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Table 98.Public secondary schools, by grade span and average school size, by state: 1995-96

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                      |       |          |                        Schools, by grade span                       ||  Voca-   ||Average of students
                      |Total, |  Total,  |_____________________________________________________________________||  tional  ||  per school\3\
 State or other area  |  all  |   all    |Grades 7| Grades | Grades | Grades  |  Grades  |Other spans|  Other  ||schools\2\||____________________
                      |secon- | regular  |to 8 and|7 to 12 |8 to 12 | 9 to 12 | 10 to 12 |ending with|  grade  ||          ||   All   | Regular
                      | dary  |secondary | 7 to 9 |        |        |         |          | grade 12  |  spans  ||          ||secondary|secondary
                      |schools|schools\1\|        |        |        |         |          |           |         ||          || schools |schools\1\
______________________|_______|__________|________|________|________|_________|__________|___________|_________||__________||_________|__________
          1           |   2   |    3     |   4    |   5    |   6    |    7    |    8     |     9     |   10    ||    11    ||   12    |    13
______________________|_______|__________|________|________|________|_________|__________|___________|_________||__________||_________|__________
   United States .....|20,997 |   18,090 |  3,743 |  3,158 |    463 |  11,321 |      847 |       141 |   1,324 ||      890 ||     703 |      771
                      |_______|__________|________|________|________|_________|__________|___________|_________||__________||_________|__________
Alabama ..............|   298 |      284 |     34 |     78 |     10 |     154 |       11 |         1 |      10 ||        3 ||     708 |      736
Alaska ...............|    87 |       72 |     14 |     22 |      3 |      40 |        2 |         0 |       6 ||        5 ||     453 |      520
Arizona ..............|   240 |      218 |     67 |      8 |      2 |     152 |        8 |         0 |       3 ||        6 ||   1,008 |    1,067
Arkansas .............|   414 |      414 |     77 |    214 |      1 |      47 |       59 |         0 |      16 ||        0 ||     447 |      447
California ...........| 1,866 |    1,256 |    426 |     99 |     44 |   1,117 |      103 |        10 |      67 ||        0 ||     960 |    1,352
                      |       |          |        |        |        |         |          |           |         ||          ||         |
Colorado .............|   356 |      306 |     55 |     66 |      2 |     205 |       13 |         2 |      13 ||        7 ||     588 |      657
Connecticut ..........|   188 |      166 |     30 |      7 |      1 |     147 |        1 |         0 |       2 ||       18 ||     778 |      819
Delaware .............|    42 |       34 |     10 |      2 |      0 |      30 |        0 |         0 |       0 ||        5 ||     930 |      989
District of Columbia .|    41 |       39 |     18 |      0 |      0 |      22 |        1 |         0 |       0 ||        1 ||     569 |      580
Florida ..............|   443 |      314 |     28 |     44 |     16 |     258 |       24 |        18 |      55 ||       40 ||   1,159 |    1,561
                      |       |          |        |        |        |         |          |           |         ||          ||         |
Georgia ..............|   307 |      288 |     22 |      9 |     26 |     244 |        2 |         0 |       4 ||        1 ||   1,146 |    1,204
Hawaii ...............|    44 |       41 |     10 |      9 |      2 |      20 |        0 |         0 |       3 ||        0 ||   1,367 |    1,462
Idaho ................|   209 |      164 |     46 |     37 |      1 |      92 |       20 |         1 |      12 ||        0 ||     470 |      583
Illinois .............|   898 |      836 |    219 |     33 |      9 |     588 |        9 |         3 |      37 ||       27 ||     701 |      730
Indiana...............|   448 |      408 |     70 |    105 |      2 |     231 |        8 |         1 |      31 ||       26 ||     809 |      833
                      |       |          |        |        |        |         |          |           |         ||          ||         |
Iowa .................|   443 |      418 |     70 |    103 |      2 |     249 |       16 |         0 |       3 ||        0 ||     408 |      425
Kansas ...............|   426 |      420 |     67 |     64 |      3 |     274 |       12 |         3 |       3 ||        0 ||     377 |      381
Kentucky .............|   360 |      316 |     41 |     56 |      7 |     208 |        9 |         1 |      38 ||       12 ||     625 |      689
Louisiana ............|   319 |      282 |     62 |     50 |     12 |     181 |        6 |         2 |       6 ||       10 ||     764 |      821
Maine ................|   158 |      131 |     22 |     13 |      1 |      91 |        2 |         0 |      29 ||       27 ||     506 |      506
                      |       |          |        |        |        |         |          |           |         ||          ||         |
Maryland .............|   213 |      185 |     27 |      5 |      3 |     167 |        2 |         2 |       7 ||       11 ||   1,080 |    1,176
Massachusetts ........|   336 |      275 |     41 |     45 |     16 |     223 |        4 |         2 |       5 ||       45 ||     789 |      842
Michigan .............|   811 |      706 |    113 |    120 |     18 |     473 |       21 |         6 |      60 ||       48 ||     671 |      724
Minnesota ............|   686 |      446 |     87 |    241 |     39 |     199 |       59 |        24 |      37 ||       12 ||     457 |      670
Mississippi ..........|   314 |      229 |     44 |     42 |      9 |     106 |       15 |         3 |      95 ||       85 ||     672 |      672
                      |       |          |        |        |        |         |          |           |         ||          ||         |
