Table 99.

Public elementary schools, by grade span, average school size, and state or jurisdiction: 2006–07

State or jurisdiction	Total, all elementary schools	Total, all regular elementary schools1	Schools, by grade span						Average number of students per school2
			Prekinder- garten, kindergarten, or 1st grade to grades 3 or 4	Prekinder- garten, kindergarten, or 1st grade to grade 5	Prekinder- garten, kindergarten, or 1st grade to grade 6	Prekinder- garten, kindergarten, or 1st grade to grade 8	Grade 4, 5, or 6 to grade 6, 7, or 8	Other grade spans	All elementary schools	Regular elementary schools1
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
United States	68,990	66,218	5,005	24,402	12,289	5,912	12,773	8,609	473	478
Alabama	979	954	86	296	181	66	208	142	485	487
Alaska	185	184	2	22	109	16	18	18	331	331
Arizona	1,290	1,250	58	246	341	390	173	82	537	542
Arkansas	734	710	121	141	196	6	144	126	413	413
California	7,163	6,910	170	2,404	2,150	815	1,042	582	572	584
Colorado	1,239	1,235	28	557	269	82	227	76	411	412
Connecticut	835	820	93	288	116	70	152	116	446	450
Delaware	144	141	26	55	13	7	35	8	548	551
District of Columbia	164	154	7	21	86	11	22	17	286	285
Florida	2,862	2,686	31	1,585	149	101	555	441	698	716
Georgia	2,017	1,746	33	1,032	34	14	435	469	670	671
Hawaii	208	208	0	73	100	5	26	4	540	540
Idaho	439	422	41	126	145	24	70	33	377	379
Illinois	3,260	3,155	315	805	354	723	554	509	441	445
Indiana	1,488	1,420	126	556	363	30	267	146	464	465
Iowa	1,016	1,011	115	334	196	18	224	129	295	296
Kansas	972	970	94	297	228	90	180	83	298	299
Kentucky	1,122	975	42	486	141	85	193	175	443	449
Louisiana	953	918	85	327	112	116	202	111	463	469
Maine	505	505	57	94	77	103	89	85	246	246
Maryland	1,116	1,088	17	634	137	42	225	61	505	512
Massachusetts	1,474	1,474	197	511	151	98	296	221	427	427
Michigan	2,849	2,658	250	975	341	184	515	584	403	407
Minnesota	1,544	1,126	110	331	407	128	219	349	399	436
Mississippi	764	611	75	120	122	40	138	269	505	505
Missouri	1,540	1,534	139	473	338	116	293	181	374	374
Montana	479	476	19	52	225	111	50	22	173	173
Nebraska	777	777	0	0	551	126	79	21	226	226
Nevada	433	422	7	214	94	20	73	25	683	684
New Hampshire	382	382	54	119	38	48	80	43	346	346
New Jersey	1,922	1,914	281	553	177	270	363	278	470	472
New Mexico	606	600	27	226	133	15	126	79	354	356
New York	3,297	3,263	275	1,257	439	166	743	417	537	538
North Carolina	1,862	1,840	82	1,031	55	123	440	131	552	554
North Dakota	351	314	10	50	161	50	24	56	183	183
Ohio	2,721	2,679	378	731	454	240	514	404	410	412
Oklahoma	1,211	1,207	73	352	133	312	224	117	359	360
Oregon	926	919	47	393	176	85	179	46	386	386
Pennsylvania	2,357	2,357	259	788	527	169	441	173	469	469
Rhode Island	264	248	28	101	41	4	42	48	379	382
South Carolina	908	886	40	444	58	25	225	116	549	549
South Dakota	461	445	14	120	94	98	82	53	186	186
Tennessee	1,297	1,289	172	478	99	179	280	89	514	515
Texas	5,555	5,410	589	2,321	633	121	1,249	642	553	563
Utah	603	580	10	121	370	21	41	40	522	533
Vermont	255	240	12	28	111	63	17	24	222	222
Virginia	1,782	1,511	50	835	154	9	309	425	537	538
Washington	1,460	1,382	45	574	392	78	231	140	427	441
West Virginia	429	429	62	162	35	29	111	30	351	351
Wisconsin	1,539	1,534	130	609	192	155	306	147	358	359
Wyoming	251	249	23	54	91	15	42	26	203	204
Bureau of Indian Education	109	109	6	5	26	64	4	4	—	—
DoD, domestic	56	56	16	13	6	1	9	11	381	381
DoD, overseas	94	94	6	20	39	8	18	3	447	447
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	24	24	1	0	0	21	1	1	490	490
Guam	32	32	0	23	0	0	7	2	—	—
Northern Marianas	22	22	0	2	10	0	2	8	324	324
Puerto Rico	901	900	64	4	785	4	27	17	275	276
U.S. Virgin Islands	23	23	0	0	22	0	1	0	376	376

— Not available. 1 Excludes special education and alternative schools. 2 Average for schools reporting enrollment data. Enrollment data were available for 66,052 out of 68,990 public elementary schools in 2006–07. NOTE: Includes schools beginning with grade 6 or below and with no grade higher than 8. Excludes schools not reported by grade level, such as some special education schools for the disabled. DoD = Department of Defense. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2006–07. (This table was prepared September 2008.)