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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 |
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| 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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