Public elementary and secondary schools, by type and state: 1990-91 to 1999-2000

Table 99.
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                           |        |        |        |                              Number of schools, 1999-2000
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                           | Total, | Total, | Total, |       |       |       |  Combined elementary/secondary\3\  |        ||        |       |
         State or          |  all   |  all   |  all   |       |Elemen |Secon- |____________________________________|        ||Alterna-|Special|      One-
        other area         |schools,|schools,|schools,| Total |tary\1\|dary\2\|      | Prekinder- | Other  |       |        ||tive\5\ | educa |    teacher
                           |1990-91 |1995-96 |1998-99 |       |       |       |      |garten, kin-|schools | Other |Other\4\||        |tion\5\|   schools\6\
                           |        |        |        |       |       |       |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   |       15
___________________________|________|________|________|_______|_______|_______|______|____________|________|_______|________||________|_______|_____________
   United States ..........| 84,538 | 87,125 | 90,874 |92,012 |64,131 |22,365 |4,042 |      2,220 |  1,338 |   484 |  1,474 ||  4,115 | 1,947 |         423
                           |________|________|________|_______|_______|_______|______|____________|________|_______|________||________|_______|_____________
Alabama ...................|  1,297 |  1,319 |  1,516 | 1,516 |   913 |   410 |  193 |        145 |     38 |    10 |      0 ||     76 |    32 |           0
Alaska ....................|    498 |    495 |    502 |   502 |   201 |    90 |  211 |        198 |      4 |     9 |      0 ||     22 |     1 |          22
Arizona ...................|  1,049 |  1,133 |  1,570 | 1,641 | 1,086 |   403 |  123 |         81 |     31 |    11 |     29 ||     84 |    14 |           6
Arkansas ..................|  1,098 |  1,098 |  1,109 | 1,123 |   707 |   409 |    7 |          1 |      4 |     2 |      0 ||      4 |     0 |           0
California ................|  7,913 |  7,876 |  8,343 | 8,578 | 6,181 | 2,057 |  340 |        317 |     20 |     3 |      0 ||  1,035 |   127 |          46
                           |        |        |        |       |       |       |      |            |        |       |        ||        |       |
Colorado ..................|  1,344 |  1,486 |  1,560 | 1,587 | 1,143 |   373 |   57 |         25 |     26 |     6 |     14 ||     80 |    13 |           3
Connecticut ...............|    985 |  1,045 |  1,104 | 1,086 |   821 |   212 |   40 |         14 |      4 |    22 |     13 ||     47 |    30 |           0
Delaware ..................|    173 |    181 |    201 |   185 |   124 |    43 |   17 |         14 |      2 |     1 |      1 ||      4 |    16 |           0
District of Columbia ......|    181 |    186 |    164 |   189 |   132 |    41 |    3 |          1 |      1 |     1 |     13 ||      6 |    10 |           0
Florida ...................|  2,516 |  2,760 |  3,111 | 3,209 | 2,145 |   471 |  593 |        297 |    284 |    12 |      0 ||    127 |   130 |           4
                           |        |        |        |       |       |       |      |            |        |       |        ||        |       |
Georgia ...................|  1,734 |  1,763 |  1,843 | 1,887 | 1,507 |   317 |   63 |         13 |     46 |     4 |      0 ||     23 |     1 |           0
Hawaii ....................|    235 |    246 |    254 |   256 |   196 |    50 |    9 |          7 |      1 |     1 |      1 ||      1 |     4 |           1
Idaho .....................|    582 |    618 |    660 |   668 |   410 |   226 |   32 |         27 |      4 |     1 |      0 ||     66 |    12 |          10
Illinois ..................|  4,239 |  4,142 |  4,302 | 4,332 | 3,169 | 1,021 |  126 |         52 |     49 |    25 |     16 ||    128 |   262 |           1
Indiana....................|  1,915 |  1,924 |  1,958 | 1,960 | 1,410 |   463 |   54 |         17 |     33 |     4 |     33 ||     67 |    39 |           0
