Public elementary schools, by grade span, average school size, and state or jurisdiction: 2002-03

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Table 97.
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                      |Total, |   Total, |                             Schools, by grade span                |  Average number of
                      |   all |      all |___________________________________________________________________|students per school\2\
                      |elemen-|  regular |  Prekinder- | Prekinder- | Prekinder- | Prekinder- |Grades |      |____________________
State or jurisdiction |  tary |  elemen- |garten, kin- |garten, kin-|garten, kin-|garten, kin-| 4, 5, |Other |   All |    Regular
                      |schools|     tary |dergarten, or| dergarten, | dergarten, | dergarten, | or 6, |grade |elemen-|    elemen-
                      |       |schools\1\|1st grade to |or 1st grade|or 1st grade|or 1st grade| to 6, |spans |  tary |       tary
                      |       |          |grades 3 or 4| to grade 5 | to grade 6 | to grade 8 |7, or 8|      |schools| schools\1\
______________________|_______|__________|_____________|____________|____________|____________|_______|______|_______|____________
1                     |     2 |        3 |           4 |          5 |          6 |          7 |     8 |    9 |    10 |         11
______________________|_______|__________|_____________|____________|____________|____________|_______|______|_______|____________
   United States .....| 65,718|    64,588|        5,009|      23,418|      13,788|       5,466| 12,174| 5,863|    476|         482
                      |_______|__________|_____________|____________|____________|____________|_______|______|_______|____________
Alabama ..............|    925|       914|           96|         301|         161|          75|    197|    95|    474|         476
Alaska ...............|    194|       193|            2|          27|         109|          25|     16|    15|    329|         329
Arizona ..............|  1,201|     1,173|           53|         223|         342|         332|    155|    96|    499|         503
Arkansas .............|    714|       712|          113|         137|         237|           6|    134|    87|    379|         379
California ...........|  6,518|     6,338|          181|       1,960|       2,477|         760|    954|   186|    620|         636
                      |       |          |             |            |            |            |       |      |       |
Colorado .............|  1,200|     1,195|           32|         548|         255|          52|    232|    81|    411|         412
Connecticut ..........|    863|       808|           94|         308|         128|          77|    156|   100|    463|         467
Delaware .............|    137|       135|           37|          44|           6|           2|     33|    15|    523|         527
District of Columbia .|    136|       135|            3|          25|          77|           9|     17|     5|    366|         369
Florida ..............|  2,311|     2,288|           32|       1,479|         143|          63|    479|   115|    739|         746
                      |       |          |             |            |            |            |       |      |       |
Georgia ..............|  1,610|     1,608|           37|         937|          79|          12|    392|   153|    662|         662
Hawaii ...............|    207|       206|            3|          60|         110|           8|     24|     2|    560|         563
Idaho ................|    419|       414|           36|          98|         174|          18|     62|    31|    358|         360
Illinois .............|  3,199|     3,097|          323|         750|         451|         733|    537|   405|    441|         451
Indiana ..............|  1,412|     1,404|           86|         579|         398|          29|    239|    81|    456|         457
                      |       |          |             |            |            |            |       |      |       |
Iowa .................|  1,034|     1,027|           97|         342|         228|          14|    222|   131|    288|         289
Kansas ...............|    995|       992|           86|         286|         270|         102|    180|    71|    294|         295
Kentucky .............|  1,014|       999|           49|         474|         153|          92|    198|    48|    435|         439
Louisiana ............|  1,037|     1,012|          100|         339|         178|          75|    226|   119|    455|         461
Maine ................|    526|       525|           68|         104|          70|         109|     95|    80|    248|         249
                      |       |          |             |            |            |            |       |      |       |
Maryland .............|  1,082|     1,054|           14|         626|         140|          29|    213|    60|    546|         554
Massachusetts ........|  1,496|     1,489|          201|         527|         180|          96|    276|   216|    437|         438
Michigan .............|  2,722|     2,706|          237|       1,073|         414|         154|    505|   339|    414|         416
Minnesota ............|  1,298|     1,112|          110|         328|         418|          85|    206|   151|    404|         443
Mississippi ..........|    594|       594|           82|         109|         129|          43|    129|   102|    519|         519
                      |       |          |             |            |            |            |       |      |       |
Missouri .............|  1,571|     1,560|          127|         524|         329|         115|    298|   178|    380|         381
Montana ..............|    504|       502|           19|          67|         222|         117|     52|    27|    172|         172
