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Table 96. Public elementary and secondary schools, by type and state or jurisdiction: 1990-91, 2000-01, and 2002-03

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                      |        |        |                              Number of schools, 2002-03
                      |        |        |____________________________________________________________________________________________________
                      | Total, | Total, |Total |Elemen-|Secon- |    Combined elementary/secondary\3|                |       |      |
State or              |    all |    all |      |tary\1\|dary\2\|___________________________________|                |       |      |
jurisdiction          |schools,|schools,|      |       |       |     | Prekinder- |  Other |       |        Alterna-|Special|Char- |      One-
                      |1990-91 |2000-01 |      |       |       |     |garten, kin-|schools | Other |Other\4\tive\5\ |educa- |ter\5\|    teacher
                      |        |        |      |       |       |Total| dergarten, | ending |  com- |                |tion\5\|      |   schools\5\
                      |        |        |      |       |       |     |or 1st grade|   with | bined |                |       |      |
                      |        |        |      |       |       |     | to grade 12|grade 12|schools|                |       |      |
______________________|________|________|______|_______|_______|_____|____________|________|_______|________________|_______|______|_________
1                     |      2 |      3 |    4 |     5 |     6 |   7 |          8 |      9 |    10 |     11      12 |    13 |   14 |      15
______________________|________|________|______|_______|_______|_____|____________|________|_______|________________|_______|______|_________
   United States .....|  84,538|  93,273|95,615| 65,718| 22,599|5,552|       2,969|   2,051|    532|   1,746   6,328|  2,114| 2,575|      366
                      |________|________|______|_______|_______|_____|____________|________|_______|________________|_______|______|_________
Alabama ..............|   1,297|   1,517| 1,534|    925|    400|  209|         137|      55|     17|       0      77|     26|     0|        1
Alaska ...............|     498|     515|   518|    194|     89|  235|         218|      11|      6|       0      31|      2|    15|       10
Arizona ..............|   1,049|   1,724| 1,888|  1,201|    498|  158|          66|      49|     43|      31      72|     11|   325|        9
Arkansas .............|   1,098|   1,138| 1,150|    714|    421|   15|           3|       7|      5|       0       5|      4|     7|        0
California ...........|   7,913|   8,773| 9,100|  6,518|  2,147|  433|         345|      71|     17|       2   1,186|    127|   409|       53
                      |        |        |      |       |       |     |            |        |       |                |       |      |
Colorado .............|   1,344|   1,632| 1,690|  1,200|    407|   83|          33|      39|     11|       0      88|     21|    93|        4
Connecticut ..........|     985|   1,248| 1,248|    863|    236|  141|         123|      10|      8|       8     203|     26|    13|        0
Delaware .............|     173|     191|   201|    137|     43|   21|          17|       3|      1|       0       9|     15|    11|        0
District of Columbia .|     181|     198|   204|    136|     46|    9|           6|       2|      1|      13       7|     13|    35|        0
Florida ..............|   2,516|   3,316| 3,462|  2,311|    482|  669|         259|     375|     35|       0     190|    127|   226|        2
                      |        |        |      |       |       |     |            |        |       |                |       |      |
Georgia ..............|   1,734|   1,946| 2,236|  1,610|    354|   39|          17|      19|      3|     233     176|     29|    48|        1
Hawaii ...............|     235|     261|   283|    207|     57|   19|          16|       1|      2|       0       1|      3|    25|        2
Idaho ................|     582|     673|   687|    419|    229|   39|          24|      10|      5|       0      70|     11|    16|       13
Illinois .............|   4,239|   4,342| 4,402|  3,199|    998|  125|          50|      59|     16|      80     159|    258|    23|        3
Indiana ..............|   1,915|   1,976| 1,988|  1,412|    450|   98|          42|      46|     10|      28      59|     49|    11|        0
                      |        |        |      |       |       |     |            |        |       |                |       |      |
Iowa .................|   1,588|   1,534| 1,502|  1,034|    426|   37|           4|      33|      0|       5      38|     11|     0|        3
Kansas ...............|   1,477|   1,430| 1,431|    995|    432|    2|           1|       1|      0|       2       5|      5|    18|        0
Kentucky .............|   1,400|   1,526| 1,457|  1,014|    349|   92|          23|      67|      2|       2     172|     11|     0|        0
Louisiana ............|   1,533|   1,530| 1,549|  1,037|    317|  171|         115|      51|      5|      24     116|     36|    20|        0
Maine ................|     747|     714|   701|    526|    159|   16|          11|       5|      0|       0       0|      2|     0|        6
                      |        |        |      |       |       |     |            |        |       |                |       |      |
Maryland .............|   1,220|   1,383| 1,404|  1,082|    267|   30|          17|       7|      6|      25      77|     50|     0|        0
Massachusetts ........|   1,842|   1,905| 1,904|  1,496|    336|   67|          30|      17|     20|       5      29|      6|    47|        0
Michigan .............|   3,313|   3,998| 4,028|  2,722|    830|  217|          85|      73|     59|     259     243|    172|   198|        5
Minnesota ............|   1,590|   2,362| 2,503|  1,298|    807|  260|         129|      88|     43|     138     609|    261|    94|        4
Mississippi ..........|     972|   1,030| 1,039|    594|    318|  118|          68|      48|      2|       9      61|      0|     1|        0
                      |        |        |      |       |       |     |            |        |       |                |       |      |
Missouri .............|   2,199|   2,368| 2,382|  1,571|    642|  133|          50|      78|      5|      36      83|     62|    25|        0
Montana ..............|     900|     879|   866|    504|    362|    0|           0|       0|      0|       0       4|      2|     0|       75
