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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.) |