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Table 96.Public elementary and secondary schools, by type and state: 1990-91 to 1995-96

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                      |        |        |        |                              Number of schools, 1995-96
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                      | Total, | Total, | Total, |       |       |       |  Combined elementary/secondary\3\  |        ||        |
       State or       |  all   |  all   |  all   |       |Elemen |Secon- |____________________________________|        ||Alterna-|Special 
      other area      |schools,|schools,|schools,| Total |tary\1\|dary\2\|      | Prekinder- | Other  |       |        ||tive\5\ | educa-
                      |1990-91 |1993-94 |1994-95 |       |       |       |      |garten, kin-|schools | Other |Other\4\||        |tion\5\
                      |        |        |        |       |       |       |Total | dergarten, | ending | com-  |        ||        |
                      |        |        |        |       |       |       |      |or 1st grade|  with  | bined |        ||        |
                      |        |        |        |       |       |       |      | to grade 12|grade 12|schools|        ||        |
______________________|________|________|________|_______|_______|_______|______|____________|________|_______|________||________|_______
          1           |   2    |   3    |   4    |   5   |   6   |   7   |  8   |     9      |   10   |  11   |   12   ||   13   |  14
______________________|________|________|________|_______|_______|_______|______|____________|________|_______|________||________|_______
   United States .....| 84,538 | 85,393 | 86,221 |87,125 |61,165 |20,997 |2,796 |      1,505 |    662 |   629 |  2,167 ||  3,243 | 1,992
                      |________|________|________|_______|_______|_______|______|____________|________|_______|________||________|_______
Alabama ..............|  1,297 |  1,294 |  1,309 | 1,319 |   864 |   298 |  154 |        119 |     15 |    20 |      3 ||     18 |    17
Alaska ...............|    498 |    496 |    498 |   495 |   186 |    87 |  208 |        161 |      4 |    43 |     14 ||     36 |     3
Arizona ..............|  1,049 |  1,133 |  1,136 | 1,133 |   817 |   240 |   15 |          4 |      9 |     2 |     61 ||     43 |    16
Arkansas .............|  1,098 |  1,070 |  1,073 | 1,098 |   674 |   414 |    7 |          6 |      0 |     1 |      3 ||      0 |     0
California ...........|  7,913 |  7,734 |  7,821 | 7,876 | 5,750 | 1,866 |  182 |        110 |     41 |    31 |     78 ||    756 |   127
                      |        |        |        |       |       |       |      |            |        |       |        ||        |
Colorado .............|  1,344 |  1,419 |  1,460 | 1,486 | 1,034 |   356 |   22 |          5 |      7 |    10 |     74 ||    102 |     9
Connecticut ..........|    985 |  1,000 |  1,045 | 1,045 |   763 |   188 |   26 |          2 |      3 |    21 |     68 ||     54 |    18
Delaware .............|    173 |    177 |    182 |   181 |   120 |    42 |   19 |         14 |      1 |     4 |      0 ||      2 |    28
District of Columbia .|    181 |    173 |    175 |   186 |   126 |    41 |    2 |          0 |      0 |     2 |     17 ||      7 |    11
Florida ..............|  2,516 |  2,615 |  2,733 | 2,760 | 1,914 |   443 |  346 |        194 |     77 |    75 |     57 ||    262 |   104
                      |        |        |        |       |       |       |      |            |        |       |        ||        |
Georgia ..............|  1,734 |  1,755 |  1,767 | 1,763 | 1,383 |   307 |   73 |         17 |     43 |    13 |      0 ||     19 |     8
Hawaii ...............|    235 |    241 |    242 |   246 |   186 |    44 |   16 |          5 |      5 |     6 |      0 ||      1 |     4
Idaho ................|    582 |    603 |    608 |   618 |   384 |   209 |   18 |         10 |      2 |     6 |      7 ||     45 |    14
