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Table 96. Public secondary schools, by grade span, average school size, and state or jurisdiction: 2005-06
State or jurisdiction Total, all secondary schools Total, all regular secondary schools1 Schools, by grade span Vocational schools2  Average number of students per school3
Grades
7 to 8 and
7 to 9
Grades
7 to 12
Grades
8 to 12
Grades
9 to 12
Grades
10 to 12
Other spans ending with grade 12 Other grade spans All secondary schools Regular secondary schools1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
United States 23,800 19,252 3,249 3,136 774 14,132 971 422 1,116 1,221 709 819
Alabama 428 314 34 96 9 243 30 5 11 75 686 703
Alaska 84 68 16 20 3 42 2 0 1 2 526 611
Arizona 617 477 86 38 9 465 15 0 4 121 661 709
Arkansas 378 375 55 153 5 101 40 2 22 24 469 473
California 2,517 1,502 391 189 77 1,396 198 67 199 76 906 1,395
                         
Colorado 409 344 62 60 4 269 6 2 6 5 612 699
Connecticut 240 184 26 14 9 159 14 5 13 17 656 786
Delaware 48 33 8 1 29 10 0 0 0 5 964 1,070
District of Columbia 49 42 10 4 0 28 1 1 5 1 406 456
Florida 699 460 21 69 18 468 22 22 79 34 1,123 1,648
                         
Georgia 396 362 10 10 9 353 3 0 11 0 1,223 1,257
Hawaii 54 53 11 9 0 34 0 0 0 0 1,215 1,234
Idaho 229 156 42 47 3 120 13 0 4 11 442 581
Illinois 951 800 150 67 9 629 15 35 46 50 715 836
Indiana 423 407 69 89 4 247 3 2 9 28 832 858
                         
Iowa 457 381 48 85 0 307 9 4 4 0 383 447
Kansas 410 410 61 82 7 252 5 1 2 0 418 418
Kentucky 313 250 28 39 6 236 2 1 1 9 685 804
Louisiana 294 252 42 44 165 21 16 1 5 7 656 730
Maine 156 128 16 13 1 124 1 0 1 27 526 530
                         
Maryland 263 202 16 7 4 203 3 5 25 24 1,137 1,319
Massachusetts 347 299 40 32 5 267 1 1 1 39 871 898
Michigan 876 723 101 86 31 574 22 8 54 47 693 784
Minnesota 849 481 61 226 37 294 90 93 48 13 382 640
Mississippi 328 230 33 65 6 185 27 3 9 89 659 659
                         
Missouri 650 578 68 190 1 348 21 10 12 60 563 567
Montana 358 355 185 0 0 171 1 0 1 0 177 178
Nebraska 331 331 31 186 0 111 3 0 0 0 357 357
Nevada 114 100 19 6 3 79 2 4 1 1 1,136 1,274
New Hampshire 99 99 17 0 0 79 0 0 3 0 722 722
                         
New Jersey 463 400 65 32 5 330 17 2 12 56 1,007 1,107
New Mexico 225 186 38 22 8 127 14 0 16 3 508 592
New York 1,090 962 91 181 26 648 19 3 122 30 864 905
North Carolina 447 408 22 17 5 362 3 12 26 9 955 1,025
North Dakota 186 186 12 122 3 42 4 1 2 7 224 224
                         
Ohio 1,018 950 155 134 34 642 15 14 24 76 674 684
Oklahoma 579 579 98 0 0 412 51 3 15 0 350 350
Oregon 279 259 33 48 7 184 4 0 3 0 658 691
Pennsylvania 811 721 103 152 16 446 66 9 19 85 896 903
Rhode Island 65 53 8 2 1 50 1 0 3 12 824 940
                         
South Carolina 276 226 29 13 3 204 15 9 3 39 903 959
South Dakota 263 259 90 0 0 173 0 0 0 0 153 153
Tennessee 364 333 32 26 5 282 11 1 7 23 852 883
Texas 2,088 1,512 363 222 107 1,094 47 38 217 0 696 932
Utah 341 229 99 57 20 78 68 3 16 3 650 917
                         
Vermont 72 57 9 18 0 45 0 0 0 15 609 609
Virginia 356 341 35 4 34 267 5 3 8 51 1,146 1,182
Washington 617 420 103 64 34 323 46 18 29 11 634 855
West Virginia 174 127 13 24 3 122 7 3 2 33 645 699
Wisconsin 610 556 66 61 7 420 10 31 15 3 517 554
Wyoming 109 92 28 10 2 66 3 0 0 0 303 341
Bureau of Indian Education 21 21 1 7 0 13 0 0 0 0 410 410
                         
DoD, domestic 6 6 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 441 441
DoD, overseas 37 37 2 20 0 15 0 0 0 0 425 425
                         
Other jurisdictions                        
American Samoa 6 5 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 1 723 827
Guam 4 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 2,260 2,260
Northern Marianas 6 6 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 755 755
Puerto Rico 396 361 191 30 0 5 153 0 17 34 556 554
Virgin Islands 9 8 5 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 829 923
1 Excludes vocational, special education, and alternative schools.
2 Vocational schools are also included under appropriate grade span.
3 Average for schools reporting enrollment data. Enrollment data were available for 22,864 out of 23,800 public secondary schools in 2005-06.
NOTE: Includes schools with no grade lower than 7. Excludes schools not reported by grade level, such as some special education schools for the disabled. DoD = Department of Defense.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Com­mon Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2005-06. (This table was prepared June 2007.)

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