Public Schools & Districts Overview of Public Elementary and Secondary Schools and Districts: School Year 2000-01 , NCES Fall 2002 Quarterly--tables 6-11

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Vol 4, Issue 3, Topic: Elementary and Secondary Education

Overview of Public Elementary and Secondary Schools and Districts: School Year 2000–01

By: Lee M. Hoffman

Table 6.—Median public school student/teacher ratio, by instructional level and by state: School year 2000–01

State	Instructional level
State	Primary	Middle	High	Other
Reporting states*	16.0	15.5	14.8	9.7
Alabama	14.7	17.7	16.1	15.5
Alaska	17.0	16.7	15.2	11.5
Arizona	17.6	18.3	16.5	(†)
Arkansas	15.6	14.5	11.3	12.6
California	19.7	22.6	21.4	16.8
Colorado	16.9	16.8	15.4	13.7
Connecticut	14.4	12.8	12.5	14.9
Delaware	16.3	16.1	15.7	5.9
District of Columbia	13.6	13.5	14.1	8.7
Florida	17.2	19.5	19.2	4.9
Georgia	16.1	15.8	16.6	15.1
Hawaii	17.2	16.9	17.4	13.3
Idaho	18.0	17.8	15.2	11.9
Illinois	16.7	15.4	14.4	8.0
Indiana	17.7	17.1	17.1	13.2
Iowa	14.6	13.8	13.1	11.1
Kansas	14.0	13.8	11.8	6.8
Kentucky	21.0	15.6	15.3	7.5
Louisiana	14.9	15.5	15.5	13.1
Maine	13.4	14.1	13.9	9.7
Maryland	16.7	15.7	16.9	5.4
Massachusetts	—	—	—	—
Michigan	18.2	17.7	18.3	13.9
Minnesota	15.4	16.5	14.7	6.0
Mississippi	16.8	16.4	16.4	15.5
Missouri	14.2	14.9	13.6	8.3
Montana	13.1	13.1	11.6	9.2
Nebraska	12.2	13.6	11.7	8.1
Nevada	17.5	21.0	18.2	5.3
New Hampshire	14.5	14.5	13.1	17.2
New Jersey	15.2	13.7	12.8	7.1
New Mexico	14.6	14.7	14.5	15.1
New York	14.7	14.1	14.1	10.3
North Carolina	15.0	14.4	14.4	6.4
North Dakota	12.4	14.0	12.5	15.0
Ohio	17.2	16.0	16.8	15.0
Oklahoma	15.6	15.0	12.5	16.8
Oregon	19.4	19.1	18.4	10.5
Pennsylvania	16.9	15.9	15.6	12.8
Rhode Island	15.9	14.2	13.8	7.6
South Carolina	14.7	15.5	15.4	13.7
South Dakota	12.3	13.6	11.3	9.2
Tennessee	—	—	—	—
Texas	15.1	14.2	12.6	8.0
Utah	21.6	21.6	20.9	13.8
Vermont	12.1	12.4	11.4	10.8
Virginia	14.1	13.6	14.1	6.8
Washington	18.9	20.0	19.6	7.7
West Virginia	14.0	14.2	15.1	7.1
Wisconsin	14.8	14.4	14.8	12.3
Wyoming	12.5	12.9	11.7	9.1
Outlying areas, DoD Dependents Schools, and Bureau of Indian Affairs
DoDDS: DoDs Overseas	15.0	15.1	12.7	11.0
DDESS: DoDs Domestic	15.0	13.4	12.5	11.0
Bureau of Indian Affairs	—	—	—	—
American Samoa	19.5	28.6	16.5	3.0
Guam	15.0	13.6	18.9	(†)
Northern Marianas	17.9	17.9	12.4	15.7
Puerto Rico	15.3	16.7	19.6	15.5
Virgin Islands	13.3	10.3	13.4	7.5

—Not available.

†Not applicable.

*Total of reporting states, does not include Massachusetts or Tennessee.

NOTE: Instructional levels are primary (low grade prekindergarten to 3, high grade up to 8); middle (low grade 4 to 7, high grade 4 to 9); high (low grade 7 to 12, high grade 12 only); and other (any configuration not falling within the previous three, including ungraded schools). For states that did not provide a grade span, grade span was determined by the highest and lowest grades in which students were reported. U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia. If all schools were ranked by student/teacher ratio from the smallest to the largest, half of the schools would fall below the median. For example, half the primary schools in Alabama had a student/ teacher ratio of less than 14.7.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2000–01.

