Table 214.40.

Public elementary and secondary school enrollment, number of schools, and other selected characteristics, by locale: 2008-09 through 2011-12

Enrollment, number of schools, and other characteristics	Total	City				Suburban				Town				Rural				Locale unknown
		Total	Large1	Mid-size2	Small3	Total	Large4	Mid-size5	Small6	Total	Fringe7	Distant8	Remote9	Total	Fringe10	Distant11	Remote12
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
Fall 2008
Enrollment (in thousands)	49,054	14,323	7,425	3,146	3,752	17,048	14,438	1,590	1,019	5,999	2,087	2,325	1,586	11,684	6,933	3,554	1,197	†
Percentage distribution of enrollment,      by race/ethnicity	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	†
White	54.9	31.8	21.2	35.0	50.3	56.5	54.7	65.6	67.6	69.0	72.8	68.4	64.8	73.5	68.8	81.7	76.1	†
Black	16.9	27.0	30.0	29.3	19.0	14.8	15.6	10.8	10.7	11.2	8.6	13.7	10.9	10.6	12.3	8.4	7.6	†
Hispanic	21.5	32.7	39.6	28.2	22.9	21.2	22.0	17.7	16.4	15.6	15.5	14.6	17.3	11.1	13.9	6.9	7.7	†
Asian/Pacific Islander	5.0	7.1	7.9	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.6	4.2	3.6	1.9	1.7	1.2	3.1	2.3	3.3	0.8	0.7	†
American Indian/Alaska Native	1.2	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.9	0.5	0.5	0.7	0.9	2.1	1.1	1.9	3.7	2.2	1.2	2.1	7.8	†
Other	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.8	0.6	0.7	0.7	1.0	0.8	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.1	0.1	†
Schools	98,706	25,675	12,927	5,780	6,968	27,168	22,482	2,786	1,900	14,228	4,258	5,639	4,331	31,635	12,625	11,792	7,218	†
Average school size13	517	579	588	575	566	647	662	591	558	450	512	443	396	384	579	311	171	†
Pupil/teacher ratio14	15.7	16.0	16.2	15.9	15.8	15.9	15.9	16.0	16.4	15.4	15.9	15.2	15.0	15.0	15.9	14.4	12.4	†
Enrollment (percentage distribution)	100.0	29.2	15.1	6.4	7.6	34.8	29.4	3.2	2.1	12.2	4.3	4.7	3.2	23.8	14.1	7.2	2.4	†
Schools (percentage distribution)	100.0	26.0	13.1	5.9	7.1	27.5	22.8	2.8	1.9	14.4	4.3	5.7	4.4	32.0	12.8	11.9	7.3	†
Fall 2009
Enrollment (in thousands)	49,082	14,377	7,511	3,174	3,692	16,873	14,296	1,574	1,003	5,899	956	3,089	1,854	11,932	7,267	3,495	1,171	#
Percentage distribution of enrollment,      by race/ethnicity	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
White	54.1	31.4	21.2	34.9	49.3	55.5	53.7	64.5	66.7	68.0	71.7	69.2	64.0	72.6	67.8	81.5	76.0	44.4
Black	16.8	26.5	29.7	27.9	18.8	14.9	15.6	11.0	10.7	11.1	6.5	12.4	11.5	10.6	12.3	8.4	7.2	16.2
Hispanic	22.2	33.5	39.8	29.3	24.1	22.0	22.7	18.6	16.7	16.3	18.4	14.9	17.5	11.7	14.6	7.0	7.9	34.8
Asian/Pacific Islander	5.0	7.1	7.9	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.7	4.3	3.7	1.9	1.7	1.4	2.9	2.4	3.4	0.8	0.7	2.8
American Indian/Alaska Native	1.2	0.8	0.8	0.7	1.0	0.6	0.5	0.7	0.9	2.2	1.2	1.6	3.6	2.1	1.2	2.1	7.7	0.6
Other	0.7	0.8	0.7	1.0	0.7	0.8	0.7	1.0	1.2	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.3	0.4	1.1
Schools	98,817	25,767	13,234	5,705	6,828	27,041	22,395	2,771	1,875	13,986	1,926	7,069	4,991	31,946	13,156	11,687	7,103	77
Average school size13	516	578	583	582	566	642	656	583	555	447	513	462	399	388	579	308	170	13
Pupil/teacher ratio14	16.0	16.3	16.4	16.4	16.1	16.4	16.4	16.4	16.6	15.5	16.5	15.5	15.1	15.2	16.2	14.5	12.5	5.0
Enrollment (percentage distribution)	100.0	29.3	15.3	6.5	7.5	34.4	29.1	3.2	2.0	12.0	1.9	6.3	3.8	24.3	14.8	7.1	2.4	#
Schools (percentage distribution)	100.0	26.1	13.4	5.8	6.9	27.4	22.7	2.8	1.9	14.2	1.9	7.2	5.1	32.3	13.3	11.8	7.2	0.1
