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Table 92. Number and percentage distribution of public elementary and secondary schools and enrollment, by type and enrollment size of school: 2003-04
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                  |  Number and percentage distribution of schools, by type |     Enrollment and percentage distribution, by type of school\1\
                  |_________________________________________________________|_________________________________________________________________
                  |        |       |    Secondary\4\   |   Combined|        |          |          |     Secondary\4\    |   Combined|
                  |        |       |___________________|elementary/|        |          |          |_____________________|elementary/|
Enrollment        |        |Elemen-|     All|   Regular|     secon-|        |          |   Elemen-|       All|   Regular|     secon-|
size of school    |Total\2\|tary\3\| schools|schools\6\|    dary\5\|Other\2\|  Total\2\|   tary\3\|   schools|schools\6\|    dary\5\| Other\2\
__________________|________|_______|________|__________|___________|________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|_________
1                 |       2|      3|       4|         5|          6|       7|         8|         9|        10|        11|         12|      13
__________________|________|_______|________|__________|___________|________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|_________
Number of schools |  95,726| 65,758|  22,782|    18,810|      5,437|   1,749|48,353,523|31,204,774|15,751,624|15,279,073|  1,310,435|  86,690
                  |========|=======|========|==========|===========|========|==========|==========|==========|==========|===========|========
   Percent\7\ ....|  100.00| 100.00|  100.00|    100.00|     100.00|  100.00|    100.00|    100.00|    100.00|    100.00|     100.00|  100.00
                  |________|_______|________|__________|___________|________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|_________
Under 100 ........|   11.02|   6.14|   16.75|      9.00|      45.32|   55.72|      0.96|      0.63|      1.07|      0.63|       6.35|   16.30
100 to 199 .......|    9.67|   8.60|   11.04|     10.24|      16.21|   22.88|      2.77|      2.74|      2.23|      1.85|       8.73|   22.31
200 to 299 .......|   11.59|  12.95|    8.10|      8.21|       9.34|    9.31|      5.62|      6.90|      2.79|      2.51|       8.48|   16.32
300 to 399 .......|   13.45|  15.83|    7.95|      8.64|       7.24|    4.74|      9.04|     11.64|      3.83|      3.68|       9.33|   11.61
400 to 499 .......|   13.18|  16.16|    6.31|      6.90|       5.17|    3.27|     11.35|     15.21|      3.92|      3.80|       8.62|   10.11
                  |        |       |        |          |           |        |          |          |          |          |           |
500 to 599 .......|   10.79|  13.12|    5.62|      6.25|       3.69|    1.47|     11.33|     15.07|      4.27|      4.21|       7.50|    5.64
600 to 699 .......|    8.04|   9.36|    5.34|      6.07|       3.34|    0.82|      9.98|     12.71|      4.78|      4.81|       8.04|    3.56
700 to 799 .......|    5.55|   6.14|    4.68|      5.30|       2.22|    0.65|      7.95|      9.61|      4.84|      4.85|       6.17|    3.37
800 to 999 .......|    6.76|   6.86|    7.46|      8.58|       3.10|    0.49|     11.52|     12.74|      9.26|      9.42|      10.25|    3.04
1,000 to 1,499 ...|    6.09|   4.18|   12.73|     14.58|       2.73|    0.33|     13.96|     10.23|     21.55|     21.83|      12.31|    2.88
                  |        |       |        |          |           |        |          |          |          |          |           |
1,500 to 1,999 ...|    2.16|   0.52|    7.39|      8.54|       1.01|    0.16|      7.11|      1.82|     17.67|     18.07|       6.44|    2.20
2,000 to 2,999 ...|    1.38|   0.13|    5.42|      6.28|       0.33|    0.16|      6.25|      0.61|     17.73|     18.19|       2.87|    2.65
3,000 or more ....|    0.31|   0.01|    1.22|      1.41|       0.31|    0.00|      2.16|      0.08|      6.05|      6.16|       4.90|    0.00
                  |        |       |        |          |           |        |          |          |          |          |           |
Average           |========|=======|========|==========|===========|========|==========|==========|==========|==========|===========|========
   enrollment\7\ .|     521|    476|     722|       816|        269|     142|       521|       476|       722|       816|        269|     142
__________________|________|_______|________|__________|___________|________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________|_________
\1\Totals differ from those reported in other tables because this table represents data reported by schools rather than by states or school districts. Percentage distribution and average enrollment calculations exclude data for schools not reporting enrollment.
\2\Includes special education, alternative, and other schools not classified by grade span.
\3\Includes schools beginning with grade 6 or below and with no grade higher than 8.
\4\Includes schools with no grade lower than 7.
\5\Includes schools beginning with grade 6 or below and ending with grade 9 or above.
\6\Excludes special education schools, vocational schools, and alternative schools.
\7\Data are for schools reporting their enrollment size.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, The NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2003-04. (This table was prepared July 2005.)


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