Nebraska .............|    895|       887|            0|           0|         551|         246|     70|    28|    193|         194
Nevada ...............|    396|       387|            6|         185|          97|          19|     65|    24|    654|         663
New Hampshire ........|    377|       377|           52|         109|          53|          47|     76|    40|    366|         366
                      |       |          |             |            |            |            |       |      |       |
New Jersey ...........|  1,894|     1,881|          285|         517|         225|         263|    343|   261|    485|         486
New Mexico ...........|    571|       557|           31|         208|         141|          13|    117|    61|    359|         364
New York .............|  3,172|     3,160|          259|       1,185|         555|         123|    633|   417|    592|         594
North Carolina .......|  1,765|     1,754|           63|       1,005|          54|         104|    431|   108|    534|         537
North Dakota .........|    331|       331|           12|          36|         198|          47|     24|    14|    175|         175
                      |       |          |             |            |            |            |       |      |       |
Ohio .................|  2,776|     2,760|          414|         807|         605|         133|    532|   285|    407|         409
Oklahoma .............|  1,212|     1,212|           67|         325|         182|         309|    216|   113|    346|         346
Oregon ...............|    932|       908|           51|         406|         171|          82|    182|    40|    381|         388
Pennsylvania .........|  2,383|     2,383|          277|         866|         509|          89|    449|   193|    470|         470
Rhode Island .........|    266|       265|           29|         112|          40|           2|     47|    36|    406|         407
                      |       |          |             |            |            |            |       |      |       |
South Carolina .......|    848|       848|           57|         409|          81|          26|    215|    60|    577|         577
South Dakota .........|    455|       455|           18|         115|         100|         115|     81|    26|    182|         182
Tennessee ............|  1,243|     1,234|          157|         459|         106|         191|    262|    68|    500|         502
Texas ................|  5,175|     5,069|          539|       2,018|         767|         113|  1,158|   580|    542|         550
Utah .................|    523|       518|           16|         104|         336|           4|     38|    25|    527|         531
                      |       |          |             |            |            |            |       |      |       |
Vermont ..............|    275|       241|           13|          25|         113|          66|     15|    43|    210|         234
Virginia .............|  1,470|     1,461|           45|         823|         143|          12|    305|   142|    540|         543
Washington ...........|  1,415|     1,346|           77|         515|         427|          65|    228|   103|    435|         452
West Virginia ........|    592|       587|           88|         194|         125|          42|    104|    39|    317|         319
Wisconsin ............|  1,570|     1,513|          119|         661|         223|         104|    315|   148|    353|         356
Wyoming ..............|    263|       262|           16|          59|         108|          19|     41|    20|    187|         188
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Bureau of Indian      |       |          |             |            |            |            |       |      |       |
   Affairs ...........|    102|       102|            6|           4|          21|          65|      3|     3|    219|         219
Department of Defense |       |          |             |            |            |            |       |      |       |
   dependents schools |       |          |             |            |            |            |       |      |       |
  Domestic schools ...|     57|        57|           15|          17|           4|           2|      9|    10|    473|         473
  Overseas schools ...|    105|       105|            8|          18|          50|           9|     18|     2|    488|         488
                      |       |          |             |            |            |            |       |      |       |
Other jurisdictions   |       |          |             |            |            |            |       |      |       |
  American Samoa .....|     24|        24|            1|           0|           0|          21|      1|     1|    493|         493
  Guam ...............|     34|        34|            0|          24|           0|           0|      7|     3|   --- |        ---
  Northern Marianas ..|     24|        24|            0|           2|          10|           0|      2|    10|    300|         300
  Puerto Rico ........|    861|       829|           55|           9|         756|           5|     24|    12|    299|         299
  Virgin Islands .....|     24|        24|            0|           2|          21|           0|      1|     0|    421|         421
______________________|_______|__________|_____________|____________|____________|____________|_______|______|_______|____________
---Not available.
\1\Excludes special education and alternative schools.
\2\Average for schools reporting enrollment data.
NOTE: Includes schools beginning with grade 6 or below and with no grade higher than 8. Excludes schools not reported by grade level, such as some special education schools for the disabled.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, The NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2002-03. (This table was prepared September 2004.)
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