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Table 97.Public elementary schools, by grade span and average school size, by state: 1995-96

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                      |       |          |                             Schools, by grade span                ||Average of students 
                      |Total, |  Total,  |___________________________________________________________________||  per school\2\
                      |  all  |   all    | Prekinder-  | Prekinder- | Prekinder- | Prekinder- |Grades |      ||___________________
 State or other area  |elemen-| regular  |garten, kin- |garten, kin-|garten, kin-|garten, kin-| 4, 5, |Other ||  All   | Regular
                      | tary  | elemen-  |dergarten, or| dergarten, | dergarten, | dergarten, | or 6, |grade ||elemen- | elemen-
                      |schools|   tary   |1st grade to |or 1st grade|or 1st grade|or 1st grade| to 6, |spans ||  tary  |   tary
                      |       |schools\1\|grades 3 or 4| to grade 5 | to grade 6 | to grade 8 |7, or 8|      ||schools |schools\1\
______________________|_______|__________|_____________|____________|____________|____________|_______|______||________|__________
          1           |   2   |    3     |      4      |     5      |     6      |     7      |   8   |  9   ||   10   |    11
______________________|_______|__________|_____________|____________|____________|____________|_______|______||________|__________
   United States .....|61,165 |   56,697 |       4,944 |     19,885 |     15,996 |      4,503 |10,205 |5,632 ||    476 |      481
                      |_______|__________|_____________|____________|____________|____________|_______|______||________|__________
Alabama ..............|   864 |      853 |          87 |        244 |        199 |         74 |   173 |   87 ||    490 |      496
Alaska ...............|   186 |      184 |           4 |         28 |        100 |         17 |    19 |   18 ||    371 |      374
Arizona ..............|   817 |      800 |          45 |        182 |        267 |        153 |   111 |   59 ||    587 |      593
Arkansas .............|   674 |      673 |          89 |         64 |        361 |          6 |    87 |   67 ||    394 |      391
California ...........| 5,750 |    5,708 |         176 |      1,769 |      2,331 |        547 |   715 |  212 ||    620 |      623
                      |       |          |             |            |            |            |       |      ||        |
Colorado .............| 1,034 |    1,034 |          34 |        470 |        250 |         15 |   195 |   70 ||    431 |      431
Connecticut ..........|   763 |      761 |          83 |        297 |        140 |         40 |   141 |   62 ||    469 |      469
Delaware .............|   120 |      112 |          40 |         14 |          8 |          1 |    29 |   28 ||    560 |      593
District of Columbia .|   126 |      125 |           8 |         11 |         89 |          5 |     8 |    5 ||    419 |      420
Florida ..............| 1,914 |    1,861 |          24 |      1,174 |        222 |         32 |   356 |  106 ||    782 |      798
                      |       |          |             |            |            |            |       |      ||        |
Georgia ..............| 1,383 |    1,381 |          33 |        736 |        115 |         23 |   279 |  197 ||    657 |      658
Hawaii ...............|   186 |      185 |           1 |         32 |        123 |          8 |    17 |    5 ||    627 |      630
Idaho ................|   384 |      382 |          32 |         76 |        172 |         17 |    52 |   35 ||    370 |      371
Illinois .............| 3,061 |    2,963 |         344 |        539 |        628 |        714 |   454 |  382 ||    423 |      433
Indiana...............| 1,406 |    1,395 |          63 |        584 |        421 |         36 |   229 |   73 ||    442 |      445
                      |       |          |             |            |            |            |       |      ||        |
Iowa .................| 1,075 |    1,066 |         130 |        311 |        264 |         20 |   212 |  138 ||    288 |      290
Kansas ...............| 1,048 |    1,041 |          77 |        311 |        260 |        134 |   167 |   99 ||    287 |      288
Kentucky .............| 1,002 |      992 |          58 |        404 |        225 |        104 |   181 |   30 ||    418 |      422
Louisiana ............| 1,006 |      982 |         113 |        288 |        212 |         75 |   207 |  111 ||    498 |      501
Maine ................|   550 |      550 |          82 |         89 |         87 |        107 |    89 |   96 ||    261 |      261
                      |       |          |             |            |            |            |       |      ||        |
Maryland .............| 1,038 |      998 |          19 |        580 |        168 |         18 |   193 |   60 ||    547 |      562
Massachusetts ........| 1,465 |    1,456 |         217 |        450 |        275 |         76 |   242 |  205 ||    430 |      431
Michigan .............| 2,514 |    2,475 |         224 |        947 |        574 |         66 |   442 |  261 ||    434 |      436
Minnesota ............| 1,190 |    1,044 |         144 |        231 |        462 |         34 |   157 |  162 ||    426 |      474
Mississippi ..........|   571 |      571 |          78 |         83 |        156 |         52 |   112 |   90 ||    518 |      518
                      |       |          |             |            |            |            |       |      ||        |
