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Table 93. Average enrollment and percentage distribution of public elementary and secondary schools, by type and size: Selected years, 1982-83 through 2003-04
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           |          Average enrollment size in schools, by type   |    Percentage distribution of schools,
           |________________________________________________________|               by enrollment
           |        |       |    Secondary\3\  |   Combined|        |__________________________________________
           |        |       |__________________|elementary/|        |     | 200| 300| 400| 500| 600| 700|  1000
           |        |Elemen-|    All|   Regular|     secon-|        |Under|  to|  to|  to|  to|  to|  to|   or
Year       |Total\1\|tary\2\|schools|schools\5\|    dary\4\|Other\1\|  200| 299| 399| 499| 599| 699| 999| more
___________|________|_______|_______|__________|___________|________|_____|____|____|____|____|____|____|______
1          |       2|      3|      4|         5|          6|       7|    8|   9|  10|  11|  12|  13|  14|    15
___________|________|_______|_______|__________|___________|________|_____|____|____|____|____|____|____|______
1982-83 ...|     478|    399|    719|       ---|        478|     142| 21.9|13.8|15.5|13.1|10.2| 7.1|10.2|   8.3
1983-84 ...|     480|    401|    720|       ---|        475|     145| 21.7|13.7|15.5|13.2|10.2| 7.1|10.3|   8.3
1984-85 ...|     482|    403|    721|       ---|        476|     146| 21.5|13.6|15.5|13.2|10.3| 7.1|10.4|   8.4
1987-88 ...|     490|    424|    695|       711|        420|     122| 20.3|12.9|14.9|13.8|11.1| 7.8|11.2|   8.0
1988-89 ...|     494|    433|    689|       697|        412|     142| 20.0|12.5|14.7|13.8|11.4| 8.0|11.6|   8.0
1989-90 ...|     493|    441|    669|       689|        402|     142| 19.8|12.2|14.5|13.7|11.5| 8.3|12.0|   7.9
           |        |       |       |          |           |        |     |    |    |    |    |    |    |
1990-91 ...|     497|    449|    663|       684|        398|     150| 19.7|11.9|14.2|13.6|11.7| 8.5|12.3|   8.1
1991-92 ...|     507|    458|    677|       717|        407|     152| 19.1|11.7|14.1|13.5|11.8| 8.6|12.8|   8.5
1992-93 ...|     513|    464|    688|       733|        423|     135| 18.6|11.6|13.9|13.5|11.9| 8.7|13.1|   8.7
1993-94 ...|     518|    468|    693|       748|        418|     136| 18.6|11.5|13.6|13.5|11.7| 8.8|13.3|   9.0
1994-95 ...|     520|    471|    696|       759|        412|     131| 18.6|11.4|13.6|13.4|11.8| 8.7|13.3|   9.2
           |        |       |       |          |           |        |     |    |    |    |    |    |    |
1995-96 ...|     525|    476|    703|       771|        401|     136| 18.5|11.2|13.5|13.4|11.8| 8.8|13.4|   9.4
1996-97 ...|     527|    478|    703|       777|        387|     135| 18.7|11.3|13.2|13.2|11.8| 8.8|13.6|   9.5
1997-98 ...|     525|    478|    699|       779|        374|     121| 19.3|11.2|13.1|13.3|11.6| 8.6|13.4|   9.6
1998-99 ...|     524|    478|    707|       786|        290|     135| 19.6|11.2|13.1|13.2|11.5| 8.5|13.3|   9.6
1999-2000 .|     521|    477|    706|       785|        282|     123| 20.0|11.3|13.3|13.2|11.2| 8.4|13.1|   9.5
           |        |       |       |          |           |        |     |    |    |    |    |    |    |
2000-01 ...|     519|    477|    714|       795|        274|     136| 20.4|11.4|13.2|13.3|11.0| 8.2|12.9|   9.6
2001-02 ...|     520|    477|    718|       807|        270|     138| 20.5|11.5|13.3|13.1|10.9| 8.1|12.7|   9.7
2002-03 ...|     519|    476|    720|       813|        265|     136| 20.7|11.6|13.4|13.0|10.9| 8.1|12.4|   9.8
2003-04 ...|     521|    476|    722|       816|        269|     142| 20.7|11.6|13.5|13.2|10.8| 8.0|12.3|   9.9
___________|________|_______|_______|__________|___________|________|_____|____|____|____|____|____|____|______
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\1\Includes special education, alternative, and other schools not classified by grade span.
\2\Includes schools beginning with grade 6 or below and with no grade higher than 8.
\3\Includes schools with no grade lower than 7.
\4\Includes schools beginning with grade 6 or below and ending with grade 9 or above.
\5\Excludes special education schools, vocational schools, and alternative schools.
NOTE: Data reflect reports by schools rather than by states or school districts. Percentage distribution and average enrollment calculations exclude data for schools not reporting enrollment. 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," 1982-83 through 2003-04. (This table was prepared July 2005.)


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