Districts1 | 17,402 | 100 | 0.6 | | 500 | 2.9 |
Schools | 97,695 | 16,266 | 16.6 | | 31,262 | 32.0 |
Students | 48,995,357 | 11,296,359 | 23.1 | | 21,181,251 | 43.2 |
Teachers (full-time equivalent) | 3,086,640 | 667,791 | 21.6 | | 1,259,339 | 40.8 |
High school completers (2001–02)2 | 2,718,496 | 531,930 | 19.6 | | 1,058,293 | 38.9 |
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Median pupil/teacher ratio3 | 16 | 17 | † | | 17 | † |
Average school size | 502 | 695 | † | | 678 | † |
† Not applicable. |
1 Total number of districts excludes closed, inactive, and future districts; total may differ from other published estimates. |
2 Includes high school diploma recipients as well as other high school completers (e.g., certificates of attendance). Total may differ from other published estimates due to inclusion of outlying areas. |
3 Includes only schools where student membership was greater than zero. The median is given because it is relatively unaffected by very high or very low values. |
NOTE: The universe for this table includes outlying areas, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Department of Defense schools. The 500 largest school districts include 19 school districts that are some other configuration besides prekindergarten (PK) or K–12, although all of the 100 largest school districts are PK or K–12. |
SOURCE: Data reported by states to U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2002–03, Version 1a, and "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2002–03, Version 1a. |