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Table 214.40. | Public elementary and secondary school enrollment, number of schools, and other selected characteristics, by locale: Fall 2011 through fall 2014 |
Enrollment, number of schools, and other characteristics | Total | City | Suburban | Town | Rural | ||||||||||||
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Total | Large1 | Mid-size2 | Small3 | Total | Large4 | Mid-size5 | Small6 | Total | Fringe7 | Distant8 | Remote9 | Total | Fringe10 | Distant11 | Remote12 | ||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
Fall 2011 | |||||||||||||||||
Enrollment (in thousands) | 49,256 | 14,457 | 7,559 | 3,180 | 3,718 | 16,709 | 14,193 | 1,549 | 967 | 5,671 | 907 | 2,953 | 1,812 | 12,418 | 7,859 | 3,416 | 1,143 |
Percentage distribution of enrollment, by race/ethnicity |
100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
White | 51.7 | 29.7 | 20.2 | 33.3 | 46.1 | 52.5 | 50.7 | 61.9 | 63.9 | 65.5 | 69.1 | 66.8 | 61.6 | 70.0 | 65.0 | 79.9 | 75.0 |
Black | 15.8 | 24.8 | 27.9 | 25.4 | 18.2 | 14.2 | 14.9 | 9.9 | 9.7 | 10.4 | 6.1 | 11.5 | 10.8 | 10.0 | 11.5 | 7.5 | 6.8 |
Hispanic | 23.7 | 34.9 | 41.0 | 31.0 | 25.8 | 23.8 | 24.4 | 20.3 | 19.3 | 17.7 | 19.8 | 16.4 | 19.0 | 13.4 | 16.4 | 8.1 | 8.7 |
Asian | 4.7 | 6.7 | 7.5 | 5.9 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 6.4 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
Pacific Islander | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
American Indian/Alaska Native | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 3.4 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 7.3 |
Two or more races | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
Students participating in English language learner (ELL) programs (in thousands)13 |
4,389 | 2,035 | 1,211 | 430 | 394 | 1,604 | 1,439 | 97 | 68 | 336 | 63 | 159 | 114 | 414 | 294 | 77 | 42 |
ELL program participants as a percent of enrollment13 |
9.1 | 14.2 | 16.7 | 12.6 | 10.9 | 9.0 | 9.4 | 6.4 | 7.6 | 6.2 | 8.4 | 5.7 | 6.1 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 2.5 | 3.9 |
Schools | 98,328 | 25,800 | 13,266 | 5,666 | 6,868 | 26,840 | 22,263 | 2,760 | 1,817 | 13,387 | 1,844 | 6,720 | 4,823 | 32,301 | 13,904 | 11,445 | 6,952 |
Average school size14 | 520 | 581 | 585 | 588 | 568 | 641 | 656 | 577 | 552 | 448 | 509 | 463 | 402 | 399 | 592 | 307 | 170 |
Pupil/teacher ratio15 | 16.3 | 16.9 | 17.1 | 17.0 | 16.4 | 16.6 | 16.5 | 16.6 | 17.0 | 15.9 | 16.9 | 15.9 | 15.4 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 14.6 | 12.5 |
Enrollment (percentage distribution) | 100.0 | 29.4 | 15.3 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 33.9 | 28.8 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 11.5 | 1.8 | 6.0 | 3.7 | 25.2 | 16.0 | 6.9 | 2.3 |
Schools (percentage distribution) | 100.0 | 26.2 | 13.5 | 5.8 | 7.0 | 27.3 | 22.6 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 13.6 | 1.9 | 6.8 | 4.9 | 32.9 | 14.1 | 11.6 | 7.1 |
Fall 2012 | |||||||||||||||||
Enrollment (in thousands) | 49,520 | 15,026 | 7,977 | 3,371 | 3,678 | 19,661 | 16,868 | 1,810 | 983 | 5,681 | 1,436 | 2,504 | 1,741 | 9,152 | 5,193 | 2,920 | 1,039 |
Percentage distribution of enrollment, by race/ethnicity |
