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Table 2.-Number and percentage of public elementary and secondary education agencies, by type of agency and by state: School year 2000-01
State Total agencies Regular school districts1 Regional education service agencies & supervisory union administrative centers State operated agencies Federally operated and other agencies2
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
United States 16,935 14,859 87.7 1,282 7.6 124 0.7 670 4.0
 
Alabama 131 128 97.7 0 0.0 3 2.3 0 0.0
Alaska 55 53 96.4 0 0.0 2 3.6 0 0.0
Arizona 467 410 87.8 6 1.3 2 0.4 49 10.5
Arkansas 328 310 94.5 15 4.6 3 0.9 0 0.0
California 1,055 985 93.4 58 5.5 12 1.1 0 0.0
 
Colorado 198 176 88.9 22 11.1 0 0.0 0 0.0
Connecticut 198 166 83.8 6 3.0 7 3.5 19 9.6
Delaware 27 19 70.4 1 3.7 0 0.0 7 25.9
District of Columbia 34 1 2.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 33 97.1
Florida 73 67 91.8 0 0.0 1 1.4 5 6.8
 
Georgia 180 180 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Hawaii 1 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Idaho 116 115 99.1 0 0.0 1 0.9 0 0.0
Illinois 1,055 894 84.7 156 14.8 5 0.5 0 0.0
Indiana 328 295 89.9 29 8.8 3 0.9 1 0.3
 
Iowa 389 374 96.1 15 3.9 0 0.0 0 0.0
Kansas 304 304 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Kentucky 178 176 98.9 0 0.0 2 1.1 0 0.0
Louisiana 86 78 90.7 0 0.0 8 9.3 0 0.0
Maine 325 282 86.8 39 12.0 3 0.9 1 0.3
 
Maryland 24 24 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Massachusetts 477 349 73.2 86 18.0 1 0.2 41 8.6
Michigan 805 734 91.2 57 7.1 4 0.5 10 1.2
Minnesota 486 415 85.4 66 13.6 5 1.0 0 0.0
Mississippi 162 152 93.8 0 0.0 10 6.2 0 0.0
 
Missouri 530 524 98.9 0 0.0 2 0.4 4 0.8
Montana 532 453 85.2 77 14.5 2 0.4 0 0.0
Nebraska 692 576 83.2 111 16.0 5 0.7 0 0.0
Nevada 18 17 94.4 0 0.0 1 5.6 0 0.0
New Hampshire 256 178 69.5 78 30.5 0 0.0 0 0.0
 
New Jersey 671 604 90.0 12 1.8 0 0.0 55 8.2
New Mexico 89 89 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
New York 779 703 90.2 38 4.9 0 0.0 38 4.9
North Carolina 209 120 57.4 0 0.0 2 1.0 87 41.6
North Dakota 271 230 84.9 38 14.0 3 1.1 0 0.0
 
Ohio 796 662 83.2 60 7.5 3 0.4 71 8.9
Oklahoma 562 544 96.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 18 3.2
Oregon 220 197 89.5 21 9.5 2 0.9 0 0.0
Pennsylvania 683 501 73.4 101 14.8 15 2.2 66 9.7
Rhode Island 37 36 97.3 0 0.0 1 2.7 0 0.0
 
South Carolina 104 90 86.5 14 13.5 0 0.0 0 0.0
South Dakota 199 176 88.4 18 9.0 5 2.5 0 0.0
Tennessee 138 138 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Texas 1,219 1,040 85.3 20 1.6 0 0.0 159 13.0
Utah 46 40 87.0 4 8.7 2 4.3 0 0.0
 
Vermont 350 288 82.3 60 17.1 1 0.3 1 0.3
Virginia 181 135 74.6 38 21.0 3 1.7 5 2.8
Washington 305 296 97.0 9 3.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
West Virginia 57 55 96.5 0 0.0 2 3.5 0 0.0
Wisconsin 450 431 95.8 16 3.6 3 0.7 0 0.0
Wyoming 59 48 81.4 11 18.6 0 0.0 0 0.0
Outlying areas, DoD Dependents Schools, and Bureau of Indian Affairs
DODDS: DoDs Overseas 11 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 11 100.0
DDESS: DoDs Domestic 17 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 17 100.0
Bureau of Indian Affairs 24 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 24 100.0
American Samoa 1 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Guam 1 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Northern Marianas 1 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Puerto Rico 1 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Virgin Islands 1 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
1 Regular school districts include those that are components of supervisory unions.
2 States may report charter schools under the category of other agencies.  For example, the District of Columbia reports each charter school as a separate agency.
NOTE:  Percentages may not add to 100 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, "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2000-01.

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