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Iowa ......................|  1,588 |  1,556 |  1,555 | 1,535 | 1,057 |   437 |   35 |          1 |     33 |     1 |      6 ||     39 |    10 |           5
Kansas ....................|  1,477 |  1,487 |  1,437 | 1,440 | 1,010 |   425 |    4 |          1 |      2 |     1 |      1 ||      0 |     5 |           1
Kentucky ..................|  1,400 |  1,402 |  1,534 | 1,526 | 1,015 |   441 |   52 |          9 |     42 |     1 |     18 ||     75 |    13 |           0
Louisiana .................|  1,533 |  1,470 |  1,510 | 1,533 | 1,030 |   336 |  143 |         88 |     34 |    21 |     24 ||     99 |    29 |           0
Maine .....................|    747 |    726 |    720 |   719 |   539 |   163 |   17 |         12 |      5 |     0 |      0 ||      0 |     3 |          11
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Maryland ..................|  1,220 |  1,276 |  1,357 | 1,374 | 1,071 |   244 |   33 |         13 |     10 |    10 |     26 ||     62 |    51 |           1
Massachusetts .............|  1,842 |  1,850 |  1,900 | 1,904 | 1,510 |   348 |   36 |         19 |     10 |     7 |     10 ||     35 |     5 |           0
Michigan ..................|  3,313 |  3,748 |  3,914 | 3,927 | 2,646 |   866 |  137 |         80 |     41 |    16 |    278 ||     85 |   152 |          12
Minnesota .................|  1,590 |  2,157 |  2,348 | 2,361 | 1,252 |   717 |  139 |         44 |     64 |    31 |    253 ||    354 |   200 |           7
Mississippi ...............|    972 |  1,011 |  1,015 | 1,016 |   576 |   315 |  100 |         67 |     32 |     1 |     25 ||     52 |     0 |           0
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Missouri...................|  2,199 |  2,256 |  2,328 | 2,355 | 1,548 |   646 |  105 |         46 |     54 |     5 |     56 ||     77 |    63 |           0
Montana ...................|    900 |    894 |    886 |   882 |   517 |   365 |    0 |          0 |      0 |     0 |      0 ||      5 |     2 |          82
Nebraska ..................|  1,506 |  1,411 |  1,352 | 1,345 |   974 |   350 |   21 |          8 |      8 |     5 |      0 ||      0 |    61 |          83
Nevada ....................|    354 |    423 |    469 |   491 |   354 |   117 |   10 |          4 |      5 |     1 |     10 ||     31 |    14 |          11
New Hampshire .............|    439 |    460 |    516 |   521 |   425 |    96 |    0 |          0 |      0 |     0 |      0 ||      0 |     0 |           0
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New Jersey ................|  2,272 |  2,279 |  2,318 | 2,383 | 1,855 |   438 |   11 |          2 |      5 |     4 |     79 ||      0 |    85 |           0
New Mexico ................|    681 |    721 |    746 |   760 |   552 |   194 |   14 |          6 |      8 |     0 |      0 ||     41 |    17 |           3
New York ..................|  4,010 |  4,149 |  4,230 | 4,286 | 3,081 |   940 |  155 |         83 |     53 |    19 |    110 ||     86 |    28 |           0
North Carolina ............|  1,955 |  1,985 |  2,106 | 2,165 | 1,688 |   370 |  105 |         38 |     51 |    16 |      2 ||     59 |    26 |           1
North Dakota ..............|    663 |    613 |    595 |   590 |   343 |   212 |    4 |          3 |      1 |     0 |     31 ||      0 |    31 |           6
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Ohio ......................|  3,731 |  3,865 |  3,852 | 3,894 | 2,775 |   988 |   58 |         29 |     24 |     5 |     73 ||     47 |    29 |           2
Oklahoma ..................|  1,880 |  1,830 |  1,825 | 1,817 | 1,219 |   588 |    5 |          5 |      0 |     0 |      5 ||      3 |    13 |           2
Oregon ....................|  1,199 |  1,216 |  1,275 | 1,277 |   924 |   264 |   42 |         36 |      6 |     0 |     47 ||     87 |    16 |           9
Pennsylvania ..............|  3,260 |  3,182 |  3,205 | 3,230 | 2,383 |   789 |   40 |          5 |     17 |    18 |     18 ||     13 |    12 |           1
Rhode Island ..............|    309 |    310 |    318 |   318 |   258 |    56 |    2 |          2 |      0 |     0 |      2 ||      6 |     4 |           0
