Table 91.

Number and enrollment of regular public school districts, by enrollment size of district: Selected years, 1979-80 through 2008-09

Year	Enrollment size of district
	Total	25,000 or more	10,000 to 24,999	5,000 to 9,999	2,500 to 4,999	1,000 to 2,499	600 to 999	300 to 599	1 to 299	Size not reported
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Number of districts
1979-80	15,944	181	478	1,106	2,039	3,475	1,841	2,298	4,223	303
1989-90	15,367	179	479	913	1,937	3,547	1,801	2,283	3,910	318
1994-95	14,772	207	542	996	2,013	3,579	1,777	2,113	3,173	372
1997-98	14,805	230	572	1,038	2,079	3,524	1,775	2,044	3,165	378
1998-99	14,891	236	574	1,026	2,062	3,496	1,790	2,066	3,245	396
1999-2000	14,928	238	579	1,036	2,068	3,457	1,814	2,081	3,298	357
2000-01	14,859	240	581	1,036	2,060	3,448	1,776	2,107	3,265	346
2001-02	14,559	243	573	1,067	2,031	3,429	1,744	2,015	3,127	330
2002-03	14,465	248	587	1,062	2,033	3,411	1,745	1,987	3,117	275
2003-04	14,383	256	594	1,058	2,031	3,421	1,728	1,981	2,994	320
2004-05	14,205	264	589	1,056	2,018	3,391	1,739	1,931	2,881	336
2005-06	14,166	269	594	1,066	2,015	3,335	1,768	1,895	2,857	367
2006-07	13,856	275	598	1,066	2,006	3,334	1,730	1,898	2,685	264
2007-081	13,838	281	589	1,062	2,006	3,292	1,753	1,890	2,692	273
2008-09	13,809	280	594	1,049	1,995	3,272	1,766	1,886	2,721	246
	Percentage distribution of districts
1979-80	100.0	1.1	3.0	6.9	12.8	21.8	11.5	14.4	26.5	1.9
1989-90	100.0	1.2	3.1	5.9	12.6	23.1	11.7	14.9	25.4	2.1
1994-95	100.0	1.4	3.7	6.7	13.6	24.2	12.0	14.3	21.5	2.5
1997-98	100.0	1.6	3.9	7.0	14.0	23.8	12.0	13.8	21.4	2.6
1998-99	100.0	1.6	3.9	6.9	13.8	23.5	12.0	13.9	21.8	2.7
1999-2000	100.0	1.6	3.9	6.9	13.9	23.2	12.2	13.9	22.1	2.4
2000-01	100.0	1.6	3.9	7.0	13.9	23.2	12.0	14.2	22.0	2.3
2001-02	100.0	1.7	3.9	7.3	14.0	23.6	12.0	13.8	21.5	2.3
2002-03	100.0	1.7	4.1	7.3	14.1	23.6	12.1	13.7	21.5	1.9
2003-04	100.0	1.8	4.1	7.4	14.1	23.8	12.0	13.8	20.8	2.2
2004-05	100.0	1.9	4.1	7.4	14.2	23.9	12.2	13.6	20.3	2.4
2005-06	100.0	1.9	4.2	7.5	14.2	23.5	12.5	13.4	20.2	2.6
2006-07	100.0	2.0	4.3	7.7	14.5	24.1	12.5	13.7	19.4	1.9
2007-081	100.0	2.0	4.3	7.7	14.5	23.8	12.7	13.7	19.5	2.0
2008-09	100.0	2.0	4.3	7.6	14.4	23.7	12.8	13.7	19.7	1.8
	Number of students
1979-80	41,882,000	11,415,000	7,004,000	7,713,000	7,076,000	5,698,000	1,450,000	1,005,000	521,000	†
1989-90	40,069,756	11,209,889	7,107,362	6,347,103	6,731,334	5,763,282	1,402,623	997,434	510,729	†
1994-95	43,669,683	13,063,753	8,113,872	6,868,964	7,032,980	5,835,233	1,393,734	927,198	433,949	†
1997-98	45,872,785	14,445,720	8,540,624	7,123,005	7,272,764	5,753,977	1,402,274	899,840	434,581	†
