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Table A-4.-Percent of public elementary and secondary students, by school size and by state: School year 2000-01
State Total students School size category
1 to 99 100 to
299
300 to
749
750 to
1,499
1,500 and
above
United States 47,222,778 0.9 8.3 46.7 29.5 14.2
 
Alabama 740,091 0.3 7.1 56.7 31.5 3.0
Alaska 133,356 6.0 18.6 48.2 11.9 15.3
Arizona 877,696 1.7 5.9 39.1 36.1 17.2
Arkansas 449,959 0.7 17.8 62.7 16.7 2.2
California 6,142,348 0.7 3.1 34.2 33.7 26.9
 
Colorado 724,508 1.5 11.0 54.4 20.7 12.4
Connecticut 562,179 0.5 7.5 56.3 28.8 6.9
Delaware 114,676 0.5 3.6 47.8 43.1 5.0
District of Columbia 68,925 0.7 8.4 75.1 10.4 5.3
Florida 2,434,821 0.9 2.1 24.8 43.6 28.6
 
Georgia 1,444,937 0.1 1.6 40.7 43.9 13.8
Hawaii 184,360 0.1 3.1 38.0 41.0 17.7
Idaho 245,117 1.9 15.2 56.2 22.7 3.9
Illinois 2,048,792 1.0 12.2 47.2 23.3 16.3
Indiana 989,225 0.2 8.0 60.0 22.2 9.6
 
Iowa 495,080 1.7 30.6 49.4 11.5 6.2
Kansas 470,610 3.0 25.3 49.6 12.7 7.8
Kentucky 665,850 0.7 9.4 56.8 23.0 4.2
Louisiana 743,089 0.5 8.6 60.0 25.2 5.6
Maine 207,037 3.1 28.1 51.7 17.6 0.0
 
Maryland 852,920 0.4 3.2 49.0 32.8 14.6
Massachusetts 975,150 0.4 10.3 51.6 31.4 6.8
Michigan 1,743,337 0.8 11.2 56.4 21.4 8.0
Minnesota 854,340 2.4 10.8 47.4 24.8 14.6
Mississippi 497,871 0.1 4.9 59.4 33.2 2.4
 
Missouri 912,744 1.5 16.0 53.1 21.0 8.4
Montana 154,875 11.4 30.8 38.4 8.7 10.6
Nebraska 286,199 6.5 31.1 39.9 12.1 10.4
Nevada 340,706 0.8 3.5 30.8 36.3 28.5
New Hampshire 208,461 2.3 13.2 48.3 24.2 12.0
 
New Jersey 1,307,828 0.5 7.6 49.8 31.7 10.1
New Mexico 320,306 1.9 13.4 51.6 17.5 15.6
New York 2,882,188 0.1 3.8 44.1 35.6 16.3
North Carolina 1,293,638 0.5 4.6 50.9 35.2 8.8
North Dakota 109,201 10.0 36.5 33.4 17.2 2.9
 
Ohio 1,835,049 0.3 10.4 60.2 23.7 8.1
Oklahoma 623,110 2.4 23.2 54.6 13.7 6.1
Oregon 546,231 1.4 13.4 53.1 18.8 11.4
Pennsylvania 1,814,311 0.2 7.7 50.0 32.3 9.8
Rhode Island 157,347 0.4 11.7 49.5 30.8 7.6
 
South Carolina 677,411 0.2 3.8 48.6 37.4 10.4
South Dakota 128,603 14.5 30.2 37.2 10.8 7.3
Tennessee 909,388 0.3 5.5 52.1 32.5 8.0
Texas 4,059,619 0.8 7.0 44.2 31.4 16.7
Utah 481,687 0.7 3.6 43.2 35.9 15.8
 
Vermont 102,049 4.4 25.4 45.4 23.3 1.5
Virginia 1,144,915 0.3 5.3 47.8 30.0 16.6
Washington 1,004,770 1.4 7.2 57.6 22.6 11.1
West Virginia 286,367 1.2 24.3 52.5 19.0 3.0
Wisconsin 879,476 1.5 15.5 53.7 20.8 8.6
Wyoming 89,940 5.6 33.1 38.1 17.7 5.5
   Outlying areas, DoD Dependents Schools, and Bureau of Indian Affairs
DODDS: DoDs Overseas 73,581 0.5 12.4 58.7 28.4 0.0
DDESS: DoDs Domestic 34,174 0.0 6.9 85.2 7.9 0.0
Bureau of Indian Affairs 46,938 4.7 34.8 52.3 8.2 0.0
American Samoa 15,702 0.8 11.4 21.2 66.7 0.0
Guam 32,473 0.0 1.7 33.3 32.9 31.8
Northern Marianas 10,004 5.3 8.8 46.3 21.2 18.5
Puerto Rico 612,725 0.9 17.4 61.7 19.6 0.3
Virgin Islands 19,459 0.7 8.7 54.6 27.2 8.9
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, "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2000-01 and "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2000-01.

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