Digest of Education Statistics
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Table 216.70. Public elementary and secondary schools, by level, type, and state or jurisdiction: 1990-91, 2000-01, 2010-11, and 2014-15
State or jurisdiction Total, all schools, 1990-91 Total, all schools, 2000-01 Total, all schools, 2010-11 Schools by level, 2014-15 Selected types of schools, 2014-15
Total, all schools Elemen- tary1 Second-ary2 Combined elementary/secondary3 Other4 Alterna- tive5 Special educa- tion5 One- teacher schools5
Total Prekinder- garten, kin- dergarten, or grade 1 to grade 12 Other schools ending with grade 12 Other com- bined schools
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
United States 84,538 93,273 98,817 98,176 67,073 24,181 6,347 3,162 2,534 651 575 5,449 1,954 165
Alabama 1,297 1,517 1,600 1,519 931 408 157 105 49 3 23 84 35 0
Alaska 498 515 509 507 197 83 227 213 11 3 0 40 3 7
Arizona 1,049 1,724 2,265 2,281 1,352 740 169 87 59 23 20 61 20 1
Arkansas 1,098 1,138 1,110 1,099 714 369 16 3 9 4 0 6 4 0
California 7,913 8,773 10,124 10,296 6,999 2,575 598 436 147 15 124 1,190 147 29
                             
Colorado 1,344 1,632 1,796 1,843 1,310 383 150 70 69 11 0 90 6 0
Connecticut 985 1,248 1,157 1,299 893 357 38 12 20 6 11 95 134 0
Delaware 173 191 214 219 162 38 19 9 7 3 0 6 13 0
District of Columbia 181 198 228 222 170 33 12 2 6 4 7 7 4 0
Florida 2,516 3,316 4,131 4,162 2,839 673 650 261 362 27 0 377 178 3
                             
Georgia 1,734 1,946 2,449 2,329 1,774 454 70 16 40 14 31 67 19 0
Hawaii 235 261 289 289 209 52 28 24 3 1 0 1 1 1
Idaho 582 673 748 742 448 215 79 50 26 3 0 78 18 7
Illinois 4,239 4,342 4,361 4,201 3,097 941 160 28 116 16 3 139 106 0
Indiana 1,915 1,976 1,936 1,910 1,360 456 94 51 35 8 0 8 22 0
                             
Iowa 1,588 1,534 1,436 1,364 959 363 42 5 37 0 0 23 3 2
Kansas 1,477 1,430 1,378 1,337 935 349 50 18 32 0 3 1 4 0
Kentucky 1,400 1,526 1,554 1,548 978 477 82 27 46 9 11 194 8 0
Louisiana 1,533 1,530 1,471 1,383 957 277 149 96 45 8 0 5 32 0
Maine 747 714 631 616 454 147 13 10 2 1 2 0 1 1
                             
Maryland 1,220 1,383 1,449 1,438 1,113 245 68 20 22 26 12 45 37 0
Massachusetts 1,842 1,905 1,829 1,866 1,429 380 51 15 30 6 6 20 7 1
Michigan 3,313 3,998 3,877 3,496 2,185 914 391 205 167 19 6 313 186 3
Minnesota 1,590 2,362 2,392 2,435 1,318 837 280 137 132 11 0 469 283 0
Mississippi 972 1,030 1,083 1,071 625 329 105 64 40 1 12 65 1 0
                             
Missouri 2,199 2,368 2,410 2,394 1,600 637 157 74 83 0 0 42 53 0
Montana 900 879 827 824 488 336 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 59
Nebraska 1,506 1,326 1,096 1,092 721 306 13 11 1 1 52 52 24 2
Nevada 354 511 645 662 480 134 48 14 31 3 0 36 15 9
New Hampshire 439 526 480 488 378 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
                             
New Jersey 2,272 2,410 2,607 2,571 1,951 539 68 40 23 5 13 79 63 0
New Mexico 681 765 862 885 611 243 31 10 18 3 0 32 5 0
New York 4,010 4,336 4,757 4,826 3,310 1,140 373 163 152 58 3 55 129 0
North Carolina 1,955 2,207 2,567 2,594 1,906 535 152 60 62 30 1 78 23 0
North Dakota 663 579 516 513 298 183 0 0 0 0 32 0 31 5
                             
Ohio 3,731 3,916 3,758 3,631 2,451 999 170 50 75 45 11 0 44 0
Oklahoma 1,880 1,821 1,785 1,796 1,227 564 4 0 4 0 1 1 4 0
Oregon 1,199 1,273 1,296 1,242 882 275 85 57 28 0 0 32 1 11
Pennsylvania 3,260 3,252 3,233 3,055 2,149 803 102 46 46 10 1 7 4 0
Rhode Island 309 328 317 307 228 73 6 4 1 1 0 5 1 0
                             
South Carolina 1,097 1,127 1,214 1,244 917 286 41 15 22 4 0 12 9 0
South Dakota 802 769 710 698 435 242 21 9 12 0 0 28 12 12
Tennessee 1,543 1,624 1,784 1,851 1,374 379 98 36 48 14 0 22 16 0
Texas 5,991 7,519 8,732 8,796 5,972 2,112 709 292 232 185 3 965 13 0
Utah 714 793 1,016 1,020 665 281 74 43 6 25 0 27 69 0
                             
Vermont 397 393 320 316 232 68 16 11 5 0 0 1 0 1
Virginia 1,811 1,969 2,175 2,134 1,492 439 30 20 9 1 173 125 53 0
Washington 1,936 2,305 2,338 2,398 1,511 622 261 156 73 32 4 318 94 3
West Virginia 1,015 840 757 745 562 125 55 39 16 0 3 30 3 0
Wisconsin 2,018 2,182 2,238 2,255 1,582 557 112 37 70 5 4 92 11 0
Wyoming 415 393 360 367 243 98 23 11 5 7 3 22 3 8
                             
Bureau of Indian
      Education
189 173 174 110 19 45 39 3 3 0 0 0
DoD, domestic and
      overseas
227 191 179 179
                             
Other jurisdictions                            
American Samoa 30 31 28
Guam 35 38 40 40 34 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Marianas 26 29 30 0
Puerto Rico 1,619 1,543 1,473 1,378 791 386 173 4 1 168 28 10 19 0
U.S. Virgin Islands 33 36 32 30 21 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
—Not available.
1 Includes schools beginning with grade 6 or below and with no grade higher than 8.
2 Includes schools with no grade lower than 7.
3 Includes schools beginning with grade 6 or below and ending with grade 9 or above.
4 Includes schools not reported by grade span.
5 Schools are also included under elementary, secondary, combined, or other as appropriate.
NOTE: 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," 1990-91, 2000-01, 2010-11, and 2014-15. (This table was prepared October 2016.)

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