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Table 216.20. Number and enrollment of public elementary and secondary schools, by school level, type, and charter and magnet status: Selected years, 1990-91 through 2013-14
School level, type, and charter and magnet status Number of schools Enrollment
1990-91 2000-01 2003-04 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 1990-91 2000-01 2003-04 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Total, all schools 84,538 93,273 95,726 98,916 98,706 98,817 98,817 98,328 98,454 98,271 41,141,366 47,060,714 48,353,523 48,910,025 49,053,786 49,081,519 49,177,617 49,256,120 49,474,030 49,709,977
                                         
School type                                        
Regular 80,395 85,422 86,340 88,274 88,801 89,018 88,929 88,663 89,031 89,183 40,599,943 46,194,730 47,415,655 47,962,492 48,168,727 48,186,142 48,259,245 48,273,539 48,539,891 48,800,105
Special education 1,932 2,008 2,328 2,267 2,289 2,089 2,206 2,087 2,034 2,010 209,145 174,577 211,623 207,030 164,874 192,989 190,910 195,161 198,417 213,077
Vocational 1,060 1,025 1,100 1,409 1,409 1,417 1,485 1,434 1,403 1,380 198,117 199,669 182,343 163,003 156,390 129,840 164,013 159,905 159,917 148,451
Alternative1  1,151 4,818 5,958 6,966 6,207 6,293 6,197 6,144 5,986 5,698 134,161 491,738 543,902 577,500 563,795 572,548 563,449 627,515 575,805 548,344
                                         
School level and type                                        
Elementary2  59,015 64,601 65,758 67,112 67,148 67,140 67,086 66,689 66,718 67,034 26,503,677 30,673,453 31,204,774 31,225,474 31,446,040 31,547,988 31,581,751 31,724,573 31,893,347 32,183,080
Regular 58,440 63,674 64,721 65,721 65,999 65,947 65,874 65,461 65,581 65,948 26,400,740 30,582,610 31,088,893 31,093,502 31,325,566 31,413,221 31,441,027 31,545,886 31,747,440 32,040,651
Special education 419 496 487 583 538 520 587 544 540 543 58,204 42,127 44,908 63,371 49,661 56,959 58,987 58,844 59,537 62,580
Vocational 31 8 5 7 1 24 16 17 15 7 17,686 2,409 1,917 1,634 16 1,892 3,495 4,558 3,734 1,791
Alternative1  125 423 545 801 610 649 609 667 582 536 27,047 46,307 69,056 66,967 70,797 75,916 78,242 115,285 82,636 78,058
                                         
Secondary3  21,135 21,994 22,782 24,643 24,348 24,651 24,544 24,357 24,280 24,053 13,569,787 15,038,171 15,751,624 16,184,724 16,055,123 15,930,401 15,692,610 15,708,815 15,644,214 15,618,300
Regular 19,459 18,456 18,810 19,371 19,349 19,604 19,449 19,441 19,470 19,409 13,313,097 14,567,969 15,279,073 15,680,507 15,568,281 15,454,043 15,197,786 15,194,153 15,137,814 15,148,323
Special education 165 219 274 375 325 354 359 339 330 329 11,913 12,607 17,743 30,680 24,266 30,443 27,990 27,905 27,731 28,014
Vocational 1,010 997 1,069 1,356 1,326 1,343 1,387 1,349 1,324 1,311 174,105 193,981 176,022 159,270 154,522 126,827 154,088 154,187 154,275 144,070
Alternative1  501 2,322 2,629 3,541 3,348 3,350 3,349 3,228 3,156 3,004 70,672 263,614 278,786 314,267 308,054 319,088 312,746 332,570 324,394 297,893
                                         
