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Table 88. Number of public elementary and secondary education agencies, by type of agency and state or jurisdiction: 2006-07 and 2007-08
State or jurisdiction Total agencies Regular school districts, including supervisory union components1 Regional education service agencies and supervisory union administrative centers State-operated agencies Federally operated agencies Independent charter schools and other agencies
2006-07 2007-08 2006-07 2007-08 2006-07 2007-08 2006-07 2007-08 2006-07 2007-08 2006-07 2007-08
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
United States 17,492 17,775 13,856 13,924 1,347 1,399 224 261 0 0 2,065 2,191
Alabama 163 169 133 134 1 0 29 35 0 0 0 0
Alaska 54 54 53 53 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Arizona 608 603 238 238 3 4 10 10 0 0 357 351
Arkansas 292 288 254 245 15 16 3 4 0 0 20 23
California 1,130 1,129 989 1,026 131 85 10 0 0 0 0 18
                       
Colorado 201 262 179 178 22 83 0 0 0 0 0 1
Connecticut 198 195 169 169 6 6 7 4 0 0 16 16
Delaware 39 39 19 19 1 1 2 2 0 0 17 17
District of Columbia 56 58 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 55 56
Florida 77 77 67 67 0 0 1 3 0 0 9 7
                       
Georgia 204 205 182 180 16 16 5 5 0 0 1 4
Hawaii 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Idaho 129 133 125 115 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 14
Illinois 1,082 1,078 873 870 203 202 5 5 0 0 1 1
Indiana 367 369 294 294 29 29 4 4 0 0 40 42
                       
Iowa 376 374 365 364 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kansas 332 331 323 319 0 0 9 12 0 0 0 0
Kentucky 195 194 175 174 18 18 2 2 0 0 0 0
Louisiana 99 105 68 69 0 0 6 8 0 0 25 28
Maine 303 303 287 290 8 8 5 5 0 0 3 0
                       
Maryland 25 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Massachusetts 392 500 250 352 78 86 0 1 0 0 64 61
Michigan 842 844 552 552 57 58 4 4 0 0 229 230
Minnesota 548 557 340 340 58 55 3 3 0 0 147 159
Mississippi 163 164 152 152 0 0 11 12 0 0 0 0
                       
Missouri 550 561 524 524 0 0 5 5 0 0 21 32
Montana 509 507 425 421 77 77 2 4 0 0 5 5
Nebraska 309 295 269 254 36 36 4 5 0 0 0 0
Nevada 19 18 17 18 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
New Hampshire 268 272 177 177 83 84 0 0 0 0 8 11
                       
New Jersey 647 678 593 616 0 1 0 3 0 0 54 58
New Mexico 95 95 95 89 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
New York2  832 837 697 697 37 37 5 6 0 0 93 97
North Carolina 242 249 125 116 2 2 0 3 0 0 115 128
North Dakota 238 232 198 192 37 37 3 3 0 0 0 0
                       
Ohio 1,034 1,055 614 614 109 108 4 4 0 0 307 329
Oklahoma 600 587 540 539 0 0 0 3 0 0 60 45
Oregon 223 222 199 195 20 23 3 1 0 0 1 3
Pennsylvania 737 788 501 501 104 105 11 19 0 0 121 163
Rhode Island 52 50 32 32 4 4 6 6 0 0 10 8
                       
South Carolina 102 102 101 86 0 13 1 3 0 0 0 0
South Dakota 188 184 171 168 14 13 3 3 0 0 0 0
Tennessee 136 140 136 136 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Texas 1,261 1,266 1,033 1,033 20 20 16 14 0 0 192 199
Utah 99 104 40 40 4 4 2 2 0 0 53 58
                       
Vermont 358 360 292 292 60 60 0 1 0 0 6 7
Virginia 231 230 134 134 73 72 24 24 0 0 0 0
Washington 308 308 296 295 10 10 0 0 0 0 2 3
West Virginia 57 57 57 55 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Wisconsin 459 462 425 426 0 16 3 3 0 0 31 17
Wyoming 62 60 52 48 0 0 10 12 0 0 0 0
                       
Bureau of Indian
   Education
20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 20 0 0
DoD, domestic 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 0 0
DoD, overseas 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 0 0
Other jurisdictions                        
American Samoa 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guam 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Marianas 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Puerto Rico 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
U.S. Virgin Islands 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Regular school districts include both independent districts and those that are a dependent segment of a local government. Includes nonoperating agencies. Components of supervisory unions operate schools, but share superintendent services with other districts.
2 New York City counted as one school district.
NOTE: DoD = Department of Defense. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2006-07 and 2007-08. (This table was prepared September 2009.)

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