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Table 99. Public secondary schools, by grade span and average school size, by state: 2000-01

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                       |       |          |                      Schools, by grade span            ||  Voca-   ||Average of students
                       |Total, |  Total,  |________________________________________________________||  tional  ||  per school\3\
  State or other area  |  all  |   all    |Grades 7|Grades|Grades|Grades |Grades|Other spans|Other ||schools\2\||____________________
                       |secon- | regular  |to 8 and|  7   |  8   |   9   |  10  |  ending   |grade ||          ||   All   | Regular
                       | dary  |secondary | 7 to 9 |to 12 |to 12 | to 12 |to 12 |   with    |spans ||          ||secondary|secondary
                       |schools|schools\1\|        |      |      |       |      |grade 12   |      ||          || schools |schools\1\
_______________________|_______|__________|________|______|______|_______|______|___________|______||__________||_________|__________
           1           |   2   |    3     |   4    |  5   |  6   |   7   |  8   |     9     |  10  ||    11    ||   12    |    13
_______________________|_______|__________|________|______|______|_______|______|___________|______||__________||_________|__________
   United States ......|21,994 |   18,456 |  3,318 |3,315 |  659 |13,113 |  680 |       230 |  679 ||    1,025 ||     714 |      795
                       |_______|__________|________|______|______|_______|______|___________|______||__________||_________|__________
Alabama ...............|   394 |      296 |     27 |   97 |   12 |   214 |   30 |         8 |    6 ||       77 ||     664 |      686
Alaska ................|    89 |       71 |     17 |   26 |    1 |    43 |    1 |         1 |    0 ||        2 ||     507 |      597
Arizona ...............|   399 |      359 |     74 |   29 |    2 |   273 |    8 |         2 |   11 ||       13 ||     757 |      796
Arkansas ..............|   403 |      399 |     52 |  197 |    5 |    66 |   54 |         1 |   28 ||        1 ||     429 |      431
California ............| 2,029 |    1,266 |    346 |  215 |   37 | 1,393 |   14 |         6 |   18 ||        0 ||     956 |    1,458
                       |       |          |        |      |      |       |      |           |      ||          ||         |
Colorado ..............|   380 |      314 |     49 |   61 |   13 |   244 |    4 |         2 |    7 ||        7 ||     626 |      712
Connecticut ...........|   209 |      175 |     27 |   12 |    3 |   164 |    2 |         1 |    0 ||       17 ||     823 |      913
Delaware ..............|    42 |       35 |     11 |    2 |    0 |    29 |    0 |         0 |    0 ||        5 ||     984 |    1,023
District of Columbia ..|    35 |       33 |      6 |    1 |    0 |    28 |    0 |         0 |    0 ||        0 ||     691 |      717
Florida ...............|   448 |      411 |     17 |   39 |   21 |   352 |    2 |         3 |   14 ||       39 ||   1,465 |    1,566
                       |       |          |        |      |      |       |      |           |      ||          ||         |
Georgia ...............|   339 |      320 |     13 |    2 |   12 |   302 |    1 |         0 |    9 ||        0 ||   1,130 |    1,184
Hawaii ................|    50 |       50 |     12 |    6 |    1 |    29 |    0 |         0 |    2 ||        0 ||   1,255 |    1,255
Idaho .................|   222 |      164 |     46 |   54 |    4 |    94 |   19 |         0 |    5 ||        0 ||     451 |      560
Illinois ..............|   984 |      798 |    168 |   66 |   21 |   624 |    8 |        36 |   61 ||       26 ||     656 |      762
Indiana................|   456 |      398 |     70 |   99 |    1 |   251 |    4 |         1 |   30 ||       29 ||     777 |      810
                       |       |          |        |      |      |       |      |           |      ||          ||         |
Iowa ..................|   430 |      398 |     61 |   92 |    0 |   266 |    8 |         1 |    2 ||        0 ||     417 |      441
Kansas ................|   424 |      424 |     65 |   87 |    2 |   259 |    9 |         0 |    2 ||        0 ||     409 |      409
Kentucky ..............|   417 |      301 |     33 |   67 |    4 |   305 |    2 |         5 |    1 ||       87 ||     625 |      679
Louisiana .............|   327 |      288 |     61 |   47 |  184 |    28 |    1 |         1 |    5 ||       15 ||     710 |      759
Maine .................|   163 |      136 |     24 |   14 |    2 |   121 |    1 |         0 |    1 ||       27 ||     524 |      524
                       |       |          |        |      |      |       |      |           |      ||          ||         |
Maryland ..............|   257 |      187 |     23 |    4 |    6 |   212 |    2 |         2 |    8 ||       26 ||   1,093 |    1,284
Massachusetts .........|   343 |      284 |     35 |   37 |    9 |   256 |    1 |         2 |    3 ||       45 ||     856 |      909
Michigan ..............|   854 |      825 |    102 |  112 |   18 |   547 |   20 |        11 |   44 ||       29 ||     681 |      686
Minnesota .............|   755 |      459 |     75 |  241 |   41 |   235 |   70 |        46 |   47 ||       12 ||     440 |      680
Mississippi ...........|   327 |      229 |     39 |   66 |    7 |   186 |   20 |         2 |    7 ||       86 ||     650 |      650
                       |       |          |        |      |      |       |      |           |      ||          ||         |
Missouri...............|   642 |      566 |     61 |  196 |    5 |   336 |   24 |         9 |   11 ||       61 ||     539 |      544
Montana ...............|   363 |      359 |    185 |    0 |    0 |   175 |    1 |         0 |    2 ||        0 ||     178 |      180
Nebraska ..............|   341 |      341 |     33 |  205 |    1 |    92 |   10 |         0 |    0 ||        0 ||     342 |      342
