Education in States and Nations: 1991
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Number of schools
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Combined secondary number of
Preprimary preprimary students (in students
State -primary Secondary -secondary Total thousands) per school
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Alabama 1,102 370 210 1,682 775 461
Alaska 228 103 242 572 123 215
Arizona 972 320 17 1,309 689 526
Arkansas 758 482 9 1,250 458 366
California 7,860 2,643 219 10,722 5,668 529
Colorado 1,232 447 18 1,696 629 371
Connecticut 981 283 21 1,286 553 430
Delaware 170 60 25 255 124 486
District of
Columbia 182 67 6 255 104 408
Florida 2,602 605 437 3,643 2,151 590
Georgia 1,744 424 62 2,230 1,262 566
Hawaii 277 68 14 359 211 588
Idaho 417 220 13 650 236 363
Illinois 4,144 1,230 32 5,406 2,15 399
Indiana 1,893 605 54 2,552 1,047 410
Iowa 1,261 554 27 1,842 552 300
Kansas 1,182 492 1 1,675 480 287
Kentucky 1,264 417 0 1,681 715 425
Louisiana 1,288 418 145 1,851 902 487
Maine 658 161 13 831 233 280
Maryland 1,402 305 26 1,732 856 494
Massachusetts 1,908 467 36 2,411 971 403
Michigan 3,204 987 86 4,277 1,781 416
Minnesota 1,342 659 17 2,018 870 431
Mississippi 743 295 110 1,148 559 487
Missouri 1,861 735 66 2,662 951 357
Montana 602 403 1 1,006 170 169
Nebraska 1,254 431 28 1,713 316 184
Nevada 311 98 10 419 222 530
New Hampshire 492 132 6 630 199 316
New Jersey 2,543 596 4 3,144 1,328 422
New Mexico 644 212 8 863 342 396
New York 4,347 1,386 247 5,980 3,141 525
North Carolina 1,814 534 47 2,396 1,146 478
North Dakota 412 259 4 676 125 185
Ohio 3,465 1,246 128 4,839 2,047 423
Oklahoma 1,347 706 0 2,053 608 296
Oregon 1,093 330 49 1,473 532 361
Pennsylvania 3,778 1,172 53 5,003 2,054 411
Rhode Island 337 81 4 422 165 391
South Carolina 1,019 328 13 1,360 684 503
South Dakota 439 328 0 767 148 193
Tennessee 1,433 445 73 1,951 907 465
Texas 4,927 1,632 444 7,003 3,664 523
Utah 509 226 12 747 463 620
Vermont 361 65 17 443 105 237
Virginia 1,726 465 28 2,219 1,083 488
Washington 1,518 613 121 2,252 934 415
West Virginia 787 262 30 1,079 331 307
Wisconsin 2,164 787 24 2,974 953 320
Wyoming 309 134 2 445 104 234
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NOTE: Private school data for number of schools by level included in state figures are adjusted using national percentages of public school distribution by level. See supplemental note to Indicator 15 for further details.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Digest of Education Statistics, 1993, Tables 44 and 95; Digest of Education Statistics, 1994, Table 63.
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