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  • Table 89. Number of public elementary and secondary local education agencies, by state and type of agency: 1999-2000 and 2000-01

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                          |               | Regular school  | Regional education   |  State-   |           |
                          |Total agencies |districts, inclu-| service agencies and | operated  | Federally |   Other
                          |               |ding supervisory |  supervisory union   | agencies  | operated  | agencies
     State or other area  |               |union components |administrative centers|           | agencies  |
                          |_______________|_________________|______________________|___________|___________|___________
                          | 1999- |       | 1999-  |        |  1999-   |           |1999-|2000-|1999-|2000-|1999-|2000-
                          | 2000  |2000-01|  2000  |2000-01 |   2000   |  2000-01  |2000 | 01  |2000 | 01  |2000 | 01
    ______________________|_______|_______|________|________|__________|___________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____
              1           |   2   |   3   |   4    |   5    |    6     |     7     |  8  |  9  | 10  | 11  | 12  | 13
    ______________________|_______|_______|________|________|__________|___________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____
       United States .....|16,793 |16,935 | 14,928 | 14,859 |    1,273 |     1,282 | 137 | 124 |   1 |   5 | 454 | 665
                          |_______|_______|________|________|__________|___________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____
    Alabama ..............|   131 |   131 |    128 |    128 |        0 |         0 |   3 |   3 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
    Alaska ...............|    55 |    55 |     53 |     53 |        0 |         0 |   2 |   2 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
    Arizona ..............|   422 |   467 |    413 |    410 |        6 |         6 |   2 |   2 |   0 |   0 |   1 |  49
    Arkansas .............|   328 |   328 |    310 |    310 |       15 |        15 |   3 |   3 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
    California ...........| 1,057 | 1,055 |    987 |    985 |       58 |        58 |  12 |  12 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
                          |       |       |        |        |          |           |     |     |     |     |     |
    Colorado .............|   198 |   198 |    176 |    176 |       22 |        22 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
    Connecticut ..........|   195 |   198 |    166 |    166 |        6 |         6 |   4 |   7 |   0 |   0 |  19 |  19
    Delaware .............|    28 |    27 |     19 |     19 |        0 |         1 |   3 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   6 |   7
    District of Columbia .|    28 |    34 |      1 |      1 |        0 |         0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |  27 |  33
    Florida ..............|    73 |    73 |     67 |     67 |        0 |         0 |   1 |   1 |   0 |   0 |   5 |   5
                          |       |       |        |        |          |           |     |     |     |     |     |
    Georgia ..............|   180 |   180 |    180 |    180 |        0 |         0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
    Hawaii ...............|     1 |     1 |      1 |      1 |        0 |         0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
    Idaho ................|   114 |   116 |    113 |    115 |        0 |         0 |   1 |   1 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
    Illinois .............| 1,055 | 1,055 |    896 |    894 |      154 |       156 |   5 |   5 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
    Indiana...............|   328 |   328 |    295 |    295 |       29 |        29 |   3 |   3 |   0 |   0 |   1 |   1
                          |       |       |        |        |          |           |     |     |     |     |     |
    Iowa .................|   405 |   389 |    375 |    374 |       15 |        15 |  15 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
    Kansas ...............|   304 |   304 |    304 |    304 |        0 |         0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
    Kentucky .............|   176 |   178 |    176 |    176 |        0 |         0 |   0 |   2 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
    Louisiana ............|    82 |    86 |     75 |     78 |        0 |         0 |   7 |   8 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
    Maine ................|   326 |   325 |    283 |    282 |       39 |        39 |   4 |   3 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   1
                          |       |       |        |        |          |           |     |     |     |     |     |
    Maryland .............|    24 |    24 |     24 |     24 |        0 |         0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
    Massachusetts ........|   477 |   477 |    351 |    349 |       85 |        86 |   1 |   1 |   0 |   0 |  40 |  41
    Michigan .............|   799 |   805 |    737 |    734 |       57 |        57 |   4 |   4 |   0 |   0 |   1 |  10
    Minnesota ............|   468 |   486 |    407 |    415 |       57 |        66 |   4 |   5 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
    Mississippi ..........|   162 |   162 |    152 |    152 |        0 |         0 |  10 |  10 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
                          |       |       |        |        |          |           |     |     |     |     |     |
    Missouri..............|   531 |   530 |    525 |    524 |        0 |         0 |   2 |   2 |   0 |   0 |   4 |   4