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Table 7.—Distribution of regular public school districts and students, by district membership size: School year 2000–01

District membership size	Number of districts	Percentage of districts	Percentage of students
United States	14,514	100.0	100.0
100,000 or more	24	0.2	12.2
25,000 to 99,999	216	1.5	20.1
10,000 to 24,999	581	4.0	18.8
7,500 to 9,999	323	2.2	6.0
5,000 to 7,499	713	4.9	9.3
2,500 to 4,999	2,061	14.2	15.5
2,000 to 2,499	806	5.6	3.9
1,500 to 1,999	1,071	7.4	4.0
1,000 to 1,499	1,571	10.8	4.2
800 to 999	805	5.5	1.6
600 to 799	971	6.7	1.5
450 to 599	955	6.6	1.1
300 to 449	1,152	7.9	0.9
150 to 299	1,471	10.1	0.7
1 to 149	1,794	12.4	0.3

NOTE: Table includes the 50 states and the District of Columbia, and excludes 345 regular school districts for which no students were reported in membership. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2000–01.

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Table 8.—Distribution of public schools and students, by community type: School year 2000–01

Community type	Number of students	Percentage of schools	Percentage of students
United States	90,637	100.0	100.0
Large city	11,152	12.3	16.0
Midsize city	11,142	12.3	13.4
Urban fringe, large city	21,543	23.8	29.9
Urban fringe, midsize city	7,703	8.5	9.3
Large town	1,163	1.3	1.2
Small town	10,395	11.5	9.5
Rural	17,296	19.1	9.8
Rural urban fringe	10,243	11.3	11.0

NOTE: Community types classify the location of a school relative to populous areas. Table includes the 50 states and the District of Columbia, and excludes 2,633 schools in these jurisdictions for which no students were reported in membership. Table excludes three schools for which no locale codes could be assigned. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2000–01.

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Table 9.—Number of Title I, magnet, and charter schools and percentage of students served, by state: School year 2000–01

State	Number of Title I eligible schools¹	Percentage of all students in these schools	Number of Title I schoolwide schools	Percentage of all students in these schools	Number of magnet schools²	Percentage of all students in these schools	Number of charter schools²	Percentage of all students in these schools
United States	—	—	—	—	—	—	1,993	—
Alabama	941	63.7	577	35.8	42	2.9	(†)	(†)
