Table 3. Number of students in membership in operating public elementary and secondary schools, by school type, charter, magnet, Title I and Title I schoolwide status, and state or jurisdiction: School year 2008

Numbers and Types of Public Elementary and Secondary Schools From the Common Core of Data: School Year 2008–09

NCES 2010-345
July 2010

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Table 3. Number of students in membership in operating public elementary and secondary schools, by school type, charter, magnet, Title I and Title I schoolwide status, and state or jurisdiction: School year 2008–09

	Total number of students¹	School type				Charter	Magnet²	Title I³	Title I schoolwide³

			Special education	Vocational education	Alternative education
State or jurisdiction		Regular	Special education	Vocational education	Alternative education
Reporting states⁴	49,053,786	48,168,727	164,874	156,390	563,795	1,433,116	2,307,712	30,329,962	20,291,993

Alabama	742,997	739,820	941	54	2,182	†	13,322	396,489	346,655
Alaska	130,662	116,603	82	715	13,262	4,847	4,283	69,863	54,214
Arizona	1,085,822	1,070,598	774	2,281	12,169	105,209	—	627,124	445,522
Arkansas	478,965	476,911	217	346	1,491	6,989	23,156	316,481	259,898
California	6,240,184	6,030,248	27,377	568	181,991	284,986	508,863	3,726,436	2,892,720

Colorado	817,605	801,988	1,073	769	13,775	61,460	9,272	215,705	146,133
Connecticut	561,766	545,421	3,052	10,257	3,036	4,536	20,334	253,764	73,904
Delaware	123,968	113,741	2,206	6,763	1,258	8,626	1,865	59,184	52,865
District of Columbia	68,681	66,463	1,342	119	757	24,279	2,159	68,681	64,248
Florida	2,631,020	2,571,745	17,204	3,619	38,452	117,640	378,761	1,775,463	1,573,121

Georgia	1,655,792	1,653,059	1,700	0	1,033	33,894	‡	821,395	729,998
Hawaii	179,406	179,186	81	0	139	7,328	†	102,985	96,008
Idaho	274,672	269,076	104	62	5,430	11,898	†	187,859	151,066
Illinois	2,119,707	2,117,175	860	0	1,672	30,789	229,120	1,516,571	707,564
Indiana	1,046,147	1,042,472	1,232	0	2,443	16,442	13,165	695,198	443,573

Iowa	482,735	478,532	621	0	3,582	655	†	285,436	150,523
Kansas	471,060	470,679	333	0	48	4,344	13,542	352,122	223,889
Kentucky	670,030	661,662	599	0	7,769	†	38,426	542,135	482,043
Louisiana	684,745	650,881	1,269	0	32,595	26,012	44,875	561,360	510,328
Maine	187,484	187,422	13	0	49	†	118	—	—

Maryland	843,781	823,675	3,655	7,915	8,536	9,829	75,682	153,155	132,810
Massachusetts	958,910	915,101	5,250	35,089	3,470	26,384	—	482,153	219,133
Michigan	1,629,880	1,554,685	37,957	2,527	34,711	103,606	217,237	1,596,371	572,035
Minnesota	828,943	800,881	14,853	5	13,204	29,501	36,092	315,287	88,403
Mississippi	491,924	491,780	144	0	0	371	2,351	343,457	329,750

Missouri	917,871	908,040	4,601	3,125	2,105	17,165	15,980	372,246	170,395
Montana	141,899	141,786	41	0	72	†	†	113,923	54,050
Nebraska	292,590	291,297	1,293	0	0	†	†	108,391	65,255
Nevada	433,371	427,626	544	74	5,127	8,915	188	205,441	180,481
New Hampshire	197,934	197,934	0	0	0	585	†	83,215	10,699

New Jersey	1,379,873	1,346,946	8,579	21,811	2,537	19,271	—	709,831	203,892
New Mexico	328,420	323,292	619	327	4,182	11,735	9	268,367	246,971
New York	2,740,592	2,694,896	1,000	37,270	7,426	34,683	240,351	2,626,345	1,225,434
North Carolina	1,457,835	1,447,416	2,247	550	7,622	35,677	91,004	516,477	437,969
North Dakota	94,728	94,706	22	0	0	†	†	49,302	13,280

Ohio	1,813,999	1,806,935	5,268	1,058	738	86,824	†	1,244,127	751,294
Oklahoma	645,108	643,830	254	0	1,024	5,418	†	383,272	300,981
Oregon	556,380	551,019	170	0	5,191	14,366	—	207,649	149,577
Pennsylvania	1,769,786	1,750,071	1,807	16,520	1,388	73,051	27,883	1,255,030	377,045
Rhode Island	143,591	139,814	156	1,600	2,021	3,128	†	115,385	53,537

South Carolina	718,113	716,207	822	0	1,084	8,638	42,165	536,250	483,712
South Dakota	126,425	125,063	43	0	1,319	†	†	98,805	41,590
Tennessee	971,950	966,687	2,037	1,733	1,493	3,103	17,683	710,746	656,280
Texas	4,751,003	4,673,212	1,816	0	75,975	127,637	†	3,573,283	3,343,153
Utah	559,687	548,532	5,602	0	5,553	27,117	7,651	112,220	88,266

Vermont	90,106	90,088	0	0	18	†	†	53,931	33,031
Virginia	1,235,143	1,232,294	410	0	2,439	250	155,313	316,249	166,037
Washington	1,037,018	986,310	4,201	455	46,052	†	†	526,205	227,760
West Virginia	282,718	281,625	266	7	820	†	†	101,923	99,851
Wisconsin	873,607	867,409	126	771	5,301	35,624	1,777	537,586	147,531
Wyoming	87,153	85,888	11	0	1,254	304	†	39,089	17,519
Department of Defense dependents schools, Bureau of Indian Education, and other jurisdictions
DoDDS: DoDs Overseas⁵	56,279	56,279	0	0	0	†	†	†	†
DDESS: DoDs Domestic⁵	27,384	27,384	0	0	0	†	†	†	†
Bureau of Indian Education	40,830	40,830	0	0	0	†	†	40,830	40,830
American Samoa	—	—	—	—	—	†	†	—	—
Guam	—	—	0	0	0	†	†	—	—
Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands	10,913	10,892	0	0	21	†	†	—	—
Puerto Rico	503,635	484,446	2,596	16,221	372	†	†	499,965	467,760
U.S. Virgin Islands	15,768	15,768	0	0	0	†	1,382	—	—
— Not available.
† Not applicable. Membership reported as not applicable or some states do not have charter school authorization and some states do not designate magnet schools. Department of Defense dependents schools (DoDDS and DDESS) do not designate Title I and Title I schoolwide eligible schools.
‡ Reporting standards not met. Data missing for more than 80 percent of schools in the state.
¹ Individual state total number of students is included only if the state reports data for regular, special education, vocational education, and alternative education school types.
² Total includes suppressed data due to unmet reporting standards.
³ Schools eligible for Title I schoolwide programs are also included in the count of all Title I eligible schools.
⁴ A reporting states total is shown if data for any item in the table were not available for some, but not more than 15 percent, of all schools in the United States.
⁵ DoDDS and DDESS are the Department of Defense dependents schools (overseas) and the Department of Defense dependents schools (domestic), respectively.
NOTE: Numbers and types of schools may differ from those published by states. See Appendix B: Common Core of Data Definitions. A school may also be included under the Charter, Magnet, and/or TItle I statuses, which are independent of one another and of school type.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2008–09, Version 1a.

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