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Table 97.Public secondary schools, by grade span and average school size, by state: 1994-95

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                      |         |                        Schools, by grade span                       || Average
                      |  Total  |---------------------------------------------------------------------|| number
 State or other area  |         |Grades 7| Grades | Grades | Grades  |  Grades  |Other spans|  Other  ||   of
                      |         |to 8 and|7 to 12 |8 to 12 | 9 to 12 | 10 to 12 |ending with|  grade  ||students
                      |         | 7 to 9 |        |        |         |          | grade 12  |  spans  ||   per
                      |         |        |        |        |         |          |           |         ||school\1\
----------------------|---------|--------|--------|--------|---------|----------|-----------|---------||---------
          1           |    2    |   3    |   4    |   5    |    6    |    7     |     8     |    9    ||   10
----------------------|---------|--------|--------|--------|---------|----------|-----------|---------||---------
   United States .....|  20,282 |  3,859 |  3,152 |    476 |  11,180 |      878 |       121 |     616 ||     697
                      |---------|--------|--------|--------|---------|----------|-----------|---------||---------
Alabama ..............|     290 |     31 |     73 |     10 |     152 |       11 |         1 |      12 ||     697
Alaska ...............|      87 |     15 |     23 |      4 |      44 |        1 |         0 |       0 ||     463
Arizona ..............|     250 |     75 |      5 |      5 |     150 |        9 |         0 |       6 ||     973
Arkansas .............|     414 |     79 |    213 |      1 |      43 |       63 |         0 |      15 ||     440
California ...........|   1,863 |    428 |     87 |     45 |   1,113 |      112 |        11 |      67 ||     939
                      |         |      0 |      0 |      0 |       0 |        0 |         0 |       0 ||
Colorado .............|     343 |     55 |     61 |      9 |     195 |       13 |         3 |       7 ||     579
Connecticut ..........|     206 |     34 |      9 |      4 |     152 |        2 |         2 |       3 ||     700
Delaware .............|      42 |     10 |      2 |      0 |      29 |        0 |         0 |       1 ||     898
District of Columbia .|      37 |     16 |      1 |      0 |      18 |        1 |         1 |       0 ||     643
Florida ..............|     471 |     31 |     51 |     23 |     284 |       21 |        12 |      49 ||   1,108
                      |         |        |        |      0 |       0 |          |           |       0 ||
Georgia ..............|     316 |     24 |     13 |     32 |     241 |        3 |         0 |       3 ||   1,097
Hawaii ...............|      47 |     13 |      8 |      0 |      24 |        0 |         0 |       2 ||   1,333
Idaho ................|     202 |     46 |     41 |      4 |      84 |       20 |         1 |       6 ||     477
Illinois .............|     876 |    222 |     30 |      9 |     594 |       10 |         2 |       9 ||     700
Indiana...............|     430 |     77 |    110 |      3 |     230 |        7 |         1 |       2 ||     792
                      |         |      0 |        |        |       0 |        0 |           |       0 ||
Iowa .................|     446 |     73 |    108 |      2 |     249 |       12 |         1 |       1 ||     406
Kansas ...............|     427 |     69 |     60 |      3 |     275 |       13 |         4 |       3 ||     368
Kentucky .............|     338 |     44 |     51 |      3 |     207 |        5 |         1 |      27 ||     647
Louisiana ............|     315 |     62 |     46 |     12 |     177 |        9 |         1 |       8 ||     762
Maine ................|     130 |     21 |     13 |      2 |      92 |        1 |         0 |       1 ||     499
                      |         |      0 |        |      0 |       0 |        0 |         0 |       0 ||
Maryland .............|     214 |     28 |     11 |      2 |     163 |        2 |         2 |       6 ||   1,057
Massachusetts ........|     335 |     46 |     47 |     18 |     216 |        6 |         1 |       1 ||     777
Michigan .............|     776 |    117 |    122 |     21 |     472 |       18 |         5 |      21 ||     672
Minnesota ............|     655 |     91 |    234 |     34 |     185 |       63 |        18 |      30 ||     465
Mississippi ..........|     229 |     48 |     44 |      7 |     106 |       13 |         3 |       8 ||     667
                      |         |      0 |        |        |       0 |          |         0 |       0 ||
Missouri..............|     574 |     69 |    213 |     11 |     248 |       18 |         1 |      14 ||     528
