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Table 98. Public secondary schools, by grade span, average school size, and state or jurisdiction: 2002-03 

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                      |Total, |   Total, |                Schools, by grade span               |    Voca- |  Average number of
                      |   all |      all |                                                     |   tional | students per school\3\
                      |secon- |  regular |_____________________________________________________|schools\2\|_____________________
State or jurisdiction |  dary |secondary |Grades|Grades|Grades|Grades |Grades|Other spans|Other|          |          |
                      |schools|schools\1\|7 to 8|   7  |    8 |     9 |   10 |    ending |grade|          |      All |  Regular
                      |       |          |  and |to 12 |to 12 | to 12 |to 12 |      with |spans|          |secondary |secondary
                      |       |          |7 to 9|      |      |       |      |  grade 12 |     |          |  schools |schools\1\
______________________|_______|__________|______|______|______|_______|______|___________|_____|__________|_____________________
1                     |     2 |        3 |    4 |    5 |    6 |     7 |    8 |         9 |  10 |       11 |       12 |       13
______________________|_______|__________|______|______|______|_______|______|___________|_____|__________|_____________________
   United States .....| 22,599|    18,614| 3,263| 3,334|   683| 13,703|   627|        252|  737|     1,093|       720|       813
                      |_______|__________|______|______|______|_______|______|___________|_____|__________|_____________________
Alabama ..............|    400|       304|    29|    96|     7|    222|    31|          6|    9|        75|       666|       686
Alaska ...............|     89|        70|    20|    21|     1|     45|     0|          2|    0|         2|       522|       625
Arizona ..............|    498|       429|    81|    43|    12|    347|     9|          2|    4|        46|       666|       701
Arkansas .............|    421|       398|    52|   193|     5|    100|    45|          2|   24|        19|       426|       431
California ...........|  2,147|     1,328|   338|   266|    46|  1,456|    16|         10|   15|         0|       955|     1,465
                      |       |          |      |      |      |       |      |           |     |          |          |
Colorado .............|    407|       327|    56|    66|    12|    265|     4|          3|    1|         7|       602|       707
Connecticut ..........|    236|       176|    29|    16|     6|    164|     7|         11|    3|        17|       802|       964
Delaware .............|     43|        35|    11|     1|    18|     13|     0|          0|    0|         5|       967|     1,023
District of Columbia .|     46|        39|    11|     0|     0|     30|     0|          0|    5|         2|       428|       469
Florida ..............|    482|       451|    18|    40|    23|    383|     3|          5|   10|        33|     1,463|     1,533
                      |       |          |      |      |      |       |      |           |     |          |          |
Georgia ..............|    354|       335|    15|     5|     7|    319|     1|          0|    7|         0|     1,150|     1,204
Hawaii ...............|     57|        56|    13|     9|     0|     34|     0|          0|    1|         0|     1,129|     1,146
Idaho ................|    229|       160|    40|    66|     7|     97|    15|          0|    4|        10|       438|       563
Illinois .............|    998|       790|   158|    61|    32|    619|     9|         32|   87|        52|       688|       801
Indiana ..............|    450|       401|    74|    89|     2|    257|     2|          1|   25|        29|       794|       822
                      |       |          |      |      |      |       |      |           |     |          |          |
Iowa .................|    426|       392|    56|    90|     1|    268|     7|          2|    2|         0|       415|       441
Kansas ...............|    432|       427|    67|    87|     3|    266|     8|          0|    1|         0|       404|       408
Kentucky .............|    349|       254|    29|    65|     7|    238|     3|          5|    2|        11|       611|       760
Louisiana ............|    317|       283|    53|    46|   181|     30|     1|          2|    4|         9|       698|       743
Maine ................|    159|       132|    19|    12|     1|    125|     1|          0|    1|        27|       538|       538
                      |       |          |      |      |      |       |      |           |     |          |          |
Maryland .............|    267|       190|    23|     8|     2|    216|     4|          4|   10|        25|     1,128|     1,326
Massachusetts ........|    336|       285|    37|    37|     6|    250|     1|          2|    3|        41|       876|       918
Michigan .............|    830|       691|   100|    91|    28|    543|    16|          5|   47|        44|       714|       803
Minnesota ............|    807|       468|    70|   288|    27|    322|    54|         22|   24|        13|       444|       666
Mississippi ..........|    318|       222|    31|    63|     7|    187|    21|          1|    8|        86|       649|       649
                      |       |          |      |      |      |       |      |           |     |          |          |
Missouri .............|    642|       566|    61|   190|     4|    339|    22|         11|   15|        60|       548|       555
Montana ..............|    362|       358|   186|     0|     0|    174|     1|          0|    1|         0|       175|       177
