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Table 100. -  Public secondary schools, by grade span and average school size, by state: 1996-97
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                      |       |          |                        Schools, by grade span                       ||  Voca-   ||Average of students
                      |Total, |  Total,  |_____________________________________________________________________||  tional  ||  per school\3\
 State or other area  |  all  |   all    |Grades 7| Grades | Grades | Grades  |  Grades  |Other spans|  Other  ||schools\2\||____________________
                      |secon- | regular  |to 8 and|7 to 12 |8 to 12 | 9 to 12 | 10 to 12 |ending with|  grade  ||          ||   All   | Regular
                      | dary  |secondary | 7 to 9 |        |        |         |          | grade 12  |  spans  ||          ||secondary|secondary
                      |schools|schools\1\|        |        |        |         |          |           |         ||          || schools |schools\1\
______________________|_______|__________|________|________|________|_________|__________|___________|_________||__________||_________|__________
          1           |   2   |    3     |   4    |   5    |   6    |    7    |    8     |     9     |   10    ||    11    ||   12    |    13
______________________|_______|__________|________|________|________|_________|__________|___________|_________||__________||_________|__________
   United States .....|21,307 |   18,207 |  3,707 |  3,123 |    491 |  11,619 |      805 |       183 |   1,379 ||      905 ||     703 |      777
                      |_______|__________|________|________|________|_________|__________|___________|_________||__________||_________|__________
Alabama ..............|   304 |      288 |     37 |     71 |     11 |     164 |       10 |         1 |      10 ||        3 ||     688 |      722
Alaska ...............|    89 |       71 |     17 |     21 |      3 |      41 |        0 |         0 |       7 ||        6 ||     481 |      565
Arizona ..............|   299 |      265 |     78 |     20 |      3 |     172 |        7 |         1 |      18 ||        6 ||     887 |      960
Arkansas .............|   415 |      414 |     75 |    205 |      4 |      51 |       60 |         0 |      20 ||        1 ||     448 |      444
California ...........| 1,886 |    1,268 |    416 |     95 |     43 |   1,148 |       96 |        15 |      73 ||        0 ||     972 |    1,373
                      |       |          |        |        |        |         |          |           |         ||          ||         |
Colorado .............|   354 |      301 |     49 |     63 |      2 |     212 |       11 |         2 |      15 ||        6 ||     595 |      672
Connecticut ..........|   201 |      170 |     30 |     11 |      2 |     157 |        1 |         0 |       0 ||       17 ||     772 |      849
Delaware .............|    44 |       35 |     10 |      3 |      0 |      30 |        0 |         0 |       1 ||        5 ||     916 |      990
District of Columbia .|    39 |       35 |     14 |      0 |      0 |      19 |        3 |         0 |       3 ||        0 ||     551 |      603
Florida ..............|   466 |      318 |     25 |     49 |     19 |     273 |       18 |        15 |      67 ||       32 ||   1,121 |    1,612
                      |       |          |        |        |        |         |          |           |         ||          ||         |
Georgia ..............|   308 |      308 |     24 |     12 |     22 |     245 |        2 |         0 |       3 ||        0 ||   1,154 |    1,154
Hawaii ...............|    47 |       44 |     12 |      9 |      1 |      23 |        0 |         0 |       2 ||        0 ||   1,339 |    1,426
Idaho ................|   208 |      161 |     44 |     40 |      2 |      90 |       23 |         1 |       8 ||        0 ||     474 |      593
Illinois .............|   983 |      824 |    209 |     52 |     27 |     606 |       14 |        30 |      45 ||       26 ||     652 |      737
Indiana...............|   451 |      410 |     73 |    104 |      1 |     234 |        6 |         1 |      32 ||       27 ||     808 |      833
                      |       |          |        |        |        |         |          |           |         ||          ||         |
Iowa .................|   444 |      415 |     66 |    107 |      1 |     254 |       11 |         2 |       3 ||        0 ||     403 |      423
Kansas ...............|   425 |      417 |     65 |     70 |      4 |     268 |       11 |         5 |       2 ||        0 ||     388 |      394
Kentucky .............|   361 |      314 |     41 |     59 |      9 |     211 |        5 |         1 |      35 ||       11 ||     613 |      681
Louisiana ............|   319 |      284 |     62 |     52 |     10 |     184 |        5 |         2 |       4 ||       10 ||     765 |      819
Maine ................|   159 |      132 |     22 |     13 |      2 |      93 |        1 |         0 |      28 ||       27 ||     509 |      509
                      |       |          |        |        |        |         |          |           |         ||          ||         |
Maryland .............|   217 |      185 |     28 |      7 |      1 |     169 |        2 |         2 |       8 ||       11 ||   1,081 |    1,198
Massachusetts ........|   335 |      276 |     41 |     42 |     15 |     223 |        5 |         3 |       6 ||       45 ||     797 |      843
Michigan .............|   821 |      707 |    120 |    104 |     27 |     472 |       20 |         6 |      72 ||       59 ||     677 |      730
Minnesota ............|   624 |      416 |     72 |    224 |     38 |     182 |       47 |        18 |      43 ||       12 ||     490 |      697
Mississippi ..........|   307 |      220 |     37 |     46 |      7 |     110 |       13 |         1 |      93 ||       87 ||     693 |      693
                      |       |          |        |        |        |         |          |           |         ||          ||         |
