Table 30.--Number and size of public elementary and secondary schools, by type and state: 1990-91 and 1995-96 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | Number of schools, 1995-96 | Average size of schools, 1995-96\2\ | |__________________________________________________________________________|_____________________________________________ State or |Total,\1\| | | | | || | | | | | All | other area | all |Total\1\|Elementary|Secondary |Combined |Other\6\|| Alterna- | Special | All | All | Regular |secon- | Regular |schools, | |schools\3\|schools\4\|elementary/| || tive | educa |schools|elemen-| elemen- | dary |secondary | 1990-91 | | | | secondary | ||schools\7\| tion | | tary | tary |schools|schools\9\ | | | | |schools\5\ | || |schools\7\| |schools|schools\8\| \4\ | | | | | | | || | | | \3\ | | | ______________________|_________|________|__________|__________|___________|________||__________|__________|_______|_______|__________|_______|__________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 || 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 ______________________|_________|________|__________|__________|___________|________||__________|__________|_______|_______|__________|_______|__________ United States .....| 84,538 | 87,125 | 61,165 | 20,997 | 2,796 | 2,167 || 3,243 | 1,992 | 525 | 476 | 481 | 703 | 771 |_________|________|__________|__________|___________|________||__________|__________|_______|_______|__________|_______|__________ Alabama ..............| 1,297 | 1,319 | 864 | 298 | 154 | 3 || 18 | 17 | 559 | 490 | 496 | 708 | 736 Alaska ...............| 498 | 495 | 186 | 87 | 208 | 14 || 36 | 3 | 265 | 371 | 374 | 453 | 520 Arizona ..............| 1,049 | 1,133 | 817 | 240 | 15 | 61 || 43 | 16 | 671 | 587 | 593 | 1,008 | 1,067 Arkansas .............| 1,098 | 1,098 | 674 | 414 | 7 | 3 || 0 | 0 | 416 | 394 | 391 | 447 | 447 California ...........| 7,913 | 7,876 | 5,750 | 1,866 | 182 | 78 || 756 | 127 | 694 | 620 | 623 | 960 | 1,352 | | | | | | || | | | | | | Colorado .............| 1,344 | 1,486 | 1,034 | 356 | 22 | 74 || 102 | 9 | 463 | 431 | 431 | 588 | 657 Connecticut ..........| 985 | 1,045 | 763 | 188 | 26 | 68 || 54 | 18 | 520 | 469 | 469 | 778 | 819 Delaware .............| 173 | 181 | 120 | 42 | 19 | 0 || 2 | 28 | 599 | 560 | 593 | 930 | 989 District of Columbia .| 181 | 186 | 126 | 41 | 2 | 17 || 7 | 11 | 431 | 419 | 420 | 569 | 580 Florida ..............| 2,516 | 2,760 | 1,914 | 443 | 346 | 57 || 262 | 104 | 809 | 782 | 798 | 1,159 | 1,561 | | | | | | || | | | | | | Georgia ..............| 1,734 | 1,763 | 1,383 | 307 | 73 | 0 || 19 | 8 | 744 | 657 | 658 | 1,146 | 1,204 Hawaii ...............| 235 | 246 | 186 | 44 | 16 | 0 || 1 | 4 | 761 | 627 | 630 | 1,367 | 1,462 Idaho ................| 582 | 618 | 384 | 209 | 18 | 7 || 45 | 14 | 398 | 370 | 371 | 470 | 583 Illinois .............| 4,239 | 4,142 | 3,061 | 898 | 32 | 151 || 44 | 240 | 474 | 423 | 433 | 701 | 730 Indiana...............| 1,915 | 1,924 | 1,406 | 448 | 34 | 36 || 33 | 44 | 524 | 442 | 445 | 809 | 833 | | | | | | || | | | | | | Iowa .................| 1,588 | 1,556 | 1,075 | 443 | 28 | 10 || 26 | 18 | 323 | 288 | 290 | 408 | 425 Kansas ...............| 1,477 | 1,487 | 1,048 | 426 | 9 | 4 || 18 | 1 | 312 | 287 | 288 | 377 | 381 Kentucky .............| 1,400 | 1,402 | 1,002 | 360 | 3 | 37 || 49 | 8 | 467 | 418 | 422 | 625 | 689 Louisiana ............| 1,533 | 1,470 | 1,006 | 319 | 119 | 26 || 56 | 39 | 542 | 498 | 501 | 764 | 821 Maine ................| 747 | 726 | 550 | 158 | 14 | 4 || 0 | 2 | 307 | 261 | 261 | 506 | 506 | | | | | | || | | | | | | Maryland .............| 1,220 | 1,276 | 1,038 | 213 | 20 | 5 || 27 | 47 | 631 | 547 | 562 | 1,080 | 1,176 Massachusetts ........| 1,842 | 1,850 | 1,465 | 336 | 27 | 22 || 29 | 7 | 500 | 430 | 431 | 789 | 842 Michigan .............| 3,313 | 3,748 | 2,514 | 811 | 92 | 331 || 135 | 159 | 478 | 434 | 436 | 671 | 724 Minnesota ............| 1,590 | 2,157 | 1,190 | 686 | 92 | 189 || 513 | 108 | 426 | 426 | 474 | 457 | 670 Mississippi ..........| 972 | 1,011 | 571 | 314 | 75 | 51 || 35 | 0 | 570 | 518 | 518 | 672 | 672 | | | | | | || | | | | | | Missouri..............| 2,199 | 2,256 | 1,447 | 627 | 30 | 152 || 61 | 67 | 422 | 388 | 389 | 527 | 535 Montana ..............| 900 | 894 | 532 | 361 | 0 | 1 || 3 | 2 | 185 | 188 | 189 | 181 | 183 Nebraska .............