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Table 103. Public elementary and secondary schools, by level, type, and state or jurisdiction: 1990-91, 2000-01, and 2009-10
State or jurisdiction Total, all schools, 1990-91 Total, all schools, 2000-01 Schools by level, 2009-10 Selected types of schools, 2009-10
Total, all schools Elemen- tary1 Second-ary2 Combined elementary/secondary3 Other4 Alterna- tive5 Special educa- tion5 Char- ter5 One- teacher schools5
Total Prekinder- garten, kin- dergarten, or 1st grade to grade 12 Other schools ending with grade 12 Other com- bined schools
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
United States 84,538 93,273 98,817 67,140 24,651 5,730 2,861 2,193 676 1,296 6,293 2,089 4,952 217
Alabama 1,297 1,517 1,600 964 423 183 122 57 4 30 117 41 0 0
Alaska 498 515 506 193 85 228 211 14 3 0 51 2 25 7
Arizona 1,049 1,724 2,248 1,361 718 149 80 43 26 20 82 20 504 5
Arkansas 1,098 1,138 1,120 715 392 11 4 2 5 2 11 4 38 0
California 7,913 8,773 10,068 6,917 2,608 517 398 89 30 26 1,375 146 813 40
                             
Colorado 1,344 1,632 1,793 1,273 413 107 40 55 12 0 95 9 158 2
Connecticut 985 1,248 1,165 838 282 32 8 18 6 13 44 56 18 0
Delaware 173 191 217 152 38 24 19 4 1 3 10 19 18 0
District of Columbia 181 198 233 168 40 15 3 6 6 10 11 10 99 0
Florida 2,516 3,316 4,043 2,662 657 577 230 318 29 147 422 170 412 1
                             
Georgia 1,734 1,946 2,461 1,784 437 51 16 25 10 189 140 72 63 0
Hawaii 235 261 289 209 51 27 23 3 1 2 1 3 31 0
Idaho 582 673 742 442 227 73 45 18 10 0 83 15 36 8
Illinois 4,239 4,342 4,405 3,198 1,040 148 53 81 14 19 188 147 39 0
Indiana 1,915 1,976 1,961 1,415 447 67 18 36 13 32 19 38 53 0
                             
Iowa 1,588 1,534 1,468 1,005 423 40 4 36 0 0 51 7 9 4
Kansas 1,477 1,430 1,419 962 405 37 11 23 3 15 1 10 35 0
Kentucky 1,400 1,526 1,542 990 428 123 31 90 2 1 170 10 0 0
Louisiana 1,533 1,530 1,488 981 307 195 115 73 7 5 184 38 77 0
Maine 747 714 649 486 150 13 9 4 0 0 2 1 0 1
                             
Maryland 1,220 1,383 1,447 1,119 268 39 17 15 7 21 62 40 42 1
Massachusetts 1,842 1,905 1,836 1,355 367 41 12 24 5 73 19 23 62 1
Michigan 3,313 3,998 3,879 2,475 1,044 236 114 101 21 124 312 197 294 6
Minnesota 1,590 2,362 2,433 1,276 862 280 140 118 22 15 480 276 181 1
Mississippi 972 1,030 1,085 620 335 116 66 48 2 14 64 3 1 0
                             
Missouri 2,199 2,368 2,427 1,581 655 171 82 83 6 20 112 68 48 0
Montana 900 879 828 479 349 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 58
Nebraska 1,506 1,326 1,120 742 349 29 16 12 1 0 5 28 0 11
Nevada 354 511 636 465 137 34 7 26 1 0 32 10 35 11
New Hampshire 439 526 484 378 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 1
                             
New Jersey 2,272 2,410 2,590 1,899 551 42 21 14 7 98 103 73 70 0
New Mexico 681 765 855 600 235 20 7 9 4 0 40 6 72 3
New York 4,010 4,336 4,730 3,308 1,090 235 87 96 52 97 28 105 140 0
North Carolina 1,955 2,207 2,550 1,873 526 137 73 57 7 14 4 14 96 0
North Dakota 663 579 517 298 185 0 0 0 0 34 0 34 0 5
                             
Ohio 3,731 3,916 3,796 2,600 1,021 165 40 65 60 10 6 64 323 0
Oklahoma 1,880 1,821 1,795 1,240 552 3 0 3 0 0 5 4 18 0
Oregon 1,199 1,273 1,301 917 317 66 49 15 2 1 43 2 102 12
Pennsylvania 3,260 3,252 3,244 2,293 823 117 55 40 22 11 13 12 134 0
Rhode Island 309 328 321 237 74 4 3 1 0 6 9 3 12 0
                             
South Carolina 1,097 1,127 1,206 900 272 25 8 15 2 9 21 10 39 0
South Dakota 802 769 714 437 254 21 8 12 1 2 27 7 0 20
Tennessee 1,543 1,624 1,772 1,290 354 127 58 38 31 1 28 19 20 0
Texas 5,991 7,519 8,619 5,871 2,130 615 277 217 121 3 1,076 25 536 0
Utah 714 793 1,046 628 353 65 28 11 26 0 92 86 72 3
                             
Vermont 397 393 323 238 68 17 11 6 0 0 1 0 0 1
Virginia 1,811 1,969 2,164 1,514 405 20 9 8 3 225 190 42 3 0
Washington 1,936 2,305 2,318 1,433 569 316 155 82 79 0 315 103 0 4
West Virginia 1,015 840 759 566 132 61 45 14 2 0 32 3 0 0
Wisconsin 2,018 2,182 2,242 1,554 596 88 23 61 4 4 89 9 206 6
Wyoming 415 393 363 239 101 23 10 7 6 0 24 3 3 5
                             
Bureau of Indian
   Education
189 173 107 19 47 39 4 4 0 0 0 0 5
                             
DoD, domestic 71 66 57 7 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
DoD, overseas 156 125 85 28 12 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
                             
Other jurisdictions                            
American Samoa 30 31 30 22 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0
Guam 35 38 40 35 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Marianas 26 29 30 23 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Puerto Rico 1,619 1,543 1,509 907 402 178 4 6 168 22 8 25 0 0
U.S. Virgin Islands 33 36 32 22 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
—Not available.
1 Includes schools beginning with grade 6 or below and with no grade higher than 8.
2 Includes schools with no grade lower than 7.
3 Includes schools beginning with grade 6 or below and ending with grade 9 or above.
4 Includes schools not reported by grade span.
5 Schools are also included under elementary, secondary, combined, or other as appropriate.
NOTE: DoD = Department of Defense.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 1990-91, 2000-01, and 2009-10. (This table was prepared May 2011.)

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