Alaska	280	33.0	80	11.0	—	—	19	1.9
Arizona	—	—	—	—	—	—	313	5.2
Arkansas	826	67.0	416	30.0	6	0.8	3	0.2
California	4,879	57.7	2,273	30.2	447	9.1	302	1.9
Colorado	791	44.5	194	10.9	2	0.1	77	2.8
Connecticut	455	39.0	97	9.2	16	1.0	16	0.4
Delaware	100	48.5	23	10.5	2	0.9	7	2.4
District of Columbia	113	73.6	113	73.6	3	1.8	33	—
Florida	1,204	34.5	1,081	31.1	—	—	148	1.1
Georgia	966	42.8	615	26.5	71	4.0	30	1.4
Hawaii	123	40.2	111	36.4	(†)	(†)	6	0.7
Idaho	488	66.0	85	10.0	(†)	(†)	9	0.4
Illinois	—	—	—	—	372	13.1	20	0.4
Indiana	1,026	46.9	150	6.4	(†)	(†)	(†)	(†)
Iowa	745	40.0	116	7.1	(†)	(†)	(†)	(†)
Kansas	—	—	(³)	—	(³)	2.4	1	(#)
Kentucky	842	55.9	658	42.1	—	—	(†)	(†)
Louisiana	839	49.2	698	40.9	70	5.9	19	0.4
Maine	548	68.6	53	4.9	(³)	0.1	1	0.1
Maryland	411	23.6	331	18.9	(†)	(†)	(†)	(†)
Massachusetts	1,077	51.9	433	20.8	8	0.5	41	1.4
Michigan	—	—	—	—	(†)	(†)	205	3.2
Minnesota	954	40.3	208	8.2	65	3.4	73	1.1
Mississippi	678	70.3	582	58.7	5	0.5	1	0.1
Missouri	1,191	45.8	362	13.3	48	2.4	21	0.8
Montana	668	77.7	114	12.9	(†)	(†)	(†)	(†)
Nebraska	—	—	—	—	—	—	(†)	(†)
Nevada	109	18.6	77	14.3	9	1.3	8	0.4
New Hampshire	250	49.8	20	3.3	(†)	(†)	0	0.0
New Jersey	1,432	58.1	—	—	—	—	53	0.8
New Mexico	501	53.9	275	30.7	1	0.1	10	0.4
New York	2,769	60.6	—	—	(³)	0.6	38	(#)
North Carolina	1,065	42.7	969	35.8	167	8.7	90	1.2
North Dakota	455	70.7	52	8.6	(†)	(†)	(†)	(†)
Ohio	2,566	61.4	1,219	28.4	(†)	(†)	66	0.8
Oklahoma	1,160	57.5	748	35.4	(†)	(†)	6	0.2
Oregon	517	34.5	187	13.0	4	0.2	12	0.1
Pennsylvania	2,208	64.0	512	15.8	—	—	65	1.0
Rhode Island	152	40.1	59	17.5	16	7.0	3	0.4
South Carolina	509	39.5	441	32.9	—	—	8	0.1
South Dakota	739	99.5	88	10.0	(†)	(†)	(†)	(†)
Tennessee	—	—	(³)	—	12	0.8	(†)	(†)
Texas	4,430	57.2	3,851	50.1	—	—	201	0.9
Utah	216	19.8	118	10.6	(†)	(†)	8	0.1
Vermont	211	59.2	70	20.9	(†)	(†)	(†)	(†)
Virginia	716	27.7	201	7.8	46	3.0	2	(#)
Washington	—	—	—	—	(†)	(†)	(†)	(†)
West Virginia	438	43.7	343	32.4	0	0.0	(†)	(†)
Wisconsin	1,086	46.2	244	12.8	(†)	(†)	78	1.1
Wyoming	150	35.1	45	11.2	0	0.0	0	0.0
Outlying areas, DoD Dependents Schools, and Bureau of Indian Affairs
DoDDS: DoDs Overseas	—	—	—	—	0	0.0	0	0.0
DDESS: DoDs Domestic	—	—	—	—	0	0.0	0	0.0
Bureau of Indian Affairs	—	—	—	—	0	0.0	0	0.0
American Samoa	—	—	—	—	0	0.0	0	0.0
Guam	—	—	—	—	0	0.0	0	0.0
Northern Marianas	—	—	—	—	0	0.0	0	0.0
Puerto Rico	1,462	95.2	1,295	84.7	151	10.9	36	2.9
Virgin Islands	36	100.0	—	—	1	(#)	0	0.0