Missouri..............| 1,447 |    1,446 |          98 |        475 |        375 |        108 |   258 |  133 ||    388 |      389
Montana ..............|   532 |      531 |          29 |         76 |        252 |         63 |    44 |   68 ||    188 |      189
Nebraska .............| 1,010 |      972 |          61 |        107 |        492 |        164 |    55 |  131 ||    168 |      174
Nevada ...............|   313 |      306 |          11 |        128 |         87 |         19 |    43 |   25 ||    586 |      597
New Hampshire ........|   357 |      357 |          57 |         74 |         78 |         47 |    66 |   35 ||    373 |      373
                      |       |          |             |            |            |            |       |      ||        |
New Jersey ...........| 1,770 |    1,764 |         270 |        432 |        297 |        261 |   306 |  204 ||    456 |      457
New Mexico ...........|   536 |      525 |          27 |        192 |        158 |          4 |    98 |   57 ||    404 |      409
New York .............| 2,972 |    2,970 |         278 |        932 |        793 |         75 |   521 |  373 ||    611 |      611
North Carolina .......| 1,538 |    1,519 |          81 |        696 |        198 |        112 |   334 |  117 ||    537 |      542
North Dakota .........|   352 |      352 |          15 |         26 |        227 |         42 |    20 |   22 ||    192 |      192
                      |       |          |             |            |            |            |       |      ||        |
Ohio .................| 2,694 |    2,682 |         329 |        773 |        784 |         86 |   480 |  242 ||    428 |      429
Oklahoma .............| 1,216 |    1,207 |          53 |        346 |        215 |        297 |   203 |  102 ||    338 |      339
Oregon ...............|   913 |      894 |          56 |        372 |        189 |         87 |   160 |   49 ||    377 |      383
Pennsylvania .........| 2,350 |    2,350 |         296 |        817 |        624 |         61 |   393 |  159 ||    483 |      483
Rhode Island .........|   249 |      248 |          34 |         75 |         70 |          4 |    36 |   30 ||    406 |      406
                      |       |          |             |            |            |            |       |      ||        |
South Carolina .......|   795 |      791 |          89 |        333 |         89 |         21 |   197 |   66 ||    540 |      542
South Dakota .........|   506 |      502 |          31 |        108 |        137 |         87 |    77 |   66 ||    183 |      184
Tennessee ............| 1,133 |    1,132 |         108 |        322 |        227 |        226 |   177 |   73 ||    511 |      511
Texas ................| 4,515 |    4,414 |         473 |      1,667 |        770 |         96 |   979 |  530 ||    551 |      559
Utah .................|   476 |      474 |           8 |         90 |        325 |          2 |    36 |   15 ||    547 |      548
                      |       |          |             |            |            |            |       |      ||        |
Vermont ..............|   271 |      252 |          21 |         20 |        122 |         61 |    18 |   29 ||    240 |      254
Virginia .............| 1,384 |    1,380 |          80 |        697 |        178 |          2 |   270 |  157 ||    528 |      529
Washington ...........| 1,315 |    1,276 |          64 |        422 |        478 |         58 |   190 |  103 ||    451 |      461
West Virginia.........|   624 |      622 |          58 |        186 |        234 |         36 |    83 |   27 ||    294 |      295
Wisconsin ............| 1,486 |    1,477 |          97 |        535 |        363 |        105 |   252 |  134 ||    373 |      374
Wyoming ..............|   284 |      283 |          15 |         70 |        125 |          5 |    42 |   27 ||    209 |      209
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Department of Defense |       |          |             |            |            |            |       |      ||        |
  dependents schools .|   116 |      116 |           6 |         25 |         59 |         11 |    14 |    1 ||    488 |      488
                      |       |          |             |            |            |            |       |      ||        |
  Outlying areas      |       |          |             |            |            |            |       |      ||        |
American Samoa .......|    24 |       24 |           0 |          1 |          0 |         21 |     1 |    1 ||    467 |      467
Guam .................|    30 |       29 |           0 |         21 |          0 |          0 |     6 |    3 ||    843 |      849
Northern Marianas ....|    20 |       20 |           0 |          0 |         10 |          0 |     0 |   10 ||    274 |      274
Puerto Rico ..........|   972 |      971 |          98 |         27 |        755 |          5 |    39 |   48 ||    304 |      305
Virgin Islands .......|    23 |       23 |           0 |          0 |         23 |          0 |     0 |    0 ||    505 |      505
______________________|_______|__________|_____________|____________|____________|____________|_______|______||________|__________

\1\Excludes special education and alternative schools.

\2\Average for schools reporting enrollment data.

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.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data survey. (This table was prepared September 1997.)



1997 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest