Table 1.Operational and student membership status of public elementary and secondary schools and agencies in the United States, by type: School year 2011

NCES 2013-441
October 2013

Selected Statistics From the Common Core of Data: School Year 2011–12

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Table 1.	Operational and student membership status of public elementary and secondary schools and agencies in the United States, by type: School year 2011–12


		School type					Local Education Agency type
	All schools	Regular	Special education	Vocational education	Alternative education	All agencies	Regular school districts	Supervisory unions¹	Regional education service agencies²	Independent charter agencies³	State agencies	Federal and other agencies
All schools/agencies	101,153	90,615	2,182	1,454	6,902	18,283	13,625	229	1,335	2,685	287	122

Operating schools/agencies⁴	98,328	88,663	2,087	1,434	6,144	17,992	13,567	227	1,313	2,485	280	120
Continuing	96,564	87,268	2,038	1,417	5,841	17,734	13,530	216	1,309	2,287	279	113
Added⁵	26	8	2	1	15	22	11	0	2	4	0	5
Reopened	59	41	1	1	16	7	4	0	0	3	0	0
Changed agency / boundary⁶	162	113	6	3	40	18	8	0	0	10	0	0
New⁷	1,517	1,233	40	12	232	211	14	11	2	181	1	2

Nonoperating	2,825	1,952	95	20	758	291	58	2	22	200	7	2
Inactive⁸	533	201	4	6	322	31	6	0	1	24	0	0
Closed	1,840	1,340	87	11	402	161	47	2	18	85	7	2
Future⁹	452	411	4	3	34	99	5	0	3	91	0	0

Student membership¹⁰status of operating schools
With membership	94,743	87,756	1,683	351	4,953	16,263	13,438	2	275	2,411	119	18
Without membership, providing instruction (shared time)¹¹^,¹²	1,461	68	107	934	352	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Without membership (not shared time)¹²	2,124	839	297	149	839	1,729	129	225	1,038	74	161	102
† Not applicable. Shared time status only applies to schools.
¹ Supervisory unions provide administrative services to school districts through a common superintendent.
² Regional education service agencies provide services to a variety of local education agencies.
³ Independent charter agencies contain only charter schools. Other charter schools may be reported through a different LEA type that contains both charter and noncharter schools.
⁴ Operating schools/agencies include all those providing services during the reported school year.
⁵ Added schools/agencies are reported for the first time although they have been operating for more than 1 year.
⁶ Schools that changed agency are affiliated with a different LEA than that reported in the previous year.
⁷ New schools/agencies opened for the first time within the school year reported.
⁸ Inactive schools/agencies are closed temporarily and expected to reopen within 3 years.
⁹ Future schools/agencies are expected to open within 2 years.
¹⁰ Membership is the count of students enrolled on October 1 of the reported school year.
¹¹ Shared time schools provide instruction on a regular basis to students whose membership is reported for some other school.
¹² Includes schools for which membership is 0, missing, or not applicable.
NOTE: Table includes the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," SY 2011–12, Provisional Version 1a, "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," SY 2011–12, Provisional Version 1a.

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