Table 98. | Public elementary schools, by grade span and average school size, by state: 2000-01 |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Schools, by grade span ||Average of students |Total, | Total, |___________________________________________________________________|| per school\2\ | all | all | Prekinder- | Prekinder- | Prekinder- | Prekinder- |Grades | ||___________________ State or other area |elemen-| regular |garten, kin- |garten, kin-|garten, kin-|garten, kin-| 4, 5, |Other || All | Regular | tary | elemen- |dergarten, or| dergarten, | dergarten, | dergarten, | or 6, |grade ||elemen- | elemen- |schools| tary |1st grade to |or 1st grade|or 1st grade|or 1st grade| to 6, |spans || tary | tary | |schools\1\|grades 3 or 4| to grade 5 | to grade 6 | to grade 8 |7, or 8| ||schools |schools\1\ _______________________|_______|__________|_____________|____________|____________|____________|_______|______||________|__________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 || 10 | 11 _______________________|_______|__________|_____________|____________|____________|____________|_______|______||________|__________ United States ......|64,601 | 63,674 | 4,883 | 22,572 | 14,445 | 5,198 |11,696 |5,807 || 477 | 482 |_______|__________|_____________|____________|____________|____________|_______|______||________|__________ Alabama ...............| 900 | 892 | 82 | 284 | 177 | 82 | 183 | 92 || 480 | 481 Alaska ................| 193 | 192 | 0 | 27 | 112 | 25 | 16 | 13 || 332 | 334 Arizona ...............| 1,061 | 1,036 | 69 | 217 | 313 | 243 | 144 | 75 || 517 | 520 Arkansas ..............| 711 | 711 | 98 | 136 | 261 | 7 | 122 | 87 || 380 | 380 California ............| 6,344 | 6,200 | 181 | 1,882 | 2,487 | 700 | 906 | 188 || 625 | 638 | | | | | | | | || | Colorado ..............| 1,165 | 1,161 | 35 | 536 | 242 | 38 | 227 | 87 || 416 | 418 Connecticut ...........| 832 | 810 | 76 | 317 | 130 | 48 | 154 | 107 || 466 | 473 Delaware ..............| 127 | 125 | 44 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 26 || 540 | 546 District of Columbia ..| 131 | 131 | 11 | 10 | 87 | 12 | 8 | 3 || 405 | 405 Florida ...............| 2,179 | 2,179 | 33 | 1,388 | 160 | 48 | 452 | 98 || 761 | 761 | | | | | | | | || | Georgia ...............| 1,567 | 1,565 | 38 | 893 | 88 | 15 | 372 | 161 || 662 | 663 Hawaii ................| 196 | 195 | 2 | 57 | 110 | 6 | 21 | 0 || 590 | 593 Idaho .................| 415 | 412 | 38 | 92 | 168 | 20 | 65 | 32 || 355 | 357 Illinois ..............| 3,174 | 3,074 | 313 | 713 | 496 | 731 | 512 | 409 || 438 | 449 Indiana................| 1,417 | 1,405 | 72 | 609 | 378 | 29 | 254 | 75 || 456 | 458 | | | | | | | | || | Iowa ..................| 1,055 | 1,053 | 103 | 340 | 236 | 16 | 220 | 140 || 287 | 288 Kansas ................| 1,000 | 1,000 | 67 | 302 | 271 | 107 | 173 | 80 || 289 | 289 Kentucky ..............| 1,009 | 1,001 | 48 | 440 | 190 | 96 | 189 | 46 || 434 | 437 Louisiana .............| 1,027 | 1,004 | 102 | 314 | 194 | 77 | 223 | 117 || 462 | 468 Maine .................| 534 | 533 | 70 | 91 | 88 | 106 | 92 | 87 || 250 | 251 | | | | 0 | | 0 | | || | Maryland ..............| 1,083 | 1,048 | 16 | 639 | 124 | 26 | 213 | 65 || 546 | 558 Massachusetts .........| 1,486 | 1,474 | 192 | 422 | 290 | 89 | 249 | 244 || 438 | 439 Michigan ..............| 2,687 | 2,687 | 231 | 1,070 | 470 | 130 | 523 | 263 || 419 | 419 Minnesota .............| 1,237 | 1,110 | 124 | 315 | 397 | 45 | 188 | 168 || 409 | 450 Mississippi ...........| 581 | 580 | 83 | 111 | 123 | 44 | 126 | 94 || 529 | 529 | | | | | | | | || | Missouri...............| 1,551 | 1,544 | 120 | 517 | 336 | 108 | 289 | 181 || 380 | 381 Montana ...............