Table A-1. Distribution of regular public elementary and secondary schools, by school size and by state: School year 2001–02

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State	Regular schools having membership	Distribution of schools by membership size
		Mean	Minimum	10th Percentile	25th Percentile	Median	75th Percentile	90th Percentile	Maximum
United States	84,919	549	1	138	280	457	685	1,014	5,491
Alabama	1,334	542	6	245	348	482	659	910	2,409
Alaska	473	278	2	18	52	172	407	565	3,453
Arizona	1,652	547	1	57	159	476	743	1,074	3,219
Arkansas	1,125	400	17	138	242	361	502	679	2,350
California	7,667	776	1	233	431	630	907	1,479	5,447
Colorado	1,535	476	7	101	234	411	588	847	3,520
Connecticut	992	554	6	245	344	475	660	996	2,720
Delaware	170	629	31	300	388	543	786	1,066	2,264
District of Columbia	178	401	40	156	282	389	493	600	1,672
Florida	2,992	823	1	84	456	722	1,031	1,584	5,491
Georgia	1,940	755	28	368	484	646	910	1,271	3,796
Hawaii	275	670	3	210	359	602	840	1,180	2,455
Idaho	589	411	4	92	181	347	547	786	2,265
Illinois	3,913	519	18	149	256	403	622	948	4,235
Indiana	1,832	541	26	249	334	474	628	864	3,449
Iowa	1,473	326	4	106	173	270	390	576	2,344
Kansas	1,423	328	5	82	146	259	417	595	2,199
Kentucky	1,228	501	58	204	307	459	615	828	2,021
Louisiana	1,378	518	59	230	329	458	628	853	2,821
Maine	678	303	2	71	129	252	384	640	1,467
Maryland	1,241	676	27	317	421	567	788	1,203	3,088
Massachusetts	1,811	516	1	174	283	446	661	934	4,049
Michigan	3,495	483	1	182	289	411	575	837	2,596
Minnesota	1,606	513	8	128	243	432	648	941	3,264
Mississippi	886	557	17	273	367	506	676	934	2,221
Missouri	2,158	420	6	119	211	350	515	783	2,599
Montana	863	175	1	12	31	86	255	411	2,057
Nebraska	1,229	230	1	12	56	149	296	496	2,494
Nevada	471	746	4	108	415	655	913	1,401	3,436
New Hampshire	472	438	14	94	188	354	565	848	3,136
New Jersey	2,271	577	1	221	332	479	701	1,052	5,039
New Mexico	720	434	4	81	184	366	538	787	3,109
New York	4,162	674	10	280	396	553	803	1,195	4,301
North Carolina	2,127	615	6	263	390	548	766	1,054	2,604
North Dakota	529	200	4	31	67	129	241	452	1,639
Ohio	3,700	488	1	204	298	418	582	816	3,039
Oklahoma	1,814	343	6	91	156	282	446	627	2,300
Oregon	1,193	457	4	119	236	395	555	813	2,381
Pennsylvania	3,144	569	8	208	322	488	705	1,013	3,862
Rhode Island	313	496	7	190	278	386	634	930	1,925
South Carolina	1,047	642	13	296	402	573	769	1,041	3,117
South Dakota	720	176	4	19	39	92	227	419	2,267
Tennessee	1,574	568	2	222	354	498	701	985	2,349
Texas	6,715	610	1	179	322	517	754	1,038	4,632
Utah	719	657	4	180	398	571	816	1,233	2,485
Vermont	315	317	8	77	125	249	406	693	1,534
Virginia	1,793	644	8	247	379	546	762	1,171	4,248
Washington	1,834	531	2	161	325	470	620	915	2,764
West Virginia	752	375	20	132	202	305	478	695	1,829
Wisconsin	2,035	422	6	117	225	356	505	779	2,315
Wyoming	363	238	2	19	73	179	310	483	1,587
Outlying areas, DoD Dependents Schools, and Bureau of Indian Affairs
DoDDS: DoDs Overseas	154	476	24	157	280	447	635	784	1,423
DDESS: DoDs Domestic	70	469	218	272	340	458	593	661	935
Bureau of Indian Affairs	177	263	6	77	120	208	349	546	1,014
American Samoa	29	535	70	101	128	338	968	1,129	1,435
Guam	38	842	110	299	568	682	958	1,821	2,547
Northern Marianas	29	361	20	41	49	235	424	969	2,103
Puerto Rico	1,469	395	3	130	208	355	529	712	1,875
Virgin Islands	33	565	87	187	347	532	649	895	1,758
NOTE: Table excludes regular schools for which no students were reported in membership. U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The mean is the average. If all schools were ranked by size from the smallest to largest, half of the schools would fall below the median. For example, dividing the total number of students by the total number of schools yields an average school size of 549 (mean) while half of the schools in the United States have 457 or fewer students (median). The percentile indicates what percent of cases a value exceeds; for example, 10 percent of schools have fewer than 138 students.
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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