100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
White | 51.1 | 30.4 | 20.9 | 33.6 | 48.1 | 52.4 | 50.6 | 62.3 | 65.7 | 65.4 | 69.2 | 66.4 | 61.0 | 73.1 | 68.7 | 80.5 | 73.9 |
Black | 15.6 | 24.1 | 26.8 | 24.8 | 17.9 | 13.6 | 14.3 | 10.3 | 8.4 | 10.2 | 7.2 | 11.8 | 10.5 | 9.4 | 10.8 | 7.6 | 7.1 |
Hispanic | 24.3 | 34.6 | 41.1 | 31.8 | 23.3 | 24.2 | 25.0 | 19.6 | 19.0 | 17.8 | 17.8 | 16.4 | 19.9 | 11.6 | 14.5 | 7.4 | 9.0 |
Asian | 4.8 | 6.7 | 7.5 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 6.4 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
Pacific Islander | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
American Indian/Alaska Native | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 3.7 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 7.4 |
Two or more races | 2.8 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
Students participating in English language learner (ELL) programs (in thousands)13 |
4,397 | 2,063 | 1,293 | 430 | 340 | 1,753 | 1,581 | 108 | 64 | 334 | 75 | 147 | 112 | 248 | 153 | 59 | 36 |
ELL program participants as a percent of enrollment13 |
9.2 | 14.0 | 16.7 | 12.6 | 9.4 | 8.5 | 8.9 | 5.9 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 5.9 | 6.2 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
Schools | 98,454 | 26,545 | 13,873 | 5,916 | 6,756 | 30,922 | 25,780 | 3,226 | 1,916 | 13,530 | 2,973 | 5,916 | 4,641 | 27,457 | 10,368 | 10,545 | 6,544 |
Average school size14 | 522 | 587 | 589 | 601 | 571 | 655 | 674 | 579 | 534 | 444 | 500 | 447 | 404 | 346 | 522 | 285 | 165 |
Pupil/teacher ratio15 | 16.4 | 16.9 | 17.2 | 17.0 | 16.3 | 16.8 | 16.8 | 16.6 | 16.9 | 15.9 | 16.6 | 15.7 | 15.5 | 14.9 | 15.9 | 14.3 | 12.6 |
Enrollment (percentage distribution) | 100.0 | 30.3 | 16.1 | 6.8 | 7.4 | 39.7 | 34.1 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 11.5 | 2.9 | 5.1 | 3.5 | 18.5 | 10.5 | 5.9 | 2.1 |
Schools (percentage distribution) | 100.0 | 27.0 | 14.1 | 6.0 | 6.9 | 31.4 | 26.2 | 3.3 | 1.9 | 13.7 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 4.7 | 27.9 | 10.5 | 10.7 | 6.6 |
Fall 2013 | |||||||||||||||||
Enrollment (in thousands) | 49,777 | 15,136 | 8,039 | 3,397 | 3,699 | 19,794 | 16,986 | 1,823 | 985 | 5,691 | 1,438 | 2,509 | 1,744 | 9,156 | 5,225 | 2,899 | 1,032 |
Percentage distribution of enrollment, by race/ethnicity |
100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
White | 50.3 | 30.0 | 20.7 | 33.1 | 47.3 | 51.5 | 49.7 | 61.4 | 65.1 | 64.7 | 68.6 | 65.6 | 60.4 | 72.4 | 67.8 | 80.1 | 73.7 |
Black | 15.6 | 23.9 | 26.5 | 24.6 | 17.7 | 13.6 | 14.3 | 10.3 | 8.3 | 10.1 | 7.0 | 11.7 | 10.4 | 9.3 | 10.9 | 7.5 | 6.9 |
Hispanic | 24.9 | 35.1 | 41.5 | 32.3 | 23.9 | 24.8 | 25.6 | 20.3 | 19.5 | 18.4 | 18.3 | 17.1 | 20.4 | 12.2 | 15.2 | 7.7 | 9.3 |
Asian | 4.8 | 6.7 | 7.6 | 5.4 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
Pacific Islander | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
American Indian/Alaska Native | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 3.8 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 7.4 |
Two or more races | 3.0 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 2.0 |
Students participating in English language learner (ELL) programs (in thousands)13 |
