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Table 216.80. Public secondary schools, by grade span, average school enrollment, and state or jurisdiction: 2014-15
State or jurisdiction Total, all secondary schools Total, all regular secondary schools1 Schools, by grade span Vocational schools2 Average school enrollment3
Grades 7 to 8 and 7 to 9 Grades 7 to 12 Grades 8 to 12 Grades 9 to 12 Grades 10 to 12 Other spans ending with grade 12 Other grade spans All secondary schools Regular secondary schools1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
United States 24,181 19,441 2,706 2,998 587 15,994 609 361 926 1,387 694 791
Alabama 408 317 39 74 8 250 29 1 7 67 707 723
Alaska 83 63 12 23 1 43 2 1 1 3 445 539
Arizona 740 490 74 52 7 575 12 5 15 229 633 730
Arkansas 369 339 46 120 14 132 34 1 22 25 503 510
California 2,575 1,654 371 286 10 1,798 70 29 11 73 864 1,221
                         
Colorado 383 325 36 44 2 289 4 1 7 6 664 746
Connecticut 357 208 35 17 8 217 22 43 15 17 508 799
Delaware 38 30 1 1 1 33 0 0 2 6 1,003 1,021
District of Columbia 33 29 0 1 1 29 0 0 2 0 449 500
Florida 673 513 15 35 33 560 6 18 6 35 1,238 1,508
                         
Georgia 454 423 16 6 5 393 5 1 28 0 1,097 1,173
Hawaii 52 51 12 7 0 33 0 0 0 0 1,136 1,157
Idaho 215 141 34 40 3 126 12 0 0 12 482 617
Illinois 941 848 132 74 18 658 14 23 22 0 711 776
Indiana 456 435 77 84 5 279 2 6 3 28 818 825
                         
Iowa 363 342 37 71 0 238 10 1 6 0 438 460
Kansas 349 346 38 92 4 212 1 2 0 0 449 452
Kentucky 477 236 27 49 23 230 6 7 135 121 581 851
Louisiana 277 255 30 41 89 98 13 0 6 12 731 768
Maine 147 119 8 12 1 96 1 0 29 27 459 463
                         
Maryland 245 191 6 4 3 204 3 7 18 27 1,083 1,244
Massachusetts 380 329 31 38 16 283 1 5 6 38 803 812
Michigan 914 671 69 101 48 651 22 15 8 4 549 685
Minnesota 837 456 48 279 30 396 36 44 4 9 395 597
Mississippi 329 231 26 61 2 208 23 2 7 91 639 639
                         
Missouri 637 557 61 178 5 361 15 8 9 64 539 542
Montana 336 333 165 0 0 171 0 0 0 0 155 156
Nebraska 306 298 30 159 2 108 1 6 0 0 373 373
Nevada 134 116 20 5 3 99 2 5 0 0 1,031 1,155
New Hampshire 110 110 16 0 0 91 1 0 2 0 570 570
                         
New Jersey 539 413 54 43 10 404 5 6 17 55 916 1,025
New Mexico 243 215 35 37 2 153 8 0 8 1 468 502
New York 1,140 1,048 62 140 20 825 21 5 67 24 722 751
North Carolina 535 508 22 5 6 479 3 6 14 8 852 883
North Dakota 183 171 7 93 0 66 1 1 15 12 203 203
                         
Ohio 999 921 133 135 51 628 17 14 21 70 587 598
Oklahoma 564 562 92 1 0 433 28 1 9 0 377 378
Oregon 275 255 26 48 3 196 0 2 0 0 647 686
Pennsylvania 803 712 111 146 10 511 14 2 9 85 800 809
Rhode Island 73 60 9 1 0 52 1 0 10 10 691 712
                         
South Carolina 286 233 22 6 1 237 9 4 7 42 902 942
South Dakota 242 224 63 1 0 175 1 2 0 4 168 175
Tennessee 379 359 11 19 11 314 11 5 8 17 818 836
Texas 2,112 1,541 274 147 55 1,322 40 43 231 0 756 1,002
Utah 281 249 94 46 6 60 59 1 15 4 876 945
                         
Vermont 68 52 7 19 0 27 0 0 15 15 483 492
Virginia 439 344 33 5 26 281 2 0 92 90 1,176 1,189
Washington 622 439 68 56 35 412 24 18 9 20 635 825
West Virginia 125 104 1 20 4 94 2 0 4 30 634 737
Wisconsin 557 494 52 62 4 401 14 20 4 6 501 545
Wyoming 98 81 18 14 1 63 2 0 0 0 332 382
                         
Bureau of Indian
      Education
19 19 1 5 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0
DoD, domestic and
      overseas
                         
Other jurisdictions                        
American Samoa
Guam 6 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
Northern Marianas
Puerto Rico 386 355 187 30 2 4 153 0 10 30 433 416
U.S. Virgin Islands 9 8 4 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 776 776
—Not available.
1 Excludes vocational, special education, and alternative schools.
2 Vocational schools are also included under appropriate grade span. Includes vocational schools not classified as secondary schools.
3 Average for schools reporting enrollment data. Enrollment data were available for 22,658 out of 24,181 public secondary schools in 2014-15.
NOTE: Includes schools with no grade lower than 7. Excludes schools not reported by grade level, such as some special education schools for students with disabilities. 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," 2014-15. (This table was prepared October 2016.)

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