Table 84.

Number of regular public school districts, by enrollment size of district: Selected years, 1990–91 through 2004–05

Enrollment size of district	Number of districts											2004–05
	1990–91	1994–95	1995–96	1996–97	1997–98	1998–99	1999– 2000	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04	Number of districts	Percent of districts	Percent of students
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Total	15,358	14,772	14,766	14,841	14,805	14,891	14,928	14,859	14,559	14,465	14,383	14,205	100.0	100.0
25,000 or more	190	207	216	226	230	236	238	240	243	248	256	264	1.9	33.9
10,000 to 24,999	489	542	553	569	572	574	579	581	573	587	594	588	4.1	18.8
5,000 to 9,999	937	996	1,013	1,024	1,038	1,026	1,036	1,036	1,067	1,062	1,058	1,059	7.5	15.4
2,500 to 4,999	1,940	2,013	2,027	2,069	2,079	2,062	2,068	2,060	2,031	2,033	2,031	2,016	14.2	14.9
1,000 to 2,499	3,542	3,579	3,554	3,536	3,524	3,496	3,457	3,448	3,429	3,411	3,421	3,389	23.9	11.6
600 to 999	1,799	1,777	1,777	1,772	1,775	1,790	1,814	1,776	1,744	1,745	1,728	1,737	12.2	2.9
300 to 599	2,275	2,113	2,104	2,066	2,044	2,066	2,081	2,107	2,015	1,987	1,981	1,927	13.6	1.8
1 to 299	3,816	3,173	3,123	3,160	3,165	3,245	3,298	3,265	3,127	3,117	2,994	2,890	20.3	0.8
Size not reported	370	372	399	419	378	396	357	346	330	275	320	335	2.4	†

† Not applicable. NOTE: Size not reported includes school districts reporting enrollment of zero. Regular dis­tricts exclude regional education service agencies and supervisory union administrative centers, state-operated agencies, federally operated agencies, and other types of local education agencies, such as independent charter schools. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Com­mon Core of Data (CCD), "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 1990–91 through 2004–05. (This table was prepared August 2006.)