Table 103.

Public elementary schools, by grade span, average school size, and state or jurisdiction: 2008-09

State or jurisdiction	Total, all elemen- tary schools	Total, all regular elementary schools1	Schools, by grade span						Average number of students per school2
			Prekinder- garten, kin- dergarten, or 1st grade to grades 3 or 4	Prekinder- garten, kin- dergarten, or 1st grade to grade 5	Prekinder- garten, kin- dergarten, or 1st grade to grade 6	Prekinder- garten, kin- dergarten, or 1st grade to grade 8	Grade 4, 5, or 6 to grade 6, 7, or 8	Other grade spans	All elementary schools	Regular elementary schools1
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
United States	67,148	65,999	4,932	24,984	11,704	6,063	13,060	6,405	470	475
Alabama	951	943	87	296	168	65	220	115	479	482
Alaska	188	187	1	32	103	17	19	16	329	329
Arizona	1,341	1,317	55	267	336	423	190	70	522	526
Arkansas	721	719	127	145	182	9	156	102	417	418
California	6,939	6,689	163	2,490	2,165	852	1,057	212	555	572
Colorado	1,260	1,255	28	568	261	104	229	70	418	419
Connecticut	827	811	92	287	90	82	153	123	438	444
Delaware	149	145	23	62	10	6	38	10	539	548
District of Columbia	167	161	7	49	28	28	24	31	284	287
Florida	2,634	2,565	21	1,628	157	142	572	114	673	690
Georgia	1,758	1,757	31	1,048	39	19	451	170	663	664
Hawaii	210	209	1	78	93	8	27	3	531	534
Idaho	435	432	39	135	145	25	72	19	381	382
Illinois	3,179	3,142	303	806	340	689	571	470	444	444
Indiana	1,425	1,421	144	542	340	36	273	90	462	463
Iowa	1,013	1,010	124	327	182	14	226	140	303	303
Kansas	965	962	93	298	224	90	186	74	312	312
Kentucky	986	969	30	488	124	78	201	65	457	464
Louisiana	984	920	81	327	124	122	210	120	459	468
Maine	500	499	61	82	91	110	91	65	244	245
Maryland	1,121	1,110	16	637	122	63	219	64	499	502
Massachusetts	1,439	1,423	194	487	135	99	295	229	435	436
Michigan	2,551	2,479	229	963	305	196	514	344	399	402
Minnesota	1,275	1,128	112	327	355	73	225	183	402	438
Mississippi	620	619	66	117	133	41	137	126	496	497
Missouri	1,574	1,564	143	462	325	116	299	229	371	373
Montana	478	475	19	53	216	112	52	26	174	175
Nebraska	728	723	0	0	548	64	85	31	253	254
Nevada	448	442	8	236	90	21	77	16	630	639
New Hampshire	384	384	57	112	39	47	80	49	335	335
New Jersey	1,951	1,936	283	553	154	291	365	305	463	466
New Mexico	596	585	22	229	139	19	127	60	356	361
New York	3,301	3,301	271	1,297	402	199	749	383	524	524
North Carolina	1,830	1,821	68	1,068	61	117	426	90	541	543
North Dakota	303	302	10	58	134	62	26	13	189	190
Ohio	2,620	2,594	334	717	434	223	521	391	414	417
Oklahoma	1,231	1,227	67	385	104	302	244	129	363	364
Oregon	922	918	40	398	166	112	177	29	385	386
Pennsylvania	2,300	2,299	271	760	451	182	430	206	460	460
Rhode Island	241	240	22	87	53	4	40	35	376	377
South Carolina	895	892	43	454	53	27	230	88	545	547
South Dakota	433	431	14	126	87	99	91	16	193	194
Tennessee	1,312	1,303	176	491	81	185	290	89	499	503
Texas	5,767	5,617	592	2,555	552	117	1,310	641	551	562
Utah	621	585	6	94	411	23	38	49	539	561
Vermont	239	239	10	31	108	63	17	10	220	220
Virginia	1,513	1,510	55	847	148	9	316	138	540	541
Washington	1,450	1,376	47	558	400	72	242	131	426	440
West Virginia	571	569	81	265	34	38	117	36	339	340
Wisconsin	1,564	1,557	141	606	177	153	314	173	358	359
Wyoming	238	237	24	56	85	15	41	17	218	218
Bureau of Indian Education	107	107	6	5	23	67	4	2	196	196
DoD, domestic	57	57	15	15	5	2	10	10	408	408
DoD, overseas	83	83	5	26	22	8	17	5	468	468
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	24	24	1	0	0	21	1	1	—	—
Guam	32	32	0	24	0	7	0	1	—	—
Northern Marianas	23	23	0	2	10	0	2	9	282	282
Puerto Rico	906	905	54	9	795	2	26	20	256	256
U.S. Virgin Islands	23	23	1	0	21	0	1	0	367	367

—Not available.

1 Excludes special education and alternative schools.

2 Average for schools reporting enrollment data. Enrollment data were available for 66,906 out of 67,148 public elementary schools in 2008-09.

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. 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," 2008-09. (This table was prepared July 2010.)