Missouri..............|   629 |      560 |     58 |    197 |      5 |     275 |       18 |         2 |      74 ||       61 ||     526 |      534
Montana ..............|   366 |      362 |    190 |      0 |      0 |     174 |        1 |         0 |       1 ||        0 ||     181 |      182
Nebraska .............|   360 |      354 |     42 |    214 |      5 |      85 |       11 |         1 |       2 ||        0 ||     331 |      336
Nevada ...............|   100 |       79 |     16 |     18 |      4 |      53 |        2 |         2 |       5 ||        3 ||     871 |    1,030
New Hampshire ........|   100 |      100 |     23 |      0 |      0 |      75 |        2 |         0 |       0 ||        0 ||     626 |      626
                      |       |          |        |        |        |         |          |           |         ||          ||         |
New Jersey ...........|   427 |      382 |     70 |     37 |     10 |     254 |        3 |         2 |      51 ||       44 ||     887 |      936
New Mexico ...........|   181 |      158 |     41 |     27 |      3 |      94 |        8 |         0 |       8 ||        0 ||     630 |      704
New York .............|   919 |      834 |    124 |    179 |     15 |     528 |       26 |         2 |      45 ||       24 ||     964 |      990
North Carolina .......|   399 |      361 |     54 |     23 |      7 |     288 |       13 |         1 |      13 ||        8 ||     883 |      956
North Dakota .........|   222 |      215 |     20 |    148 |      4 |      34 |        6 |         1 |       9 ||        7 ||     246 |      246
                      |       |          |        |        |        |         |          |           |         ||          ||         |
Ohio .................|   958 |      864 |    183 |    134 |     32 |     509 |       17 |         2 |      81 ||       81 ||     723 |      738
Oklahoma .............|   598 |      597 |    116 |      0 |      0 |     383 |       76 |         4 |      19 ||        0 ||     340 |      341
Oregon ...............|   257 |      240 |     43 |     23 |      7 |     177 |        4 |         0 |       3 ||        0 ||     684 |      725
Pennsylvania .........|   791 |      705 |    112 |    177 |     17 |     354 |       44 |         7 |      80 ||       82 ||     866 |      872
Rhode Island .........|    57 |       51 |     13 |      3 |      0 |      38 |        1 |         0 |       2 ||        3 ||     863 |      938
                      |       |          |        |        |        |         |          |           |         ||          ||         |
South Carolina .......|   277 |      224 |     36 |     21 |      7 |     158 |        4 |         0 |      51 ||       41 ||     868 |      912
South Dakota .........|   309 |      296 |    113 |      2 |      0 |     187 |        0 |         2 |       5 ||        4 ||     173 |      175
Tennessee ............|   350 |      312 |     54 |     42 |      4 |     208 |       12 |         4 |      26 ||       27 ||     835 |      866
Texas ................| 1,790 |    1,440 |    312 |    196 |     45 |   1,030 |       37 |        28 |     142 ||       23 ||     672 |      815
Utah .................|   234 |      193 |     80 |     30 |     11 |      45 |       53 |         3 |      12 ||        2 ||     906 |    1,070
                      |       |          |        |        |        |         |          |           |         ||          ||         |
Vermont ..............|    69 |       53 |      6 |     24 |      0 |      25 |        0 |         0 |      14 ||       14 ||     621 |      644
Virginia .............|   393 |      322 |     38 |      9 |     42 |     236 |        8 |         0 |      60 ||       49 ||     993 |    1,050
Washington ...........|   542 |      427 |    122 |     52 |     14 |     269 |       43 |        10 |      32 ||        8 ||     651 |      795
West Virginia.........|   208 |      171 |     49 |     24 |      1 |      81 |       18 |         1 |      34 ||       32 ||     615 |      636
Wisconsin ............|   547 |      519 |     85 |     63 |      3 |     363 |       18 |         5 |      10 ||        0 ||     559 |      584
Wyoming ..............|   118 |      110 |     40 |      1 |      1 |      65 |        9 |         0 |       2 ||        1 ||     349 |      367
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Department of Defense |       |          |        |        |        |         |          |           |         ||          ||         |
   dependents schools |    41 |       41 |      3 |     26 |      0 |      12 |        0 |         0 |       0 ||        0 ||     465 |      465
                      |       |          |        |        |        |         |          |           |         ||          ||         |
  Outlying areas      |       |          |        |        |        |         |          |           |         ||          ||         |
American Samoa .......|     6 |        5 |      0 |      0 |      0 |       6 |        0 |         0 |       0 ||        1 ||     558 |      613
Guam .................|     5 |        5 |      0 |      0 |      0 |       5 |        0 |         0 |       0 ||        0 ||   1,635 |    1,635
Northern Marianas ....|     4 |        4 |      1 |      2 |      0 |       1 |        0 |         0 |       0 ||        0 ||     799 |      799
Puerto Rico ..........|   365 |      338 |    172 |     32 |      0 |       2 |      135 |         0 |      24 ||       26 ||     633 |      636
Virgin Islands .......|    11 |        9 |      6 |      0 |      0 |       4 |        0 |         0 |       1 ||        1 ||   1,012 |    1,118
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\1\Excludes vocational, special education, and alternative schools.
\2\Vocational schools are also included under appropriate grade span.
\3\Average for schools reporting enrollment data.

NOTE.--Includes schools with no grade lower than 7. Excludes schools not reported by level, such as special education schools for the disabled.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data survey. (This table was prepared August 1998.)


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