Table A-1.-Distribution of regular public elementary and secondary schools, by school size and by state: School year 2000-01

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Table A-1.-Distribution of regular public elementary and secondary schools, by school size and by state: School year 2000-01
State	Regular schools having membership	Distribution of schools by membership size
State	Regular schools having membership	Mean	Minimum	10th Per- centile	25th Per- centile	Median	75th Per- centile	90th Per- centile	Maximum
United States	84,596	546	1	136	280	458	684	1,006	5,264

Alabama	1,337	543	6	242	349	483	673	919	2,830
Alaska	469	278	4	18	52	163	414	563	3,104
Arizona	1,556	553	2	56	170	495	750	1,088	3,029
Arkansas	1,125	400	29	146	245	359	489	686	2,322
California	7,544	775	1	243	441	636	902	1,452	5,264

Colorado	1,503	476	11	101	233	409	589	832	3,556
Connecticut	987	549	2	239	345	473	646	969	2,502
Delaware	164	649	32	325	418	572	840	1,095	2,267
District of Columbia	150	435	52	241	321	421	510	658	1,607
Florida	2,931	818	1	82	469	723	1,024	1,547	4,940

Georgia	1,917	750	26	374	488	651	911	1,248	3,543
Hawaii	257	716	3	282	431	623	879	1,192	2,455
Idaho	590	408	4	98	191	347	534	769	2,104
Illinois	3,910	513	22	150	254	405	617	928	4,185
Indiana	1,830	538	12	248	335	474	620	852	3,428

Iowa	1,482	328	5	108	174	274	394	573	2,371
Kansas	1,426	324	13	80	145	257	411	588	2,149
Kentucky	1,300	480	1	159	279	444	605	822	2,052
Louisiana	1,384	526	6	234	330	464	630	890	2,737
Maine	684	304	5	72	134	258	390	609	1,447

Maryland	1,241	670	15	314	429	570	771	1,175	3,217
Massachusetts	1,817	517	3	178	288	451	656	928	3,945
Michigan	3,589	470	1	162	280	408	564	814	2,576
Minnesota	1,608	515	11	123	246	435	656	932	3,157
Mississippi	884	563	5	266	371	512	688	940	2,137

Missouri	2,146	420	6	118	209	350	516	771	2,517
Montana	872	177	1	13	31	87	254	415	1,997
Nebraska	1,240	229	1	12	54	153	302	490	2,371
Nevada	454	738	4	104	392	655	908	1,427	3,864
New Hampshire	524	398	5	29	132	321	543	806	3,083

New Jersey	2,249	564	16	218	325	469	681	1,014	4,882
New Mexico	707	443	12	85	193	376	542	786	2,878
New York	4,157	677	12	282	399	559	811	1,199	4,631
North Carolina	2,109	609	2	251	393	550	755	1,027	2,649
North Dakota	539	203	4	32	68	130	253	449	1,596

Ohio	3,696	493	2	209	302	423	590	821	2,906
Oklahoma	1,811	344	7	90	155	283	444	630	2,300
Oregon	1,180	447	4	123	233	385	541	790	2,311
Pennsylvania	3,143	567	19	208	319	493	705	1,011	3,576
Rhode Island	306	505	5	208	290	399	652	939	1,904

South Carolina	1,044	649	10	287	414	590	782	1,053	3,053
South Dakota	732	174	2	17	41	93	228	415	2,198
Tennessee	1,547	576	3	226	358	510	716	1,003	2,320
Texas	6,656	603	1	176	317	514	747	1,025	5,031
Utah	716	655	3	181	404	564	808	1,208	2,471

Vermont	315	320	7	75	127	250	417	702	1,518
Virginia	1,777	639	9	248	376	538	749	1,168	4,112
Washington	1,819	533	2	172	331	472	625	917	2,651
West Virginia	765	373	21	130	199	303	469	701	1,911
Wisconsin	2,041	424	6	118	226	361	513	775	2,182
Wyoming	366	240	1	16	67	179	312	493	1,716
Outlying areas, DoD Dependents Schools, and Bureau of Indian Affairs
DODDS: DoDs Overseas	156	472	22	175	260	436	638	828	1,373
DDESS: DoDs Domestic	71	481	227	292	351	447	590	700	945
Bureau of Indian Affairs	177	265	6	80	122	210	360	551	1,064
American Samoa	29	528	74	114	136	332	975	1,169	1,369
Guam	38	853	101	328	562	694	1,019	1,790	2,564
Northern Marianas	29	345	20	40	47	272	419	865	1,852
Puerto Rico	1,474	400	5	132	212	364	539	728	1,866
Virgin Islands	32	563	103	193	326	559	680	868	1,734
NOTE: Table excludes regular schools for which no students were reported in membership. U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The mean is the average. If all schools were ranked by size from the smallest to largest, half of the schools would fall below the median. For example, dividing the total number of students by the total number of schools yields an average school size of 546 (mean) while half of the schools in the United States have 458 or fewer students (median). To interpret percentiles, understand that 10 percent of the schools have fewer than 136 students, 25 percent have fewer than 280 students, and so forth.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2000-01.

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