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Table 216.75. Public elementary schools, by grade span, average school enrollment, and state or jurisdiction: 2013-14
State or jurisdiction Total, all elemen- tary schools Total, all regular elementary schools1 Schools, by grade span Average school enrollment2
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 67,034 65,948 5,090 25,309 10,213 6,553 13,322 6,547 483 488
Alabama 990 977 91 331 141 74 229 124 496 499
Alaska 199 190 2 45 89 26 25 12 333 329
Arizona 1,335 1,316 44 243 355 453 167 73 516 518
Arkansas 718 715 116 164 156 9 161 112 431 432
California 6,954 6,765 134 2,443 2,124 1,006 1,045 202 559 569
                     
Colorado 1,300 1,295 28 617 212 121 248 74 441 441
Connecticut 815 805 93 251 72 99 153 147 428 432
Delaware 159 154 15 78 6 9 37 14 560 570
District of Columbia 166 164 11 68 6 32 26 23 347 345
Florida 2,829 2,765 33 1,675 138 255 593 135 656 668
                     
Georgia 1,776 1,774 38 1,057 30 36 463 152 676 677
Hawaii 208 208 0 84 86 9 28 1 573 573
Idaho 449 439 35 152 129 26 76 31 410 415
Illinois 3,107 3,067 288 782 312 664 583 478 437 441
Indiana 1,370 1,369 174 467 310 42 264 113 476 476
                     
Iowa 969 966 125 334 136 12 234 128 338 338
Kansas 943 939 89 354 175 65 197 63 340 342
Kentucky 983 971 26 488 104 82 202 81 477 482
Louisiana 930 890 68 321 119 104 193 125 488 487
Maine 453 453 61 98 51 87 85 71 264 264
                     
Maryland 1,130 1,113 13 667 82 92 221 55 532 538
Massachusetts 1,430 1,418 193 482 115 98 297 245 437 438
Michigan 2,213 2,166 243 782 201 237 473 277 419 422
Minnesota 1,280 1,127 108 376 285 75 245 191 431 471
Mississippi 626 623 71 134 96 37 160 128 511 511
                     
Missouri 1,591 1,580 149 502 295 115 319 211 381 382
Montana 485 482 19 59 206 111 60 30 189 190
Nebraska 730 723 57 171 273 26 105 98 277 278
Nevada 480 470 9 263 81 23 89 15 627 638
New Hampshire 376 376 54 115 36 54 81 36 329 329
                     
New Jersey 1,956 1,940 271 566 141 293 371 314 463 466
New Mexico 611 600 19 256 115 33 129 59 369 373
New York 3,307 3,273 300 1,260 351 268 724 404 518 519
North Carolina 1,899 1,886 79 1,088 66 120 461 85 537 539
North Dakota 297 296 14 72 111 61 29 10 227 228
                     
Ohio 2,488 2,467 372 619 346 262 545 344 431 433
Oklahoma 1,222 1,218 84 297 166 283 237 155 385 385
Oregon 882 876 30 410 120 118 177 27 410 410
Pennsylvania 2,165 2,165 301 660 389 188 421 206 488 488
Rhode Island 224 223 32 83 37 3 41 28 411 412
                     
South Carolina 914 911 40 459 53 39 224 99 559 561
South Dakota 437 433 17 134 68 91 101 26 209 210
Tennessee 1,387 1,376 168 548 54 177 326 114 508 511
Texas 5,983 5,841 610 2,763 463 140 1,356 651 571 581
Utah 649 612 13 114 399 33 42 48 552 575
                     
Vermont 232 232 13 25 103 62 18 11 235 235
Virginia 1,495 1,495 47 839 150 12 312 135 575 575
Washington 1,504 1,428 42 579 414 88 257 124 440 456
West Virginia 568 568 73 265 35 39 115 41 350 350
Wisconsin 1,576 1,566 155 606 134 150 333 198 365 367
Wyoming 244 242 23 63 77 14 44 23 231 232
                     
Bureau of Indian
      Education
110 110 6 5 25 68 4 2
DoD, domestic and
      overseas
141 141 20 43 26 9 28 15
                     
Other jurisdictions                    
American Samoa 22 22 0 0 0 22 0 0
Guam 32 32 0 4 20 0 7 1 615 615
Northern Marianas 22 22 0 1 11 0 1 9 266 266
Puerto Rico 852 852 38 4 782 2 18 8 226 226
U.S. Virgin Islands 22 22 1 1 17 1 2 0 390 390
—Not available.
1 Excludes special education and alternative schools.
2 Average for schools reporting enrollment data. Enrollment data were available for 66,605 out of 67,034 public elementary schools in 2013-14.
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," 2013-14. (This table was prepared September 2015.)

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