Fall 2010
Enrollment (in thousands)	49,178	14,425	7,545	3,186	3,694	16,872	14,290	1,580	1,001	5,841	939	3,066	1,835	12,032	7,418	3,460	1,154	8
Percentage distribution of enrollment,      by race/ethnicity	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
White	52.5	30.3	20.4	34.1	47.0	53.5	51.7	62.8	64.7	66.3	70.0	67.6	62.5	70.8	65.7	80.3	75.3	62.1
Black	16.0	25.2	28.4	25.7	18.3	14.3	15.0	10.2	10.0	10.5	6.2	11.6	10.9	10.0	11.6	7.8	6.8	16.4
Hispanic	23.1	34.3	40.5	30.3	25.1	22.9	23.6	19.4	18.5	17.1	18.8	15.8	18.4	12.8	15.9	7.6	8.4	12.9
Asian	4.6	6.6	7.5	5.8	5.6	5.8	6.2	3.3	3.5	1.5	1.5	1.2	1.9	2.2	3.2	0.6	0.5	4.2
Pacific Islander	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.2	0.5	0.1	0.2	1.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.1
American Indian/Alaska Native	1.1	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.9	0.5	0.5	0.7	0.8	2.0	1.0	1.5	3.3	2.0	1.1	2.0	7.4	0.9
Two or more races	2.4	2.5	2.0	3.1	2.8	2.6	2.5	3.1	2.3	2.2	2.4	2.2	2.1	2.0	2.3	1.6	1.4	3.4
Schools	98,817	25,879	13,279	5,737	6,863	27,108	22,425	2,805	1,878	13,838	1,906	7,004	4,928	31,952	13,348	11,593	7,011	40
Average school size13	517	579	584	583	568	640	655	579	555	447	511	462	400	391	583	307	170	481
Pupil/teacher ratio14	16.4	16.9	17.1	17.0	16.6	16.8	16.8	16.8	17.1	15.8	16.8	15.8	15.4	15.5	16.6	14.6	12.7	16.2
Enrollment (percentage distribution)	100.0	29.3	15.3	6.5	7.5	34.3	29.1	3.2	2.0	11.9	1.9	6.2	3.7	24.5	15.1	7.0	2.3	#
Schools (percentage distribution)	100.0	26.2	13.4	5.8	6.9	27.4	22.7	2.8	1.9	14.0	1.9	7.1	5.0	32.3	13.5	11.7	7.1	#
Fall 2011
Enrollment (in thousands)	49,256	14,457	7,559	3,180	3,718	16,709	14,193	1,549	967	5,671	907	2,953	1,812	12,418	7,859	3,416	1,143	†
Percentage distribution of enrollment,      by race/ethnicity	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	†
White	51.7	29.7	20.2	33.3	46.1	52.5	50.7	61.9	63.9	65.5	69.1	66.8	61.6	70.0	65.0	79.9	75.0	†
Black	15.8	24.8	27.9	25.4	18.2	14.2	14.9	9.9	9.7	10.4	6.1	11.5	10.8	10.0	11.5	7.5	6.8	†
Hispanic	23.7	34.9	41.0	31.0	25.8	23.8	24.4	20.3	19.3	17.7	19.8	16.4	19.0	13.4	16.4	8.1	8.7	†
Asian	4.7	6.7	7.5	5.9	5.6	5.9	6.4	3.4	3.5	1.5	1.6	1.2	1.9	2.2	3.2	0.6	0.5	†
Pacific Islander	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.2	0.5	0.1	0.2	1.1	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.2	†
American Indian/Alaska Native	1.1	0.8	0.8	0.6	0.9	0.5	0.4	0.6	0.8	2.0	1.0	1.5	3.4	1.9	1.1	2.0	7.3	†
Two or more races	2.6	2.7	2.2	3.3	3.1	2.8	2.7	3.3	2.7	2.4	2.3	2.5	2.3	2.2	2.5	1.8	1.6	†
English language learners (in thousands)15	4,389	2,035	1,211	430	394	1,604	1,439	97	68	336	63	159	114	414	294	77	42	†
English language learners as a percent      of enrollment15	9.1	14.2	16.7	12.6	10.9	9.0	9.4	6.4	7.6	6.2	8.4	5.7	6.1	3.9	4.7	2.5	3.9	†
Schools	98,328	25,800	13,266	5,666	6,868	26,840	22,263	2,760	1,817	13,387	1,844	6,720	4,823	32,301	13,904	11,445	6,952	†
Average school size13	520	581	585	588	568	641	656	577	552	448	509	463	402	399	592	307	170	†
Pupil/teacher ratio14	16.3	16.9	17.1	17.0	16.4	16.6	16.5	16.6	17.0	15.9	16.9	15.9	15.4	15.5	16.5	14.6	12.5	†
Enrollment (percentage distribution)	100.0	29.4	15.3	6.5	7.5	33.9	28.8	3.1	2.0	11.5	1.8	6.0	3.7	25.2	16.0	6.9	2.3	†
Schools (percentage distribution)	100.0	26.2	13.5	5.8	7.0	27.3	22.6	2.8	1.8	13.6	1.9	6.8	4.9	32.9	14.1	11.6	7.1	†