4,461 | 2,076 | 1,301 | 439 | 336 | 1,796 | 1,620 | 112 | 64 | 338 | 75 | 151 | 112 | 251 | 153 | 59 | 39 |
ELL program participants as a percent of enrollment13 |
9.3 | 14.1 | 16.6 | 12.8 | 9.6 | 8.7 | 9.0 | 6.0 | 6.9 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 2.2 | 3.9 |
Schools | 98,271 | 26,581 | 13,910 | 5,916 | 6,755 | 30,941 | 25,795 | 3,224 | 1,922 | 13,485 | 2,962 | 5,893 | 4,630 | 27,264 | 10,333 | 10,442 | 6,489 |
Average school size14 | 525 | 590 | 592 | 605 | 574 | 657 | 676 | 582 | 536 | 446 | 501 | 450 | 403 | 347 | 527 | 286 | 164 |
Pupil/teacher ratio15 | 16.3 | 17.0 | 17.3 | 17.1 | 16.3 | 16.7 | 16.7 | 16.3 | 17.0 | 15.8 | 16.5 | 15.7 | 15.4 | 14.9 | 15.9 | 14.3 | 12.5 |
Enrollment (percentage distribution) | 100.0 | 30.4 | 16.2 | 6.8 | 7.4 | 39.8 | 34.1 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 11.4 | 2.9 | 5.0 | 3.5 | 18.4 | 10.5 | 5.8 | 2.1 |
Schools (percentage distribution) | 100.0 | 27.0 | 14.2 | 6.0 | 6.9 | 31.5 | 26.2 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 13.7 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 4.7 | 27.7 | 10.5 | 10.6 | 6.6 |
Fall 2014 | |||||||||||||||||
Enrollment (in thousands) | 50,010 | 15,235 | 8,042 | 3,319 | 3,874 | 19,882 | 17,072 | 1,821 | 989 | 5,680 | 1,436 | 2,694 | 1,549 | 9,213 | 5,310 | 2,881 | 1,022 |
Percentage distribution of enrollment, by race/ethnicity |
100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
White | 49.6 | 29.5 | 20.4 | 32.5 | 45.8 | 50.6 | 48.7 | 60.7 | 64.4 | 64.2 | 67.8 | 65.4 | 58.9 | 71.6 | 66.9 | 79.6 | 73.3 |
Black | 15.5 | 23.7 | 26.1 | 25.0 | 17.5 | 13.7 | 14.4 | 10.1 | 8.4 | 10.0 | 7.0 | 11.6 | 10.1 | 9.4 | 10.9 | 7.5 | 6.8 |
Hispanic | 25.4 | 35.6 | 42.0 | 32.1 | 25.4 | 25.4 | 26.2 | 21.0 | 19.8 | 18.9 | 19.0 | 17.3 | 21.6 | 12.7 | 15.9 | 8.1 | 9.5 |
Asian | 4.9 | 6.8 | 7.6 | 5.5 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 6.6 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
Pacific Islander | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
American Indian/Alaska Native | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 4.1 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 7.5 |
Two or more races | 3.2 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
Students participating in English language learner (ELL) programs (in thousands)13 |
4,559 | 2,108 | 1,294 | 433 | 381 | 1,850 | 1,670 | 115 | 66 | 349 | 78 | 160 | 112 | 251 | 156 | 60 | 35 |
ELL program participants as a percent of enrollment13 |
9.4 | 14.2 | 16.8 | 12.6 | 10.3 | 8.9 | 9.2 | 6.2 | 6.9 | 6.2 | 6.0 | 5.9 | 6.9 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
Schools | 98,176 | 26,560 | 13,870 | 5,745 | 6,945 | 31,099 | 25,966 | 3,217 | 1,916 | 13,391 | 2,949 | 6,299 | 4,143 | 27,126 | 10,422 | 10,315 | 6,389 |
Average school size14 | 525 | 591 | 593 | 599 | 579 | 655 | 673 | 579 | 537 | 445 | 500 | 448 | 398 | 350 | 528 | 286 | 165 |
Pupil/teacher ratio15 | 16.2 | 16.9 | 17.1 | 17.0 | 16.3 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 16.2 | 16.9 | 15.8 | 16.4 | 15.6 | 15.5 | 14.9 | 15.9 | 14.2 | 12.5 |
Enrollment (percentage distribution) | 100.0 | 30.5 | 16.1 | 6.6 | 7.7 | 39.8 | 34.1 | 3.6 | 2.0 | 11.4 | 2.9 | 5.4 | 3.1 | 18.4 | 10.6 | 5.8 | 2.0 |
