Digest of Education Statistics
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Table 214.30. Number of public elementary and secondary education agencies, by type of agency and state or jurisdiction: 2014-15 and 2015-16
State or jurisdiction Total agencies Type of agency
Regular school
districts1
Regional
education service
agencies and
supervisory union
administrative
centers
State-operated
agencies
Federally
operated
agencies
Independent
charter
schools and
other agencies
2014-15 2015-16 2014-15 2015-16 2014-15 2015-16 2014-15 2015-16 2014-15 2015-16 2014-15 2015-16
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
United States 18,243 18,321 13,601 13,584 1,374 1,377 259 261 4 4 3,005 3,095
Alabama 179 180 134 134 0 0 45 46 0 0 0 0
Alaska 54 54 53 53 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Arizona 691 692 234 234 8 8 9 9 0 0 440 441
Arkansas 287 289 235 233 15 15 5 5 0 0 32 36
California 1,163 1,163 1,058 1,058 78 76 3 4 0 0 24 25
                         
Colorado 262 265 178 178 81 81 1 4 0 0 2 2
Connecticut 205 205 169 169 6 6 7 6 0 0 23 24
Delaware 46 50 19 19 1 1 2 2 0 0 24 28
District of Columbia 60 59 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 57 57
Florida 75 75 67 67 0 0 2 2 0 0 6 6
                         
Georgia 218 223 180 180 16 16 7 7 0 0 15 20
Hawaii 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Idaho 158 159 115 115 2 2 3 3 0 0 38 39
Illinois 1,057 1,052 859 854 186 186 5 5 0 0 7 7
Indiana 411 418 295 294 30 30 4 4 0 0 82 90
                         
Iowa 347 345 338 336 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kansas 317 317 307 307 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 0
Kentucky 185 186 173 173 9 9 3 4 0 0 0 0
Louisiana 139 179 69 69 0 0 6 6 0 0 64 104
Maine 261 267 243 248 8 8 4 4 0 0 6 7
                         
Maryland 25 25 24 24 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Massachusetts 406 408 238 239 87 87 1 1 0 0 80 81
Michigan 911 902 548 542 56 56 6 5 0 0 301 299
Minnesota 554 564 332 332 61 63 4 4 0 0 157 165
Mississippi 157 157 146 144 0 0 11 11 0 0 0 2
                         
Missouri 566 567 520 518 0 0 5 6 0 0 41 43
Montana 492 490 406 404 77 77 4 4 0 0 5 5
Nebraska 284 284 245 245 34 34 5 5 0 0 0 0
Nevada 19 19 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
New Hampshire 296 299 179 180 95 95 0 0 0 0 22 24
                         
New Jersey 693 694 602 601 0 0 4 4 0 0 87 89
New Mexico 152 158 89 89 0 0 6 6 0 0 57 63
New York2 982 989 691 690 37 37 6 6 0 0 248 256
North Carolina 287 297 115 115 0 1 4 4 3 3 165 174
North Dakota 221 222 175 175 43 44 3 3 0 0 0 0
                         
Ohio 1,106 1,103 617 622 104 104 4 4 0 0 381 373
Oklahoma 600 605 517 516 0 0 3 3 0 0 80 86
Oregon 220 221 180 179 19 19 4 5 0 0 17 18
Pennsylvania 796 784 500 500 103 102 7 6 0 0 186 176
Rhode Island 63 64 32 32 4 4 9 9 0 0 18 19
                         
South Carolina 102 102 84 84 11 11 4 3 0 0 3 4
South Dakota 170 168 151 150 15 14 4 4 0 0 0 0
Tennessee 146 146 146 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Texas 1,244 1,232 1,026 1,026 20 20 3 3 0 0 195 183
Utah 148 152 41 41 4 4 3 3 0 0 100 104
                         
Vermont 359 356 294 291 59 62 1 1 0 0 5 2
Virginia 222 222 130 130 71 71 20 20 1 1 0 0
Washington 322 330 302 301 9 9 0 0 0 0 11 20
West Virginia 57 57 55 55 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
Wisconsin 466 465 422 424 16 16 3 3 0 0 25 22
Wyoming 61 60 48 48 0 0 13 12 0 0 0 0
                         
Bureau of Indian                        
Education 196 196 174 174 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0
DoD, domestic and                        
overseas 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 14 0 0
                         
Other jurisdictions                        
American Samoa 1 1 0 0 0 0
Guam 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Marianas
Puerto Rico 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
U.S. Virgin Islands 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
—Not available.
1 Regular school districts include both independent districts and those that are a dependent segment of a local government. Also includes components of supervisory unions that operate schools, but share superintendent services with other districts.
2 New York City counted as one school district.
NOTE: DoD = Department of Defense.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2014-15 and 2015-16. (This table was prepared September 2017.)

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