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Table 216.75. Public elementary schools, by grade span, average school enrollment, and state or jurisdiction: 2014-15
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 grade 1 to grades 3 or 4
Prekinder-
garten, kin-
dergarten, or grade 1 to grade 5
Prekinder-
garten, kin-
dergarten, or grade 1 to grade 6
Prekinder-
garten, kin-
dergarten, or grade 1 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 67,073 66,036 5,092 25,278 10,191 6,581 13,250 6,681 483 488
Alabama 931 921 93 295 139 62 219 123 496 497
Alaska 197 197 2 37 97 24 25 12 334 334
Arizona 1,352 1,334 50 235 371 449 164 83 516 517
Arkansas 714 711 119 159 156 6 163 111 432 434
California 6,999 6,816 125 2,498 2,095 1,029 1,064 188 557 566
                     
Colorado 1,310 1,306 29 613 204 121 245 98 443 444
Connecticut 893 816 98 258 68 105 172 192 388 422
Delaware 162 158 15 80 2 8 37 20 553 559
District of Columbia 170 168 19 69 2 31 27 22 353 352
Florida 2,839 2,778 36 1,682 138 266 591 126 659 671
                     
Georgia 1,774 1,773 34 1,060 26 36 462 156 682 683
Hawaii 209 209 0 85 85 9 28 2 546 546
Idaho 448 439 35 154 127 28 75 29 397 403
Illinois 3,097 3,055 284 780 305 656 585 487 434 438
Indiana 1,360 1,358 166 467 313 47 254 113 476 477
                     
Iowa 959 958 124 329 135 10 231 130 343 343
Kansas 935 933 81 359 173 65 193 64 342 342
Kentucky 978 961 32 469 106 74 209 88 478 486
Louisiana 957 956 78 310 117 117 200 135 485 486
Maine 454 454 61 96 51 87 84 75 264 264
                     
Maryland 1,113 1,099 13 653 97 93 202 55 534 540
Massachusetts 1,429 1,424 194 480 119 97 295 244 435 436
Michigan 2,185 2,134 241 784 190 243 465 262 419 421
Minnesota 1,318 1,161 120 385 279 79 256 199 426 466
Mississippi 625 623 73 131 99 37 156 129 506 506
                     
Missouri 1,600 1,592 152 497 298 115 319 219 377 378
Montana 488 485 18 62 200 112 62 34 190 191
Nebraska 721 718 54 173 271 25 101 97 285 285
Nevada 480 470 9 264 79 24 90 14 633 643
New Hampshire 378 378 54 113 38 53 81 39 324 324
                     
New Jersey 1,951 1,935 270 572 138 283 367 321 461 464
New Mexico 611 607 18 255 115 35 129 59 364 366
New York 3,310 3,288 296 1,249 356 276 728 405 516 517
North Carolina 1,906 1,894 85 1,077 79 123 456 86 538 541
North Dakota 298 298 10 79 110 61 30 8 235 235
                     
Ohio 2,451 2,433 369 597 355 239 522 369 435 438
Oklahoma 1,227 1,225 82 292 178 280 239 156 386 387
Oregon 882 879 30 409 120 126 176 21 412 412
Pennsylvania 2,149 2,149 292 657 376 189 418 217 487 487
Rhode Island 228 228 34 84 35 3 43 29 407 407
                     
South Carolina 917 914 35 473 46 42 220 101 562 564
South Dakota 435 430 14 135 69 94 97 26 213 214
Tennessee 1,374 1,361 170 532 62 182 321 107 507 511
Texas 5,972 5,845 609 2,796 457 138 1,324 648 573 581
Utah 665 627 12 122 403 35 44 49 545 567
                     
Vermont 232 232 13 26 102 62 18 11 234 234
Virginia 1,492 1,492 47 838 151 13 308 135 576 576
Washington 1,511 1,439 42 582 414 89 263 121 445 459
West Virginia 562 562 69 261 38 37 114 43 350 350
Wisconsin 1,582 1,572 165 601 130 151 336 199 361 363
Wyoming 243 241 21 64 77 15 42 24 237 238
                     
Bureau of Indian
      Education
110 110 6 5 25 68 4 2 0 0
DoD, domestic and
      overseas
                     
Other jurisdictions                    
American Samoa
Guam 34 34 0 24 0 0 8 2
Northern Marianas
Puerto Rico 791 791 28 5 737 1 15 5 233 233
U.S. Virgin Islands 21 21 1 1 16 1 2 0 383 383
—Not available.
1 Excludes special education and alternative schools.
2 Average for schools reporting enrollment data. Enrollment data were available for 66,763 out of 67,073 public elementary schools in 2014-15.
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 students with disabilities. 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," 2014-15. (This table was prepared October 2016.)

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