Digest of Education Statistics
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Table 216.70. Public elementary and secondary schools, by level, type, and state or jurisdiction: 1990-91, 2000-01, 2010-11, and 2011-12
State or jurisdiction Total, all schools, 1990-91 Total, all schools, 2000-01 Total, all schools, 2010-11 Schools by level, 2011-12 Selected types of schools, 2011-12
Total, all schools Elementary1  Secondary2  Combined elementary/secondary3  Other4  Alternative5  Special education5  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 98,817 98,328 66,689 24,357 6,311 3,111 2,369 831 971 6,144 2,087 205
Alabama 1,297 1,517 1,600 1,618 712 415 459 122 64 273 32 118 42 0
Alaska 498 515 509 511 201 82 228 212 14 2 0 65 3 8
Arizona 1,049 1,724 2,265 2,252 1,323 744 160 89 49 22 25 67 20 6
Arkansas 1,098 1,138 1,110 1,108 716 384 8 4 2 2 0 11 4 0
California 7,913 8,773 10,124 10,170 6,925 2,624 570 433 118 19 51 1,305 146 39
                             
Colorado 1,344 1,632 1,796 1,813 1,295 393 125 49 61 15 0 87 7 1
Connecticut 985 1,248 1,157 1,150 817 279 37 11 18 8 17 47 48 0
Delaware 173 191 214 221 158 39 17 12 5 0 7 6 21 0
District of Columbia 181 198 228 228 170 37 13 3 5 5 8 11 7 0
Florida 2,516 3,316 4,131 4,212 2,756 683 632 244 368 20 141 413 183 3
                             
Georgia 1,734 1,946 2,449 2,388 1,797 470 55 12 27 16 66 62 58 0
Hawaii 235 261 289 287 206 52 28 22 3 3 1 1 2 0
Idaho 582 673 748 762 448 230 84 52 23 9 0 91 15 12
Illinois 4,239 4,342 4,361 4,336 3,170 989 173 55 103 15 4 150 141 2
Indiana 1,915 1,976 1,936 1,933 1,372 454 107 58 38 11 0 11 34 0
                             
Iowa 1,588 1,534 1,436 1,411 980 387 44 3 41 0 0 33 6 5
Kansas 1,477 1,430 1,378 1,359 949 365 41 13 28 0 4 2 10 0
Kentucky 1,400 1,526 1,554 1,565 995 441 116 33 76 7 13 172 10 0
Louisiana 1,533 1,530 1,471 1,437 978 288 167 100 63 4 4 266 35 0
Maine 747 714 631 621 448 148 12 10 2 0 13 0 3 1
                             
Maryland 1,220 1,383 1,449 1,451 1,129 258 46 21 19 6 18 56 40 1
Massachusetts 1,842 1,905 1,829 1,835 1,414 370 44 14 25 5 7 19 22 0
Michigan 3,313 3,998 3,877 3,550 2,269 958 288 157 111 20 35 277 197 5
Minnesota 1,590 2,362 2,392 2,392 1,263 849 278 134 132 12 2 484 276 0
Mississippi 972 1,030 1,083 1,069 625 324 109 65 43 1 11 63 4 0
                             
Missouri 2,199 2,368 2,410 2,408 1,581 646 161 74 85 2 20 105 64 0
Montana 900 879 827 826 479 347 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 60
Nebraska 1,506 1,326 1,096 1,090 718 317 27 17 9 1 28 29 25 7
Nevada 354 511 645 649 479 129 39 13 26 0 2 35 12 11
New Hampshire 439 526 480 477 373 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
                             
New Jersey 2,272 2,410 2,607 2,596 1,946 544 57 28 19 10 49 107 69 0
New Mexico 681 765 862 866 604 239 23 8 12 3 0 39 8 0
New York 4,010 4,336 4,757 4,752 3,279 1,105 278 111 124 43 90 26 122 0
North Carolina 1,955 2,207 2,567 2,577 1,887 536 146 77 62 7 8 88 30 0
North Dakota 663 579 516 513 297 184 0 0 0 0 32 0 33 6
                             
Ohio 3,731 3,916 3,758 3,714 2,544 1,004 158 50 69 39 8 6 57 0
Oklahoma 1,880 1,821 1,785 1,774 1,213 554 6 1 3 2 1 4 4 0
Oregon 1,199 1,273 1,296 1,261 890 294 77 54 20 3 0 41 2 11
Pennsylvania 3,260 3,252 3,233 3,181 2,252 824 100 47 39 14 5 12 8 0
Rhode Island 309 328 317 308 227 76 5 3 1 1 0 5 2 0
                             
South Carolina 1,097 1,127 1,214 1,223 907 277 31 9 17 5 8 21 10 1
South Dakota 802 769 710 704 434 246 24 10 14 0 0 37 10 13
Tennessee 1,543 1,624 1,784 1,802 1,295 349 139 62 47 30 19 22 15 0
Texas 5,991 7,519 8,732 8,697 5,918 2,113 662 295 218 149 4 1,032 22 0
Utah 714 793 1,016 1,020 630 301 89 55 5 29 0 44 85 0
                             
Vermont 397 393 320 320 235 69 16 11 5 0 0 1 0 1
Virginia 1,811 1,969 2,175 2,170 1,503 399 36 24 11 1 232 192 54 0
Washington 1,936 2,305 2,338 2,365 1,517 631 216 150 60 6 1 338 104 3
West Virginia 1,015 840 757 759 571 127 61 45 15 1 0 33 3 0
Wisconsin 2,018 2,182 2,238 2,243 1,553 583 103 32 67 4 4 87 11 7
Wyoming 415 393 360 354 241 96 16 7 3 6 1 19 1 1
                             
Bureau of Indian
   Education
189 173 173 109 19 45 39 3 3 0 0 0
DoD, domestic and
   overseas
227 191 191 142 35 14 10 4 0 0 0 0 0
                             
Other jurisdictions                            
American Samoa 30 31 28 28 22 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guam 35 38 40 40 35 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Marianas 26 29 30 29 21 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Puerto Rico 1,619 1,543 1,473 1,464 865 397 172 2 3 167 30 9 23 0
U.S. Virgin Islands 33 36 32 31 22 9 0 0 0 0 0 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, 2010-11, and 2011-12. (This table was prepared August 2013.)

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