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South Carolina ............|  1,097 |  1,095 |  1,101 | 1,111 |   811 |   282 |   15 |          7 |      6 |     2 |      3 ||     17 |     8 |           1
South Dakota ..............|    802 |    824 |    778 |   771 |   466 |   288 |   14 |         10 |      4 |     0 |      3 ||     24 |     7 |          42
Tennessee .................|  1,543 |  1,563 |  1,589 | 1,613 | 1,172 |   368 |   64 |         40 |     20 |     4 |      9 ||     14 |    20 |           0
Texas .....................|  5,991 |  6,638 |  7,228 | 7,395 | 4,899 | 1,995 |  501 |        217 |    136 |   148 |      0 ||    574 |   140 |           4
Utah ......................|    714 |    735 |    769 |   788 |   509 |   250 |   14 |          4 |      8 |     2 |     15 ||     57 |    21 |           5
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Vermont ...................|    397 |    384 |    395 |   396 |   284 |    71 |   41 |         36 |      4 |     1 |      0 ||      1 |    61 |           3
Virginia ..................|  1,811 |  1,889 |  1,918 | 1,929 | 1,438 |   399 |   22 |          4 |     13 |     5 |     70 ||     75 |    36 |           0
Washington ................|  1,936 |  2,124 |  2,234 | 2,281 | 1,386 |   588 |  139 |         62 |     44 |    33 |    168 ||    218 |    69 |          23
West Virginia..............|  1,015 |    877 |    857 |   853 |   620 |   193 |   31 |          9 |     15 |     7 |      9 ||     26 |    11 |           0
Wisconsin .................|  2,018 |  2,037 |  2,109 | 2,118 | 1,532 |   533 |   53 |         14 |     32 |     7 |      0 ||     67 |     9 |           1
Wyoming ...................|    415 |    410 |    388 |   389 |   267 |   107 |   12 |          7 |      4 |     1 |      3 ||     16 |     5 |          14
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Bureau of Indian Affairs ..|    --- |    --- |    188 |   189 |   108 |    26 |   52 |         45 |      3 |     4 |      3 ||      0 |     0 |\7\       26
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  dependents schools:      |        |        |        |       |       |       |      |            |        |       |        ||        |       |
   Domestic schools .......|    --- |    --- |    --- |    71 |    60 |     7 |    4 |          2 |      2 |     0 |      0 ||      0 |     0 |           0
   Overseas schools .......|    --- |    171 |    155 |   156 |   105 |    40 |   11 |         11 |      0 |     0 |      0 ||      0 |     0 |           0
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  Outlying areas           |        |        |        |       |       |       |      |            |        |       |        ||        |       |
American Samoa ............|     30 |     31 |     31 |    31 |    24 |     6 |    0 |          0 |      0 |     0 |      1 ||      0 |     1 |           0
Guam ......................|     35 |     35 |     37 |    38 |    34 |     4 |    0 |          0 |      0 |     0 |      0 ||      0 |     0 |           0
Northern Marianas .........|     26 |     24 |     26 |    26 |    23 |     3 |    0 |          0 |      0 |     0 |      0 ||      0 |     0 |           0
Puerto Rico ...............|  1,619 |  1,561 |  1,538 | 1,531 |   919 |   381 |  203 |          9 |      5 |   189 |     28 ||     25 |    28 |           0
Virgin Islands ............|     33 |     34 |     36 |    36 |    23 |    12 |    1 |          0 |      0 |     1 |      0 ||      2 |     0 |           0
___________________________|________|________|________|_______|_______|_______|______|____________|________|_______|________||________|_______|_____________
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\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 schools not classified by grade span.
\5\Schools are also included under elementary, secondary, combined, or other as appropriate.
\6\Data for one teacher schools are included in other columns where appropriate.
\7\Data for 1998-99.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data survey. (This table was prepared October 2001.)
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