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Table 2. Number of public schools, by 2007 urban-centric locale types and state: 2005-06

State Total City Suburban Town Rural Unknown
Large Midsize Small Large Midsize Small Fringe Distant Remote Fringe Distant Remote
United States 97,382 11,047 5,383 7,252 22,010 2,782 1,882 3,793 5,688 4,959 10,405 10,940 8,469 2,772
Alabama 1,585 0 250 131 120 44 38 85 113 28 262 328 142 44
Alaska 502 81 0 15 0 0 8 12 12 60 33 14 263 4
Arizona 2,078 728 92 71 290 0 37 33 61 168 203 142 148 105
Arkansas 1,138 0 54 167 57 16 5 46 89 102 174 224 187 17
California 9,650 2,053 819 853 2,688 476 285 345 394 183 720 452 299 83
Colorado 1,707 323 74 87 378 23 60 57 27 133 135 127 246 37
Connecticut 1,111 0 159 141 443 111 0 60 0 0 155 25 0 17
Delaware 222 0 0 38 81 0 14 30 15 0 29 10 0 5
District of Columbia 229 213 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15
Florida 3,723 336 271 417 1,354 285 70 84 174 35 388 160 25 124
Georgia 2,389 99 171 160 671 29 46 103 191 90 469 247 91 22
Hawaii 285 74 0 0 58 25 0 4 0 59 40 16 9 0
Idaho 706 0 58 91 32 0 43 16 66 78 82 99 134 7
Illinois 4,401 622 189 250 1,395 134 77 120 321 247 270 542 160 74
Indiana 1,977 199 120 200 322 31 31 96 264 19 294 369 22 10
Iowa 1,512 0 102 151 57 14 5 40 125 222 104 335 338 19
Kansas 1,407 85 123 18 107 9 0 43 95 206 122 187 392 20
Kentucky 1,409 195 0 54 129 22 21 47 150 115 228 278 167 3
Louisiana 1,390 16 186 125 123 68 51 99 175 40 205 208 83 11
Maine 679 0 0 61 0 32 26 33 28 58 93 185 158 5
Maryland 1,430 185 0 91 646 73 48 41 44 7 169 91 7 28
Massachusetts 1,879 149 112 153 1,059 95 3 43 20 0 171 44 0 30
Michigan 4,090 285 254 431 1,046 128 131 191 159 186 446 489 236 108
Minnesota 2,644 307 0 243 600 14 20 118 186 247 177 203 423 106
Mississippi 1,051 0 61 57 39 28 13 23 61 251 154 229 129 6
Missouri 2,361 257 50 101 433 16 36 68 164 212 228 414 371 11
Montana 840 0 0 59 0 3 6 4 0 134 39 115 466 14
Nebraska 1,225 127 70 0 61 8 0 7 37 188 80 147 468 32
Nevada 557 98 80 28 141 0 0 14 10 37 54 14 63 18
New Hampshire 480 0 22 19 29 35 40 26 27 34 76 114 50 8
New Jersey 2,474 89 0 154 1,837 47 35 56 1 0 217 32 0 6
New Mexico 854 121 0 69 50 9 9 25 26 199 83 41 186 36
New York 4,669 274 96 170 1,393 57 53 191 197 65 285 402 101 1,385
North Carolina 2,347 170 209 175 148 143 26 120 221 9 506 459 100 61
North Dakota 539 0 0 62 0 8 8 0 8 72 18 40 313 10
Ohio 4,007 524 135 222 1,128 71 104 278 312 21 504 592 22 94
Oklahoma 1,788 221 0 32 160 2 24 46 179 174 196 367 375 12
Oregon 1,260 126 93 103 167 47 7 122 74 132 131 116 138 4
Pennsylvania 3,250 419 46 148 1,091 106 106 277 145 40 455 337 57 23
Rhode Island 338 0 59 52 173 0 0 8 0 0 34 8 0 4
South Carolina 1,152 0 56 100 201 45 29 57 130 13 272 220 26 3
South Dakota 725 0 45 21 0 0 3 8 17 82 19 61 460 9
Tennessee 1,700 301 101 91 178 33 25 63 159 60 304 308 71 6
Texas 8,517 1,921 630 697 1,327 113 112 296 583 477 842 906 544 69
Utah 956 0 45 141 398 0 28 35 43 68 48 27 102 21
Vermont 392 0 0 19 0 26 0 4 42 40 36 129 93 3
Virginia 2,079 87 266 156 563 32 53 52 129 23 304 313 90 11
Washington 2,269 113 202 240 629 143 48 103 90 103 225 172 178 23
West Virginia 784 0 0 99 0 71 28 41 97 59 110 182 94 3
Wisconsin 2,246 249 83 241 208 110 66 123 227 69 189 389 292 0
Wyoming 379 0 0 48 0 0 4 0 0 114 26 31 150 6
NOTE: Excludes districts not reporting enrollment.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, The NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) Survey, "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2005-06.

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