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| Table 102. | Public elementary and secondary schools, by type and state or jurisdiction: 1990-91, 2000-01, and 2008-09 |
| Schools by level, 2008-09 | Selected types of schools, 2008-09 | |||||||||||||
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| Total, all schools | Elemen- tary1 |
Second-ary2 | Combined elementary/secondary3 | Other4 | Alterna- tive5 |
Special educa- tion5 |
Char- ter5 |
One- teacher schools5 |
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| State or jurisdiction | Total, all schools, 1990-91 | Total, all schools, 2000-01 | Total | Prekinder- garten, kin- dergarten, or 1st grade to grade 12 |
Other schools ending with grade 12 | Other com- bined schools |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| United States | 84,538 | 93,273 | 98,706 | 67,148 | 24,348 | 5,623 | 2,847 | 2,088 | 688 | 1,587 | 6,207 | 2,289 | 4,694 | 237 |
| Alabama | 1,297 | 1,517 | 1,605 | 951 | 395 | 147 | 105 | 36 | 6 | 112 | 116 | 41 | 0 | 1 |
| Alaska | 498 | 515 | 507 | 188 | 86 | 233 | 215 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 51 | 2 | 24 | 7 |
| Arizona | 1,049 | 1,724 | 2,186 | 1,341 | 674 | 136 | 72 | 46 | 18 | 35 | 86 | 20 | 477 | 5 |
| Arkansas | 1,098 | 1,138 | 1,129 | 721 | 388 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 32 | 0 |
| California | 7,913 | 8,773 | 10,029 | 6,939 | 2,535 | 538 | 439 | 87 | 12 | 17 | 1,357 | 145 | 751 | 47 |
| Colorado | 1,344 | 1,632 | 1,779 | 1,260 | 417 | 102 | 40 | 48 | 14 | 0 | 92 | 10 | 148 | 2 |
| Connecticut | 985 | 1,248 | 1,150 | 827 | 259 | 25 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 39 | 48 | 48 | 18 | 0 |
| Delaware | 173 | 191 | 240 | 149 | 47 | 43 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 19 | 18 | 0 |
| District of Columbia | 181 | 198 | 230 | 167 | 37 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 90 | 0 |
| Florida | 2,516 | 3,316 | 3,985 | 2,634 | 656 | 497 | 157 | 319 | 21 | 198 | 431 | 173 | 399 | 4 |
| Georgia | 1,734 | 1,946 | 2,472 | 1,758 | 440 | 62 | 14 | 32 | 16 | 212 | 168 | 73 | 63 | 0 |
| Hawaii | 235 | 261 | 290 | 210 | 52 | 26 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 0 |
| Idaho | 582 | 673 | 735 | 435 | 232 | 64 | 38 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 84 | 11 | 31 | 12 |
| Illinois | 4,239 | 4,342 | 4,402 | 3,179 | 1,019 | 126 | 42 | 68 | 16 | 78 | 189 | 150 | 39 | 0 |
| Indiana | 1,915 | 1,976 | 1,973 | 1,425 | 434 | 111 | 64 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 22 | 37 | 51 | 0 |
| Iowa | 1,588 | 1,534 | 1,490 | 1,013 | 434 | 43 | 5 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 8 | 9 | 4 |
| Kansas | 1,477 | 1,430 | 1,428 | 965 | 389 | 62 | 32 | 24 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 35 | 1 |
| Kentucky | 1,400 | 1,526 | 1,531 | 986 | 478 | 60 | 18 | 36 | 6 | 7 | 159 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Louisiana | 1,533 | 1,530 | 1,643 | 984 | 313 | 191 | 118 | 64 | 9 | 155 | 173 | 202 | 88 | 0 |
| Maine | 747 | 714 | 663 | 500 | 149 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Maryland | 1,220 | 1,383 | 1,457 | 1,121 | 270 | 44 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 22 | 66 | 39 | 34 | 1 |
| Massachusetts | 1,842 | 1,905 | 1,855 | 1,439 | 368 | 39 | 11 | 23 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 26 | 61 | 1 |
| Michigan | 3,313 | 3,998 | 4,078 | 2,551 | 1,133 | 292 | 178 | 95 | 19 | 102 | 334 | 317 | 283 | 7 |
| Minnesota | 1,590 | 2,362 | 2,263 | 1,275 | 818 | 170 | 88 | 65 | 17 | 0 | 326 | 271 | 174 | 0 |
| Mississippi | 972 | 1,030 | 1,077 | 620 | 335 | 114 | 64 | 49 | 1 | 8 | 62 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Missouri | 2,199 | 2,368 | 2,423 | 1,574 | 658 | 168 | 79 | 82 | 7 | 23 | 101 | 66 | 41 | 0 |