    Montana ..............|   534 |   532 |    455 |    453 |       77 |        77 |   2 |   2 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
    Nebraska .............|   709 |   692 |    593 |    576 |      111 |       111 |   5 |   5 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
    Nevada ...............|    18 |    18 |     17 |     17 |        0 |         0 |   1 |   1 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
    New Hampshire ........|   257 |   256 |    179 |    178 |       78 |        78 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
                          |       |       |        |        |          |           |     |     |     |     |     |
    New Jersey ...........|   662 |   671 |    604 |    604 |       12 |        12 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |  46 |  55
    New Mexico ...........|    89 |    89 |     89 |     89 |        0 |         0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
    New York .............|   745 |   779 |    707 |    703 |       38 |        38 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |  38
    North Carolina .......|   201 |   209 |    120 |    120 |        0 |         0 |   2 |   2 |   0 |   0 |  79 |  87
    North Dakota .........|   272 |   271 |    231 |    230 |       38 |        38 |   3 |   3 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
                          |       |       |        |        |          |           |     |     |     |     |     |
    Ohio .................|   806 |   796 |    708 |    662 |       73 |        60 |   3 |   3 |   0 |   0 |  22 |  71
    Oklahoma .............|   556 |   562 |    544 |    544 |        0 |         0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |  12 |  18
    Oregon ...............|   221 |   220 |    197 |    197 |       21 |        21 |   2 |   2 |   1 |   0 |   0 |   0
    Pennsylvania .........|   666 |   683 |    501 |    501 |      101 |       101 |  15 |  15 |   0 |   0 |  49 |  66
    Rhode Island .........|    37 |    37 |     36 |     36 |        0 |         0 |   1 |   1 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
                          |       |       |        |        |          |           |     |     |     |     |     |
    South Carolina .......|   104 |   104 |     90 |     90 |       14 |        14 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
    South Dakota .........|   199 |   199 |    176 |    176 |       18 |        18 |   5 |   5 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
    Tennessee ............|   139 |   138 |    139 |    138 |        0 |         0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
    Texas ................| 1,203 | 1,219 |  1,041 |  1,040 |       20 |        20 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 | 142 | 159
    Utah .................|    47 |    46 |     40 |     40 |        5 |         4 |   2 |   2 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
                          |       |       |        |        |          |           |     |     |     |     |     |
    Vermont ..............|   348 |   350 |    287 |    288 |       60 |        60 |   1 |   1 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   1
    Virginia .............|   169 |   181 |    135 |    135 |       34 |        38 |   0 |   3 |   0 |   5 |   0 |   0
    Washington ...........|   305 |   305 |    296 |    296 |        9 |         9 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
    West Virginia.........|    57 |    57 |     55 |     55 |        0 |         0 |   2 |   2 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
    Wisconsin ............|   445 |   450 |    426 |    431 |       16 |        16 |   3 |   3 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
    Wyoming ..............|    57 |    59 |     48 |     48 |        5 |        11 |   4 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
                          |_______|_______|________|________|__________|___________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____
    Bureau of Indian      |       |       |        |        |          |           |     |     |     |     |     |
      Affairs schools ....|    24 |    24 |      0 |      0 |        0 |         0 |   0 |   0 |  24 |  24 |   0 |   0
    Department of Defense |       |       |        |        |          |           |     |     |     |     |     |
      dependents schools: |       |       |        |        |          |           |     |     |     |     |     |
       Domestic schools ..|    17 |    17 |      0 |      0 |        0 |         0 |   0 |   0 |  17 |  17 |   0 |   0
       Overseas schools ..|    11 |    11 |      0 |      0 |        0 |         0 |   0 |   0 |  11 |  11 |   0 |   0
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        Outlying areas    |       |       |        |        |          |           |     |     |     |     |     |
    American Samoa .......|     1 |     1 |      1 |      1 |        0 |         0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
    Guam .................|     1 |     1 |      1 |      1 |        0 |         0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
    Northern Marianas ....|     1 |     1 |      1 |      1 |        0 |         0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
    Puerto Rico ..........|     1 |     1 |      1 |      1 |        0 |         0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
    Virgin Islands .......|     1 |     1 |      1 |      1 |        0 |         0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0
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    SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data survey. (This table was prepared July 2002.)
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