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Table 216.75. Public elementary schools, by grade span, average school enrollment, and state or jurisdiction: 2012-13
State or jurisdiction Total, all elemen- tary schools Total, all regular elementary schools1 Schools, by grade span Average school enrollment2
Prekinder-
garten, kin-
dergarten, or 1st grade to grades 3 or 4
Prekinder-
garten, kin-
dergarten, or 1st grade to grade 5
Prekinder-
garten, kin-
dergarten, or 1st grade to grade 6
Prekinder-
garten, kin-
dergarten, 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 66,718 65,581 5,104 25,257 10,415 6,444 13,061 6,437 481 486
Alabama 721 712 83 313 177 6 33 109 494 497
Alaska 199 190 3 47 88 25 24 12 332 327
Arizona 1,342 1,321 49 248 352 459 168 66 515 517
Arkansas 720 717 127 155 164 4 163 107 429 430
California 6,953 6,741 137 2,446 2,152 1,001 1,038 179 560 571
                     
Colorado 1,294 1,289 30 606 217 117 248 76 434 435
Connecticut 808 798 96 244 74 98 151 145 436 440
Delaware 161 156 15 79 5 10 38 14 556 562
District of Columbia 169 165 8 69 4 37 25 26 327 326
Florida 2,804 2,739 31 1,678 140 220 590 145 652 665
                     
Georgia 1,784 1,779 41 1,064 27 31 466 155 668 669
Hawaii 205 205 0 82 86 9 27 1 569 569
Idaho 444 433 35 144 136 30 75 24 392 399
Illinois 3,154 3,114 287 799 321 696 583 468 432 436
Indiana 1,367 1,365 167 475 303 42 261 119 475 475
                     
Iowa 970 967 130 336 140 12 232 120 333 334
Kansas 944 940 90 351 174 63 199 67 338 339
Kentucky 997 987 30 478 110 74 205 100 472 476
Louisiana 952 889 73 336 110 107 200 126 482 486
Maine 452 452 65 94 54 84 86 69 264 264
                     
Maryland 1,132 1,116 13 667 81 92 223 56 523 528
Massachusetts 1,429 1,415 188 488 119 98 293 243 437 438
Michigan 2,237 2,194 246 796 215 223 481 276 419 421
Minnesota 1,264 1,109 109 351 318 72 236 178 429 470
Mississippi 623 620 64 141 97 37 160 124 513 514
                     
Missouri 1,584 1,573 144 504 295 113 314 214 380 381
Montana 482 479 17 56 207 112 58 32 186 186
Nebraska 718 711 57 165 279 29 100 88 277 278
Nevada 476 468 9 264 79 23 89 12 629 639
New Hampshire 377 377 57 115 36 53 82 34 331 331
                     
New Jersey 1,951 1,932 274 563 145 289 366 314 464 468
New Mexico 611 600 18 249 124 28 130 62 364 369
New York 3,286 3,267 295 1,247 374 261 717 392 522 523
North Carolina 1,876 1,865 78 1,082 66 115 455 80 547 550
North Dakota 298 297 12 57 127 62 27 13 213 214
                     
Ohio 2,500 2,476 386 612 340 272 548 342 432 435
Oklahoma 1,218 1,214 74 319 148 289 239 149 383 384
Oregon 885 879 28 408 129 118 174 28 403 404
Pennsylvania 2,199 2,198 287 669 422 199 416 206 481 481
Rhode Island 226 225 37 77 42 4 39 27 402 403
                     
South Carolina 917 914 41 462 48 38 229 99 553 555
South Dakota 434 430 16 134 68 95 98 23 207 209
Tennessee 1,343 1,333 168 530 62 180 321 82 514 517
Texas 5,951 5,802 616 2,741 481 133 1,334 646 565 576
Utah 634 598 13 84 427 30 34 46 549 572
                     
Vermont 234 234 12 26 104 63 18 11 231 231
Virginia 1,503 1,503 49 839 151 12 314 138 566 566
Washington 1,521 1,437 54 639 340 75 271 142 437 453
West Virginia 566 566 69 266 36 37 116 42 348 348
Wisconsin 1,560 1,549 153 599 144 154 323 187 367 369
Wyoming 243 241 23 63 77 13 44 23 229 230
                     
Bureau of Indian
     Education
110 110 6 5 26 67 4 2
DoD, domestic and
     overseas
142 142 20 43 26 9 28 16
                     
Other jurisdictions                    
American Samoa 22 22 0 0 0 22 0 0
Guam 34 34 0 24 0 0 8 2
Northern Marianas 21 21 0 0 12 0 0 9 267 267
Puerto Rico 860 860 41 1 786 0 18 14 232 232
U.S. Virgin Islands 22 22 1 1 17 1 2 0 386 386
—Not available.
1 Excludes special education and alternative schools.
2 Average for schools reporting enrollment data. Enrollment data were available for 66,296 out of 66,718 public elementary schools in 2012-13.
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," 2012-13. (This table was prepared November 2014.)

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