Table 3. Number of regular public elementary and secondary school districts, by grade span and state or jurisdiction: School year 2007

Numbers and Types of Public Elementary and Secondary Local Education Agencies From the Common Core of Data: School Year 2007–08

NCES 2010-306
October 2009

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Table 3. Number of regular public elementary and secondary school districts, by grade span and state or jurisdiction: School year 2007–08

		Number of districts with grade span
		Elementary		Combined	Secondary
State or jurisdiction	Total districts	pre-K, K, 1–6	pre-K, K, 1–9	pre-K, K, 1–12	7–12	9–12	Other
United States¹	13,924	486	2,074	10,625	80	388	271

Alabama	134	0	0	132	1	1	0
Alaska	53	0	0	53	0	0	0
Arizona	238	3	94	104	1	23	13
Arkansas	245	0	0	245	0	0	0
California	1,026	52	453	451	14	56	0

Colorado	178	0	0	178	0	0	0
Connecticut	169	15	27	117	4	6	0
Delaware	19	0	0	16	3	0	0
District of Columbia	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
Florida	67	0	0	67	0	0	0

Georgia	180	0	2	178	0	0	0
Hawaii	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
Idaho	115	1	5	109	0	0	0
Illinois	870	1	383	389	1	94	2
Indiana	294	0	1	291	0	1	1

Iowa	364	12	14	338	0	0	0
Kansas	319	3	4	290	0	0	22
Kentucky	174	0	5	169	0	0	0
Louisiana	69	0	0	69	0	0	0
Maine	290	22	92	163	1	8	4

Maryland	24	0	0	24	0	0	0
Massachusetts	352	50	17	177	0	0	108
Michigan	552	11	18	523	0	0	0
Minnesota	340	6	4	327	2	0	1
Mississippi	152	1	0	148	1	2	0

Missouri	524	1	74	449	0	0	0
Montana	421	21	240	51	0	109	0
Nebraska	254	0	0	254	0	0	0
Nevada	18	0	1	17	0	0	0
New Hampshire	177	35	54	66	3	7	12

New Jersey	616	63	220	223	21	56	33
New Mexico	89	0	0	89	0	0	0
New York	697	26	16	645	8	0	2
North Carolina	116	0	0	115	0	1	0
North Dakota	192	7	27	150	2	1	5

Ohio	614	0	0	612	0	0	2
Oklahoma	539	10	102	427	0	0	0
Oregon	195	1	15	176	0	1	2
Pennsylvania	501	0	1	499	0	0	1
Rhode Island	32	2	2	28	0	0	0

South Carolina	86	0	0	86	0	0	0
South Dakota	168	2	3	157	0	2	4
Tennessee	136	4	12	119	0	1	0
Texas	1,033	14	41	976	0	1	1
Utah	40	0	0	40	0	0	0

Vermont	292	110	66	36	18	8	54
Virginia	134	0	1	129	0	0	4
Washington	295	13	34	248	0	0	0
West Virginia	55	0	0	55	0	0	0
Wisconsin	426	0	46	370	0	10	0
Wyoming	48	0	0	48	0	0	0

Department of Defense dependents schools, Bureau of Indian Education, and other jurisdictions
DoDDS: DoDS Overseas²	9	0	0	9	0	0	0
DDESS: DoDS Domestic²	7	1	1	5	0	0	0
Bureau of Indian Education	20	0	0	20	0	0	0
American Samoa	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
Guam	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
Northern Mariana Islands	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
Puerto Rico	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
U.S. Virgin Islands	2	0	0	2	0	0	0
¹ U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
² DoDDS and DDESS are the Department of Defense dependents schools (overseas) and the Department of Defense dependents schools (domestic), respectively.
NOTE: This table includes districts operated by the Bureau of Indian Education and the Department of Defense although they are technically federally operated. For analytical purposes, New York City Public Schools, New York, is treated as a regular school district. Pre-K is prekindergarten and K is kindergarten.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2007–08, Version 1a.

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