Montana ..............|     362 |    185 |      0 |      0 |     174 |        2 |         0 |       1 ||     177
Nebraska .............|     363 |     42 |    226 |      1 |      79 |       12 |         0 |       3 ||     320
Nevada ...............|      93 |     15 |     17 |      4 |      50 |        1 |         0 |       6 ||     803
New Hampshire ........|      99 |     25 |      0 |      0 |      72 |        2 |         0 |       0 ||     563
                      |         |      0 |        |      0 |       0 |          |           |         ||
New Jersey ...........|     387 |     71 |     39 |     11 |     252 |        6 |         2 |       6 ||     909
New Mexico ...........|     169 |     35 |     27 |      1 |      91 |        8 |         0 |       7 ||     640
New York .............|     935 |    145 |    194 |     14 |     488 |       24 |         0 |      70 ||     943
North Carolina .......|     397 |     66 |     23 |      2 |     271 |       26 |         2 |       7 ||     872
North Dakota .........|     219 |     18 |    151 |      7 |      30 |        8 |         2 |       3 ||     233
                      |         |      0 |        |      0 |       0 |        0 |         0 |         ||
Ohio .................|     869 |    176 |    140 |     28 |     492 |       17 |         3 |      13 ||     708
Oklahoma .............|     606 |    126 |      0 |      0 |     368 |       85 |         5 |      22 ||     327
Oregon ...............|     261 |     53 |     24 |      9 |     165 |        5 |         0 |       5 ||     675
Pennsylvania .........|     712 |    112 |    181 |     16 |     340 |       46 |         7 |      10 ||     850
Rhode Island .........|      59 |     17 |      4 |      1 |      33 |        3 |         0 |       1 ||     853
                      |         |        |      0 |      0 |       0 |        0 |         0 |       0 ||
South Carolina .......|     248 |     36 |     24 |      7 |     158 |        6 |         1 |      16 ||     825
South Dakota .........|     299 |    113 |      1 |      1 |     180 |        3 |         0 |       1 ||     168
Tennessee ............|     324 |     63 |     35 |      4 |     199 |       14 |         1 |       8 ||     864
Texas ................|   1,616 |    298 |    182 |     28 |     958 |       32 |        18 |     100 ||     699
Utah .................|     222 |     80 |     31 |      4 |      52 |       47 |         1 |       7 ||     932
                      |         |      0 |        |      0 |       0 |        0 |         0 |       0 ||
Vermont ..............|      55 |      6 |     24 |      1 |      24 |        0 |         0 |       0 ||     601
Virginia .............|     339 |     39 |     12 |     46 |     225 |        9 |         0 |       8 ||     981
Washington ...........|     516 |    123 |     58 |     18 |     256 |       37 |         7 |      17 ||     634
West Virginia.........|     180 |     55 |     23 |      2 |      77 |       23 |         0 |       0 ||     636
Wisconsin ............|     521 |     94 |     60 |      6 |     340 |       18 |         1 |       2 ||     563
Wyoming ..............|     118 |     42 |      0 |      1 |      63 |       11 |         0 |       1 ||     339
                      |=========|========|========|========|=========|==========|===========|=========||=========
Department of Defense |         |        |        |        |         |          |           |         ||
   dependents schools |      42 |      2 |     28 |      0 |      11 |        1 |         0 |       0 ||     453
                      |         |        |        |        |         |          |           |         ||
  Outlying areas      |         |        |        |        |         |          |           |         ||
American Samoa .......|       6 |      0 |      0 |      0 |       6 |        0 |         0 |       0 ||     555
Guam .................|       5 |      0 |      0 |      0 |       5 |        0 |         0 |       0 ||   1,598
Northern Marianas ....|       3 |      1 |      1 |      0 |       1 |        0 |         0 |       0 ||     961
Puerto Rico ..........|     341 |    166 |     27 |      0 |       3 |      135 |         2 |       8 ||     662
Virgin Islands .......|       8 |      5 |      0 |      0 |       2 |        1 |         0 |       0 ||   1,245
----------------------|---------|--------|--------|--------|---------|----------|-----------|---------||---------

\1\Average for schools reporting enrollment data.

NOTE.--Includes schools with no grade lower than 7. Excludes schools not reported by level, such as special education schools for the disabled.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data survey. (This table was prepared October 1996.)


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