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Table 98. Public elementary schools, by grade span and average school size, by state: 2000-01

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                       |       |          |                             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
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  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.)


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