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Table 97. Public elementary and secondary schools, by type and state: 1990-91 to 2000-01

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                           |        |        |        |                              Number of schools, 2000-01
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                           | Total, | Total, | Total, |       |       |       |  Combined elementary/secondary\3\  |        ||        |       |
         State or          |  all   |  all   |  all   |       |Elemen |Secon- |____________________________________|        ||Alterna-|Special|      One-
        other area         |schools,|schools,|schools,| Total |tary\1\|dary\2\|      | Prekinder- | Other  |       |        ||tive\5\ | educa |    teacher
                           |1990-91 |1995-96 | 1999-  |       |       |       |      |garten, kin-|schools | Other |Other\4\||        |tion\5\|   schools\5\
                           |        |        |  2000  |       |       |       |Total | dergarten, | ending | com-  |        ||        |       |
                           |        |        |        |       |       |       |      |or 1st grade|  with  | bined |        ||        |       |
                           |        |        |        |       |       |       |      | to grade 12|grade 12|schools|        ||        |       |
___________________________|________|________|________|_______|_______|_______|______|____________|________|_______|________||________|_______|_____________
             1             |   2    |   3    |   4    |   5   |   6   |   7   |  8   |     9      |   10   |  11   |   12   ||   13   |  14   |       15
___________________________|________|________|________|_______|_______|_______|______|____________|________|_______|________||________|_______|_____________
   United States ..........| 84,538 | 87,125 | 92,012 |93,273 |64,601 |21,994 |5,096 |      2,764 |  1,825 |   507 |  1,582 ||  4,818 | 2,008 |         411
                           |________|________|________|_______|_______|_______|______|____________|________|_______|________||________|_______|_____________
Alabama ...................|  1,297 |  1,319 |  1,516 | 1,517 |   900 |   394 |  218 |        148 |     50 |    20 |      5 ||     70 |    28 |           0
Alaska ....................|    498 |    495 |    502 |   515 |   193 |    89 |  233 |        215 |     11 |     7 |      0 ||     32 |     2 |          12
Arizona ...................|  1,049 |  1,133 |  1,641 | 1,724 | 1,061 |   399 |  200 |        160 |     30 |    10 |     64 ||     81 |    13 |           8
Arkansas ..................|  1,098 |  1,098 |  1,123 | 1,138 |   711 |   403 |   24 |          5 |     12 |     7 |      0 ||      6 |     0 |           0
California ................|  7,913 |  7,876 |  8,578 | 8,773 | 6,344 | 2,029 |  388 |        336 |     44 |     8 |     12 ||  1,099 |   126 |          48
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Colorado ..................|  1,344 |  1,486 |  1,587 | 1,632 | 1,165 |   380 |   69 |         30 |     35 |     4 |     18 ||     89 |    17 |           3
Connecticut ...............|    985 |  1,045 |  1,086 | 1,248 |   832 |   209 |  205 |        180 |     22 |     3 |      2 ||    209 |    31 |           0
Delaware ..................|    173 |    181 |    185 |   191 |   127 |    42 |    9 |          3 |      3 |     3 |     13 ||      8 |    14 |           0
District of Columbia ......|    181 |    186 |    189 |   198 |   131 |    35 |   12 |          4 |      2 |     6 |     20 ||      6 |    10 |           0
Florida ...................|  2,516 |  2,760 |  3,209 | 3,316 | 2,179 |   448 |  689 |        321 |    335 |    33 |      0 ||    145 |   132 |           1
                           |        |        |        |       |       |       |      |            |        |       |        ||        |       |
Georgia ...................|  1,734 |  1,763 |  1,887 | 1,946 | 1,567 |   339 |   40 |         14 |     22 |     4 |      0 ||     28 |     1 |           0
Hawaii ....................|    235 |    246 |    256 |   261 |   196 |    50 |   14 |          9 |      2 |     3 |      1 ||      1 |     3 |           1
Idaho .....................|    582 |    618 |    668 |   673 |   415 |   222 |   36 |         25 |     10 |     1 |      0 ||     66 |    12 |          12
