| Table 4. | Number of regular public elementary and secondary school districts providing instruction and percentage of students in membership, by grade span and by state: School year 1997-98 |
Grade span
PK, K, 1 to 8 or below PK, K, 1 to 9 - 12 7, 8, 9 to 7 - 12 Other
Total Number of Percentage Number of Percentage Number of Percentage Number of Percentage
State districts districts of students districts of students districts of students districts of students
United States 14,427 3,153 5.9 10,580 91.8 557 2.3 137 0.1
Alabama 127 0 0.0 127 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Alaska 53 0 0.0 53 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Arizona 307 146 28.8 101 61.3 38 9.4 22 0.5
Arkansas 311 0 0.0 311 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
California 994 584 21.2 312 69.5 96 9.1 2 0.2
Colorado 176 2 0.0 174 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Connecticut 166 46 4.9 112 93.6 8 1.5 0 0.0
Delaware 19 0 0.0 15 94.2 4 5.8 0 0.0
District of Columbia 1 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Florida 67 0 0.0 67 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Georgia 180 7 0.2 173 99.8 0 0.0 0 0.0
Hawaii 1 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Idaho 112 5 0.1 106 99.9 0 0.0 1 0.0
Illinois 927 387 25.4 408 63.9 123 10.6 9 0.1
Indiana 292 1 0.0 291 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Iowa 377 24 0.9 353 99.1 0 0.0 0 0.0
Kansas 304 2 0.1 302 99.9 0 0.0 0 0.0
Kentucky 176 6 0.3 170 99.7 0 0.0 0 0.0
Louisiana 66 0 0.0 66 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Maine 227 108 12.2 113 86.7 5 1.1 1 0.0
Maryland 24 0 0.0 24 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Massachusetts 245 67 5.1 176 94.8 2 0.2 0 0.0
Michigan 659 88 0.8 535 98.8 17 0.1 19 0.3
Minnesota 373 30 0.5 334 99.2 8 0.2 1 0.0
Mississippi 152 0 0.0 149 99.8 3 0.2 0 0.0
Missouri 524 74 1.3 450 98.7 0 0.0 0 0.0
Montana 457 282 61.0 52 11.8 113 27.1 10 0.1
Nebraska 624 312 3.6 266 94.8 21 1.5 25 0.0
Nevada 17 1 0.0 16 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
New Hampshire 165 89 19.5 65 74.6 9 4.1 2 1.8
New Jersey 581 290 18.6 214 73.3 51 6.6 26 1.5
New Mexico 89 0 0.0 89 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
New York 705 42 1.0 646 98.4 9 0.6 8 0.0
North Carolina 117 0 0.0 117 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
North Dakota 231 47 2.5 174 96.8 7 0.6 3 0.1
Ohio 611 1 0.0 610 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Oklahoma 547 115 3.5 430 96.5 0 0.0 2 0.1
Oregon 198 18 0.1 177 99.9 1 0.0 2 0.0
Pennsylvania 500 2 0.0 498 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Rhode Island 36 4 1.5 31 97.5 0 0.0 1 1.0
South Carolina 90 2 0.1 86 99.6 1 0.1 1 0.2
South Dakota 173 7 1.0 166 99.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Tennessee 137 15 2.7 122 97.3 0 0.0 0 0.0
Texas 1,042 68 0.3 974 99.7 0 0.0 0 0.0
Utah 40 0 0.0 40 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Vermont 250 184 43.4 35 32.3 30 22.5 1 1.8
Virginia 132 1 0.0 131 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Washington 296 47 1.0 248 99.0 0 0.0 1 0.0
West Virginia 55 0 0.0 55 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Wisconsin 426 47 2.6 368 96.2 11 1.2 0 0.0
Wyoming 48 2 0.6 46 99.4 0 0.0 0 0.0
Outlying areas
DOD Dependents 12 0 0.0 12 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
American Samoa 1 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Guam 1 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Northern Marianas 1 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Puerto Rico 1 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Virgin Islands 1 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
| NOTE: | Grade span is determined by the highest and lowest grades for which student membership is reported among all schools associated with the district. Other includes all grade configurations not represented in the other categories and includes ungraded districts. Table excludes 378 regular school districts for which no students were reported in membership. U.S. totals exclude outlying areas. Table includes 12 Defense Department school districts for military personnel overseas, which are technically federally operated agencies. Percentages are rounded to the nearest tenth and may not add to 100. Percentages of less than 0.05 are rounded to 0.0. |
| SOURCE: | U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, Agency and School Universes 1997-98. |
