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

Table A-8. Number and percentage of students, by community type and by state: School year 2001-02

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State Total students* Locale code
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United States 47,687,871 7,576,687 15.9 6,329,395 13.3 14,300,862 30.1 4,442,580 9.3 563,119 1.2
 
Alabama 737,294 37,980 5.2 131,004 18.0 77,894 10.7 109,865 15.1 4,431 0.6
Alaska 134,358 0 0 50,003 37.2 0 0 0 0 14,036 10.4
Arizona 922,180 405,347 44.0 90,846 9.9 246,967 26.8 12,898 1.4 12,690 1.4
Arkansas 449,805 0 0 125,242 27.8 3,680 0.8 54,202 12.1 5,918 1.3
California 6,248,610 1,431,277 23.3 842,510 13.7 3,043,629 49.5 337,585 5.5 22,414 0.4
 
Colorado 742,145 138,660 18.7 97,697 13.2 287,808 38.8 20,541 2.8 0 0
Connecticut 570,228 0 0 150,999 26.5 141,225 24.8 146,083 25.6 5,644 1.0
Delaware 115,555 0 0 21,796 18.9 48,500 42.0 12,208 10.6 0 0
District of Columbia 75,392 75,274 99.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Florida 2,500,478 244,606 9.8 387,751 15.5 731,194 29.2 630,024 25.2 0 0
 
Georgia 1,470,634 57,746 3.9 131,209 8.9 475,612 32.3 64,089 4.4 23,769 1.6
Hawaii 184,546 44,341 24.0 0 0 70,950 38.4 0 0 0 0
Idaho 246,521 0 0 53,541 21.7 0 0 22,211 9.0 21,229 8.6
Illinois 2,071,391 438,384 21.2 240,210 11.6 860,143 41.5 75,376 3.6 25,690 1.2
Indiana 996,133 114,063 11.5 166,227 16.7 184,777 18.6 74,702 7.5 25,387 2.5
 
Iowa 485,932 0 0 125,767 25.9 393 0.1 62,531 12.9 27,345 5.6
Kansas 470,205 46,113 9.9 78,152 16.8 83,317 17.9 3,599 0.8 22,740 4.9
Kentucky 654,363 32,902 5.3 58,407 9.4 110,292 17.7 35,063 5.6 18,094 2.9
Louisiana 731,328 110,608 15.1 115,732 15.8 130,641 17.9 96,314 13.2 6,629 0.9
Maine 205,586 0 0 20,334 9.9 4,422 2.2 23,723 11.5 0 0
 
Maryland 860,640 99,958 11.6 24,739 2.9 552,014 64.1 3,566 0.4 0 0
Massachusetts 973,140 65,097 6.7 213,181 21.9 439,555 45.2 57,407 5.9 1,298 0.1
Michigan 1,730,668 185,140 10.8 203,495 11.8 550,243 32.0 201,658 11.7 0 0
Minnesota 851,384 100,940 11.9 42,661 5.0 359,227 42.2 29,806 3.5 9,634 1.1
Mississippi 493,507 0 0 58,611 11.9 19,355 3.9 56,601 11.5 24,640 5.0
 
Missouri 909,792 114,340 12.5 69,337 7.6 295,433 32.4 32,790 3.6 12,414 1.4
Montana 151,947 0 0 27,355 18.1 0 0 4,641 3.1 8,442 5.6
Nebraska 285,095 61,502 21.6 31,658 11.1 26,223 9.2 3,363 1.2 8,077 2.8
Nevada 356,814 95,087 26.6 31,771 8.9 143,338 40.1 22,882 6.4 8,763 2.5
New Hampshire 206,847 0 0 38,345 18.5 46,974 22.7 0 0 7,405 3.6
 
New Jersey 1,341,656 45,515 3.4 116,484 8.7 994,335 74.1 0 0 0 0
New Mexico 320,260 72,160 22.5 33,621 10.5 33,474 10.5 16,864 5.3 39,839 12.4
New York 2,872,132 1,092,076 38.0 158,269 5.5 793,795 27.7 297,930 10.4 7,998 0.3
North Carolina 1,315,363 78,660 6.0 295,443 22.5 56,032 4.3 169,791 12.9 12,131 0.9
North Dakota 106,047 0 0 27,622 26.0 0 0 8,674 8.2 6,087 5.7
 
Ohio 1,830,985 247,350 13.2 182,779 9.8 568,270 30.4 222,899 11.9 21,767 1.2
Oklahoma 622,139 121,282 19.5 40,467 6.5 158,477 25.5 5,921 1.0 25,205 4.1
Oregon 551,480 68,210 12.3 68,016 12.3 173,561 31.4 21,505 3.9 13,439 2.4
Pennsylvania 1,821,627 252,772 13.9 148,056 8.1 501,549 27.5 284,285 15.6 4,094 0.2
Rhode Island 158,046 0 0 56,598 35.8 0 0 75,952 48.1 0 0
 
South Carolina 691,078 0 0 105,413 15.7 12,524 1.9 222,457 33.1 0 0
South Dakota 127,542 0 0 32,752 25.6 0 0 5,676 4.4 0 0
Tennessee 925,030 179,595 20.0 112,669 12.6 104,968 11.7 91,743 10.2 15,572 1.7
Texas 4,163,447 1,259,057 30.2 636,494 15.3 1,093,763 26.3 204,227 4.9 40,031 1.0
Utah 484,677 0 0 83,513 17.4 0 0 262,601 54.6 19,068 4.0
 
Vermont 101,179 0 0 3,644 3.6 0 0 12,158 12.0 0 0
Virginia 1,163,091 112,976 9.7 178,085 15.3 326,660 28.1 145,306 12.5 7,583 0.7
Washington 1,009,200 47,809 4.7 186,008 18.4 401,198 39.8 61,843 6.1 11,363 1.1
West Virginia 282,885 0 0 30,770 10.9 13,490 4.8 46,006 16.3 5,961 2.1
Wisconsin 879,361 99,860 11.4 180,822 20.6 134,960 15.4 91,425 10.4 12,711 1.4
Wyoming 88,128 0 0 23,290 26.4 0 0 1,589 1.8 3,581 4.1
Outlying areas, DoD Dependents Schools and Bureau of Indian Affairs
DoDDS: DoDs Overseas 73,212 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DDESS: DoDs Domestic 32,847 0 0 6,321 19.2 2,100 6.4 11,763 35.8 0 0
Bureau of Indian Affairs 46,476 83 0.2 1,628 3.5 2,128 4.6 2,398 5.2 212 0.5
American Samoa 15,897 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guam 31,992 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Marianas 10,479 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Puerto Rico 604,177 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Virgin Islands 18,780 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
*Total student membership is reported from the "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education" and may differ from the sum of the student totals by locale code. NOTE: 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), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2001-02 and "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2001-02.
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