†Not applicable.

#Rounds to zero.

1 Located inside an urbanized area and inside a principal city with a population of at least 250,000.

2 Located inside an urbanized area and inside a principal city with a population of at least 100,000, but less than 250,000.

3 Located inside an urbanized area and inside a principal city with a population less than 100,000.

4 Located inside an urbanized area and outside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.

5 Located inside an urbanized area and outside a principal city with a population of at least 100,000, but less than 250,000.

6 Located inside an urbanized area and outside a principal city with a population less than 100,000.

7 Located inside an urban cluster that is 10 miles or less from an urbanized area.

8 Located inside an urban cluster that is more than 10 but less than or equal to 35 miles from an urbanized area.

9 Located inside an urban cluster that is more than 35 miles from an urbanized area.

10 Located outside any urbanized area or urban cluster, but 5 miles or less from an urbanized area or 2.5 miles or less from an urban cluster.

11 Located outside any urbanized area or urban cluster and more than 5 miles but less than or equal to 25 miles from an urbanized area, or more than 2.5 miles but less than or equal to 10 miles from an urban cluster.

12 Located outside any urbanized area or urban cluster, more than 25 miles from an urbanized area, and more than 10 miles from an urban cluster.

13 Average for schools reporting enrollment. Enrollment data were available for 94,820 out of 98,706 schools in 2008-09, 95,222 out of 98,817 schools in 2009-10, 95,111 out of 98,817 schools in 2010-11, and 94,743 out of 98,328 schools in 2011-12.

14 Ratio for schools reporting both full-time-equivalent teachers and fall enrollment data.

15 Data are based on locales of school districts rather than locales of schools as in the rest of the table. Includes imputed data for California and Vermont.

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Enrollment and ratios are based on data reported by schools and may differ from data reported in other tables that reflect aggregate totals reported by states. 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), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11, and 2011-12; and "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2010-11 and 2011-12. (This table was prepared November 2013.)