—Not available.

�Not applicable.

#Rounds to zero.

¹Number of Title I eligible schools includes those with and without schoolwide Title I programs.

²Zero indicates that this type of school is authorized but none were operating.

³Data were missing for more than 20 percent of schools.

NOTE: Percentages are based on all schools reporting in a state. Numbers of schools include those not reporting students in membership. U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2000–01.

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Table 10.—Number and percentage of public school students participating in selected programs, by state: School year 2000-01

State	Number of students with IEPs	Percentage of students with IEPs	Number of students receiving LEP services	Percentage of students receiving LEP services	Number of students receiving school year migrant services¹	Number of students receiving summer migrant services	Number of students eligible for free or reduced- price meals	Percentage of all students eligible for free or reduced- price meals
Reporting states	6,003,071³	12.8³	—	—	—	—	—	—
Alabama	98,638	13.5	7,226	1.0	—	—	335,143	46.0
Alaska	17,700	13.3	19,337	14.5	12,032	1,687	32,468	24.3
Arizona	89,809	10.2	131,933	15.0	—	—	—	—
Arkansas	55,189	12.3	11,850	2.6	7,162	—	205,058	45.6
California	648,799	10.7	1,479,819	24.5	180,378	113,297	2,820,611	46.6
Colorado	71,278	9.8	60,852	8.4	9,628	4,086	195,148	26.9
Connecticut	73,886	13.1	20,499	3.6	2,546	1,113	—	—
Delaware	15,798	13.8	2,081	1.8	—	245	37,766	32.9
District of Columbia	10,580	15.4	8,594	12.5	747	267	47,839	69.4
Florida	364,716	15.0	187,566	7.7	39,980	7,505	1,079,009	44.3
Georgia	163,619	11.3	54,444	3.8	21,747	3,841	624,511	43.2
Hawaii	21,968	11.9	12,718	6.9	1,730	369	80,657	43.7
Idaho	29,005	11.8	18,097	7.4	7,507	4,479	85,824	35.1
Illinois	287,315	14.0	126,475	6.2	—	—	—	—
Indiana	155,206	15.7	30,953	3.1	—	—	285,267	28.8
Iowa	68,271	13.8	11,253	2.3	4,121	405	131,553	26.7
Kansas	75,739	16.2	14,878	3.2	—	—	154,693	33.4
Kentucky	94,347	14.7	4,030	0.6	24,922	5,627	298,334	47.6
Louisiana	96,881	13.0	10,293	1.4	4,651	5,367	433,068	58.3
Maine	32,654	15.4	—	—	—	—	60,162	28.9
Maryland	111,105	13.0	24,213	2.8	343	727	255,872	30.0
Massachusetts	159,961	16.3	49,077	5.0	1,765	0	237,871	24.3
Michigan	227,653	13.4	—	—	—	—	504,044	29.6
Minnesota	108,985	12.8	44,360	5.2	1,193	2,115	218,867	25.6
Mississippi	62,304	12.5	2,176	0.4	3,297	(⁴)	319,670	64.2
Missouri	136,484	14.9	(⁴)	—	5,106	615	315,608	34.6
Montana	19,001	12.3	—	—	99	889	47,415	30.6
Nebraska	43,797	15.3	(⁴)	—	1,789	(⁴)	87,045	30.4
Nevada	38,160	11.2	—	—	—	803	92,978	27.3
New Hampshire	29,663	14.2	2,728	1.3	—	—	31,212	15.0
New Jersey	—	—	—	—	—	—	357,728	27.2
New Mexico	62,028	19.4	68,679	21.4	3,828	369	174,939	54.6
New York	426,517	14.8	230,625	8.0	—	—	1,236,945	42.9
North Carolina	179,497	13.9	44,165	3.4	—	(⁴)	470,316	36.4
North Dakota	13,437	12.3	—	—	320	(⁴)	31,840	29.2
Ohio	229,809	12.6	331	—	—	—	494,829	26.3
Oklahoma	85,343	13.7	38,042	6.1	—	803	300,179	48.2
Oregon	68,945	12.6	43,416	7.9	16,602	3,688	186,203	34.8
Pennsylvania	222,584	12.3	—	—	—	—	510,121	28.1
Rhode Island	30,503	19.4	10,245	6.5	148	62	52,209	33.2
South Carolina	101,482	14.9	5,121	0.8	—	(⁴)	320,254	47.1
South Dakota	16,626	12.9	4,270	3.3	1,635	—	37,857	29.4
Tennessee	142,709	15.9	—	—	—	—	—	—
Texas	483,442	11.9	570,453	14.1	69,220	—	1,823,029	44.9
Utah	53,921	11.3	38,998	8.2	3,185	3,249	135,428	28.3
Vermont	14,294	14.0	942	0.9	—	—	23,986	23.5
Virginia	161,869	14.1	36,802	3.2	1,100	807	320,233	28.0
Washington	115,160	11.5	—	—	—	—	—	—
West Virginia	50,290	17.6	920	0.3	50	—	143,446	50.1
Wisconsin	124,500	14.2	(⁴)	—	—	(⁴)	219,276	24.9
Wyoming	11,604	12.9	2,534	2.8	—	—	43,483	48.3
Outlying areas, DoD Dependents Schools, and Bureau of Indian Affairs
DoDDS: DoDs Overseas	5,596	7.6	4,639	6.3	—	—	—	—
DDESS: DoDs Domestic	3,065	9.0	1,701	5.0	—	—	—	—
Bureau of Indian Affairs	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
American Samoa	702	4.5	15,275	97.0	—	—	15,609²	99.4
Guam	2,014	6.2	12,358	38.1	—	—	14,110	43.5
Northern Marianas	504	5.0	—	—	—	—	9,779	97.8
Puerto Rico	65,576	10.7	—	—	(⁴)	197	495,926²	80.9
Virgin Islands	1,329	6.8	641	3.3	—	—	—	—

—Not available.

¹Migrant students include those who were enrolled at any time during the previous (1999-2000) regular school year. They are reported for each school in which they enrolled; because this is a duplicated count, the table does not show migrants as a percentage of all students.

²American Samoa and Puerto Rico did not report students eligible for reduced-price meals.

³Total of reporting states; does not include New Jersey.

⁴Data were missing for more than 20 percent of schools or districts.

NOTE: Percentages are based on schools and agencies reporting. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2000–01, and "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2000–01.

