Table 8. Distribution of public elementary and secondary schools, by community type and by state: School year 2001–02

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State	Locale code
	Total schools	Large city	Midsize city	Urban fringe of a large city	Urban fringe of a midsize city	Large town	Small town	Rural, outside MSA	Rural, inside MSA	Not applicable
United States	94,112	11,599	11,559	22,378	8,076	1,203	10,662	18,023	10,612	0
Alabama	1,526	95	259	131	212	10	294	291	234	0
Alaska	522	0	99	0	0	31	110	282	0	0
Arizona	1,815	707	164	421	30	33	160	189	111	0
Arkansas	1,153	0	248	8	98	11	281	402	105	0
California	8,916	1,658	1,153	3,988	626	42	253	523	673	0
Colorado	1,667	256	201	508	42	0	157	339	164	0
Connecticut	1,246	0	287	286	317	10	36	43	267	0
Delaware	199	0	40	76	23	0	20	26	14	0
District of Columbia	198	197	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Florida	3,419	354	623	766	882	0	183	201	410	0
Georgia	1,969	98	208	535	96	33	336	341	322	0
Hawaii	279	75	0	94	0	0	0	97	13	0
Idaho	688	0	105	0	47	46	175	273	42	0
Illinois	4,351	604	476	1,476	183	63	499	654	396	0
Indiana	1,980	190	321	322	131	55	262	370	329	0
Iowa	1,521	0	243	1	126	65	360	623	103	0
Kansas	1,431	90	166	167	11	51	266	568	112	0
Kentucky	1,459	72	124	210	75	46	294	543	95	0
Louisiana	1,540	217	216	228	186	15	202	295	181	0
Maine	711	0	51	12	64	0	125	392	67	0
Maryland	1,385	181	49	804	12	0	37	101	201	0
Massachusetts	1,908	145	415	830	116	1	30	86	285	0
Michigan	3,984	315	519	1,075	467	0	400	560	648	0
Minnesota	2,408	307	112	776	82	25	369	533	204	0
Mississippi	1,037	0	120	22	99	51	322	350	73	0
Missouri	2,380	282	155	525	75	30	364	688	261	0
Montana	871	0	50	0	25	15	123	632	26	0
Nebraska	1,307	125	68	57	10	21	215	739	72	0
Nevada	531	102	52	167	38	12	37	94	29	0
New Hampshire	472	0	54	76	0	14	110	138	80	0
New Jersey	2,430	87	189	1,822	0	0	0	0	332	0
New Mexico	793	111	64	62	33	89	169	233	32	0
New York	4,351	1,318	265	1,184	489	15	291	268	521	0
North Carolina	2,234	112	493	81	265	24	329	519	411	0
North Dakota	569	0	66	0	23	19	72	343	46	0
Ohio	3,912	482	409	1,001	468	59	344	604	545	0
Oklahoma	1,824	236	91	291	14	50	319	654	169	0
Oregon	1,300	137	134	285	46	33	224	254	187	0
Pennsylvania	3,251	399	218	808	495	9	330	323	669	0
Rhode Island	333	0	116	0	163	0	6	7	41	0
South Carolina	1,145	0	174	19	325	0	166	247	214	0
South Dakota	762	0	68	0	14	0	104	539	37	0
Tennessee	1,646	290	198	147	172	25	254	356	204	0
Texas	7,761	1,862	1,116	1,673	414	82	872	999	743	0
Utah	791	0	139	0	341	28	102	157	24	0
Vermont	392	0	13	0	27	0	85	238	29	0
Virginia	2,090	150	353	460	256	16	152	436	267	0
Washington	2,233	130	377	703	140	27	207	349	300	0
West Virginia	822	0	82	30	121	12	144	368	65	0
Wisconsin	2,212	215	357	251	188	24	350	579	248	0
Wyoming	388	0	59	0	9	11	122	177	10	0
Outlying areas, DoD Dependents Schools, and Bureau of Indian Affairs
DoDDS: DoDs Overseas	154	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	154
DDESS: DoDs Domestic	70	0	15	7	24	0	0	12	0	12
Bureau of Indian Affairs	189	1	6	11	9	1	32	117	12	0
American Samoa	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	31
Guam	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	38
Northern Marianas	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29
Puerto Rico	1,538	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,538
Virgin Islands	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	36
NOTE: MSA is the acronym for metropolitan statistical area. U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2001–02.

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