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

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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
State	Total	Large	Midsize	Small	Large	Midsize	Small	Fringe	Distant	Remote	Fringe	Distant	Remote	Unknown
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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