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Table 11.—Percentage of students who are minority, by community type and by state: School year 2000–01

State	Total students	Number of minority students	Percentage of minority students by community type
State	Total students	Number of minority students	City, large and midsize	Urban fringe of city	Small town or rural
Reporting states¹	47,222,778	18,223,569	61.6	34.7	20.2
Alabama	740,091	285,613	69.5	28.6	30.5
Alaska	133,356	51,307	36.4	0.0	40.8
Arizona	877,696	414,394	51.0	38.7	50.6
Arkansas	449,959	127,263	46.2	14.7	22.9
California	6,142,348	3,843,815	73.3	60.0	41.1
Colorado	724,508	230,122	44.8	28.7	20.8
Connecticut	562,179	168,257	68.5	19.8	8
Delaware	114,676	45,090	55.7	37.6	30.0
District of Columbia	68,925	65,812	95.5	0.0	100.0²
Florida	2,434,821	1,132,395	52.1	49.8	30.6
Georgia	1,444,937	655,022	80.1	48.6	33.1
Hawaii	184,360	146,748	81.8	79.8	78.0
Idaho	245,117	34,154	13.7	16.9	14.1
Illinois	2,048,792	824,284	75.0	30.2	8.0
Indiana	989,225	162,297	40.5	11.4	3.7
Iowa	495,080	48,066	21.5	7.1	4.4
Kansas	470,610	98,368	42.0	11.5	13.9
Kentucky	665,850	76,063	31.2	16.4	5.0
Louisiana	743,089	379,586	74.0	42.6	38.5
Maine	207,037	6,994	10.1	3.2	2.5
Maryland	852,920	397,756	76.5	48.3	20.3
Massachusetts	975,150	236,442	55.6	13.5	5.6
Michigan	1,743,337	440,831	70.7	17.0	6.9
Minnesota	854,340	145,827	52.3	11.7	7.7
Mississippi	497,871	262,248	74.9	28.2	53.2
Missouri	912,744	190,729	47.8	22.9	6.2
Montana	154,875	21,301	13.2	6.1	14.6
Nebraska	286,199	48,579	28.3	16.7	9.9
Nevada	340,706	147,109	50.1	45.7	24.7
New Hampshire	208,461	9,339	12.7	3.7	2.1
New Jersey	1,307,828	521,162	78.2	37.6	16.0
New Mexico	320,306	207,386	62.5	71.4	67.8
New York	2,882,188	1,299,515	80.0	22.9	6.5
North Carolina	1,293,638	504,980	53.1	31.2	33.5
North Dakota	109,201	11,589	8.6	7.0	12.1
Ohio	1,835,049	359,849	53.8	12.7	3.2
Oklahoma	623,110	218,567	47.6	25.7	33.3
Oregon	546,231	104,394	26.6	19.6	15.3
Pennsylvania	1,814,311	394,903	65.7	13.1	4.7
Rhode Island	157,347	40,398	52.7	12.7	4.2
South Carolina	677,411	305,814	54.7	35.9	47.5
South Dakota	128,603	17,348	15.7	7.8	13.1
Tennessee	909,388	249,757	—	—	—
Texas	4,059,619	2,352,630	74.3	45.6	41.3
Utah	481,687	67,825	27.7	11.7	10.1
Vermont	102,049	3,736	13.6	5.1	3.0
Virginia	1,144,915	416,502	58.5	34.5	22.2
Washington	1,004,770	255,782	35.3	25.0	18.9
West Virginia	286,367	15,217	10.7	6.5	3.9
Wisconsin	879,476	169,512	44.5	9.7	6.0
Wyoming	89,940	10,892	15.1	16.4	10.7
Outlying areas, DoD Dependents Schools, and Bureau of Indian Affairs
DoDDS: DoDs Overseas	73,581	23,727	—	—	—
DDESS: DoDs Domestic	34,174	14,495	41.0	37.2	38.8
Bureau of Indian Affairs	46,938	46,938	100.0	100.0	100.0
American Samoa	15,702	15,702	—	—	—
Guam	32,473	31,865	—	—	—
Northern Marianas	10,004	9,978	—	—	—
Puerto Rico	612,725	612,725	—	—	—
Virgin Islands	19,459	19,311	—	—	—

—Not available.

¹Total of reporting states; does not include Tennessee.

²Represents one school located in a small town locale outside the District of Columbia.

NOTE: Minority includes all groups except White, non-Hispanic. Community types classify the location of a school relative to populous areas. Percentages are based on schools reporting. U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2000–01, and "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2000–01.

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