Table 1.2a. Number of public schools and students, by locale, school level, and size of school: 2003

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Table 1.2a.

Number of public schools and students, by locale, school level, and size of school: 2003–04

School type and size	City		Suburban		Town		Rural
School type and size	Schools ¹	Students	Schools ¹	Students	Schools ¹	Students	Schools ¹	Students
Total	24,597	14,685,209	26,589	17,137,511	14,563	6,222,788	29,977	10,308,015
Less than 200	3,379	307,082	2,546	227,312	2,537	215,016	10,741	1,054,676
200 to 399	5,476	1,692,541	4,952	1,565,377	4,311	1,320,478	8,509	2,507,251
400 to 799	9,741	5,543,548	11,911	6,799,659	5,595	3,089,494	7,621	4,206,179
800 to 1,199	3,003	2,865,051	3,913	3,754,859	1,050	994,048	1,502	1,427,856
1,200 to 1,999	1,621	2,460,362	1,895	2,865,691	368	539,794	576	850,139
2,000 or more	689	1,816,625	746	1,924,613	28	63,958	106	261,914

Elementary	17,872	9,680,751	19,746	11,228,185	9,427	3,945,264	18,713	6,350,574
Less than 200	1,276	143,539	999	115,711	1,150	134,798	6,238	658,658
200 to 399	4,784	1,492,887	4,486	1,428,917	3,577	1,090,698	6,006	1,772,698
400 to 799	8,876	5,028,258	10,777	6,103,564	4,196	2,273,652	5,492	3,009,603
800 to 1,199	2,269	2,137,088	2,786	2,635,028	422	384,652	789	735,058
1,200 to 1,999	545	773,880	598	839,904	44	59,417	121	170,184
2,000 or more	44	105,099	43	105,061	1	2,047	2	4,373

Secondary	4,671	4,530,123	5,330	5,619,275	3,975	2,154,449	8,806	3,447,777
Less than 200	1,077	90,898	792	59,451	796	51,615	3,395	318,317
200 to 399	439	126,721	325	97,633	666	209,516	2,071	608,977
400 to 799	658	399,950	1,025	632,407	1,318	768,505	1,785	1,005,751
800 to 1,199	662	659,444	1,070	1,064,602	611	593,214	635	619,280
1,200 to 1,999	1,021	1,603,767	1,265	1,975,522	321	476,242	430	643,335
2,000 or more	629	1,649,343	692	1,789,660	24	55,357	102	252,117

Combined	1,546	441,425	1,072	262,256	792	112,462	2,027	494,292
Less than 200	897	62,901	614	41,935	518	24,001	970	68,792
200 to 399	208	59,731	119	33,180	59	17,505	422	122,972
400 to 799	189	106,688	100	58,857	77	45,010	337	186,966
800 to 1,199	72	68,519	54	52,330	16	15,257	78	73,518
1,200 to 1,999	54	81,403	31	48,357	3	4,135	25	36,620
2,000 or more	16	62,183	10	27,597	3	6,554	2	5,424
¹ Total includes schools not reporting enrollment or grade level. NOTE: Enrollment counts exclude schools with no reported enrollment. 1,749 schools and 86,690 students with no reported grade level are not separately shown. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding or because of schools with no reported grade level that are not separately shown. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2003–04.

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