Table 98. | Public elementary schools, by grade span and average school size, by state: 1998-99 |
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | Schools, by grade span ||Average of students |Total, | Total, |___________________________________________________________________|| per school\2\ | all | all | Prekinder- | Prekinder- | Prekinder- | Prekinder- |Grades | ||___________________ State or other area |elemen-| regular |garten, kin- |garten, kin-|garten, kin-|garten, kin-| 4, 5, |Other || All | Regular | tary | elemen- |dergarten, or| dergarten, | dergarten, | dergarten, | or 6, |grade ||elemen- | elemen- |schools| tary |1st grade to |or 1st grade|or 1st grade|or 1st grade| to 6, |spans || tary | tary | |schools\1\|grades 3 or 4| to grade 5 | to grade 6 | to grade 8 |7, or 8| ||schools |schools\1\ __________________________|_______|__________|_____________|____________|____________|____________|_______|______||________|__________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 || 10 | 11 __________________________|_______|__________|_____________|____________|____________|____________|_______|______||________|__________ United States .........|63,574 | 62,581 | 4,945 | 21,614 | 14,516 | 4,664 |11,205 |6,630 || 478 | 484 |_______|__________|_____________|____________|____________|____________|_______|______||________|__________ Alabama ..................| 907 | 898 | 88 | 264 | 197 | 79 | 192 | 87 || 489 | 490 Alaska ...................| 196 | 184 | 6 | 24 | 109 | 28 | 17 | 12 || 339 | 356 Arizona ..................| 1,042 | 1,013 | 68 | 221 | 309 | 194 | 151 | 99 || 532 | 539 Arkansas .................| 688 | 688 | 96 | 93 | 314 | 5 | 103 | 77 || 387 | 387 California ...............| 6,075 | 5,979 | 192 | 1,822 | 2,456 | 599 | 799 | 207 || 624 | 633 | | | | | | | | || | Colorado .................| 1,120 | 1,118 | 35 | 512 | 247 | 29 | 216 | 81 || 416 | 417 Connecticut ..............| 822 | 808 | 89 | 316 | 135 | 41 | 149 | 92 || 458 | 464 Delaware .................| 126 | 121 | 43 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 29 | 30 || 555 | 570 District of Columbia .....| 122 | 120 | 6 | 19 | 75 | 6 | 12 | 4 || 416 | 422 Florida ..................| 2,104 | 2,104 | 34 | 1,330 | 163 | 27 | 448 | 102 || 770 | 770 | | | | | | | | || | Georgia ..................| 1,471 | 1,469 | 29 | 813 | 133 | 19 | 317 | 160 || 671 | 672 Hawaii ...................| 193 | 192 | 1 | 39 | 126 | 7 | 18 | 2 || 607 | 610 Idaho ....................| 408 | 404 | 36 | 91 | 165 | 19 | 65 | 32 || 358 | 360 Illinois .................| 3,134 | 3,026 | 334 | 633 | 540 | 728 | 479 | 420 || 433 | 444 Indiana...................| 1,414 | 1,401 | 63 | 601 | 389 | 27 | 248 | 86 || 453 | 456 | | | | | | | | || | Iowa .....................| 1,072 | 1,068 | 110 | 331 | 254 | 23 | 218 | 136 || 285 | 286 Kansas ...................| 1,008 | 1,008 | 67 | 301 | 276 | 113 | 172 | 79 || 290 | 290 Kentucky .................| 1,029 | 1,016 | 49 | 436 | 213 | 90 | 190 | 51 || 433 | 435 Louisiana ................| 1,019 | 1,003 | 110 | 297 | 203 | 75 | 213 | 121 || 475 | 481 Maine ....................| 543 | 541 | 72 | 86 | 89 | 107 | 91 | 98 || 253 | 254 | | | | 0 | | 0 | | || | Maryland .................| 1,061 | 1,023 | 19 | 612 | 146 | 24 | 203 | 57 || 552 | 565 Massachusetts ............| 1,507 | 1,497 | 187 | 476 | 261 | 73 | 266 | 244 || 424 | 425 Michigan .................| 2,652 | 2,601 | 222 | 1,046 | 504 | 97 | 479 | 304 || 421 | 424 Minnesota ................| 1,237 | 1,083 | 137 | 295 | 419 | 39 | 180 | 167 || 416 | 462 Mississippi ..............| 573 | 573 | 82 | 103 | 135 | 47 | 122 | 84 || 531 | 531 | | | | | | | | || | Missouri..................