Illinois .............|  4,239 |  4,195 |  4,195 | 4,142 | 3,061 |   898 |   32 |         24 |      4 |     4 |    151 ||     44 |   240
Indiana...............|  1,915 |  1,912 |  1,912 | 1,924 | 1,406 |   448 |   34 |         13 |     15 |     6 |     36 ||     33 |    44
                      |        |        |        |       |       |       |      |            |        |       |        ||        |
Iowa .................|  1,588 |  1,556 |  1,554 | 1,556 | 1,075 |   443 |   28 |          6 |     21 |     1 |     10 ||     26 |    18
Kansas ...............|  1,477 |  1,482 |  1,491 | 1,487 | 1,048 |   426 |    9 |          2 |      4 |     3 |      4 ||     18 |     1
Kentucky .............|  1,400 |  1,372 |  1,374 | 1,402 | 1,002 |   360 |    3 |          0 |      1 |     2 |     37 ||     49 |     8
Louisiana ............|  1,533 |  1,459 |  1,459 | 1,470 | 1,006 |   319 |  119 |         91 |     16 |    12 |     26 ||     56 |    39
Maine ................|    747 |    706 |    733 |   726 |   550 |   158 |   14 |          9 |      3 |     2 |      4 ||      0 |     2
                      |        |        |        |       |       |       |      |            |        |       |        ||        |
Maryland .............|  1,220 |  1,271 |  1,263 | 1,276 | 1,038 |   213 |   20 |          9 |      5 |     6 |      5 ||     27 |    47
Massachusetts ........|  1,842 |  1,791 |  1,831 | 1,850 | 1,465 |   336 |   27 |         18 |      6 |     3 |     22 ||     29 |     7
Michigan .............|  3,313 |  3,356 |  3,432 | 3,748 | 2,514 |   811 |   92 |         40 |     34 |    18 |    331 ||    135 |   159
Minnesota ............|  1,590 |  2,083 |  2,100 | 2,157 | 1,190 |   686 |   92 |         26 |     27 |    39 |    189 ||    513 |   108
Mississippi ..........|    972 |  1,009 |  1,018 | 1,011 |   571 |   314 |   75 |         62 |     10 |     3 |     51 ||     35 |     0
                      |        |        |        |       |       |       |      |          0 |        |       |        ||        |
Missouri..............|  2,199 |  2,217 |  2,234 | 2,256 | 1,447 |   627 |   30 |          4 |     18 |     8 |    152 ||     61 |    67
Montana ..............|    900 |    900 |    899 |   894 |   532 |   361 |    0 |          0 |      0 |     0 |      1 ||      3 |     2
Nebraska .............|  1,506 |  1,427 |  1,419 | 1,411 | 1,010 |   354 |   26 |         11 |      7 |     8 |     21 ||      0 |    63
Nevada ...............|    354 |    407 |    421 |   423 |   313 |    96 |    9 |          2 |      6 |     1 |      5 ||     23 |    12
New Hampshire ........|    439 |    461 |    458 |   460 |   357 |    98 |    5 |          3 |      0 |     2 |      0 ||      0 |     0
                      |        |        |        |       |       |       |      |          0 |        |       |        ||        |
New Jersey ...........|  2,272 |  2,287 |  2,295 | 2,279 | 1,770 |   427 |    7 |          1 |      4 |     2 |     75 ||      0 |    79
New Mexico ...........|    681 |    709 |    715 |   721 |   536 |   178 |    3 |          1 |      2 |     0 |      4 ||     25 |    14
New York .............|  4,010 |  4,082 |  4,130 | 4,149 | 2,972 |   940 |  145 |         85 |     37 |    23 |     92 ||     65 |    83
North Carolina .......|  1,955 |  1,958 |  1,968 | 1,985 | 1,538 |   393 |   44 |         20 |      9 |    15 |     10 ||     48 |    27
North Dakota .........|    663 |    640 |    623 |   613 |   352 |   224 |    4 |          1 |      2 |     1 |     33 ||      0 |    31
                      |        |        |        |       |       |       |      |            |        |       |        ||        |
Ohio .................|  3,731 |  3,818 |  3,812 | 3,865 | 2,694 |   948 |  130 |         49 |     24 |    57 |     93 ||     10 |    34
Oklahoma .............|  1,880 |  1,820 |  1,824 | 1,830 | 1,216 |   604 |    0 |          0 |      0 |     0 |     10 ||      0 |    15
Oregon ...............|  1,199 |  1,219 |  1,213 | 1,216 |   913 |   252 |   46 |         31 |      8 |     7 |      5 ||     35 |    15