Nevada ................|   124 |       91 |     19 |   20 |    3 |    69 |    6 |         5 |    2 ||        3 ||     845 |    1,078
New Hampshire .........|    95 |       95 |     17 |    0 |    0 |    76 |    1 |         0 |    1 ||        0 ||     705 |      705
                       |       |          |        |      |      |       |      |           |      ||          ||         |
New Jersey ............|   449 |      377 |     67 |   35 |   10 |   304 |   14 |         3 |   16 ||       50 ||     905 |      995
New Mexico ............|   190 |      156 |     35 |   40 |    2 |   101 |    7 |         0 |    5 ||        0 ||     574 |      663
New York ..............|   935 |      834 |    105 |  167 |   11 |   574 |   24 |         2 |   52 ||       25 ||     941 |      981
North Carolina ........|   372 |      352 |     20 |   12 |    3 |   323 |    4 |         1 |    9 ||        7 ||     968 |    1,000
North Dakota ..........|   209 |      202 |     14 |  137 |    4 |    40 |    4 |         1 |    9 ||        7 ||     240 |      240
                       |       |          |        |      |      |       |      |           |      ||          ||         |
Ohio ..................|   956 |      868 |    177 |  144 |   47 |   560 |   11 |         4 |   13 ||       76 ||     725 |      727
Oklahoma ..............|   586 |      586 |    108 |    0 |    0 |   395 |   64 |         3 |   16 ||        0 ||     349 |      349
Oregon ................|   278 |      240 |     38 |   30 |   10 |   191 |    5 |         0 |    4 ||        0 ||     663 |      748
Pennsylvania ..........|   796 |      710 |    104 |  160 |   13 |   391 |   36 |         8 |   84 ||       80 ||     873 |      881
Rhode Island ..........|    63 |       47 |      9 |    2 |    0 |    47 |    3 |         1 |    1 ||       12 ||     908 |    1,024
                       |       |          |        |      |      |       |      |           |      ||          ||         |
South Carolina ........|   271 |      220 |     27 |   24 |   15 |   183 |   12 |         8 |    2 ||       40 ||     884 |      926
South Dakota ..........|   281 |      267 |     95 |    3 |    0 |   179 |    3 |         0 |    1 ||        4 ||     169 |      171
Tennessee .............|   353 |      322 |     40 |   39 |    4 |   254 |   10 |         1 |    5 ||       27 ||     834 |      843
Texas .................| 1,737 |    1,451 |    328 |  216 |   30 | 1,102 |    9 |         9 |   43 ||       19 ||     742 |      873
Utah ..................|   254 |      203 |     85 |   35 |    6 |    45 |   68 |         4 |   11 ||        0 ||     810 |      990
                       |       |          |        |      |      |       |      |           |      ||          ||         |
Vermont ...............|    70 |       55 |      8 |   22 |    0 |    40 |    0 |         0 |    0 ||       14 ||     626 |      637
Virginia ..............|   372 |      321 |     32 |   11 |   42 |   257 |    8 |         0 |   22 ||       11 ||   1,008 |    1,114
Washington ............|   606 |      439 |    121 |   60 |   20 |   312 |   41 |        18 |   34 ||       11 ||     604 |      799
West Virginia..........|   203 |      150 |     34 |   25 |    5 |   106 |   14 |         3 |   16 ||       34 ||     563 |      626
Wisconsin .............|   561 |      486 |     69 |   52 |   19 |   379 |   15 |        19 |    8 ||        1 ||     543 |      618
Wyoming ...............|   111 |       98 |     34 |    7 |    3 |    61 |    5 |         0 |    1 ||        0 ||     340 |      371
                       |_______|__________|________|______|______|_______|______|___________|______||__________||_________|__________
Bureau of Indian       |       |          |        |      |      |       |      |           |      ||          ||         |
  Affairs .............|    27 |       27 |      1 |    8 |    0 |    18 |    0 |         0 |    0 ||        0 ||     324 |      324
                       |       |          |        |      |      |       |      |           |      ||          ||         |
Department of Defense  |       |          |        |      |      |       |      |           |      ||          ||         |
  dependents schools:  |       |          |        |      |      |       |      |           |      ||          ||         |
   Domestic schools ...|     7 |        7 |      2 |    0 |    0 |     5 |    0 |         0 |    0 ||        0 ||     544 |      544
   Overseas schools ...|    39 |       39 |      3 |   24 |    0 |    12 |    0 |         0 |    0 ||        0 ||     458 |      458
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  Outlying areas       |       |          |        |      |      |       |      |           |      ||          ||         |
American Samoa ........|     6 |        5 |      0 |    0 |    0 |     6 |    0 |         0 |    0 ||        1 ||     627 |      683
Guam ..................|     4 |        4 |      0 |    0 |    0 |     4 |    0 |         0 |    0 ||        0 ||   2,194 |    2,194
Northern Marianas .....|     4 |        4 |      1 |    2 |    0 |     1 |    0 |         0 |    0 ||        0 ||     917 |      917
Puerto Rico ...........|   381 |      358 |    186 |   29 |    0 |     7 |  148 |         1 |   10 ||       14 ||     598 |      605
Virgin Islands ........|    11 |        8 |      6 |    0 |    0 |     5 |    0 |         0 |    0 ||        1 ||     808 |      949
_______________________|_______|__________|________|______|______|_______|______|___________|______||__________||_________|__________

\1\Excludes vocational, special education, and alternative schools.
\2\Vocational schools are also included under appropriate grade span.
\3\Average for schools reporting enrollment data.

NOTE: Includes schools with no grade lower than 7. Excludes schools not reported by level, such as 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 July 2002.)


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