Table 83.

Number of public school districts and public and private elementary and secondary schools: Selected years, 1869–70 through 2004–05

School year	Regular public school districts1		Public schools2					Private schools2 , 3
			Total, all schools4	Total, schools with reported grade spans5	Schools with elementary grades		Schools with secondary grades	Total4		Schools with elementary grades		Schools with secondary grades
					Total	One-teacher
1	2		3	4	5	6	7	8		9		10
1869–70	—		116,312	—	—	—	—	—		—		—
1879–80	—		178,122	—	—	—	—	—		—		—
1889–90	—		224,526	—	—	—	—	—		—		—
1899–1900	—		248,279	—	—	—	—	—		—		—
1909–10	—		265,474	—	—	212,448	—	—		—		—
1919–20	—		271,319	—	—	187,948	—	—		—		—
1929–30	—		248,117	—	238,306	148,712	23,930	—		9,275	6	3,258	6
1939–40	117,108	7	226,762	—	—	113,600	—	—		11,306	6	3,568	6
1949–50	83,718	7	—	—	128,225	59,652	24,542	—		10,375	6	3,331	6
1951–52	71,094	7	—	—	123,763	50,742	23,746	—		10,666	6	3,322	6
1959–60	40,520	7	—	—	91,853	20,213	25,784	—		13,574	6	4,061	6
1961–62	35,676	7	107,260	—	81,910	13,333	25,350	18,374		14,762	6	4,129	6
1963–64	31,705	7	104,015	—	77,584	9,895	26,431	—		—		4,451	6
1965–66	26,983	7	99,813	—	73,216	6,491	26,597	17,849	6	15,340	6	4,606	6
1967–68	22,010	7	—	94,197	70,879	4,146	27,011	—		—		—
1970–71	17,995	7	—	89,372	65,800	1,815	25,352	—		14,372	6	3,770	6
1973–74	16,730	7	—	88,655	65,070	1,365	25,906	—		—		—
1975–76	16,376	7	88,597	87,034	63,242	1,166	25,330	—		—		—
1976–77	16,271	7	—	86,501	62,644	1,111	25,378	19,910	6	16,385	6	5,904	6
1978–79	16,014	7	—	84,816	61,982	1,056	24,504	19,489	6	16,097	6	5,766	6
1979–80	15,929	7	87,004	—	—	—	—	—		—		—
1980–81	15,912	7	85,982	83,688	61,069	921	24,362	20,764	6	16,792	6	5,678	6
1982–83	15,824	7	84,740	82,039	59,656	798	23,988	—		—		—
1983–84	15,747	7	84,178	81,418	59,082	838	23,947	27,694		20,872		7,862
1984–85	—		84,007	81,147	58,827	825	23,916	—		—		—
1985–86	—		—	—	—	—	—	25,616		20,252		7,387
1986–87	15,713		83,455	82,190	60,784	763	23,389	—		—		—
1987–88	15,577		83,248	81,416	59,754	729	23,841	26,807		22,959		8,418
1988–89	15,376		83,165	81,579	60,176	583	23,638	—		—		—
1989–90	15,367		83,425	81,880	60,699	630	23,461	26,712		24,221		10,197
1990–91	15,358		84,538	82,475	61,340	617	23,460	24,690		22,223		8,989
1991–92	15,173		84,578	82,506	61,739	569	23,248	25,998		23,523		9,282
1992–93	15,025		84,497	82,896	62,225	430	23,220	—		—		—
1993–94	14,881		85,393	83,431	62,726	442	23,379	26,093		23,543		10,555
1994–95	14,772		86,221	84,476	63,572	458	23,668	—		—		—
1995–96	14,766		87,125	84,958	63,961	474	23,793	27,686		25,153		10,942
1996–97	14,841		88,223	86,092	64,785	487	24,287	—		—		—
1997–98	14,805		89,508	87,541	65,859	476	24,802	27,402		24,915		10,779
1998–99	14,891		90,874	89,259	67,183	463	25,797	—		—		—
1999–2000	14,928		92,012	90,538	68,173	423	26,407	27,223		24,685		10,693
2000–01	14,859		93,273	91,691	69,697	411	27,090	—		—		—
2001–02	14,559		94,112	92,696	70,516	408	27,468	29,273		26,569		11,846
2002–03	14,465		95,615	93,869	71,270	366	28,151	—		—		—
2003–04	14,383		95,726	93,977	71,195	376	28,219	28,384		25,691		11,188
2004–05	14,205		96,513	95,001	71,556	338	29,017	—		—		—

—Not available. 1 Includes operating and nonoperating districts. 2 Schools with both elementary and secondary programs are included under elementary schools and also under secondary schools. 3 Data for most years prior to 1976–77 are partly estimated. 4 Includes regular schools and special schools not classified by grade span. 5 Includes elementary, secondary, and combined elementary/secondary schools. 6 These data cannot be compared directly with the data for years after 1980–81. 7 Because of expanded survey coverage, data are not directly comparable with figures after 1983–84. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Annual Report of the Commissioner of Education, 1870 through 1910; Biennial Survey of Educa­tion in the United States, 1919–20 through 1949–50; Statistics of State School Systems, 1959–60 through 1967–68; Statistics of Public Elementary and Secondary School Sys­tems, 1970–71 through 1980–81; Statistics of Public and Nonpublic Elementary and Sec­ondary Day Schools, 1968–69; Statistics of Nonpublic Elementary and Secondary Schools, 1970–71; Private Schools in American Education; Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Private School Questionnaire," 1987–88 and 1990–91; Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 1989–90 through 2003–2004; and Common Core of Data (CCD), "Local Education Agency Universe Survey" and "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 1982–83 through 2004–05. (This table was prepared August 2006.)