Digest of Education Statistics: 2006
Digest of Education Statistics: 2006

NCES 2007-017
July 2007


Table 94. Public elementary and secondary schools, by type and state or jurisdiction: 1990–91, 2000–01, and 2004–05
State or jurisdiction Total, all schools, 1990–91 Total, all schools, 2000–01 Number of schools, 2004–05
Total Elementary1  Secondary2  Combined elementary/secondary3  Other4  Alternative5  Special education5  Charter5 One- teacher schools5 
Total Prekindergarten, kindergarten, or 1st grade to grade 12 Other schools ending with grade 12 Other combined schools
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
United States 84,538 93,273 96,513 65,984 23,445 5,572 3,023 1,898 651 1,512 6,070 1,972 3,399 338  
Alabama 1,297 1,517 1,549 944 413 192 130 53 9 0 90 35 0 0  
Alaska 498 515 506 188 84 234 216 11 7 0 22 4 21 8  
Arizona 1,049 1,724 2,047 1,279 563 157 82 46 29 48 72 12 498 10  
Arkansas 1,098 1,138 1,158 728 422 8 3 5 0 0 6 4 17 0  
California 7,913 8,773 9,473 6,645 2,360 467 352 96 19 1 1,209 131 495 54  
                               
Colorado 1,344 1,632 1,693 1,208 409 76 38 34 4 0 74 16 110 5  
Connecticut 985 1,248 1,102 820 244 38 14 10 14 0 38 32 14 0  
Delaware 173 191 218 139 47 32 26 6 0 0 23 15 13 0  
District of Columbia 181 198 215 144 43 13 7 4 2 15 9 14 40 0  
Florida 2,516 3,316 3,682 2,420 475 787 380 385 22 0 179 124 319 9  
                               
Georgia 1,734 1,946 2,353 1,665 365 42 17 20 5 281 213 52 51 0  
Hawaii 235 261 285 207 55 23 18 1 4 0 1 3 27 2  
Idaho 582 673 690 415 223 52 32 14 6 0 73 10 20 12  
Illinois 4,239 4,342 4,380 3,157 1,001 137 46 63 28 85 165 248 29 0  
Indiana 1,915 1,976 2,005 1,449 464 69 27 34 8 23 42 54 28 0  
                               
Iowa 1,588 1,534 1,532 1,034 455 43 6 37 0 0 79 10 2 6  
Kansas 1,477 1,430 1,400 975 422 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 20 0  
Kentucky 1,400 1,526 1,420 1,002 319 99 25 74 0 0 150 10 0 0  
Louisiana 1,533 1,530 1,531 1,027 308 184 133 46 5 12 123 37 17 0  
Maine 747 714 684 509 155 20 13 7 0 0 0 3 0 5  
                               
Maryland 1,220 1,383 1,421 1,083 265 40 25 9 6 33 78 49 1 0  
Massachusetts 1,842 1,905 1,878 1,473 348 53 26 17 10 4 27 5 57 1  
Michigan 3,313 3,998 4,039 2,727 848 332 239 69 24 132 253 184 247 7  
Minnesota 1,590 2,362 2,591 1,263 850 113 24 57 32 365 661 282 129 2  
Mississippi 972 1,030 1,049 600 326 114 70 43 1 9 60 0 1 0  
                               
Missouri 2,199 2,368 2,363 1,551 654 158 76 79 3 0 81 23 0 1  
Montana 900 879 854 491 363 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 68  
Nebraska 1,506 1,326 1,256 857 334 65 65 0 0 0 0 46 0 74  
Nevada 354 511 561 412 136 10 2 5 3 3 34 6 20 1  
New Hampshire 439 526 477 379 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3  
                               
New Jersey 2,272 2,410 2,468 1,892 464 28 2 9 17 84 0 79 50 0  
New Mexico 681 765 834 587 224 23 9 7 7 0 59 16 44 0  
New York 4,010 4,336 4,624 3,223 1,034 196 88 69 39 171 180 70 61 1  
North Carolina 1,955 2,207 2,290 1,786 412 92 34 38 20 0 71 21 97 0  
North Dakota 663 579 551 319 198 1 0 1 0 33 0 30 0 2  
                               
Ohio 3,731 3,916 3,997 2,727 1,019 214 62 67 85 37 8 15 255 0  
Oklahoma 1,880 1,821 1,787 1,201 581 5 0 2 3 0 0 0 12 1  
Oregon 1,199 1,273 1,289 854 300 135 70 12 53 0 40 2 57 17  
Pennsylvania 3,260 3,252 3,258 2,369 812 68 21 26 21 9 12 12 109 0  
Rhode Island 309 328 342 265 72 5 4 1 0 0 8 4 11 0  
                               
South Carolina 1,097 1,127 1,145 847 277 21 8 10 3 0 12 10 24 0  
South Dakota 802 769 722 434 263 25 9 16 0 0 24 5 0 23  
Tennessee 1,543 1,624 1,692 1,257 361 67 32 34 1 7 29 16 7 0  
Texas 5,991 7,519 8,070 5,312 2,095 663 329 230 104 0 1,072 3 296 0  
Utah 714 793 922 552 327 42 24 11 7 1 109 43 27 3  
                               
Vermont 397 393 392 276 70 46 38 8 0 0 2 60 0 3  
Virginia 1,811 1,969 2,070 1,485 403 25 14 10 1 157 126 52 5 0  
Washington 1,936 2,305 2,246 1,424 586 236 148 55 33 0 273 107 0 6  
West Virginia 1,015 840 787 583 185 18 5 10 3 1 25 8 0 0  
Wisconsin 2,018 2,182 2,237 1,551 604 82 22 48 12 0 223 8 163 0  
Wyoming 415 393 378 249 109 20 11 8 1 0 31 0 2 14  
Bureau of Indian Affairs 189 189 102 26 60 53 3 4 1 0 0 0 26 6 
DoDDS, domestic 71 68 59 7 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0  
DoDDS, overseas 156 153 105 38 10 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0  
Other jurisdictions                              
American Samoa 30 31 31 24 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0  
Guam 35 38 36 32 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
Northern Marianas 26 29 32 24 6 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0  
Puerto Rico 1,619 1,543 1,523 907 391 191 3 7 181 34 25 28 120 0  
Virgin Islands 33 36 34 23 10 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0  
—Not available.
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 are for 1998-99.
NOTE: DoDDS = Department of Defense dependents schools.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Com­mon Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 1990–91, 2000–01, and 2004–05. (This table was prepared August 2006.)