Skip Navigation
Digest of Education Statistics
2020 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest


Table 216.70. Public elementary and secondary schools, by level, type, and state or jurisdiction: 1990-91, 2000-01, 2010-11, and 2018-19
State or jurisdiction Total,
all
schools,
1990-91
Total,
all
schools,
2000-01
Total,
all
schools,
2010-11
Schools by level, 2018-19 Selected types of schools, 2018-19
Total,
all
schools
Elemen-
tary1
Second-
ary2
Combined elementary/secondary3 Other4 Alterna-
tive5
Special
educa-
tion5
One-
teacher5
Total Prekinder-
garten,
kin-
dergarten,
or grade 1
to grade 12
Other schools
ending with
grade 12
Other com- bined
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
United States 84,538 93,273 98,817 98,755 67,606 23,872 6,586 3,400 2,602 584 691 5,168 2,061 185
Alabama 1,297 1,517 1,600 1,528 919 399 161 99 59 3 49 63 83 0
Alaska 498 515 509 507 197 78 232 216 15 1 0 22 3 0
Arizona 1,049 1,724 2,265 2,344 1,394 767 163 88 61 14 20 58 20 1
Arkansas 1,098 1,138 1,110 1,078 681 370 26 11 11 4 1 4 2 0
California 7,913 8,773 10,124 10,430 7,037 2,489 686 526 151 9 218 1,063 157 30

Colorado
1,344 1,632 1,796 1,915 1,366 382 167 79 82 6 0 113 5 1
Connecticut 985 1,248 1,157 1,022 778 220 24 11 11 2 0 4 5 0
Delaware 173 191 214 225 161 39 23 12 8 3 2 5 17 0
District of Columbia 181 198 228 228 181 38 9 1 6 2 0 6 2 0
Florida 2,516 3,316 4,131 4,181 2,858 651 672 286 364 22 0 391 164 1

Georgia
1,734 1,946 2,449 2,309 1,777 457 70 20 39 11 5 38 10 0
Hawaii 235 261 289 292 212 53 27 22 3 2 0 1 1 0
Idaho 582 673 748 746 466 193 87 42 41 4 0 72 9 9
Illinois 4,239 4,342 4,361 4,345 3,141 1,021 114 37 66 11 69 141 205 0
Indiana 1,915 1,976 1,936 1,916 1,366 453 97 51 38 8 0 7 22 0

Iowa
1,588 1,534 1,436 1,316 934 342 40 5 35 0 0 17 2 2
Kansas 1,477 1,430 1,378 1,314 918 341 55 18 37 0 0 1 4 0
Kentucky 1,400 1,526 1,554 1,534 962 483 74 23 47 4 15 191 10 1
Louisiana 1,533 1,530 1,471 1,383 952 284 147 97 45 5 0 5 29 0
Maine 747 714 631 599 437 146 16 9 7 0 0 0 1 3

Maryland
1,220 1,383 1,449 1,418 1,124 240 44 19 21 4 10 43 37 0
Massachusetts 1,842 1,905 1,829 1,852 1,406 375 63 21 36 6 8 24 11 0
Michigan 3,313 3,998 3,877 3,728 2,272 946 465 274 180 11 45 375 257 6
Minnesota 1,590 2,362 2,392 2,540 1,399 847 293 143 143 7 1 477 336 1
Mississippi 972 1,030 1,083 1,054 612 335 101 63 38 0 6 67 2 0

Missouri
2,199 2,368 2,410 2,427 1,620 649 158 73 85 0 0 60 51 0
Montana 900 879 827 823 505 317 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 62
Nebraska 1,506 1,326 1,096 1,081 722 334 25 17 7 1 0 52 28 4
Nevada 354 511 645 706 523 132 50 18 27 5 1 36 14 8
New Hampshire 439 526 480 494 384 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

New Jersey
2,272 2,410 2,607 2,573 1,951 530 86 46 28 12 6 74 64 0
New Mexico 681 765 862 882 601 236 41 15 22 4 4 45 8 0
New York 4,010 4,336 4,757 4,796 3,285 1,111 396 177 162 57 4 36 136 0
North Carolina 1,955 2,207 2,567 2,657 1,940 551 166 86 64 16 0 75 24 0
North Dakota 663 579 516 523 312 177 1 0 1 0 33 0 32 6

Ohio
3,731 3,916 3,758 3,566 2,449 962 155 45 69 41 0 0 45 0
Oklahoma 1,880 1,821 1,785 1,807 1,239 565 2 0 1 1 1 5 4 0
Oregon 1,199 1,273 1,296 1,256 892 275 89 63 24 2 0 37 1 16
Pennsylvania 3,260 3,252 3,233 2,969 2,072 767 130 51 45 34 0 6 4 0
Rhode Island 309 328 317 320 244 71 4 3 1 0 1 2 1 0

South Carolina
1,097 1,127 1,214 1,265 936 286 43 13 23 7 0 12 7 1
South Dakota 802 769 710 697 453 228 16 8 8 0 0 29 12 9
Tennessee 1,543 1,624 1,784 1,862 1,340 369 153 43 53 57 0 20 16 0
Texas 5,991 7,519 8,732 8,975 6,233 2,034 708 284 262 162 0 880 11 2
Utah 714 793 1,016 1,061 688 282 89 49 12 28 2 29 59 5

Vermont
397 393 320 312 232 64 15 8 7 0 1 1 0 1
Virginia 1,811 1,969 2,175 2,115 1,490 435 32 22 10 0 158 124 40 0
Washington 1,936 2,305 2,338 2,445 1,599 635 211 128 70 13 0 315 90 5
West Virginia 1,015 840 757 721 533 139 23 16 7 0 26 34 2 0
Wisconsin 2,018 2,182 2,238 2,255 1,571 566 114 49 63 2 4 96 13 1
Wyoming 415 393 360 363 242 98 23 13 7 3 0 10 3 9

Bureau of Indian
    Education
--- 189 173 174 111 18 45 37 6 2 0 0 0 0

DoDEA6
--- 227 191 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---

Other jurisdictions
                           
American Samoa 30 31 28 29 23 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guam 35 38 40 44 36 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Northern Marianas 26 29 30 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Puerto Rico 1,619 1,543 1,473 847 610 159 57 12 35 10 21 0 14 0
U.S. Virgin Islands 33 36 32 26 17 9 0 0 0 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.
6 DoDEA = Department of Defense Education Activity. Includes both domestic and overseas schools.
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, 2010-11, and 2018-19. (This table was prepared September 2020.)

2020 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest