Table 114.

Public elementary schools, by grade span, average school size, and state or jurisdiction: 2010-11

State or jurisdiction	Total, all elemen- tary schools	Total, all regular elementary schools1	Schools, by grade span						Average number of students per school2
			Prekinder- garten, kin- dergarten, or 1st grade to grades 3 or 4	Prekinder- garten, kin- dergarten, or 1st grade to grade 5	Prekinder- garten, kin- dergarten, or 1st grade to grade 6	Prekinder- garten, kin- dergarten, or 1st grade to grade 8	Grade 4, 5, or 6 to grade 6, 7, or 8	Other grade spans	All elementary schools	Regular elementary schools1
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
United States	67,086	65,874	4,989	24,999	11,018	6,192	13,045	6,843	475	480
Alabama	945	937	88	303	169	59	216	110	483	485
Alaska	197	188	3	44	90	24	22	14	332	326
Arizona	1,346	1,322	50	244	355	445	180	72	511	514
Arkansas	716	714	125	142	180	7	152	110	425	426
California	6,789	6,556	154	2,260	2,174	790	963	448	555	567
Colorado	1,282	1,277	28	615	212	111	240	76	429	429
Connecticut	826	813	100	252	81	90	157	146	436	441
Delaware	152	149	15	75	7	7	37	11	570	575
District of Columbia	165	157	6	64	11	38	23	23	306	310
Florida	2,714	2,638	22	1,655	146	180	571	140	661	677
Georgia	1,802	1,796	43	1,079	34	25	462	159	652	653
Hawaii	209	208	0	83	89	9	27	1	541	543
Idaho	444	440	35	142	138	27	79	23	384	387
Illinois	3,189	3,153	309	795	341	697	580	467	431	434
Indiana	1,385	1,382	186	457	335	40	258	109	472	473
Iowa	986	983	129	344	145	14	228	126	320	320
Kansas	956	952	102	322	200	72	191	69	325	326
Kentucky	991	975	27	477	115	83	202	87	466	472
Louisiana	986	928	84	340	118	108	215	121	467	474
Maine	469	468	64	93	57	89	88	78	258	259
Maryland	1,123	1,109	10	653	102	87	221	50	513	516
Massachusetts	1,412	1,398	186	478	121	105	287	235	442	443
Michigan	2,460	2,359	227	879	230	217	504	403	412	417
Minnesota	1,258	1,109	107	346	328	74	225	178	419	458
Mississippi	624	624	56	139	99	37	152	141	504	504
Missouri	1,572	1,560	149	487	314	112	307	203	378	380
Montana	479	476	17	55	213	114	52	28	179	179
Nebraska	722	716	49	167	290	36	95	85	267	268
Nevada	474	465	10	259	84	16	89	16	618	628
New Hampshire	375	375	57	111	37	51	80	39	339	339
New Jersey	1,935	1,923	261	565	154	288	361	306	462	464
New Mexico	602	591	17	240	143	17	127	58	367	372
New York	3,325	3,304	280	1,277	396	219	737	416	521	522
North Carolina	1,883	1,871	69	1,090	70	115	456	83	544	546
North Dakota	298	297	13	54	124	64	27	16	197	198
Ohio	2,547	2,520	331	695	390	224	543	364	423	426
Oklahoma	1,235	1,231	64	392	91	300	248	140	377	377
Oregon	915	909	37	393	155	119	175	36	386	387
Pennsylvania	2,290	2,289	287	724	447	198	429	205	466	467
Rhode Island	233	232	34	76	46	3	40	34	386	387
South Carolina	901	898	41	452	54	32	227	95	548	550
South Dakota	431	427	16	133	75	97	91	19	195	197
Tennessee	1,308	1,302	106	414	193	242	275	78	506	508
Texas	5,894	5,741	617	2,648	544	126	1,309	650	558	569
Utah	628	593	13	86	429	25	34	41	543	567
Vermont	235	235	11	28	104	64	17	11	222	222
Virginia	1,508	1,508	52	844	150	11	310	141	552	552
Washington	1,514	1,427	61	595	373	77	265	143	434	449
West Virginia	567	566	78	261	37	38	117	36	346	346
Wisconsin	1,552	1,547	138	616	143	156	313	186	365	366
Wyoming	237	236	25	56	85	13	41	17	224	225
Bureau of Indian    Education	108	108	6	5	24	68	4	1	203	203
DoD, domestic and    overseas	57	57	15	15	4	2	10	11	—	—
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	22	22	0	0	0	22	0	0	—	—
Guam	35	35	0	25	0	0	8	2	605	605
Northern Marianas	23	23	0	2	10	0	2	9	276	276
Puerto Rico	871	870	43	3	791	1	22	11	252	252
U.S. Virgin Islands	22	22	1	1	18	0	2	0	386	386

—Not available.

1 Excludes special education and alternative schools.

2 Average for schools reporting enrollment data. Enrollment data were available for 66,556 out of 67,086 public elementary schools in 2010-11.

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. 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," 2010-11. (This table was prepared October 2012.)