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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
Small town Rural, outside MSA Rural, outside MSA Not applicable
Number of students Percentage of students Number of students Percentage of students Number of students Percentage of students Number of students Percentage of students
United States 47,687,871 4,404,348 9.3 4,636,945 9.8 5,264,687 11.1 0 0
 
Alabama 737,294 128,736 17.7 110,250 15.2 126,045 17.4 0 0
Alaska 134,358 32,700 24.3 37,628 28.0 0 0 0 0
Arizona 922,180 51,531 5.6 49,374 5.4 52,527 5.7 0 0
Arkansas 449,805 124,272 27.6 100,444 22.3 36,047 8.0 0 0
California 6,248,610 99,515 1.6 89,853 1.5 280,592 4.6 0 0
 
Colorado 742,145 55,832 7.5 60,982 8.2 80,163 10.8 0 0
Connecticut 570,228 12,198 2.1 6,864 1.2 107,215 18.8 0 0
Delaware 115,555 9,741 8.4 14,363 12.4 8,886 7.7 0 0
District of Columbia 75,392 0 0 0 0 118 0.2 0 0
Florida 2,500,478 89,641 3.6 86,732 3.5 330,530 13.2 0 0
 
Georgia 1,470,634 236,389 16.1 202,867 13.8 278,953 19.0 0 0
Hawaii 184,546 0 0 57,603 31.2 11,652 6.3 0 0
Idaho 246,521 68,192 27.7 61,251 24.9 19,868 8.1 0 0
Illinois 2,071,391 163,129 7.9 127,241 6.1 141,218 6.8 0 0
Indiana 996,133 119,795 12.0 141,464 14.2 169,555 17.0 0 0
 
Iowa 485,932 119,877 24.7 122,383 25.2 27,636 5.7 0 0
Kansas 470,205 92,616 19.9 90,790 19.5 49,033 10.5 0 0
Kentucky 654,363 130,154 20.9 193,035 31.0 44,009 7.1 0 0
Louisiana 731,328 80,224 11.0 108,123 14.8 82,545 11.3 0 0
Maine 205,586 44,380 21.6 85,427 41.6 27,109 13.2 0 0
 
Maryland 860,640 20,623 2.4 41,481 4.8 118,259 13.7 0 0
Massachusetts 973,140 12,253 1.3 23,008 2.4 161,341 16.6 0 0
Michigan 1,730,668 142,026 8.3 159,447 9.3 278,257 16.2 0 0
Minnesota 851,384 126,996 14.9 115,478 13.6 66,642 7.8 0 0
Mississippi 493,507 137,154 27.8 154,843 31.4 42,305 8.6 0 0
 
Missouri 909,792 136,345 15.0 151,312 16.6 99,924 11.0 0 0
Montana 151,947 44,948 29.7 62,713 41.4 3,416 2.3 0 0
Nebraska 285,095 60,007 21.0 72,163 25.3 22,102 7.8 0 0
Nevada 356,814 15,340 4.3 23,639 6.6 16,600 4.6 0 0
New Hampshire 206,847 41,912 20.3 31,004 15.0 41,207 19.9 0 0
 
New Jersey 1,341,656 0 0 0 0 185,357 13.8 0 0
New Mexico 320,260 62,589 19.5 45,761 14.3 15,952 5.0 0 0
New York 2,872,132 138,162 4.8 103,875 3.6 278,310 9.7 0 0
North Carolina 1,315,363 179,918 13.7 245,136 18.6 278,252 21.2 0 0
North Dakota 106,047 17,055 16.1 38,330 36.1 8,279 7.8 0 0
 
Ohio 1,830,985 150,452 8.1 217,408 11.6 257,807 13.8 0 0
Oklahoma 622,139 111,025 17.8 116,813 18.8 42,949 6.9 0 0
Oregon 551,480 93,023 16.8 58,553 10.6 57,098 10.3 0 0
Pennsylvania 1,821,627 165,947 9.1 123,997 6.8 340,927 18.7 0 0
Rhode Island 158,046 2,896 1.8 2,978 1.9 19,622 12.4 0 0
 
South Carolina 691,078 99,469 14.8 106,144 15.8 127,072 18.9 0 0
South Dakota 127,542 33,802 26.4 47,869 37.4 7,808 6.1 0 0
Tennessee 925,030 131,893 14.7 144,148 16.1 117,114 13.0 0 0
Texas 4,163,447 353,954 8.5 217,845 5.2 358,076 8.6 0 0
Utah 484,677 55,429 11.5 43,546 9.1 16,758 3.5 0 0
 
Vermont 101,179 27,128 26.8 44,814 44.3 13,435 13.3 0 0
Virginia 1,163,091 67,628 5.8 156,745 13.5 168,108 14.5 0 0
Washington 1,009,200 85,759 8.5 80,167 7.9 135,053 13.4 0 0
West Virginia 282,885 56,702 20.0 105,117 37.2 24,829 8.8 0 0
Wisconsin 879,361 136,399 15.5 136,070 15.5 86,916 9.9 0 0
Wyoming 88,128 38,592 43.8 19,867 22.5 1,211 1.4 0 0
Outlying areas, DoD Dependents Schools and Bureau of Indian Affairs
DoDDS: DoDs Overseas 73,212 0 0 0 0 0 0 73,237 100.0
DDESS: DoDs Domestic 32,847 0 0 5,787 17.6 0 0 6,876 20.9
Bureau of Indian Affairs 46,476 5,716 12.3 31,598 68.0 2,713 5.8 0 0
American Samoa 15,897 0 0 0 0 0 0 15,897 100.0
Guam 31,992 0 0 0 0 0 0 31,993 100.0
Northern Marianas 10,479 0 0 0 0 0 0 10,479 100.0
Puerto Rico 604,177 0 0 0 0 0 0 604,177 100.0
Virgin Islands 18,780 0 0 0 0 0 0 18,780 100.0
*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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