Nebraska .............|   1,506|   1,326| 1,281|    895|    339|   47|          44|       1|      2|       0       0|     50|     0|       85
Nevada ...............|     354|     511|   542|    396|    127|   14|           4|       9|      1|       5      39|     13|    13|       11
New Hampshire ........|     439|     526|   473|    377|     96|    0|           0|       0|      0|       0       0|      0|     0|        1
                      |        |        |      |       |       |     |            |        |       |                |       |      |
New Jersey ...........|   2,272|   2,410| 2,453|  1,894|    462|   13|           2|       7|      4|      84      18|     86|    50|        0
New Mexico ...........|     681|     765|   809|    571|    208|   30|          20|       9|      1|       0      60|     16|    27|        1
New York .............|   4,010|   4,336| 4,904|  3,172|    964|  163|          83|      59|     21|     605     602|     76|    44|        0
North Carolina .......|   1,955|   2,207| 2,255|  1,765|    388|  102|          34|      49|     19|       0      75|     19|    93|        0
North Dakota .........|     663|     579|   567|    331|    203|   33|          32|       1|      0|       0       0|     30|     0|        4
                      |        |        |      |       |       |     |            |        |       |                |       |      |
Ohio .................|   3,731|   3,916| 3,973|  2,776|  1,008|  148|          43|      47|     58|      41      15|     59|   134|        0
Oklahoma .............|   1,880|   1,821| 1,816|  1,212|    590|    4|           0|       1|      3|      10       3|      1|    10|        2
Oregon ...............|   1,199|   1,273| 1,263|    932|    281|   45|          31|      12|      2|       5      71|     10|    21|       13
Pennsylvania .........|   3,260|   3,252| 3,253|  2,383|    798|   59|          19|      29|     11|      13      13|     12|    91|        1
Rhode Island .........|     309|     328|   335|    266|     65|    4|           3|       0|      1|       0       5|      4|     7|        0
                      |        |        |      |       |       |     |            |        |       |                |       |      |
South Carolina .......|   1,097|   1,127| 1,151|    848|    282|   12|           4|       7|      1|       9      20|      7|    13|        0
South Dakota .........|     802|     769|   751|    455|    273|   23|          14|       9|      0|       0      22|      7|     0|       30
Tennessee ............|   1,543|   1,624| 1,659|  1,243|    344|   69|          40|      29|      0|       3      25|     18|     0|        0
Texas ................|   5,991|   7,519| 7,888|  5,175|  1,820|  893|         432|     433|     28|       0     915|    125|   263|        1
Utah .................|     714|     793|   803|    523|    261|   12|           6|       1|      5|       7      56|     21|    12|        5
                      |        |        |      |       |       |     |            |        |       |                |       |      |
Vermont ..............|     397|     393|   392|    275|     69|   48|          40|       8|      0|       0       2|     61|     0|        2
Virginia .............|   1,811|   1,969| 2,054|  1,470|    389|  135|         121|      12|      2|      60     131|     56|     7|        0
Washington ...........|   1,936|   2,305| 2,209|  1,415|    630|  164|          78|      44|     42|       0     253|     82|     0|        5
West Virginia ........|   1,015|     840|   804|    592|    193|   15|           4|      11|      0|       4      23|     10|     0|        0
Wisconsin ............|   2,018|   2,182| 2,234|  1,570|    597|   67|          19|      40|      8|       0     183|     11|   129|        0
Wyoming ..............|     415|     393|   389|    263|    110|   16|           7|       8|      1|       0      27|      0|     1|       15
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Bureau of Indian      |        |        |      |       |       |     |            |        |       |                |       |      |
   Affairs ...........|   ---  |     189|   189|    102|     26|   60|          53|       3|      4|       1       0|      0|     0|\6\    26
Department of Defense |        |        |      |       |       |     |            |        |       |                |       |      |
   dependents schools |        |        |      |       |       |     |            |        |       |                |       |      |
  Domestic schools ...|   ---  |      71|    69|     57|      7|    5|           1|       2|      2|       0       0|      0|     0|        0
  Overseas schools ...|   ---  |     156|   154|    105|     38|   11|          10|       1|      0|       0       0|      0|     0|        0
                      |        |        |      |       |       |     |            |        |       |                |       |      |
Other jurisdictions   |        |        |      |       |       |     |            |        |       |                |       |      |
  American Samoa .....|      30|      31|    31|     24|      6|    0|           0|       0|      0|       1       0|      1|     0|        0
  Guam ...............|      35|      38|    38|     34|      4|    0|           0|       0|      0|       0       0|      0|     0|        0
  Northern Marianas ..|      26|      29|    32|     24|      6|    0|           0|       0|      0|       2       0|      0|     0|        0
  Puerto Rico ........|   1,619|   1,543| 1,532|    861|    335|  297|          57|       9|    231|      39      25|     29|   122|        0
  Virgin Islands .....|      33|      36|    35|     24|     10|    1|           0|       0|      1|       0       1|      0|     0|        0
______________________|________|________|______|_______|_______|_____|____________|________|_______|________________|_______|______|_________
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\1\Includes schools beginning with grade 6 or below and with no grade higher than 8.
\2\Includes schools with no grade lower than 7.
\3\Includes schools beginning with grade 6 or below and ending with grade 9 or above.
\4\Includes schools not classified by grade span.
\5\Schools are also included under elementary, secondary, combined, or other as appropriate.
\6\Data are for 1998-99.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, The NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 1990-91, 2000-01, and 2002-03. (This table was prepared September 2004.)