Table A-4. Distribution of public elementary and secondary students, by school size and by state: School year 2001–02

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State	Total students	Percent of students in school size category
		1 to 99	100 to 299	300 to 749	750 to1,499	1,500 and above
United States	47,687,871	0.9	8.4	46.1	29.6	14.6
Alabama	737,294	0.2	7.1	56.8	31.4	2.9
Alaska	134,358	6.2	18.9	48.8	10.6	15.5
Arizona	922,180	1.8	6.3	38.5	36.5	16.8
Arkansas	449,805	0.7	17.7	61.7	17.5	2.3
California	6,248,610	0.7	3.2	33.3	33.6	27.5
Colorado	742,145	1.4	11.1	54.5	20.2	12.8
Connecticut	570,228	0.5	7.2	55.3	29.9	7.1
Delaware	115,555	0.7	3.9	46.1	42.8	6.4
District of Columbia	75,392	1.4	12.2	69.4	11.7	5.4
Florida	2,500,478	0.9	2.4	24.4	42.7	29.7
Georgia	1,470,634	#	1.4	40.5	43.0	15.0
Hawaii	184,546	0.5	3.9	38.6	40.5	16.6
Idaho	246,521	2.2	15.0	54.6	24.1	4.0
Illinois	2,071,391	1.0	12.3	45.9	23.7	17.1
Indiana	996,133	0.2	8.1	59.3	22.5	9.9
Iowa	485,932	2.0	31.2	49.3	11.2	6.3
Kansas	470,205	2.9	25.1	50.2	11.9	9.1
Kentucky	654,363	0.8	9.8	57.6	22.5	4.4
Louisiana	731,328	0.6	9.2	61.0	23.5	5.6
Maine	205,586	3.5	28.0	50.4	18.0	0
Maryland	860,640	0.4	3.0	47.9	33.0	15.7
Massachusetts	973,140	0.4	10.3	49.8	32.3	7.2
Michigan	1,730,668	0.9	11.4	56.2	22.2	8.8
Minnesota	851,384	2.4	11.2	47.2	25.2	14.0
Mississippi	493,507	0.1	5.2	59.4	32.3	3.1
Missouri	909,792	1.4	16.4	52.2	21.9	8.3
Montana	151,947	11.8	28.6	40.9	7.6	10.8
Nebraska	285,095	6.9	31.2	38.6	13.2	10.1
Nevada	356,814	0.8	3.3	29.0	41.7	25.3
New Hampshire	206,847	1.7	12.9	50.1	24.3	11.0
New Jersey	1,341,656	0.4	7.5	48.8	32.4	10.8
New Mexico	320,260	2.2	13.4	51.3	17.6	15.5
New York	2,872,132	0.1	4.0	44.2	35.4	16.2
North Carolina	1,315,363	0.5	5.0	49.0	36.7	8.9
North Dakota	106,047	10.1	38.7	30.8	17.4	3.0
Ohio	1,830,985	0.4	10.8	59.4	22.5	8.9
Oklahoma	622,139	2.5	23.1	54.5	13.8	6.1
Oregon	551,480	1.4	12.7	54.1	19.4	12.8
Pennsylvania	1,821,627	0.3	7.4	49.4	32.8	10.2
Rhode Island	158,046	0.6	12.5	47.7	29.6	9.6
South Carolina	691,078	0.1	3.5	49.5	34.2	10.2
South Dakota	127,542	14.5	28.0	39.1	11.2	7.6
Tennessee	925,030	0.3	5.7	51.9	31.9	7.2
Texas	4,163,447	0.8	7.0	43.7	31.7	16.8
Utah	484,677	0.7	3.6	42.0	37.9	15.0
Vermont	101,179	4.9	26.0	43.9	23.6	1.5
Virginia	1,163,091	0.2	5.3	46.1	31.2	17.2
Washington	1,009,200	1.4	7.3	56.6	22.9	11.8
West Virginia	282,885	0.9	24.9	53.0	18.8	2.4
Wisconsin	879,361	1.6	15.6	53.6	20.3	8.9
Wyoming	88,128	5.5	35.5	36.7	17.0	5.3
Outlying areas, DoD Dependents Schools, and Bureau of Indian Affairs
DODDS: DoDs Overseas	73,212	0.6	12.4	57.7	29.3	0
DDESS: DoDs Domestic	32,847	0	6.9	85.3	7.8	0
Bureau of Indian Affairs	46,476	4.4	35.4	52.2	8.0	0
American Samoa	15,897	1.4	10.2	20.6	67.8	0
Guam	31,992	0	2.6	36.5	28.2	32.8
Northern Marianas	10,479	5.5	10.4	34.8	29.2	20.1
Puerto Rico	604,177	0.9	17.7	62.4	18.6	0.3
Virgin Islands	18,780	1.1	7.9	53.9	27.7	9.4
# Rounds to zero.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to total because of rounding. 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 and "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2001–02.

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