| Montana | 900 | 879 | 830 | 478 | 352 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 61 |
| Nebraska | 1,506 | 1,326 | 1,122 | 728 | 310 | 49 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 5 | 36 | 0 | 18 |
| Nevada | 354 | 511 | 617 | 448 | 105 | 64 | 13 | 36 | 15 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 30 | 11 |
| New Hampshire | 439 | 526 | 492 | 384 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| New Jersey | 2,272 | 2,410 | 2,588 | 1,951 | 485 | 85 | 16 | 66 | 3 | 67 | 108 | 74 | 62 | 0 |
| New Mexico | 681 | 765 | 853 | 596 | 224 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 38 | 6 | 67 | 3 |
| New York | 4,010 | 4,336 | 4,690 | 3,301 | 1,063 | 217 | 84 | 99 | 34 | 109 | 28 | 47 | 115 | 1 |
| North Carolina | 1,955 | 2,207 | 2,548 | 1,830 | 519 | 134 | 44 | 57 | 33 | 65 | 88 | 33 | 96 | 0 |
| North Dakota | 663 | 579 | 525 | 303 | 187 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 5 |
| Ohio | 3,731 | 3,916 | 3,852 | 2,620 | 1,006 | 213 | 44 | 69 | 100 | 13 | 9 | 61 | 326 | 0 |
| Oklahoma | 1,880 | 1,821 | 1,796 | 1,231 | 562 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 0 |
| Oregon | 1,199 | 1,273 | 1,304 | 922 | 307 | 69 | 47 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 40 | 3 | 87 | 11 |
| Pennsylvania | 3,260 | 3,252 | 3,248 | 2,300 | 826 | 110 | 55 | 36 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 127 | 0 |
| Rhode Island | 309 | 328 | 327 | 241 | 80 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 11 | 0 |
| South Carolina | 1,097 | 1,127 | 1,211 | 895 | 276 | 26 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 14 | 23 | 10 | 36 | 2 |
| South Dakota | 802 | 769 | 721 | 433 | 249 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 21 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| Tennessee | 1,543 | 1,624 | 1,755 | 1,312 | 359 | 66 | 34 | 27 | 5 | 18 | 26 | 19 | 14 | 1 |
| Texas | 5,991 | 7,519 | 8,530 | 5,767 | 2,092 | 632 | 277 | 222 | 133 | 39 | 1,076 | 20 | 499 | 1 |
| Utah | 714 | 793 | 1,029 | 621 | 354 | 50 | 21 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 93 | 81 | 67 | 4 |
| Vermont | 397 | 393 | 328 | 239 | 72 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Virginia | 1,811 | 1,969 | 2,009 | 1,513 | 389 | 45 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 62 | 107 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| Washington | 1,936 | 2,305 | 2,321 | 1,450 | 568 | 295 | 145 | 81 | 69 | 8 | 320 | 106 | 0 | 3 |
| West Virginia | 1,015 | 840 | 762 | 571 | 125 | 66 | 46 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Wisconsin | 2,018 | 2,182 | 2,268 | 1,564 | 618 | 81 | 21 | 57 | 3 | 5 | 92 | 9 | 221 | 0 |
| Wyoming | 415 | 393 | 360 | 238 | 99 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| Bureau of Indian Education | — | 189 | 173 | 107 | 20 | 45 | 40 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| DoD, domestic | — | 71 | 67 | 57 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DoD, overseas | — | 156 | 125 | 83 | 27 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 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 | 36 | 32 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Northern Marianas | 26 | 29 | 31 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Puerto Rico | 1,619 | 1,543 | 1,511 | 906 | 401 | 179 | 3 | 5 | 171 | 25 | 9 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 33 | 36 | 33 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| —Not available. | ||||||||||||||
| 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 reported by grade span. | ||||||||||||||
| 5 Schools are also included under elementary, secondary, combined, or other as appropriate. | ||||||||||||||
| NOTE: 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," 1990-91, 2000-01, and 2008-09. (This table was prepared July 2010.) |