Missouri..............|   627 |      557 |     60 |    205 |      9 |     262 |       18 |         1 |      72 ||       59 ||     527 |      535
Montana ..............|   361 |      357 |    185 |      0 |      0 |     173 |        2 |         0 |       1 ||        0 ||     181 |      183
Nebraska .............|   354 |      353 |     40 |    219 |      2 |      81 |       11 |         0 |       1 ||        0 ||     334 |      335
Nevada ...............|    96 |       74 |     16 |     17 |      4 |      53 |        1 |         0 |       5 ||        3 ||     845 |    1,023
New Hampshire ........|    98 |       98 |     24 |      0 |      0 |      72 |        2 |         0 |       0 ||        0 ||     581 |      581
                      |       |          |        |        |        |         |          |           |         ||          ||         |
New Jersey ...........|   427 |      382 |     70 |     37 |     10 |     254 |        3 |         2 |      51 ||       44 ||     887 |      936
New Mexico ...........|   178 |      156 |     41 |     27 |      2 |      93 |        7 |         0 |       8 ||        0 ||     624 |      695
New York .............|   940 |      858 |    134 |    195 |     14 |     499 |       26 |         1 |      71 ||       24 ||     946 |      968
North Carolina .......|   393 |      360 |     53 |     23 |      3 |     282 |       16 |         1 |      15 ||        8 ||     882 |      941
North Dakota .........|   224 |      217 |     19 |    150 |      5 |      32 |        7 |         1 |      10 ||        7 ||     242 |      242
                      |       |          |        |        |        |         |          |           |         ||          ||         |
Ohio .................|   948 |      854 |    172 |    143 |     31 |     498 |       16 |         3 |      85 ||       83 ||     724 |      739
Oklahoma .............|   604 |      601 |    123 |      0 |      0 |     377 |       82 |         4 |      18 ||        0 ||     333 |      335
Oregon ...............|   252 |      237 |     43 |     25 |      6 |     171 |        4 |         0 |       3 ||        0 ||     684 |      718
Pennsylvania .........|   788 |      701 |    113 |    176 |     18 |     346 |       47 |         8 |      80 ||       83 ||     855 |      860
Rhode Island .........|    57 |       52 |     14 |      3 |      0 |      38 |        1 |         0 |       1 ||        2 ||     850 |      907
                      |       |          |        |        |        |         |          |           |         ||          ||         |
South Carolina .......|   289 |      230 |     35 |     23 |      9 |     159 |        6 |         1 |      56 ||       43 ||     836 |      892
South Dakota .........|   301 |      293 |    112 |      0 |      0 |     182 |        3 |         0 |       4 ||        3 ||     173 |      174
Tennessee ............|   338 |      301 |     57 |     38 |      4 |     200 |       11 |         0 |      28 ||       27 ||     876 |      918
Texas ................| 1,721 |    1,393 |    309 |    198 |     34 |     977 |       36 |        31 |     136 ||       21 ||     679 |      821
Utah .................|   227 |      190 |     80 |     30 |     11 |      45 |       50 |         2 |       9 ||        2 ||     917 |    1,073
                      |       |          |        |        |        |         |          |           |         ||          ||         |
Vermont ..............|    55 |       54 |      6 |     24 |      0 |      25 |        0 |         0 |       0 ||        0 ||     611 |      621
Virginia .............|   394 |      322 |     39 |     15 |     43 |     227 |        9 |         0 |      61 ||       49 ||     981 |    1,041
Washington ...........|   534 |      415 |    121 |     54 |     18 |     271 |       40 |         5 |      25 ||        8 ||     640 |      786
West Virginia.........|   209 |      170 |     47 |     23 |      3 |      81 |       17 |         0 |      38 ||       34 ||     622 |      650
Wisconsin ............|   518 |      506 |     89 |     61 |      6 |     342 |       15 |         2 |       3 ||        0 ||     580 |      592
Wyoming ..............|   117 |      111 |     41 |      0 |      2 |      63 |       10 |         0 |       1 ||        1 ||     347 |      360
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Department of Defense |       |          |        |        |        |         |          |           |         ||          ||         |
   dependents schools |    41 |       41 |      3 |     26 |      0 |      12 |        0 |         0 |       0 ||        0 ||     475 |      475
                      |       |          |        |        |        |         |          |           |         ||          ||         |
  Outlying areas      |       |          |        |        |        |         |          |           |         ||          ||         |
American Samoa .......|     6 |        5 |      0 |      0 |      0 |       6 |        0 |         0 |       0 ||        1 ||     551 |      600
Guam .................|     5 |        5 |      0 |      0 |      0 |       5 |        0 |         0 |       0 ||        0 ||   1,617 |    1,617
Northern Marianas ....|     4 |        4 |      1 |      2 |      0 |       1 |        0 |         0 |       0 ||        0 ||     803 |      803
Puerto Rico ..........|   359 |      332 |    168 |     29 |      0 |       3 |      136 |         0 |      23 ||       27 ||     643 |      656
Virgin Islands .......|    10 |        9 |      5 |      0 |      0 |       4 |        0 |         0 |       1 ||        1 ||   1,136 |    1,136
______________________|_______|__________|________|________|________|_________|__________|___________|_________||__________||_________|__________

\1\Excludes vocational, special education, and alternative schools.

\2\Vocational schools are included under appropriate grade span.

\3\Average for schools reporting enrollment data.

NOTE.--Includes schools with no grade lower than 7. 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