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Table 113. Public elementary and secondary schools, by level, type, and state or jurisdiction: 1990-91, 2000-01, 2009-10, and 2010-11
State or jurisdiction Total, all schools, 1990-91 Total, all schools, 2000-01 Total, all schools, 2009-10 Schools by level, 2010-11 Selected types of schools, 2010-11
Total, all schools Elemen- tary1 Secondary2 Combined elementary/secondary3 Other4 Alterna- tive5 Special educa- tion5 One- teacher schools5
Total Prekinder- garten, kin- dergarten, or 1st grade to grade 12 Other schools ending with grade 12 Other com- bined schools
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
United States 84,538 93,273 98,817 98,817 67,086 24,544 6,137 2,858 2,327 952 1,050 6,197 2,206 224 6 
Alabama 1,297 1,517 1,600 1,600 945 420 205 121 61 23 30 115 41 0  
Alaska 498 515 506 509 197 83 229 213 13 3 0 62 3 5  
Arizona 1,049 1,724 2,248 2,265 1,346 737 157 84 44 29 25 77 21 5  
Arkansas 1,098 1,138 1,120 1,110 716 386 8 3 4 1 0 11 4 0  
California 7,913 8,773 10,068 10,124 6,789 2,531 777 291 204 282 27 1,365 147 40 7 
                               
Colorado 1,344 1,632 1,793 1,796 1,282 397 117 47 58 12 0 88 8 3  
Connecticut 985 1,248 1,165 1,157 826 278 33 12 11 10 20 41 54 0  
Delaware 173 191 217 214 152 38 17 12 5 0 7 6 19 0  
District of Columbia 181 198 233 228 165 40 11 2 5 4 12 10 10 0  
Florida 2,516 3,316 4,043 4,131 2,714 673 604 241 336 27 140 428 182 0  
                               
Georgia 1,734 1,946 2,461 2,449 1,802 457 65 15 34 16 125 117 66 0  
Hawaii 235 261 289 289 209 52 27 20 2 5 1 1 3 0  
Idaho 582 673 742 748 444 234 70 47 17 6 0 85 15 9  
Illinois 4,239 4,342 4,405 4,361 3,189 1,006 158 52 89 17 8 150 146 2  
Indiana 1,915 1,976 1,961 1,936 1,385 437 114 62 39 13 0 12 34 0  
                               
Iowa 1,588 1,534 1,468 1,436 986 403 47 3 44 0 0 40 6 4  
Kansas 1,477 1,430 1,419 1,378 956 384 35 9 25 1 3 2 10 0  
Kentucky 1,400 1,526 1,542 1,554 991 445 117 34 81 2 1 169 10 0  
Louisiana 1,533 1,530 1,488 1,471 986 304 181 108 68 5 0 166 34 0  
Maine 747 714 649 631 469 151 11 9 2 0 0 0 3 2  
                               
Maryland 1,220 1,383 1,447 1,449 1,123 260 42 19 18 5 24 63 40 1  
Massachusetts 1,842 1,905 1,836 1,829 1,412 370 42 15 24 3 5 19 23 0  
Michigan 3,313 3,998 3,879 3,877 2,460 1,065 263 134 105 24 89 279 279 7  
Minnesota 1,590 2,362 2,433 2,392 1,258 854 277 135 121 21 3 463 277 0  
Mississippi 972 1,030 1,085 1,083 624 319 52 41 10 1 88 65 3 0  
                               
Missouri 2,199 2,368 2,427 2,410 1,572 651 167 77 86 4 20 107 65 1  
Montana 900 879 828 827 479 348 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 62  
Nebraska 1,506 1,326 1,120 1,096 722 342 32 17 14 1 0 5 24 8  
Nevada 354 511 636 645 474 137 34 7 26 1 0 34 12 13  
New Hampshire 439 526 484 480 375 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
                               
New Jersey 2,272 2,410 2,590 2,607 1,935 538 72 30 35 7 62 125 71 0  
New Mexico 681 765 855 862 602 239 21 7 11 3 0 39 7 0  
New York 4,010 4,336 4,730 4,757 3,325 1,101 282 104 114 64 49 28 124 0  
North Carolina 1,955 2,207 2,550 2,567 1,883 529 144 77 58 9 11 87 30 0  
North Dakota 663 579 517 516 298 183 0 0 0 0 35 5 33 6  
                               
Ohio 3,731 3,916 3,796 3,758 2,547 1,023 183 52 55 76 5 6 59 0  
Oklahoma 1,880 1,821 1,795 1,785 1,235 547 3 0 3 0 0 6 4 0  
Oregon 1,199 1,273 1,301 1,296 915 309 71 49 20 2 1 42 2 13  
Pennsylvania 3,260 3,252 3,244 3,233 2,290 832 103 53 38 12 8 13 9 0  
Rhode Island 309 328 321 317 233 74 5 3 1 1 5 6 3 0  
                               
South Carolina 1,097 1,127 1,206 1,214 901 275 28 10 15 3 10 21 10 0  
South Dakota 802 769 714 710 431 256 23 11 12 0 0 37 11 18  
Tennessee 1,543 1,624 1,772 1,784 1,308 350 126 54 43 29 0 22 15 0  
Texas 5,991 7,519 8,619 8,732 5,894 2,151 686 286 220 180 1 1,071 26 0  
Utah 714 793 1,046 1,016 628 315 72 41 2 29 1 48 87 7  
                               
Vermont 397 393 323 320 235 69 16 11 5 0 0 1 0 1  
Virginia 1,811 1,969 2,164 2,175 1,508 402 35 24 10 1 230 189 55 0  
Washington 1,936 2,305 2,318 2,338 1,514 622 202 139 55 8 0 320 104 5  
West Virginia 1,015 840 759 757 567 135 55 39 14 2 0 32 3 0  
Wisconsin 2,018 2,182 2,242 2,238 1,552 587 95 27 64 4 4 91 9 7  
Wyoming 415 393 363 360 237 100 23 11 6 6 0 24 3 5 7 
                               
Bureau of Indian
   Education
189 173 173 108 18 47 40 5 2 0 0 0  
DoD, domestic and
   overseas
227 191 191 57 7 2 1 1 0 125 0 0 0  
                               
Other jurisdictions                              
American Samoa 30 31 30 28 22 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
Guam 35 38 40 40 35 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
Northern Marianas 26 29 30 30 23 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0  
Puerto Rico 1,619 1,543 1,509 1,473 871 401 178 3 7 168 23 8 24 0  
U.S. Virgin Islands 33 36 32 32 22 9 1 0 0 1 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.
6 Includes imputations for California and Wyoming.
7 Imputation based on response for prior year.
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, 2009-10, and 2010-11. (This table was prepared April 2012.)

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