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Table 216.80. Public secondary schools, by grade span, average school enrollment, and state or jurisdiction: 2011-12
State or jurisdiction Total, all secondary schools Total, all regular secondary schools1  Schools, by grade span Vocational schools2  Average school enrollment3 
Grades 7 to 8 and 7 to 9 Grades 7 to 12 Grades 8 to 12 Grades 9 to 12 Grades 10 to 12 Other spans ending with grade 12 Other grade spans All secondary schools Regular secondary schools1 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
United States 24,357 19,441 2,865 3,126 773 15,891 695 327 680 1,434 690 788
Alabama 415 314 29 90 245 8 30 3 10 72 712 720
Alaska 82 62 14 19 1 47 1 0 0 3 460 559
Arizona 744 508 80 42 5 592 7 5 13 221 600 694
Arkansas 384 349 56 129 9 137 34 1 18 26 495 504
California 2,624 1,623 379 309 14 1,848 46 12 16 88 873 1,267
                         
Colorado 393 338 42 49 3 287 4 1 7 5 627 706
Connecticut 279 204 33 13 7 185 20 15 6 16 672 852
Delaware 39 31 2 1 14 21 0 0 1 6 974 989
District of Columbia 37 28 0 3 2 29 1 0 2 4 425 481
Florida 683 507 17 44 34 561 7 12 8 52 1,199 1,479
                         
Georgia 470 440 18 11 7 390 4 2 38 1 1,020 1,080
Hawaii 52 51 12 7 0 33 0 0 0 0 1,144 1,165
Idaho 230 148 40 54 2 114 17 2 1 9 437 598
Illinois 989 820 147 71 15 686 11 32 27 51 732 818
Indiana 454 439 81 93 4 264 3 1 8 28 836 844
                         
Iowa 387 356 45 71 0 256 8 3 4 0 416 447
Kansas 365 359 42 84 3 231 1 2 2 1 430 435
Kentucky 441 250 28 37 9 354 4 6 3 126 649 801
Louisiana 288 204 31 48 93 95 16 0 5 8 654 745
Maine 148 119 13 11 0 112 6 0 6 27 492 500
                         
Maryland 258 200 11 6 2 223 2 8 6 24 1,064 1,239
Massachusetts 370 317 30 40 9 284 2 3 2 39 829 849
Michigan 958 708 73 104 37 680 29 15 20 9 554 692
Minnesota 849 460 46 285 29 388 47 46 8 11 395 610
Mississippi 324 230 24 64 3 207 22 2 2 90 644 644
                         
Missouri 646 563 63 181 1 357 20 9 15 66 533 537
Montana 347 344 176 0 0 171 0 0 0 0 161 162
Nebraska 317 311 28 173 0 111 1 4 0 0 359 359
Nevada 129 115 19 8 1 96 1 4 0 1 1,024 1,128
New Hampshire 104 104 16 0 0 86 0 1 1 0 636 636
                         
New Jersey 544 406 49 43 18 396 9 7 22 56 932 1,036
New Mexico 239 209 39 31 0 152 8 0 9 1 479 523
New York 1,105 1,032 71 137 15 795 27 1 59 29 772 782
North Carolina 536 512 27 10 3 472 4 6 14 1 823 855
North Dakota 184 174 10 94 0 74 3 1 2 10 205 205
                         
Ohio 1,004 917 132 117 42 666 18 11 18 72 592 605
Oklahoma 554 550 80 0 0 427 30 3 14 0 355 356
Oregon 294 268 32 50 3 203 4 2 0 0 620 667
Pennsylvania 824 728 108 151 11 469 62 8 15 87 802 813
Rhode Island 76 62 13 2 1 58 0 0 2 11 740 784
                         
South Carolina 277 226 19 9 2 222 13 4 8 39 898 944
South Dakota 246 224 63 0 0 180 1 1 1 3 165 175
Tennessee 349 328 11 41 7 280 7 2 1 17 844 867
Texas 2,113 1,535 291 161 55 1,277 54 44 231 0 726 964
Utah 301 245 103 54 7 72 51 2 12 5 781 909
                         
Vermont 69 53 8 18 0 28 0 0 15 15 511 520
Virginia 399 341 31 8 29 320 4 1 6 50 1,156 1,183
Washington 631 428 101 57 25 384 36 16 12 17 627 824
West Virginia 127 103 3 22 2 93 2 1 4 30 607 736
Wisconsin 583 518 60 62 3 408 16 28 6 7 484 528
Wyoming 96 80 19 12 1 62 2 0 0 0 332 388
                         
Bureau of Indian
   Education
19 19 1 5 0 13 0 0 0 0
DoD, domestic and
   overseas
35 35 3 11 0 21 0 0 0 0
                         
Other jurisdictions                        
American Samoa 6 5 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 1
Guam 5 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 2,004 2,004
Northern Marianas 7 7 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 728 728
Puerto Rico 397 366 195 26 2 6 157 1 10 30 454 439
U.S. Virgin Islands 9 8 4 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 873 873
—Not available.
1 Excludes vocational, special education, and alternative schools.
2 Vocational schools are also included under appropriate grade span. Includes vocational schools not classified as secondary schools.
3 Average for schools reporting enrollment data. Enrollment data were available for 22,753 out of 24,357 public secondary schools in 2011-12.
NOTE: Includes schools with no grade lower than 7. 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.)

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