| Table 3. Number and percentage of districts and students, by district membership size for regular public elementary and secondary school districts in the United States and jurisdictions: School year 2004–05 |
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| District size (number of students) | Districts | Students | Cumulative totals | ||||||||
| Number | Percent | Cumulative percentage | Number | Percent | Cumulative percentage | Districts | Students | ||||
| Total | 14,174 | 100.0 | † | 48,451,378 | 100.0 | † | † | † | |||
| 100,000 or more | 27 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 6,594,068 | 13.6 | 13.6 | 27 | 6,594,068 | |||
| 25,000 to 99,999 | 239 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 10,194,857 | 21.0 | 34.7 | 266 | 16,788,925 | |||
| 10,000 to 24,999 | 592 | 4.2 | 6.1 | 9,024,254 | 18.6 | 53.3 | 858 | 25,813,179 | |||
| 7,500 to 9,999 | 348 | 2.5 | 8.5 | 3,014,417 | 6.2 | 59.5 | 1,206 | 28,827,596 | |||
| 5,000 to 7,499 | 708 | 5.0 | 13.5 | 4,332,543 | 8.9 | 68.4 | 1,914 | 33,160,139 | |||
| 2,500 to 4,999 | 2,018 | 14.2 | 27.7 | 7,134,861 | 14.7 | 83.2 | 3,932 | 40,295,000 | |||
| 2,000 to 2,499 | 795 | 5.6 | 33.3 | 1,784,819 | 3.7 | 86.8 | 4,727 | 42,079,819 | |||
| 1,500 to 1,999 | 1,069 | 7.5 | 40.9 | 1,863,062 | 3.8 | 90.7 | 5,796 | 43,942,881 | |||
| 1,000 to 1,499 | 1,527 | 10.8 | 51.7 | 1,885,275 | 3.9 | 94.6 | 7,323 | 45,828,156 | |||
| 800 to 999 | 776 | 5.5 | 57.1 | 698,026 | 1.4 | 96.0 | 8,099 | 46,526,182 | |||
| 600 to 799 | 963 | 6.8 | 63.9 | 670,520 | 1.4 | 97.4 | 9,062 | 47,196,702 | |||
| 450 to 599 | 896 | 6.3 | 70.3 | 467,852 | 1.0 | 98.4 | 9,958 | 47,664,554 | |||
| 300 to 449 | 1,035 | 7.3 | 77.6 | 383,603 | 0.8 | 99.2 | 10,993 | 48,048,157 | |||
| 150 to 299 | 1,324 | 9.3 | 86.9 | 293,354 | 0.6 | 99.8 | 12,317 | 48,341,511 | |||
| 1 to 149 | 1,557 | 11.0 | 97.9 | 109,867 | 0.2 | 100.0 | 13,874 | 48,451,378 | |||
| Zero1 | 39 | 0.3 | 98.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 13,913 | 48,451,378 | |||
| Not Applicable | 261 | 1.8 | 100.0 | † | † | 100.0 | 14,335 | 48,451,378 | |||
| † Not applicable. | |||||||||||
| 1 Membership may be zero in two situations: (1) if the school district does not operate schools, but pays tuition for its students to attend a neighboring district; and (2) if the district provides services for students who are accounted for in some other district(s). | |||||||||||
| NOTE: Data include all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, four outlying areas (American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands), the Bureau of Indian Education, and the Department of Defense dependents schools (overseas and domestic). Not included in this table are local supervisory unions, regional education service agencies, and state and federally operated agencies. The number of regular districts presented in this table differs from that presented in table 1, which represents all districts. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. | |||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2004–05, Version 1c. | |||||||||||
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