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Overview of Public Elementary and Secondary Schools and Districts: School Year 2001-02

Table 2. Number and percentage of public elementary and secondary education agencies, by type of agency and by state: School year 2001–02

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State Total
agencies
Regular school
districts1
Regional; education; service
agencies & supervisory
union administrative centers
State-operated
agencies
Other agencies2
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
United States 17,085 14,559 85.2 1,302 7.6 158 0.9 1,066 6.2
 
Alabama 131 128 97.7 0 0 3 2.3 0 0
Alaska 55 53 96.4 0 0 2 3.6 0 0
Arizona 513 323 63.0 6 1.2 2 0.4 182 35.5
Arkansas 338 312 92.3 15 4.4 3 0.9 8 2.4
California 1,056 986 93.4 58 5.5 12 1.1 0 0
 
Colorado 200 178 89.0 22 11.0 0 0 0 0
Connecticut 197 166 84.3 6 3.0 7 3.6 18 9.1
Delaware 30 19 63.3 1 3.3 0 0 10 33.3
District of Columbia 34 1 2.9 0 0 0 0 33 97.1
Florida 73 67 91.8 0 0 1 1.4 5 6.8
 
Georgia 180 180 100.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hawaii 1 1 100.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Idaho 115 114 99.1 0 0 1 0.9 0 0
Illinois 1,060 893 84.2 162 15.3 5 0.5 0 0
Indiana 326 294 90.2 28 8.6 3 0.9 1 0.3
 
Iowa 386 371 96.1 15 3.9 0 0 0 0
Kansas 304 304 100.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kentucky 196 176 89.8 18 9.2 2 1.0 0 0
Louisiana 88 66 75.0 0 0 8 9.1 14 15.9
Maine 325 282 86.8 39 12.0 3 0.9 1 0.3
 
Maryland 24 24 100.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Massachusetts 479 350 73.1 86 18.0 1 0.2 42 8.8
Michigan 799 554 69.3 57 7.1 4 0.5 184 23.0
Minnesota 485 417 86.0 63 13.0 5 1.0 0 0
Mississippi 162 152 93.8 0 0 10 6.2 0 0
 
Missouri 530 524 98.9 0 0 2 0.4 4 0.8
Montana 531 452 85.1 77 14.5 2 0.4 0 0
Nebraska 671 555 82.7 111 16.5 5 0.7 0 0
Nevada 18 17 94.4 0 0 1 5.6 0 0
New Hampshire 257 178 69.3 79 30.7 0 0 0 0
 
New Jersey 665 603 90.7 12 1.8 0 0 50 7.5
New Mexico 89 89 100.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
New York 787 703 89.3 38 4.8 0 0 46 5.8
North Carolina 212 121 57.1 0 0 2 0.9 89 42.0
North Dakota 263 222 84.4 38 14.4 3 1.1 0 0
 
Ohio 817 662 81.0 60 7.3 3 0.4 92 11.3
Oklahoma 566 543 95.9 0 0 0 0 23 4.1
Oregon 221 198 89.6 21 9.5 2 0.9 0 0
Pennsylvania 695 501 72.1 101 14.5 15 2.2 78 11.2
Rhode Island 41 36 87.8 0 0 1 2.4 4 9.8
 
South Carolina 103 89 86.4 14 13.6 0 0 0 0
South Dakota 199 176 88.4 18 9.0 5 2.5 0 0
Tennessee 138 138 100.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Texas 1,254 1,040 82.9 20 1.6 14 1.1 180 14.4
Utah 46 40 87.0 4 8.7 2 4.3 0 0
 
Vermont 354 292 82.5 60 16.9 1 0.3 1 0.3
Virginia 199 137 68.8 38 19.1 23 11.6 1 0.5
Washington 305 296 97.0 9 3.0 0 0 0 0
West Virginia 57 55 96.5 0 0 2 3.5 0 0
Wisconsin 452 433 95.8 16 3.5 3 0.7 0 0
Wyoming 58 48 82.8 10 17.2 0 0 0 0
Outlying areas, DoD Dependents Schools, and Bureau of Indian Affairs
DoDDS: DoDs Overseas 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 100.0
DDESS: DoDs Domestic 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 100.0
Bureau of Indian Affairs 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 100.0
American Samoa 1 1 100.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guam 1 1 100.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Marianas 1 1 100.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Puerto Rico 1 1 100.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Virgin Islands 1 1 100.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 
1Regular school districts include those that are components of supervisory unions.
2DoD and BIA agencies are federal agencies, as is one additional agency in Virginia. Charter school agencies make up 960 of the other agencies. For example, the District of Columbia reports each charter school as a separate agency.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to total because of rounding. U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2001–02.
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