Table 216.75.

Public elementary schools, by grade span, average school enrollment, and state or jurisdiction: 2015-16

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	66,758	65,734	5,001	25,192	10,164	6,590	13,022	6,789	482	487
Alabama	923	914	92	290	138	64	218	121	497	498
Alaska	197	197	0	38	97	25	23	14	336	336
Arizona	1,356	1,339	48	235	368	463	163	79	516	517
Arkansas	701	698	126	146	161	6	157	105	441	443
California	7,006	6,842	125	2,506	2,086	1,040	1,060	189	553	562
Colorado	1,311	1,307	28	618	203	126	239	97	442	443
Connecticut	938	831	100	280	65	110	174	209	367	411
Delaware	163	158	14	81	4	9	37	18	554	561
District of Columbia	176	175	19	71	3	29	31	23	354	352
Florida	2,839	2,780	37	1,675	126	286	584	131	665	676
Georgia	1,769	1,767	36	1,053	23	40	459	158	683	684
Hawaii	211	211	1	86	84	9	28	3	543	543
Idaho	448	439	34	152	130	28	75	29	400	407
Illinois	3,046	3,039	280	793	286	649	579	459	436	437
Indiana	1,366	1,364	166	465	316	48	260	111	474	474
Iowa	948	947	115	328	139	10	226	130	347	348
Kansas	928	926	74	363	177	56	193	65	344	344
Kentucky	968	957	32	462	107	72	198	97	475	481
Louisiana	964	963	77	302	116	129	201	139	480	481
Maine	449	449	52	97	54	81	81	84	264	264
Maryland	1,128	1,115	11	686	63	97	222	49	547	552
Massachusetts	1,421	1,416	188	479	118	101	289	246	435	435
Michigan	1,769	1,727	185	486	476	171	172	279	390	392
Minnesota	1,339	1,171	119	404	258	81	269	208	425	467
Mississippi	631	628	76	139	89	35	160	132	497	497
Missouri	1,611	1,603	150	501	299	112	322	227	375	376
Montana	490	487	18	64	199	110	65	34	191	191
Nebraska	714	710	49	170	269	22	103	101	289	289
Nevada	476	466	8	265	72	21	93	17	638	648
New Hampshire	380	380	52	114	37	54	83	40	318	318
New Jersey	1,959	1,942	272	557	136	281	366	347	460	463
New Mexico	606	602	18	264	106	34	128	56	364	365
New York	3,306	3,282	291	1,240	356	291	725	403	516	517
North Carolina	1,915	1,903	87	1,097	58	121	464	88	536	539
North Dakota	303	303	9	86	101	65	33	9	238	238
Ohio	2,450	2,430	355	605	346	240	532	372	436	439
Oklahoma	1,232	1,228	89	287	170	279	249	158	386	387
Oregon	888	885	27	407	114	128	178	34	413	413
Pennsylvania	2,126	2,126	302	647	357	195	417	208	486	486
Rhode Island	232	232	36	85	34	3	44	30	400	400
South Carolina	919	916	36	474	41	48	222	98	564	566
South Dakota	435	426	21	128	67	93	101	25	214	217
Tennessee	1,373	1,361	173	530	59	186	315	110	501	505
Texas	6,022	5,902	591	2,862	435	142	1,333	659	572	580
Utah	668	633	10	125	407	32	45	49	547	568
Vermont	231	231	15	23	101	63	18	11	237	237
Virginia	1,490	1,490	48	838	149	12	306	137	577	577
Washington	1,549	1,460	56	655	324	84	286	144	449	465
West Virginia	563	561	69	260	39	37	115	43	345	347
Wisconsin	1,580	1,571	162	610	122	156	339	191	360	362
Wyoming	245	244	22	63	79	16	42	23	235	235
Bureau of Indian       Education	112	112	6	7	27	64	4	4	—	—
DoD, domestic and       overseas	129	129	5	55	14	11	27	17	448	448
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—
Guam	34	34	0	24	0	0	8	2	611	611
Northern Marianas	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Puerto Rico	860	859	23	199	493	67	69	9	233	233
U.S. Virgin Islands	19	19	1	1	14	1	2	0	418	418

—Not available.

1 Excludes special education and alternative schools.

2 Average for schools reporting enrollment data. Enrollment data were available for 66,453 out of 66,758 public elementary schools in 2015-16.

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," 2015-16. (This table was prepared August 2017.)