Combined elementary/
      secondary4 
2,325 5,096 5,437 5,899 5,623 5,730 6,137 6,311 6,371 6,205 925,887 1,266,778 1,310,435 1,472,248 1,520,246 1,542,734 1,897,712 1,818,020 1,934,697 1,896,908
Regular 1,784 2,780 2,657 2,786 2,793 3,028 3,363 3,435 3,572 3,448 855,814 1,007,368 1,030,665 1,187,281 1,253,785 1,288,109 1,620,031 1,533,002 1,654,256 1,610,750
Special education 376 715 801 904 938 847 964 970 960 951 43,992 86,253 98,668 88,000 80,245 76,691 99,120 104,344 109,992 111,175
Vocational 19 20 26 46 82 50 82 68 64 62 6,326 3,279 4,404 2,099 1,852 1,121 6,430 1,160 1,908 2,590
Alternative1  146 1,581 1,953 2,163 1,810 1,805 1,728 1,838 1,775 1,744 19,755 169,878 176,698 194,868 184,364 176,813 172,131 179,514 168,541 172,393
                                         
Other (not classified by
      grade span)
2,063 1,582 1,749 1,262 1,587 1,296 1,050 971 1,085 979 142,015 82,312 86,690 27,579 32,377 60,396 5,544 4,712 1,772 11,689
Regular 712 512 152 396 660 439 243 326 408 378 30,292 36,783 17,024 1,202 21,095 30,769 401 498 381 381
Special education 972 578 766 405 488 368 296 234 204 187 95,036 33,590 50,304 24,979 10,702 28,896 4,813 4,068 1,157 11,308
Vocational 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alternative1  379 492 831 461 439 489 511 411 473 414 16,687 11,939 19,362 1,398 580 731 330 146 234 0
                                         
Charter status and level                                        
All charter schools5  1,993 2,977 4,388 4,694 4,952 5,274 5,696 6,079 6,465 448,343 789,479 1,276,731 1,433,116 1,610,285 1,787,091 2,057,599 2,267,814 2,519,065
Elementary2  1,011 1,549 2,340 2,513 2,679 2,866 3,127 3,391 3,636 249,101 414,225 674,990 746,950 824,297 905,575 1,045,492 1,156,384 1,287,378
Secondary3  467 779 1,218 1,255 1,329 1,368 1,418 1,463 1,521 79,588 158,999 264,402 291,016 327,289 341,534 386,482 398,430 441,762
Combined elementary/
      secondary4 
448 626 803 865 929 1,027 1,112 1,204 1,269 117,377 215,462 337,195 395,122 458,075 539,653 625,429 712,634 789,777
Other (not classified
      by grade span)
67 23 27 61 15 13 39 21 39 2,277 793 144 28 624 329 196 366 148
                                         
Magnet status and level                                        
All magnet schools5  1,469 2,108 2,793 3,021 2,213 2,722 2,949 3,151 3,254 1,213,976 1,619,779 2,132,395 2,307,712 1,515,562 2,055,133 2,248,177 2,479,188 2,554,828
Elementary2  1,111 1,566 2,015 2,193 1,530 1,849 2,012 2,150 2,164 704,763 946,815 1,157,470 1,267,944 799,546 1,035,288 1,158,405 1,287,589 1,298,904
Secondary3  328 478 688 728 582 746 802 862 939 484,684 633,080 926,314 976,483 668,832 944,434 1,015,267 1,119,369 1,177,869
Combined elementary/
      secondary4 
29 59 83 92 79 103 116 121 133 24,529 39,011 48,593 63,285 46,467 75,411 74,505 72,192 78,055
Other (not classified
      by grade span)
1 5 7 8 22 24 19 18 18 0 873 18 0 717 0 0 38 0
—Not available.
1 Includes schools that provide nontraditional education, address needs of students that typically cannot be met in regular schools, serve as adjuncts to regular schools, or fall outside the categories of regular, special education, or vocational education.
2 Includes schools beginning with grade 6 or below and with no grade higher than 8.
3 Includes schools with no grade lower than 7.
4 Includes schools beginning with grade 6 or below and ending with grade 9 or above.
5 Magnet and charter schools are also included under regular, special education, vocational, or alternative schools as appropriate.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 1990-91 through 2013-14. (This table was prepared September 2015.)

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