Illinois ..................|  4,239 |  4,142 |  4,332 | 4,342 | 3,174 |   984 |  149 |         59 |     59 |    31 |     35 ||    131 |   267 |           1
Indiana....................|  1,915 |  1,924 |  1,960 | 1,976 | 1,417 |   456 |   70 |         26 |     41 |     3 |     33 ||     69 |    39 |           1
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Iowa ......................|  1,588 |  1,556 |  1,535 | 1,534 | 1,055 |   430 |   42 |          5 |     37 |     0 |      7 ||     39 |    10 |           7
Kansas ....................|  1,477 |  1,487 |  1,440 | 1,430 | 1,000 |   424 |    2 |          1 |      1 |     0 |      4 ||      0 |     0 |           0
Kentucky ..................|  1,400 |  1,402 |  1,526 | 1,526 | 1,009 |   417 |   81 |         14 |     64 |     3 |     19 ||     75 |    11 |           0
Louisiana .................|  1,533 |  1,470 |  1,533 | 1,530 | 1,027 |   327 |  154 |        102 |     47 |     5 |     22 ||    101 |    30 |           0
Maine .....................|    747 |    726 |    719 |   714 |   534 |   163 |   17 |         12 |      5 |     0 |      0 ||      0 |     2 |          10
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Maryland ..................|  1,220 |  1,276 |  1,374 | 1,383 | 1,083 |   257 |   28 |         12 |      8 |     8 |     15 ||     66 |    50 |           1
Massachusetts .............|  1,842 |  1,850 |  1,904 | 1,905 | 1,486 |   343 |   71 |         25 |     11 |    35 |      5 ||     35 |     5 |           0
Michigan ..................|  3,313 |  3,748 |  3,927 | 3,998 | 2,687 |   854 |  154 |         78 |     57 |    19 |    303 ||     66 |   197 |          13
Minnesota .................|  1,590 |  2,157 |  2,361 | 2,362 | 1,237 |   755 |  124 |         26 |     50 |    48 |    246 ||    500 |   233 |           2
Mississippi ...............|    972 |  1,011 |  1,016 | 1,030 |   581 |   327 |  103 |         63 |     38 |     2 |     19 ||     56 |     0 |           0
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Missouri...................|  2,199 |  2,256 |  2,355 | 2,368 | 1,551 |   642 |  114 |         35 |     73 |     6 |     61 ||     82 |    61 |           0
Montana ...................|    900 |    894 |    882 |   879 |   516 |   363 |    0 |          0 |      0 |     0 |      0 ||      5 |     2 |          82
Nebraska ..................|  1,506 |  1,411 |  1,345 | 1,326 |   937 |   341 |   48 |         47 |      0 |     1 |      0 ||      0 |    59 |          78
Nevada ....................|    354 |    423 |    491 |   511 |   371 |   124 |    7 |          2 |      4 |     1 |      9 ||     36 |    14 |          11
New Hampshire .............|    439 |    460 |    521 |   526 |   430 |    95 |    1 |          0 |      0 |     1 |      0 ||      0 |     0 |           1
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New Jersey ................|  2,272 |  2,279 |  2,383 | 2,410 | 1,907 |   449 |   11 |          3 |      5 |     3 |     43 ||     22 |    86 |           0
New Mexico ................|    681 |    721 |    760 |   765 |   559 |   190 |   16 |          7 |      8 |     1 |      0 ||     42 |    16 |           1
New York ..................|  4,010 |  4,149 |  4,286 | 4,336 | 3,102 |   935 |  158 |         84 |     53 |    21 |    141 ||     86 |    26 |           0
North Carolina ............|  1,955 |  1,985 |  2,165 | 2,207 | 1,723 |   372 |   82 |         22 |     48 |    12 |     30 ||     62 |    25 |           0
North Dakota ..............|    663 |    613 |    590 |   579 |   336 |   209 |    3 |          2 |      0 |     1 |     31 ||      0 |    31 |           6
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Ohio ......................|  3,731 |  3,865 |  3,894 | 3,916 | 2,715 |   956 |  173 |         55 |     45 |    73 |     72 ||     50 |    31 |           5
Oklahoma ..................|  1,880 |  1,830 |  1,817 | 1,821 | 1,224 |   586 |    1 |          0 |      1 |     0 |     10 ||      3 |     1 |           1
Oregon ....................|  1,199 |  1,216 |  1,277 | 1,273 |   933 |   278 |   51 |         34 |     12 |     5 |     11 ||     76 |    15 |          10
Pennsylvania ..............|  3,260 |  3,182 |  3,230 | 3,252 | 2,394 |   796 |   48 |         11 |     19 |    18 |     14 ||     13 |    12 |           4
Rhode Island ..............|    309 |    310 |    318 |   328 |   260 |    63 |    3 |          2 |      0 |     1 |      2 ||      6 |     4 |           1
