Table 87. | Public school districts and public and private elementaryand secondary schools: 1929-30 to 1998-99 |
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | Public schools\2\ | Private schools\2,3\ | Public |_____________________________________________________|________________________________ School | school | Total, | Total, | Schools with | Schools | |Schools |Schools |districts\1\| all | schools | elementary grades | with | |with |with year | |schools\4\| with |_____________________|secondary| Total\4\ |elementary|secondary | | | reported | Total |One-teacher| grades | | grades |grades | | | grade | | | | | | | | | spans\5\ | | | | | | __________|____________|__________|__________|_________|___________|_________|__________|__________|__________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 __________|____________|__________|__________|_________|___________|_________|__________|__________|__________ 1929-30 ..| --- | --- | --- | 238,306 | 149,282 | 23,930 | --- | 9,275 | 3,258 1937-38 ..| 119,001 | --- | --- | 221,660 | 121,178 | 25,467 | --- | 9,992 | 3,327 1939-40 ..| 117,108 | --- | --- | --- | 113,600 | --- | --- | 11,306 | 3,568 1945-46 ..| 101,382 | --- | --- | 160,227 | 86,563 | 24,314 | --- | 9,863 | 3,294 1947-48 ..| 94,926 | --- | --- | 146,760 | 75,096 | 25,484 | --- | 10,071 | 3,292 | | | | | | | | | 1949-50 ..| 83,718 | --- | --- | 128,225 | 59,652 | 24,542 | --- | 10,375 | 3,331 1951-52 ..| 71,094 | --- | --- | 123,763 | 50,742 | 23,746 | --- | 10,666 | 3,322 1953-54 ..| 63,057 | --- | --- | 110,875 | 42,865 | 25,637 | --- | 11,739 | 3,913 1955-56 ..| 54,859 | --- | --- | 104,427 | 34,964 | 26,046 | --- | 12,372 | 3,887 1957-58 ..| 47,594 | --- | --- | 95,446 | 25,341 | 25,507 | --- | 13,065 | 3,994 | | | | | | | | | 1959-60 ..| 40,520 | --- | --- | 91,853 | 20,213 | 25,784 | --- | 13,574 | 4,061 1961-62 ..| 35,676 | --- | --- | 81,910 | 13,333 | 25,350 | --- | 14,762 | 4,129 1963-64 ..| 31,705 | --- | --- | 77,584 | 9,895 | 26,431 | --- | --- | 4,451 1965-66 ..| 26,983 | --- | --- | 73,216 | 6,491 | 26,597 | 17,849 | 15,340 | 4,606 1967-68 ..| 22,010 | --- | 94,197 | 70,879 | 4,146 | 27,011 | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | | | | 1970-71 ..| 17,995 | --- | 89,372 | 65,800 | 1,815 | 25,352 | --- | 14,372 | 3,770 1973-74 ..| 16,730 | --- | 88,655 | 65,070 | 1,365 | 25,906 | --- | --- | --- 1975-76 ..| 16,376 | 88,597 | 87,034 | 63,242 | 1,166 | 25,330 | --- | --- | --- 1976-77 ..| 16,271 | --- | 86,501 | 62,644 | 1,111 | 25,378 | 19,910 | 16,385 | 5,904 1978-79 ..| 16,014 | --- | 84,816 | 61,982 | 1,056 | 24,504 | 19,489 | 16,097 | 5,766 | | | | | | | | | 1980-81 ..| 15,912 | 85,982 | 83,688 | 61,069 | 921 | 24,362 | 20,764 | 16,792 | 5,678 1982-83 ..| 15,824 | 84,740 | 82,039 | 59,656 | 798 | 23,988 | --- | ---| --- 1983-84 ..| 15,747 | 84,178 | 81,418 | 59,082 | 838 | 23,947 |\6\27,694 |\6\20,872 |\6\ 7,862 1984-85 | --- | 84,007 | 81,147 | 58,827 | 825 | 23,916 | --- | ---| --- 1985-86 ..| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\6\25,616 |\6\20,252 |\6\ 7,387 | | | | | | | | | 1986-87 ..|\7\ 15,713 | 83,455 | 82,190 | 60,784 | 763 | 23,389 | --- | ---| --- 1987-88 ..|\7\ 15,577 | 83,248 | 81,416 | 59,754 | 729 | 23,841 |\6\26,807 |\6\22,959 |\6\ 8,418 1988-89 ..|\7\ 15,376 | 83,165 | 81,579 | 60,176 | 583 | 23,638 | --- | ---| --- 1989-90 ..|\7\ 15,367 | 83,425 | 81,880 | 60,699 | 630 | 23,461 | --- | ---| --- 1990-91 ..|\7\ 15,358 | 84,538 | 82,475 | 61,340 | 617 | 23,460 |\6\24,690 |\6\22,223 |\6\ 8,989 | | | | | | | | | 1991-92 ..|\7\ 15,173 | 84,578 | 82,506 | 61,739 | 569 | 23,248 |\6\25,998 |\6\23,523 |\6\ 9,282 1992-93 ..|\7\ 15,025 | 84,497 | 82,896 | 62,225 | 430 | 23,220 | --- | ---| --- 1993-94 ..|\7\ 14,881 | 85,393 | 83,431 | 62,726 | 442 | 23,379 |\6\26,093 |\6\23,543 |\6\10,555 1994-95 ..|\7\ 14,772 | 86,221 | 84,476 | 63,572 | 458 | 23,668 | --- | ---| --- 1995-96 ..|\7\ 14,766 | 87,125 | 84,958 | 63,961 | 474 | 23,793 | 27,686 | 25,153 | 10,942 | | | | | | | | | 1996-97 ..|\7\ 14,841 | 88,223 | 86,092 | 64,785 | 487 | 24,287 | --- | ---| --- 1997-98 ..|\7\ 14,805 | 89,508 | 87,541 | 65,859 | 476 | 24,802 | 27,402 | 24,915 | 10,779 1998-99 ..|\7\ 14,891 | 91,062 | 89,447 | 67,344 | 463 | 25,873 | --- | ---| --- __________|____________|__________|__________|_________|___________|_________|__________|__________|__________ |
---Not Available. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Statistics of State School Systems; Statistics of Public Elementary and Secondary School Systems; Statistics of Nonpublic Elementary and Secondary Schools; Private Schools in American Education; and Common Core of Data surveys. (This table was prepared August 2000.)
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