| 1,527 | 1,516 | 110 | 499 | 362 | 106 | 283 | 167 || 392 | 393 Montana ..................| 516 | 514 | 19 | 71 | 236 | 120 | 44 | 26 || 181 | 181 Nebraska .................| 988 | 938 | 16 | 8 | 16 | 15 | 65 | 868 || 175 | 183 Nevada ...................| 346 | 342 | 13 | 153 | 92 | 17 | 53 | 18 || 631 | 637 New Hampshire ............| 418 | 418 | 48 | 102 | 61 | 48 | 71 | 88 || 334 | 334 | | | | | | | | || | New Jersey ...............| 1,796 | 1,792 | 280 | 481 | 247 | 251 | 328 | 209 || 479 | 480 New Mexico ...............| 546 | 537 | 28 | 189 | 159 | 5 | 106 | 59 || 385 | 390 New York .................| 3,041 | 3,038 | 263 | 1,044 | 664 | 101 | 568 | 401 || 618 | 618 North Carolina ...........| 1,647 | 1,632 | 75 | 871 | 106 | 114 | 377 | 104 || 544 | 547 North Dakota .............| 342 | 342 | 12 | 28 | 220 | 43 | 19 | 20 || 183 | 183 | | | | | | | | || | Ohio .....................| 2,739 | 2,729 | 373 | 813 | 711 | 89 | 515 | 238 || 430 | 431 Oklahoma .................| 1,224 | 1,214 | 63 | 352 | 181 | 299 | 219 | 110 || 343 | 344 Oregon ...................| 937 | 904 | 54 | 407 | 178 | 72 | 177 | 49 || 375 | 386 Pennsylvania .............| 2,365 | 2,363 | 284 | 872 | 560 | 69 | 421 | 159 || 487 | 487 Rhode Island .............| 258 | 256 | 37 | 97 | 49 | 4 | 40 | 31 || 405 | 406 | | | | | | | | || | South Carolina ...........| 801 | 800 | 83 | 351 | 90 | 22 | 202 | 53 || 552 | 552 South Dakota .............| 475 | 473 | 26 | 99 | 117 | 131 | 74 | 28 || 176 | 176 Tennessee ................| 1,165 | 1,158 | 121 | 355 | 184 | 219 | 209 | 77 || 519 | 520 Texas ....................| 4,845 | 4,736 | 524 | 1,833 | 712 | 86 | 1,087 | 603 || 540 | 549 Utah .....................| 496 | 492 | 17 | 98 | 321 | 5 | 38 | 17 || 537 | 538 | | | | | | | | || | Vermont ..................| 280 | 247 | 19 | 22 | 115 | 64 | 17 | 43 || 223 | 248 Virginia .................| 1,421 | 1,413 | 63 | 752 | 161 | 12 | 285 | 148 || 535 | 538 Washington ...............| 1,364 | 1,301 | 65 | 470 | 457 | 54 | 210 | 108 || 445 | 462 West Virginia.............| 608 | 604 | 60 | 174 | 228 | 35 | 88 | 23 || 302 | 303 Wisconsin ................| 1,526 | 1,505 | 95 | 637 | 273 | 98 | 292 | 131 || 368 | 372 Wyoming ..................| 268 | 267 | 15 | 56 | 120 | 24 | 37 | 16 || 201 | 201 Bureau of Indian Affairs .| 112 | 112 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 63 | 3 | 4 || 178 | 178 |=======|==========|=============|============|============|============|=======|======||========|========== Department of Defense | | | | | | | | || | dependents schools ... | 101 | 101 | 8 | 17 | 52 | 8 | 14 | 2 || 484 | 484 | | | | | | | | || | Outlying areas | | | | | | | | || | American Samoa ...........| 24 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 1 || 492 | 492 Guam .....................| 32 | 32 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 || 746 | 746 Northern Marianas ........| 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 12 || 278 | 278 Puerto Rico ..............| 930 | 928 | 84 | 19 | 767 | 4 | 27 | 29 || 315 | 316 Virgin Islands ...........| 24 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 || 500 | 500 __________________________|_______|__________|_____________|____________|____________|____________|_______|______||________|__________ |
\1\Excludes special education and alternative schools.
NOTE: Includes schools beginning with grade 6 or below and with no grade higher than 8. Excludes schools not reported by grade level, such as some special education schools for the disabled. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data survey. (This table was prepared August 2000.)
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