |       |        |        |          |           |     |     |     |     |     |
  dependents schools: |       |       |        |        |          |           |     |     |     |     |     |
   Domestic schools ..|    17 |    17 |      0 |      0 |        0 |         0 |   0 |   0 |  17 |  17 |   0 |   0
   Overseas schools ..|    11 |    11 |      0 |      0 |        0 |         0 |   0 |   0 |  11 |  11 |   0 |   0
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    Outlying areas    |       |       |        |        |          |           |     |     |     |     |     |
American Samoa .......|     1 |     1 |      1 |      1 |        0 |         0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
Guam .................|     1 |     1 |      1 |      1 |        0 |         0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
Northern Marianas ....|     1 |     1 |      1 |      1 |        0 |         0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
Puerto Rico ..........|     1 |     1 |      1 |      1 |        0 |         0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
Virgin Islands .......|     1 |     1 |      1 |      1 |        0 |         0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data survey. (This table was prepared July 2002.)

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