Table 88. | Number of public elementary and secondary education agencies, by type of agency and state or jurisdiction: 2006-07 and 2007-08 |
State or jurisdiction | Total agencies | Regular school districts, including supervisory union components1 | Regional education service agencies and supervisory union administrative centers | State-operated agencies | Federally operated agencies | Independent charter schools and other agencies | ||||||
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2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
United States | 17,492 | 17,775 | 13,856 | 13,924 | 1,347 | 1,399 | 224 | 261 | 0 | 0 | 2,065 | 2,191 |
Alabama | 163 | 169 | 133 | 134 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Alaska | 54 | 54 | 53 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Arizona | 608 | 603 | 238 | 238 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 357 | 351 |
Arkansas | 292 | 288 | 254 | 245 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 23 |
California | 1,130 | 1,129 | 989 | 1,026 | 131 | 85 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
Colorado | 201 | 262 | 179 | 178 | 22 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Connecticut | 198 | 195 | 169 | 169 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 16 |
Delaware | 39 | 39 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17 |
District of Columbia | 56 | 58 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 56 |
Florida | 77 | 77 | 67 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 |
Georgia | 204 | 205 | 182 | 180 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Hawaii | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Idaho | 129 | 133 | 125 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
Illinois | 1,082 | 1,078 | 873 | 870 | 203 | 202 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Indiana | 367 | 369 | 294 | 294 | 29 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 42 |
Iowa | 376 | 374 | 365 | 364 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kansas | 332 | 331 | 323 | 319 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kentucky | 195 | 194 | 175 | 174 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Louisiana | 99 | 105 | 68 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 28 |
Maine | 303 | 303 | 287 | 290 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Maryland | 25 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Massachusetts | 392 | 500 | 250 | 352 | 78 | 86 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 61 |
Michigan | 842 | 844 | 552 | 552 | 57 | 58 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 229 | 230 |
Minnesota | 548 | 557 | 340 | 340 | 58 | 55 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 147 | 159 |
Mississippi | 163 | 164 | 152 | 152 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Missouri | 550 | 561 | 524 | 524 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 32 |
Montana | 509 | 507 | 425 | 421 | 77 | 77 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
Nebraska | 309 | 295 | 269 | 254 | 36 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nevada | 19 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
New Hampshire | 268 | 272 | 177 | 177 | 83 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11 |
New Jersey | 647 | 678 | 593 | 616 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 58 |
New Mexico | 95 | 95 | 95 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
New York2 | 832 | 837 | 697 | 697 | 37 | 37 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 97 |
North Carolina | 242 | 249 | 125 | 116 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 128 |
North Dakota | 238 | 232 | 198 | 192 | 37 | 37 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ohio | 1,034 | 1,055 | 614 | 614 | 109 | 108 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 307 | 329 |
Oklahoma | 600 | 587 | 540 | 539 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 45 |
Oregon | 223 | 222 | 199 | 195 | 20 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Pennsylvania | 737 | 788 | 501 | 501 | 104 | 105 | 11 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 163 |
Rhode Island | 52 | 50 | 32 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 |
South Carolina | 102 | 102 | 101 | 86 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
South Dakota | 188 | 184 | 171 | 168 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tennessee | 136 | 140 | 136 | 136 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Texas | 1,261 | 1,266 | 1,033 | 1,033 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 192 | 199 |
Utah | 99 | 104 | 40 | 40 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 58 |
Vermont | 358 | 360 | 292 | 292 | 60 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 |
Virginia | 231 | 230 | 134 | 134 | 73 | 72 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Washington | 308 | 308 | 296 | 295 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
West Virginia | 57 | 57 | 57 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wisconsin | 459 | 462 | 425 | 426 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 17 |
Wyoming | 62 | 60 | 52 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bureau of Indian Education |
20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
DoD, domestic | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
DoD, overseas | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
Other jurisdictions | ||||||||||||
American Samoa | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Guam | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Northern Marianas | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Puerto Rico | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
U.S. Virgin Islands | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 Regular school districts include both independent districts and those that are a dependent segment of a local government. Includes nonoperating agencies. Components of supervisory unions operate schools, but share superintendent services with other districts. | ||||||||||||
2 New York City counted as one school district. | ||||||||||||
NOTE: DoD = Department of Defense. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. | ||||||||||||
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2006-07 and 2007-08. (This table was prepared September 2009.) |