Pennsylvania .........|  3,260 |  3,193 |  3,190 | 3,182 | 2,350 |   788 |   30 |          9 |     12 |     9 |     14 ||     10 |    11
Rhode Island .........|    309 |    311 |    308 |   310 |   249 |    57 |    2 |          2 |      0 |     0 |      2 ||      3 |     4
                      |        |        |        |       |       |       |      |            |        |       |        ||        |
South Carolina .......|  1,097 |  1,094 |  1,094 | 1,095 |   795 |   289 |   11 |          4 |      5 |     2 |      0 ||     18 |    11
South Dakota .........|    802 |    777 |    827 |   824 |   506 |   301 |    2 |          1 |      1 |     0 |     15 ||     11 |    15
Tennessee ............|  1,543 |  1,523 |  1,554 | 1,563 | 1,133 |   338 |   53 |         36 |      6 |    11 |     39 ||     14 |    17
Texas ................|  5,991 |  6,324 |  6,465 | 6,638 | 4,515 | 1,721 |  402 |        208 |    101 |    93 |      0 ||    345 |   221
Utah .................|    714 |    718 |    728 |   735 |   476 |   227 |   10 |          5 |      2 |     3 |     22 ||     40 |    24
                      |        |        |        |       |       |       |      |            |        |       |        ||        |
Vermont ..............|    397 |    400 |    394 |   384 |   271 |    55 |   17 |         12 |      5 |     0 |     41 ||      1 |    60
Virginia .............|  1,811 |  1,828 |  1,851 | 1,889 | 1,384 |   394 |   20 |          3 |     13 |     4 |     91 ||     60 |    48
Washington ...........|  1,936 |  2,030 |  2,064 | 2,124 | 1,315 |   534 |  105 |         49 |     30 |    26 |    170 ||    122 |    81
West Virginia.........|  1,015 |    907 |    883 |   877 |   624 |   209 |   29 |         11 |      2 |    16 |     15 ||     12 |    12
Wisconsin ............|  2,018 |  2,032 |  2,030 | 2,037 | 1,486 |   518 |   33 |         10 |     15 |     8 |      0 ||     18 |     9
Wyoming ..............|    415 |    409 |    411 |   410 |   284 |   117 |    0 |          0 |      0 |     0 |      9 ||      9 |     5
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Department of Defense |        |        |        |       |       |       |      |            |        |       |        ||        |
  dependents schools .|     ---|     ---|     ---|   171 |   116 |    41 |   14 |         11 |      2 |     1 |      0 ||      0 |     0
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  Outlying areas      |        |        |        |       |       |       |      |            |        |       |        ||        |
American Samoa .......|     30 |     31 |     31 |    31 |    24 |     6 |    0 |          0 |      0 |     0 |      1 ||      0 |     1
Guam .................|     35 |     35 |     35 |    35 |    30 |     5 |    0 |          0 |      0 |     0 |      0 ||      0 |     1
Northern Marianas ....|     26 |     25 |     25 |    24 |    20 |     4 |    0 |          0 |      0 |     0 |      0 ||      0 |     0
Puerto Rico ..........|  1,619 |  1,584 |  1,566 | 1,561 |   972 |   359 |  191 |          2 |      1 |   188 |     39 ||     10 |    22
Virgin Islands .......|     33 |     32 |     32 |    34 |    23 |    10 |    1 |          0 |      0 |     1 |      0 ||      0 |     0
______________________|________|________|________|_______|_______|_______|______|____________|________|_______|________||________|_______

\1\Includes schools beginning with grade 6 or below and with no grade higher than 8.

\2\Includes schools with no grade lower than 7.

\3\Includes schools beginning with grade 6 or below and ending with grade 9 or above.

\4\Includes special education, alternative, and other schools not classified by grade span.

\5\Schools are included under elementary, secondary, combined, or other as appropriate.

---Data not available.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data survey. (This table was prepared September 1997.)



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