Digest of Education Statistics: 2009
Digest of Education Statistics: 2009

NCES 2010-013
April 2010


Table 97. Public elementary and secondary schools, by type and state or jurisdiction: 1990-91, 2000-01, and 2007-08
State or jurisdiction Total, all schools, 1990-91 Total, all schools, 2000-01 Number of schools, 2007-08
Total Elemen- tary1 Second-ary2 Combined elementary/secondary3 Other4 Alterna- tive5 Special educa- tion5 Char- ter5 One- teacher schools5
Total Prekinder- garten, kin- dergarten, or 1st grade to grade 12 Other schools ending with grade 12 Other com- bined schools
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
United States 84,538 93,273 98,916 67,032 24,426 6,222 3,113 2,261 848 1,236 6,966 2,267 4,388 288
Alabama 1,297 1,517 1,605 948 414 241 161 65 15 2 119 40 0 0
Alaska 498 515 501 185 84 232 211 15 6 0 49 1 23 10
Arizona 1,049 1,724 2,135 1,320 667 136 73 40 23 12 79 10 457 5
Arkansas 1,098 1,138 1,121 717 393 11 2 6 3 0 11 4 25 0
California 7,913 8,773 9,983 6,935 2,449 587 447 103 37 12 1,325 144 691 62
                           
Colorado 1,344 1,632 1,757 1,250 410 97 37 49 11 0 93 9 141 1
Connecticut 985 1,248 1,117 822 261 34 10 8 16 0 45 36 16 0
Delaware 173 191 235 142 46 41 29 8 4 6 33 19 17 0
District of Columbia 181 198 244 166 38 28 8 10 10 12 14 15 77 0
Florida 2,516 3,316 3,935 2,605 668 508 155 331 22 154 457 159 364 7
                           
Georgia 1,734 1,946 2,452 1,749 435 64 16 23 25 204 183 70 67 0
Hawaii 235 261 287 208 53 24 20 2 2 2 1 3 28 0
Idaho 582 673 727 432 231 64 39 16 9 0 83 11 32 15
Illinois 4,239 4,342 4,399 3,184 1,007 170 86 62 22 38 190 227 35 3
Indiana 1,915 1,976 1,970 1,422 439 108 68 29 11 1 21 37 40 0
                           
Iowa 1,588 1,534 1,511 1,021 449 41 3 38 0 0 70 10 10 4
Kansas 1,477 1,430 1,422 966 392 59 33 21 5 5 1 14 29 1
Kentucky 1,400 1,526 1,528 982 465 75 27 42 6 0 161 10 0 0
Louisiana 1,533 1,530 1,470 972 310 188 120 60 8 0 156 41 51 0
Maine 747 714 670 504 153 13 9 4 0 0 0 3 0 1
                           
Maryland 1,220 1,383 1,453 1,116 277 39 21 10 8 21 76 50 30 1
Massachusetts 1,842 1,905 1,878 1,463 370 43 19 17 7 2 22 27 61 1
Michigan 3,313 3,998 4,096 2,544 1,082 212 94 72 46 258 300 252 281 5
Minnesota 1,590 2,362 2,679 1,433 894 296 144 117 35 56 725 290 169 1
Mississippi 972 1,030 1,068 614 321 127 73 50 4 6 62 4 1 0
                           
Missouri 2,199 2,368 2,417 1,561 684 172 84 79 9 0 99 65 39 1
Montana 900 879 831 479 352 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 62
Nebraska 1,506 1,326 1,143 750 329 64 60 2 2 0 3 38 0 23
Nevada 354 511 610 452 134 23 6 12 5 1 30 8 27 9
New Hampshire 439 526 488 382 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1
                           
New Jersey 2,272 2,410 2,591 1,941 503 80 14 64 2 67 119 74 57 0
New Mexico 681 765 851 598 230 23 11 10 2 0 40 6 67 5
New York 4,010 4,336 4,631 3,231 1,059 270 86 95 89 71 28 127 96 0
North Carolina 1,955 2,207 2,516 1,835 516 136 60 59 17 29 88 33 98 0
North Dakota 663 579 528 308 186 0 0 0 0 34 0 35 0 5
                           
Ohio 3,731 3,916 3,924 2,640 1,015 219 58 65 96 50 20 75 329 1
Oklahoma 1,880 1,821 1,798 1,229 564 3 0 3 0 2 5 5 15 0
Oregon 1,199 1,273 1,295 920 302 67 40 22 5 6 45 3 80 14
Pennsylvania 3,260 3,252 3,246 2,299 815 126 58 39 29 6 13 13 125 1
Rhode Island 309 328 328 246 75 7 5 2 0 0 15 3 11 0
                           
South Carolina 1,097 1,127 1,195 886 275 25 8 12 5 9 23 10 29 1
South Dakota 802 769 730 432 270 26 9 14 3 2 29 9 0 18
Tennessee 1,543 1,624 1,718 1,284 345 72 35 31 6 17 25 20 12 0
Texas 5,991 7,519 8,758 5,712 2,158 862 338 388 136 26 1,417 23 450 0
Utah 714 793 1,010 605 305 76 39 8 29 24 93 82 58 8
                           
Vermont 397 393 329 240 72 17 11 6 0 0 1 0 0 1
Virginia 1,811 1,969 2,027 1,503 385 48 36 9 3 91 128 12 3 0
Washington 1,936 2,305 2,311 1,444 574 293 165 63 65 0 320 117 0 3
West Virginia 1,015 840 762 561 130 71 54 16 1 0 28 7 0 0
Wisconsin 2,018 2,182 2,268 1,553 631 80 20 56 4 0 92 9 232 8
Wyoming 415 393 368 241 103 24 11 8 5 0 24 5 3 10
                           
Bureau of Indian
   Education
189 174 109 21 44 39 3 2 0 0 0 0
                           
DoD, domestic 71 67 50 7 2 1 1 0 8 0 0 0 0
DoD, overseas 156 130 87 32 11 8 3 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 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Marianas 26 29 31 23 6 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0
Puerto Rico 1,619 1,543 1,511 908 398 181 4 5 172 24 8 28 0 0
U.S. 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 reported by grade span.
5 Schools are also included under elementary, secondary, combined, or other as appropriate.
NOTE: DoD = Department of Defense.        
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 2007-08. (This table was prepared September 2009.)