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South Carolina ............|  1,097 |  1,095 |  1,111 | 1,127 |   832 |   271 |   20 |         11 |      8 |     1 |      4 ||     17 |     8 |           1
South Dakota ..............|    802 |    824 |    771 |   769 |   468 |   281 |   13 |          8 |      4 |     1 |      7 ||     25 |     7 |          36
Tennessee .................|  1,543 |  1,563 |  1,613 | 1,624 | 1,195 |   353 |   70 |         41 |     26 |     3 |      6 ||     16 |    19 |           0
Texas .....................|  5,991 |  6,638 |  7,395 | 7,519 | 4,965 | 1,737 |  817 |        368 |    415 |    34 |      0 ||    704 |   140 |           4
Utah ......................|    714 |    735 |    788 |   793 |   510 |   254 |   13 |          5 |      5 |     3 |     16 ||     56 |    21 |           7
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Vermont ...................|    397 |    384 |    396 |   393 |   279 |    70 |   43 |         36 |      5 |     2 |      1 ||      2 |    61 |           3
Virginia ..................|  1,811 |  1,889 |  1,929 | 1,969 | 1,459 |   372 |   33 |         11 |     16 |     6 |    105 ||    124 |    36 |           0
Washington ................|  1,936 |  2,124 |  2,281 | 2,305 | 1,401 |   606 |  134 |         69 |     32 |    33 |    164 ||    237 |    74 |          24
West Virginia..............|  1,015 |    877 |    853 |   840 |   609 |   203 |   18 |          9 |      6 |     3 |     10 ||     25 |    11 |           0
Wisconsin .................|  2,018 |  2,037 |  2,118 | 2,182 | 1,549 |   561 |   72 |         20 |     40 |    12 |      0 ||    128 |    12 |           1
Wyoming ...................|    415 |    410 |    389 |   393 |   265 |   111 |   15 |          9 |      4 |     2 |      2 ||     23 |     3 |          15
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Bureau of Indian Affairs ..|    --- |    --- |    189 |   189 |   108 |    27 |   53 |         47 |      3 |     3 |      1 ||      0 |     0 |\6\       26
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Department of Defense      |        |        |        |       |       |       |      |            |        |       |        ||        |       |
  dependents schools:      |        |        |        |       |       |       |      |            |        |       |        ||        |       |
   Domestic schools .......|    --- |    --- |     71 |    71 |    60 |     7 |    4 |          2 |      2 |     0 |      0 ||      0 |     0 |           0
   Overseas schools .......|    --- |    171 |    156 |   156 |   105 |    39 |   12 |         11 |      1 |     0 |      0 ||      0 |     0 |           0
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  Outlying areas           |        |        |        |       |       |       |      |            |        |       |        ||        |       |
American Samoa ............|     30 |     31 |     31 |    31 |    24 |     6 |    0 |          0 |      0 |     0 |      1 ||      0 |     1 |           0
Guam ......................|     35 |     35 |     38 |    38 |    34 |     4 |    0 |          0 |      0 |     0 |      0 ||      0 |     0 |           0
Northern Marianas .........|     26 |     24 |     26 |    29 |    24 |     4 |    0 |          0 |      0 |     0 |      1 ||      0 |     0 |           0
Puerto Rico ...............|  1,619 |  1,561 |  1,531 | 1,543 |   933 |   381 |  196 |          8 |      7 |   181 |     33 ||     25 |    29 |           0
Virgin Islands ............|     33 |     34 |     36 |    36 |    24 |    11 |    1 |          0 |      0 |     1 |      0 ||      2 |     0 |           0
___________________________|________|________|________|_______|_______|_______|______|____________|________|_______|________||________|_______|_____________

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\1\Includes schools beginning with grade 6 or below and with no grade higher than 8.
\2\Includes schools with no grade lower than 7.
\3\Includes schools beginning with grade 6 or below and ending with grade 9 or above.
\4\Includes schools not classified by grade span.
\5\Schools are also included under elementary, secondary, combined, or other as appropriate.
\6\Data are for 1998-99.

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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