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NAEP Technical DocumentationFourth- and Eighth-Grade Schools and Enrollment in the 2007 Public School Sampling Frame

The following table displays, by jurisdiction, the number of fourth- and eighth-grade public schools and their estimated enrollment, as contained in the sampling frame. Grade-specific enrollment was estimated for each school as the average grade enrollment for grades 1 through 8. For states that include Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA) districts, the balance of the state is shown, excluding the schools in the TUDA district.

Number of schools and enrollment in the public school sampling frame, state assessment, by grade and  jurisdiction: 2007

Jurisdiction	Fourth grade		Eighth grade
	Schools	Enrollment	Schools	Enrollment
Total	52,179	3,695,669	27,438	3,793,037
Alabama	758	57,310	483	58,712
Alaska	356	9,342	273	10,048
Arizona	1,092	78,289	692	77,213
Arkansas	526	34,947	344	37,069
California–Los Angeles	463	59,934	114	52,661
California–San Diego	130	10,801	42	9,995
California–Balance	5,008	413,936	2,350	414,964
Colorado	951	56,963	457	58,964
Connecticut	598	43,500	266	43,617
Delaware	100	9,335	54	9,535
Florida	1,972	199,320	1,083	207,054
Georgia–Atlanta	62	4,270	17	3,515
Georgia–Balance	1,100	114,056	455	118,572
Hawaii	197	14,332	70	13,654
Idaho	343	19,219	181	19,893
Illinois–Chicago	464	33,601	433	32,489
Illinois–Balance	1,841	123,900	1,102	128,413
Indiana	1,131	79,980	482	81,106
Iowa	701	34,311	404	37,200
Kansas	736	33,816	411	35,021
Kentucky	758	48,633	395	50,131
Louisiana	832	57,418	676	58,819
Maine	365	14,742	223	16,189
Maryland	860	63,546	314	67,388
Massachusetts–Boston	78	4,143	35	4,729
Massachusetts–Balance	942	68,316	433	71,076
Michigan	2,032	125,706	1,071	134,965
Minnesota	945	59,729	652	64,506
Mississippi	447	38,841	287	39,619
Missouri	1,125	67,150	669	72,907
Montana	416	10,811	284	11,943
Nebraska	736	21,424	424	22,393
Nevada	324	30,858	122	30,761
New Hampshire	265	15,263	136	16,632
New Jersey	1,355	101,922	711	103,107
New Mexico	414	24,098	208	26,078
New York–New York	698	71,567	346	68,641
New York–Balance	1,645	132,112	825	142,836
North Carolina–Charlotte	89	9,426	34	9,332
North Carolina–Balance	1,234	97,351	630	99,226
North Dakota	285	7,323	200	8,022
Ohio–Cleveland	88	5,335	47	4,465
Ohio–Balance	2,007	131,869	1,067	138,320
Oklahoma	900	46,020	598	47,283
Oregon	772	41,664	405	43,308
Pennsylvania	1,802	131,350	859	144,358
Rhode Island	189	11,616	58	12,325
South Carolina	588	52,850	273	56,153
South Dakota	332	9,015	262	9,713
Tennessee	971	71,621	555	72,680
Texas–Austin	75	6,171	17	5,241
Texas–Houston	194	16,709	56	13,926
Texas–Balance	3,652	309,092	1,986	307,690
Utah	514	38,514	215	37,252
Vermont	231	6,947	125	7,114
Virginia	1,120	89,916	380	95,563
Washington	1,191	75,039	611	78,557
West Virginia	443	20,768	195	21,931
Wisconsin	1,134	59,763	606	64,558
Wyoming	185	6,029	88	6,829
Other jurisdictions
Bureau of Indian Education (BIE)	143	3,828	122	3,539
Department of Defense	128	8,696	68	6,620
District of Columbia	122	5,515	46	4,600
Puerto Rico	1,024	45,801	411	42,017
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2007.

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