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Table 214.30. Number of public elementary and secondary education agencies, by type of agency and state or jurisdiction: 2011-12 and 2012-13
State or jurisdiction Total agencies Type of agency
Regular school
districts1
Regional
education service
agencies and
supervisory union
administrative
centers
State-operated
agencies
Federally
operated
agencies
Independent
charter
schools and
other agencies
2011-12 2012-13 2011-12 2012-13 2011-12 2012-13 2011-12 2012-13 2011-12 2012-13 2011-12 2012-13
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
United States 17,992 18,087 13,567 13,515 1,540 1,540 280 265 1 3 2,604 2,764
Alabama 170 173 133 135 0 0 37 38 0 0 0 0
Alaska 54 54 53 53 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Arizona 662 665 224 223 19 19 10 10 0 0 409 413
Arkansas 289 288 239 238 15 15 5 5 0 0 30 30
California 1,187 1,181 951 948 198 198 8 4 0 0 30 31
                         
Colorado 259 259 178 178 79 79 1 1 0 0 1 1
Connecticut 200 200 169 169 6 6 7 7 0 0 18 18
Delaware 44 44 19 19 1 1 2 2 0 0 22 22
District of Columbia 56 60 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 53 57
Florida 76 76 67 67 0 0 3 3 0 0 6 6
                         
Georgia 216 218 179 180 16 16 4 7 0 0 17 15
Hawaii 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Idaho 149 149 116 116 0 0 4 3 0 0 29 30
Illinois 1,075 1,070 866 863 199 197 5 5 0 0 5 5
Indiana 394 407 292 297 31 32 4 4 0 0 67 74
                         
Iowa 361 357 351 348 9 9 0 0 0 0 1 0
Kansas 321 321 309 309 0 0 12 12 0 0 0 0
Kentucky 194 194 174 174 18 18 2 2 0 0 0 0
Louisiana 132 131 70 70 0 0 6 6 0 0 56 55
Maine 260 255 237 231 19 18 4 4 0 0 0 2
                         
Maryland 25 25 24 24 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Massachusetts 401 404 242 237 86 89 1 1 0 0 72 77
Michigan 869 890 550 550 57 56 6 6 0 0 256 278
Minnesota 555 553 337 336 67 66 3 3 0 0 148 148
Mississippi 163 162 152 151 0 0 11 11 0 0 0 0
                         
Missouri 572 567 524 521 0 0 5 5 0 0 43 41
Montana 500 496 414 410 77 77 4 4 0 0 5 5
Nebraska 288 286 249 249 34 32 5 5 0 0 0 0
Nevada 18 18 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
New Hampshire 281 288 178 178 93 93 0 0 0 0 10 17
                         
New Jersey 700 691 616 601 1 1 3 3 0 0 80 86
New Mexico 135 146 89 89 0 0 6 6 0 0 40 51
New York2 923 950 696 696 37 37 6 6 0 0 184 211
North Carolina 236 244 115 115 0 0 7 4 0 2 114 123
North Dakota 223 223 179 177 41 43 3 3 0 0 0 0
                         
Ohio 1,079 1,093 615 616 105 105 4 4 0 0 355 368
Oklahoma 575 584 522 521 0 0 3 3 0 0 50 60
Oregon 221 220 184 180 20 19 4 4 0 0 13 17
Pennsylvania 784 799 500 500 103 103 18 19 0 0 163 177
Rhode Island 54 54 32 32 4 4 5 5 0 0 13 13
                         
South Carolina 105 103 86 84 12 12 4 4 0 0 3 3
South Dakota 171 170 152 151 15 15 4 4 0 0 0 0
Tennessee 140 141 137 141 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
Texas 1,262 1,254 1,031 1,029 20 20 13 3 0 0 198 202
Utah 126 132 41 41 4 4 3 3 0 0 78 84
                         
Vermont 369 361 303 294 59 60 2 2 0 0 5 5
Virginia 221 227 130 134 70 71 20 21 1 1 0 0
Washington 316 322 295 295 9 9 2 2 0 0 10 16
West Virginia 57 57 55 55 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
Wisconsin 462 464 424 423 16 16 3 3 0 0 19 22
Wyoming 61 60 49 48 0 0 12 12 0 0 0 0
                         
Bureau of Indian
     Education
195 196 173 174 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0
DoD, domestic and
     overseas
16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 16 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 2 2 2 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. Also includes components of supervisory unions that operate schools, but share superintendent services with other districts.
2 New York City counted as one school district.
NOTE: DoD = Department of Defense.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2011-12 and 2012-13. (This table was prepared March 2015.)

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