Schools (percentage distribution) | 100.0 | 27.1 | 14.1 | 5.9 | 7.1 | 31.7 | 26.4 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 13.6 | 3.0 | 6.4 | 4.2 | 27.6 | 10.6 | 10.5 | 6.5 |
†Not applicable. | |||||||||||||||||
#Rounds to zero. | |||||||||||||||||
1 Located inside an urbanized area and inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. | |||||||||||||||||
2 Located inside an urbanized area and inside a principal city with a population of at least 100,000, but less than 250,000. | |||||||||||||||||
3 Located inside an urbanized area and inside a principal city with a population less than 100,000. | |||||||||||||||||
4 Located inside an urbanized area and outside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. | |||||||||||||||||
5 Located inside an urbanized area and outside a principal city with a population of at least 100,000, but less than 250,000. | |||||||||||||||||
6 Located inside an urbanized area and outside a principal city with a population less than 100,000. | |||||||||||||||||
7 Located inside an urban cluster that is 10 miles or less from an urbanized area. | |||||||||||||||||
8 Located inside an urban cluster that is more than 10 but less than or equal to 35 miles from an urbanized area. | |||||||||||||||||
9 Located inside an urban cluster that is more than 35 miles from an urbanized area. | |||||||||||||||||
10 Located outside any urbanized area or urban cluster, but 5 miles or less from an urbanized area or 2.5 miles or less from an urban cluster. | |||||||||||||||||
11 Located outside any urbanized area or urban cluster and more than 5 miles but less than or equal to 25 miles from an urbanized area, or more than 2.5 miles but less than or equal to 10 miles from an urban cluster. | |||||||||||||||||
12 Located outside any urbanized area or urban cluster, more than 25 miles from an urbanized area, and more than 10 miles from an urban cluster. | |||||||||||||||||
13 Data are based on locales of school districts rather than locales of schools as in the rest of the table. Includes imputed data for Alabama in 2012 and New York in 2013. Includes only students served in regular school districts--excluding other types of districts, such as regional education service agencies and charter schools--with the exception of Vermont data in 2013-14 and 2014-15, which are for students served in all types of districts. | |||||||||||||||||
14 Average for schools reporting enrollment. Enrollment data were available for 94,743 out of 98,328 schools in 2011-12, 94,859 out of 98,454 schools in 2012-13, 94,876 out of 98,271 schools in 2013-14, and 95,230 out of 98,176 schools in 2014-15. | |||||||||||||||||
15 Ratio for schools reporting both full-time-equivalent teachers and fall enrollment data. | |||||||||||||||||
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Enrollment and ratios are based on data reported by schools and may differ from data reported in other tables that reflect aggregate totals reported by states. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. | |||||||||||||||||
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/ Secondary School Universe Survey," 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14, and 2014-15; and "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14, and 2014-15. (This table was prepared October 2016.) |