Number of regular public school districts, by grade span and by state: School year 2001

Table A-6. Number of regular public school districts, by grade span and by state: School year 2001–02

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State	Total districts	Grade span
State	Total districts	PK,K, 1 to 6	PK,K, 1 to 8	PK,K, 1 to 9	PK,K, 1 to 12	7 to 12	9 to 12	Other	Grades not reported¹
United States	14,559	490	2,391	17	10,634	113	452	209	253

Alabama	128	0	0	0	128	0	0	0	0
Alaska	53	0	0	0	53	0	0	0	0
Arizona	323	12	124	6	111	6	38	19	7
Arkansas	312	0	0	0	311	0	0	1	0
California	986	61	468	1	365	17	63	11	0

Colorado	178	0	0	0	178	0	0	0	0
Connecticut	166	16	28	0	113	5	3	1	0
Delaware	19	0	0	0	15	0	3	1	0
District of Columbia	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Florida	67	0	0	0	67	0	0	0	0

Georgia	180	0	3	0	175	0	0	2	0
Hawaii	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Idaho	114	0	6	0	108	0	0	0	0
Illinois	893	1	385	1	404	1	99	2	0
Indiana	294	0	1	0	291	0	0	0	2

Iowa	371	8	13	0	350	0	0	0	0
Kansas	304	1	2	1	299	0	0	1	0
Kentucky	176	0	5	0	171	0	0	0	0
Louisiana	66	0	0	0	66	0	0	0	0
Maine	282	8	88	0	111	0	5	12	58

Maryland	24	0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0
Massachusetts	350	40	17	0	175	0	1	11	106
Michigan	554	7	21	0	524	0	0	2	0
Minnesota	417	15	13	1	339	9	15	24	1
Mississippi	152	1	0	0	148	0	3	0	0

Missouri	524	0	72	0	451	0	0	1	0
Montana	452	27	249	0	55	0	110	3	8
Nebraska	555	27	243	0	267	6	12	0	0
Nevada	17	0	0	1	16	0	0	0	0
New Hampshire	178	24	53	0	64	3	6	14	14

New Jersey	603	61	225	0	218	16	53	30	0
New Mexico	89	0	0	0	89	0	0	0	0
New York	703	25	14	1	640	10	0	11	2
North Carolina	121	0	1	1	117	0	0	2	0
North Dakota	222	16	30	0	165	4	1	2	4

Ohio	662	0	1	0	610	16	18	16	1
Oklahoma	543	9	103	1	429	0	0	1	0
Oregon	198	0	18	0	178	0	1	0	1
Pennsylvania	501	0	2	0	498	0	0	0	1
Rhode Island	36	0	2	0	31	0	0	3	0

South Carolina	89	0	1	0	86	0	1	1	0
South Dakota	176	2	3	0	171	0	0	0	0
Tennessee	138	2	10	2	122	0	0	2	0
Texas	1,040	17	44	0	972	0	0	7	0
Utah	40	0	0	0	40	0	0	0	0

Vermont	292	97	70	0	34	19	10	14	48
Virginia	137	0	0	0	137	0	0	0	0
Washington	296	13	26	1	245	0	0	11	0
West Virginia	55	0	0	0	55	0	0	0	0
Wisconsin	433	0	50	0	368	1	10	4	0
Wyoming	48	0	0	0	48	0	0	0	0
Outlying areas, DoD Dependents Schools, and Bureau of Indian Affairs²
DODDS: DoDs Overseas	9	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0
DDESS: DoDs Domestic	17	6	3	0	7	0	0	1	0
Bureau of Indian Affairs	24	0	0	0	22	0	0	1	1
American Samoa	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Guam	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Northern Marianas	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Puerto Rico	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Virgin Islands	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0

¹"Grades not reported" includes 00-00 (no students).
²Table includes 26 Department of Defense and 24 Bureau of Indian Affairs school districts that are technically federally operated agencies; this is in order to report data for these agencies in the table.
NOTE: U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Table includes districts for which no students were reported in membership.
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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Table A-6. Number of regular public school districts, by grade span and by state: School year 2001–02

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