1998-99	46,027,818	14,692,018	8,559,319	7,058,626	7,244,109	5,706,203	1,411,553	908,530	447,460	†
1999-2000	46,318,635	14,886,636	8,656,672	7,120,704	7,244,407	5,620,962	1,426,280	911,127	451,847	†
2000-01	46,588,307	15,083,671	8,750,743	7,144,242	7,235,089	5,597,023	1,400,732	927,146	449,661	†
2001-02	46,906,607	15,356,867	8,756,777	7,393,237	7,129,358	5,576,508	1,375,571	885,061	433,228	†
2002-03	47,379,395	15,690,805	8,957,891	7,348,643	7,150,205	5,547,189	1,375,070	874,163	435,429	†
2003-04	47,685,982	15,939,776	9,039,697	7,342,745	7,160,367	5,558,125	1,355,563	867,599	422,110	†
2004-05	47,800,967	16,182,672	8,980,096	7,346,960	7,134,861	5,533,156	1,368,546	851,455	403,221	†
2005-06	48,013,931	16,376,213	9,055,547	7,394,010	7,114,942	5,442,588	1,391,314	835,430	403,887	†
2006-07	48,105,666	16,496,573	9,083,944	7,395,889	7,092,532	5,433,770	1,363,287	840,032	399,639	†
2007-081	48,096,140	16,669,611	8,946,432	7,408,553	7,103,274	5,358,492	1,381,342	834,295	394,141	†
2008-09	48,033,126	16,634,807	9,043,665	7,324,565	7,079,061	5,329,406	1,392,110	832,262	397,250	†
	Percentage distribution of students
1979-80	100.0	27.3	16.7	18.4	16.9	13.6	3.5	2.4	1.2	†
1989-90	100.0	28.0	17.7	15.8	16.8	14.4	3.5	2.5	1.3	†
1994-95	100.0	29.9	18.6	15.7	16.1	13.4	3.2	2.1	1.0	†
1997-98	100.0	31.5	18.6	15.5	15.9	12.5	3.1	2.0	0.9	†
1998-99	100.0	31.9	18.6	15.3	15.7	12.4	3.1	2.0	1.0	†
1999-2000	100.0	32.1	18.7	15.4	15.6	12.1	3.1	2.0	1.0	†
2000-01	100.0	32.4	18.8	15.3	15.5	12.0	3.0	2.0	1.0	†
2001-02	100.0	32.7	18.7	15.8	15.2	11.9	2.9	1.9	0.9	†
2002-03	100.0	33.1	18.9	15.5	15.1	11.7	2.9	1.8	0.9	†
2003-04	100.0	33.4	19.0	15.4	15.0	11.7	2.8	1.8	0.9	†
2004-05	100.0	33.9	18.8	15.4	14.9	11.6	2.9	1.8	0.8	†
2005-06	100.0	34.1	18.9	15.4	14.8	11.3	2.9	1.7	0.8	†
2006-07	100.0	34.3	18.9	15.4	14.7	11.3	2.8	1.7	0.8	†
2007-081	100.0	34.7	18.6	15.4	14.8	11.1	2.9	1.7	0.8	†
2008-09	100.0	34.6	18.8	15.2	14.7	11.1	2.9	1.7	0.8	†

†Not applicable.

1 Revised from previously published figures.

NOTE: Size not reported includes school districts reporting enrollment of zero. Regular districts exclude regional education service agencies and supervisory union administrative centers, state-operated agencies, federally operated agencies, and other types of local education agencies, such as independent charter schools. Enrollment totals differ from other tables because this table represents data reported by regular school districts rather than states or schools. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 1979-80 through 2008-09. (This table was prepared November 2010.)