Table 216.75.

Public elementary schools, by grade span, average school enrollment, and state or jurisdiction: 2011-12

State or jurisdiction	Total, all elementary schools	Total, all regular elementary schools1	Schools, by grade span						Average school enrollment2
			Prekindergarten, kindergarten, or 1st grade to grades 3 or 4	Prekindergarten, kindergarten, or 1st grade to grade 5	Prekindergarten, kindergarten, or 1st grade to grade 6	Prekindergarten, kindergarten, 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	66,689	65,461	4,979	25,115	10,801	6,428	12,963	6,403	479	484
Alabama	712	703	83	311	172	3	33	110	483	487
Alaska	201	192	4	46	89	28	23	11	325	320
Arizona	1,323	1,304	48	250	344	458	164	59	513	515
Arkansas	716	713	128	142	181	7	154	104	425	427
California	6,925	6,705	131	2,435	2,170	957	1,036	196	559	570
Colorado	1,295	1,289	32	617	203	115	242	86	431	431
Connecticut	817	806	98	256	72	97	155	139	438	442
Delaware	158	153	15	80	5	9	38	11	558	565
District of Columbia	170	164	11	63	11	39	24	22	313	313
Florida	2,756	2,687	25	1,671	135	216	577	132	657	671
Georgia	1,797	1,791	42	1,070	37	27	466	155	658	660
Hawaii	206	206	0	82	86	8	27	3	557	557
Idaho	448	444	32	145	140	27	75	29	386	387
Illinois	3,170	3,133	295	800	330	709	580	456	433	437
Indiana	1,372	1,366	177	456	329	40	259	111	472	472
Iowa	980	977	130	346	141	13	230	120	325	325
Kansas	949	945	99	336	177	66	199	72	333	335
Kentucky	995	980	25	481	115	78	202	94	471	478
Louisiana	978	843	81	341	118	110	210	118	474	483
Maine	448	448	62	91	57	86	84	68	263	263
Maryland	1,129	1,115	9	655	96	89	222	58	515	519
Massachusetts	1,414	1,402	185	472	121	107	286	243	441	442
Michigan	2,269	2,220	229	832	213	222	483	290	418	421
Minnesota	1,263	1,104	104	355	325	74	230	175	424	467
Mississippi	625	622	65	131	103	38	155	133	510	510
Missouri	1,581	1,569	143	502	296	114	317	209	379	381
Montana	479	476	17	55	212	112	54	29	181	182
Nebraska	718	712	50	169	283	30	99	87	273	274
Nevada	479	470	10	260	83	20	92	14	619	630
New Hampshire	373	373	57	113	36	50	81	36	337	337
New Jersey	1,946	1,927	270	561	153	300	352	310	461	465
New Mexico	604	593	16	234	142	21	127	64	366	371
New York	3,279	3,259	292	1,260	372	230	730	395	526	527
North Carolina	1,887	1,875	77	1,089	67	110	457	87	552	554
North Dakota	297	296	11	56	126	62	27	15	204	205
Ohio	2,544	2,516	361	671	337	261	555	359	429	433
Oklahoma	1,213	1,209	62	338	138	292	238	145	383	384
Oregon	890	883	31	400	142	116	174	27	398	399
Pennsylvania	2,252	2,251	288	705	427	197	424	211	472	472
Rhode Island	227	226	36	77	42	4	39	29	399	400
South Carolina	907	904	39	460	45	35	228	100	550	552
South Dakota	434	430	17	134	69	96	98	20	202	204
Tennessee	1,295	1,288	96	421	196	245	281	56	515	517
Texas	5,918	5,770	618	2,657	535	130	1,332	646	562	573
Utah	630	592	10	85	433	26	34	42	543	568
Vermont	235	235	12	25	106	64	17	11	220	220
Virginia	1,503	1,503	51	845	151	13	311	132	560	560
Washington	1,517	1,435	58	604	377	75	262	141	436	450
West Virginia	571	570	72	271	36	35	119	38	346	346
Wisconsin	1,553	1,547	150	603	144	154	317	185	367	368
Wyoming	241	240	25	56	83	13	44	20	228	229
Bureau of Indian   Education	109	109	6	5	25	67	4	2	—	—
DoD, domestic and    overseas	142	142	20	43	26	9	28	16	—	—
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	22	22	0	0	0	22	0	0	—	—
Guam	35	35	0	25	0	0	8	2	606	606
Northern Marianas	21	21	0	0	12	0	0	9	280	280
Puerto Rico	865	865	42	1	793	0	17	12	242	242
U.S. Virgin Islands	22	22	1	1	17	1	2	0	397	397

—Not available.

1 Excludes special education and alternative schools.

2 Average for schools reporting enrollment data. Enrollment data were available for 66,286 out of 66,689 public elementary schools in 2011-12.

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," 2011-12. (This table was prepared August 2013.)