| 516 | 513 | 15 | 74 | 232 | 122 | 47 | 26 || 175 | 176 Nebraska ..............| 937 | 923 | 0 | 0 | 572 | 276 | 62 | 27 || 185 | 187 Nevada ................| 371 | 364 | 8 | 169 | 97 | 22 | 56 | 19 || 647 | 657 New Hampshire .........| 430 | 430 | 52 | 110 | 51 | 47 | 75 | 95 || 330 | 330 | | | | | | | | || | New Jersey ............| 1,907 | 1,868 | 281 | 529 | 229 | 257 | 340 | 271 || 471 | 478 New Mexico ............| 559 | 549 | 29 | 208 | 146 | 7 | 112 | 57 || 373 | 377 New York ..............| 3,102 | 3,099 | 252 | 1,125 | 608 | 107 | 603 | 407 || 607 | 608 North Carolina ........| 1,723 | 1,712 | 69 | 960 | 72 | 106 | 410 | 106 || 536 | 538 North Dakota ..........| 336 | 336 | 10 | 38 | 202 | 50 | 21 | 15 || 179 | 179 | | | | | | | | || | Ohio ..................| 2,715 | 2,699 | 382 | 761 | 699 | 112 | 498 | 263 || 416 | 418 Oklahoma ..............| 1,224 | 1,224 | 61 | 344 | 179 | 303 | 221 | 116 || 342 | 342 Oregon ................| 933 | 909 | 41 | 418 | 170 | 82 | 178 | 44 || 370 | 377 Pennsylvania ..........| 2,394 | 2,392 | 301 | 888 | 513 | 84 | 443 | 165 || 475 | 475 Rhode Island ..........| 260 | 258 | 27 | 106 | 48 | 4 | 44 | 31 || 411 | 412 | | | | | | | | || | South Carolina ........| 832 | 830 | 77 | 387 | 74 | 24 | 216 | 54 || 574 | 575 South Dakota ..........| 468 | 465 | 21 | 102 | 117 | 120 | 77 | 31 || 175 | 176 Tennessee .............| 1,195 | 1,190 | 135 | 387 | 172 | 205 | 222 | 74 || 509 | 510 Texas .................| 4,965 | 4,898 | 524 | 1,890 | 782 | 95 | 1,106 | 568 || 537 | 544 Utah ..................| 510 | 507 | 17 | 100 | 330 | 5 | 40 | 18 || 525 | 527 | | | | | | | | || | Vermont ...............| 279 | 242 | 16 | 22 | 112 | 67 | 15 | 47 || 218 | 242 Virginia ..............| 1,459 | 1,446 | 51 | 802 | 150 | 14 | 295 | 147 || 533 | 536 Washington ............| 1,401 | 1,325 | 67 | 499 | 434 | 75 | 220 | 106 || 436 | 455 West Virginia..........| 609 | 605 | 80 | 191 | 164 | 40 | 101 | 33 || 306 | 307 Wisconsin .............| 1,549 | 1,504 | 104 | 662 | 241 | 102 | 309 | 131 || 359 | 364 Wyoming ...............| 265 | 264 | 15 | 57 | 117 | 22 | 36 | 18 || 193 | 192 |_______|__________|_____________|____________|____________|____________|_______|______||________|__________ Bureau of Indian | | | | | | | | || | Affairs ..............| 108 | 108 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 66 | 3 | 3 || 228 | 228 | | | | | | | | || | Department of Defense | | | | | | | | || | dependents schools: | | | | | | | | || | Domestic schools ...| 60 | 60 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 9 || 476 | 476 Overseas schools ...| 105 | 105 | 7 | 18 | 53 | 9 | 16 | 2 || 483 | 483 |=======|==========|=============|============|============|============|=======|======||========|========== Outlying areas | | | | | | | | || | American Samoa ........| 24 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 1 || 496 | 496 Guam ..................| 34 | 34 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 || 695 | 695 Northern Marianas .....| 24 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 || 262 | 262 Puerto Rico ...........| 933 | 899 | 76 | 18 | 781 | 5 | 26 | 27 || 310 | 309 Virgin Islands ........| 24 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 || 463 | 463 _______________________|_______|__________|_____________|____________|____________|____________|_______|______||________|__________ |
\1\Excludes special education and alternative schools. \2\Average for schools reporting enrollment data. NOTE: Includes schools beginning with grade 6 or below and with no grade higher than 8. Excludes schools not reported by grade level, such as some 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 July 2002.) |