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Table A-3.-Distribution of public elementary and secondary schools, by school size and by state: School year 2000-01
State Number of schools having
membership
Percent of schools in size category
1 to
99
100 to
299
300 to
749
750 to
1,499
1,500 and
above
United States 90,640 10.7 21.1 49.0 15.6 3.6
 
Alabama 1,380 3.8 16.4 61.6 17.3 0.9
Alaska 502 39.4 27.3 27.9 3.4 2.0
Arizona 1,633 19.5 17.1 39.1 20.0 4.3
Arkansas 1,130 4.1 33.5 55.0 7.0 0.4
California 8,757 11.9 10.9 44.8 24.1 8.3
 
Colorado 1,590 12.5 24.8 50.5 9.2 3.0
Connecticut 1,073 5.7 17.3 60.1 15.0 1.9
Delaware 191 6.8 11.5 55.5 24.6 1.6
District of Columbia 165 7.3 16.4 70.3 4.8 1.2
Florida 3,231 15.7 9.0 32.7 32.6 10.1
 
Georgia 1,946 1.0 5.2 56.0 32.5 5.3
Hawaii 261 2.3 10.3 51.0 29.9 6.5
Idaho 653 17.0 29.6 44.1 8.6 0.8
Illinois 4,282 9.2 28.7 47.1 11.3 3.7
Indiana 1,882 2.6 18.3 64.6 11.9 2.6
 
Iowa 1,529 9.2 48.9 37.0 3.7 1.2
Kansas 1,426 14.7 42.8 37.0 4.0 1.4
Kentucky 1,376 10.0 21.4 55.9 11.5 1.2
Louisiana 1,508 6.0 19.2 60.5 12.7 1.5
Maine 686 16.5 42.9 35.1 5.5 0.0
 
Maryland 1,342 4.6 9.2 60.4 20.9 4.9
Massachusetts 1,898 3.6 24.6 53.8 16.2 1.8
Michigan 3,612 7.4 24.2 56.2 10.1 2.1
Minnesota 2,105 25.3 22.5 38.6 10.4 3.1
Mississippi 884 1.4 12.1 66.7 19.0 0.8
 
Missouri 2,266 11.5 32.0 46.3 8.5 1.8
Montana 878 53.1 28.5 15.9 1.5 1.0
Nebraska 1,296 39.6 36.3 20.1 2.8 1.2
Nevada 500 14.0 14.0 37.6 25.6 8.8
New Hampshire 524 21.0 26.3 40.3 9.9 2.5
 
New Jersey 2,407 4.5 19.4 56.1 17.2 2.8
New Mexico 763 15.2 28.4 45.5 7.7 3.1
New York 4,292 1.6 11.4 58.3 23.6 5.1
North Carolina 2,192 4.9 12.6 58.1 21.5 2.8
North Dakota 539 38.4 42.1 15.8 3.3 0.4
 
Ohio 3,827 2.6 22.6 61.1 11.7 2.0
Oklahoma 1,811 11.9 41.1 41.1 4.8 1.1
Oregon 1,263 11.9 28.3 49.1 8.0 2.8
Pennsylvania 3,183 1.9 20.4 56.6 18.5 2.6
Rhode Island 320 3.8 25.6 53.1 15.3 2.2
 
South Carolina 1,067 2.4 10.5 58.9 24.6 3.6
South Dakota 756 54.1 29.0 14.3 2.0 0.7
Tennessee 1,575 4.1 14.5 59.7 19.1 2.6
Texas 7,519 12.7 18.7 46.6 17.8 4.2
Utah 793 11.2 11.3 50.2 22.1 5.2
 
Vermont 353 25.8 38.2 28.9 6.8 0.3
Virginia 1,841 2.9 15.2 57.8 18.7 5.4
Washington 2,141 15.4 16.2 54.7 10.7 2.9
West Virginia 794 7.8 42.9 41.6 7.1 0.6
Wisconsin 2,180 11.2 30.6 47.8 8.4 2.0
Wyoming 387 33.6 39.3 22.0 4.4 0.8
   Outlying areas, DoD Dependents Schools, and Bureau of Indian Affairs
DODDS: DoDs Overseas 156 4.5 26.9 54.5 14.1 0.0
DDESS: DoDs Domestic 71 0.0 12.7 83.1 4.2 0.0
Bureau of Indian Affairs 177 18.1 49.7 29.9 2.3 0.0
American Samoa 31 6.5 38.7 22.6 32.3 0.0
Guam 38 0.0 7.9 50.0 28.9 13.2
Northern Marianas 29 41.4 13.8 34.5 6.9 3.4
Puerto Rico 1,535 5.5 34.7 51.2 8.5 0.1
Virgin Islands 35 5.7 22.9 54.3 14.3 2.9
NOTE:  Percentages may not add to 100 because of rounding.  U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia.  Table excludes schools for which no students were reported in membership.
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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