Nebraska .............|    339|       339|    27|   196|     0|    102|    10|          0|    4|         0|       344|       344
Nevada ...............|    127|        96|    19|    20|     2|     77|     2|          4|    3|         3|       917|     1,114
New Hampshire ........|     96|        96|    17|     0|     0|     77|     1|          0|    1|         0|       727|       727
                      |       |          |      |      |      |       |      |           |     |          |          |
New Jersey ...........|    462|       397|    70|    37|    10|    317|    12|          2|   14|        55|       998|     1,074
New Mexico ...........|    208|       170|    38|    41|     1|    114|     6|          1|    7|         0|       549|       637
New York .............|    964|       847|    98|   153|    19|    608|    17|          0|   69|        25|       921|       979
North Carolina .......|    388|       365|    17|    11|    23|    328|     2|          3|    4|         7|       989|     1,031
North Dakota .........|    203|       196|    13|   132|     4|     47|     4|          1|    2|         7|       234|       234
                      |       |          |      |      |      |       |      |           |     |          |          |
Ohio .................|  1,008|       914|   180|   149|    35|    570|    16|          8|   50|        90|       704|       718
Oklahoma .............|    590|       590|   109|     0|     0|    399|    64|          3|   15|         0|       345|       345
Oregon ...............|    281|       242|    36|    37|     8|    196|     2|          2|    0|         0|       671|       765
Pennsylvania .........|    798|       710|   102|   154|    13|    406|    28|         11|   84|        81|       886|       896
Rhode Island .........|     65|        48|     7|     1|     0|     49|     4|          0|    4|        12|       882|     1,022
                      |       |          |      |      |      |       |      |           |     |          |          |
South Carolina .......|    282|       225|    29|    18|     9|    201|    13|          7|    5|        40|       893|       955
South Dakota .........|    273|       263|    88|     4|     0|    178|     2|          0|    1|         0|       168|       170
Tennessee ............|    344|       316|    29|    28|     2|    266|    13|          2|    4|        24|       816|       829
Texas ................|  1,820|     1,470|   339|   194|    17|  1,201|    12|         11|   46|        29|       760|       913
Utah .................|    261|       203|    83|    34|     9|     49|    63|         10|   13|         0|       788|       985
                      |       |          |      |      |      |       |      |           |     |          |          |
Vermont ..............|     69|        55|     8|    21|     0|     40|     0|          0|    0|        14|       637|       637
Virginia .............|    389|       331|    31|     7|    39|    265|     4|          0|   43|        47|     1,068|     1,125
Washington ...........|    630|       449|   116|    60|    31|    318|    44|         24|   37|        11|       591|       789
West Virginia ........|    193|       143|    25|    23|     4|    127|     7|          2|    5|        34|       580|       645
Wisconsin ............|    597|       487|    73|    58|     8|    399|    14|         33|   12|         1|       519|       621
Wyoming ..............|    110|        95|    32|     7|     4|     60|     6|          0|    1|         0|       325|       363
                      |=======|==========|======|======|======|=======|======|===========|=====|==========|==========|==========
Bureau of Indian      |       |          |      |      |      |       |      |           |     |          |          |
   Affairs ...........|     26|        26|     1|     8|     0|     17|     0|          0|    0|         0|       356|       356
Department of Defense |       |          |      |      |      |       |      |           |     |          |          |
   dependents schools |       |          |      |      |      |       |      |           |     |          |          |
  Domestic schools ...|      7|         7|     2|     1|     0|      4|     0|          0|    0|         0|       571|       571
  Overseas schools ...|     38|        38|     2|    21|     1|     14|     0|          0|    0|         0|       478|       478
                      |       |          |      |      |      |       |      |           |     |          |          |
Other jurisdictions   |       |          |      |      |      |       |      |           |     |          |          |
  American Samoa .....|      6|         5|     0|     0|     0|      6|     0|          0|    0|         1|       681|       737
  Guam ...............|      4|         4|     0|     0|     0|      4|     0|          0|    0|         0|       ---|       ---
  Northern Marianas ..|      6|         6|     1|     1|     0|      4|     0|          0|    0|         0|       659|       659
  Puerto Rico ........|    335|       313|   165|    32|     1|      6|   125|          0|    6|        14|       592|       597
  Virgin Islands .....|     10|         8|     5|     0|     0|      4|     1|          0|    0|         1|       886|       990
______________________|_______|__________|______|______|______|_______|______|___________|_____|__________|_____________________

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\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 grade level, such as some special education schools for the disabled.

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


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