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Table 98. Public elementary schools, by grade span and average school size, by state: 1998-99
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                          |       |          |                             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
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Department of Defense     |       |          |             |            |            |            |       |      ||        |
  dependents schools ...  |   101 |      101 |           8 |         17 |         52 |          8 |    14 |    2 ||    484 |      484
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  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
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\1\Excludes special education and alternative schools.
\2\Average for schools reporting enrollment data.

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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