| 1,506 | 1,411 | 1,010 | 354 | 26 | 21 || 0 | 63 | 208 | 168 | 174 | 334 | 335 Nevada ...............| 354 | 423 | 313 | 96 | 9 | 5 || 23 | 12 | 633 | 586 | 597 | 845 | 1,023 New Hampshire ........| 439 | 460 | 357 | 98 | 5 | 0 || 0 | 0 | 422 | 373 | 373 | 581 | 581 | | | | | | || | | | | | | New Jersey ...........| 2,272 | 2,279 | 1,770 | 427 | 7 | 75 || 0 | 79 | 526 | 456 | 457 | 887 | 936 New Mexico ...........| 681 | 721 | 536 | 178 | 3 | 4 || 25 | 14 | 456 | 404 | 409 | 624 | 695 New York .............| 4,010 | 4,149 | 2,972 | 940 | 145 | 92 || 65 | 83 | 678 | 611 | 611 | 946 | 968 North Carolina .......| 1,955 | 1,985 | 1,538 | 393 | 44 | 10 || 48 | 27 | 599 | 537 | 542 | 882 | 941 North Dakota .........| 663 | 613 | 352 | 224 | 4 | 33 || 0 | 31 | 211 | 192 | 192 | 242 | 242 | | | | | | || | | | | | | Ohio .................| 3,731 | 3,865 | 2,694 | 948 | 130 | 93 || 10 | 34 | 496 | 428 | 429 | 724 | 739 Oklahoma .............| 1,880 | 1,830 | 1,216 | 604 | 0 | 10 || 0 | 15 | 336 | 338 | 339 | 333 | 335 Oregon ...............| 1,199 | 1,216 | 913 | 252 | 46 | 5 || 35 | 15 | 432 | 377 | 383 | 684 | 718 Pennsylvania .........| 3,260 | 3,182 | 2,350 | 788 | 30 | 14 || 10 | 11 | 574 | 483 | 483 | 855 | 860 Rhode Island .........| 309 | 310 | 249 | 57 | 2 | 2 || 3 | 4 | 485 | 406 | 406 | 850 | 907 | | | | | | || | | | | | | South Carolina .......| 1,097 | 1,095 | 795 | 289 | 11 | 0 || 18 | 11 | 606 | 540 | 542 | 836 | 892 South Dakota .........| 802 | 824 | 506 | 301 | 2 | 15 || 11 | 15 | 177 | 183 | 184 | 173 | 174 Tennessee ............| 1,543 | 1,563 | 1,133 | 338 | 53 | 39 || 14 | 17 | 586 | 511 | 511 | 876 | 918 Texas ................| 5,991 | 6,638 | 4,515 | 1,721 | 402 | 0 || 345 | 221 | 563 | 551 | 559 | 679 | 821 Utah .................| 714 | 735 | 476 | 227 | 10 | 22 || 40 | 24 | 647 | 547 | 548 | 917 | 1,073 | | | | | | || | | | | | | Vermont ..............| 397 | 384 | 271 | 55 | 17 | 41 || 1 | 60 | 292 | 240 | 254 | 611 | 621 Virginia .............| 1,811 | 1,889 | 1,384 | 394 | 20 | 91 || 60 | 48 | 606 | 528 | 529 | 981 | 1,041 Washington ...........| 1,936 | 2,124 | 1,315 | 534 | 105 | 170 || 122 | 81 | 491 | 451 | 461 | 640 | 786 West Virginia.........| 1,015 | 877 | 624 | 209 | 29 | 15 || 12 | 12 | 365 | 294 | 295 | 622 | 650 Wisconsin ............| 2,018 | 2,037 | 1,486 | 518 | 33 | 0 || 18 | 9 | 427 | 373 | 374 | 580 | 592 Wyoming ..............| 415 | 410 | 284 | 117 | 0 | 9 || 9 | 5 | 249 | 209 | 209 | 347 | 360 |=========|========|==========|==========|===========|========||==========|==========|=======|=======|==========|=======|========== Department of Defense | | | | | | || | | | | | | dependents schools .| --- | 171 | 116 | 41 | 14 | 0 || 0 | 0 | 478 | 488 | 488 | 475 | 475 | | | | | | || | | | | | | Outlying areas | | | | | | || | | | | | | American Samoa .......| 30 | 31 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 1 || 0 | 1 | 470 | 467 | 467 | 551 | 600 Guam .................| 35 | 35 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 || 0 | 1 | 957 | 843 | 849 | 1,617 | 1,617 Northern Marianas ....| 26 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 || 0 | 0 | 362 | 274 | 274 | 803 | 803 Puerto Rico ..........| 1,619 | 1,561 | 972 | 359 | 191 | 39 || 10 | 22 | 406 | 304 | 305 | 643 | 656 Virgin Islands .......| 33 | 34 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 0 || 0 | 0 | 673 | 505 | 505 | 1,136 | 1,136 ______________________|_________|________|__________|__________|___________|________||__________|__________|_______|_______|__________|_______|__________ \1\Includes "other" schools. \2\Average for schools reporting enrollment data. \3\Includes schools beginning with grade 6 or below and with no grade higher than 8. \4\Includes schools with no grade lower than 7. \5\Includes schools beginning with grade 6 or below and ending with grade 9 or above. \6\Includes special education, alternative, and other schools not classified by grade span. \7\Also tabulated under the elementary, secondary, combined, or other school classification as appropriate. \8\Excludes elementary special education and alternative schools. \9\Excludes secondary special education, alternative, and vocational schools. ---Data not available or not applicable. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data survey. (This table was prepared January 1998.)