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Table 216.80. Public secondary schools, by grade span, average school enrollment, and state or jurisdiction: 2015-16
State or jurisdiction Total, all secondary schools Total, all regular secondary schools1 Schools, by grade span Vocational schools2 Average school enrollment3
Grades 7 to 8 and 7 to 9 Grades 7 to 12 Grades 8 to 12 Grades 9 to 12 Grades 10 to 12 Other spans ending with grade 12 Other grade spans All secondary schools Regular secondary schools1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
United States 24,040 19,325 2,594 3,041 954 15,635 608 347 861 1,396 698 797
Alabama 403 313 38 74 9 245 28 1 8 68 714 727
Alaska 79 61 12 20 1 42 2 1 1 3 461 548
Arizona 738 475 68 56 11 571 14 4 14 242 590 751
Arkansas 372 342 48 122 12 134 35 1 20 25 513 519
California 2,550 1,659 369 291 12 1,778 67 25 8 72 864 1,214
                         
Colorado 393 332 39 44 3 290 4 1 12 6 661 743
Connecticut 389 208 40 15 4 230 28 49 23 17 460 789
Delaware 41 33 1 1 11 26 0 0 2 6 960 938
District of Columbia 35 28 0 1 2 31 0 0 1 0 441 524
Florida 674 515 15 34 34 559 7 19 6 33 1,260 1,550
                         
Georgia 449 419 15 5 11 389 3 1 25 0 1,131 1,208
Hawaii 52 51 12 7 0 33 0 0 0 0 1,127 1,148
Idaho 218 143 33 42 3 128 10 0 2 14 464 623
Illinois 888 830 126 65 8 653 11 9 16 0 742 784
Indiana 464 444 80 82 6 276 8 6 6 28 810 815
                         
Iowa 360 340 36 76 0 232 9 0 7 0 449 470
Kansas 341 338 33 92 6 208 1 1 0 0 456 459
Kentucky 484 238 28 49 26 230 9 6 136 121 573 851
Louisiana 276 254 31 43 83 103 13 0 3 12 742 777
Maine 146 118 8 14 1 92 3 0 28 27 463 467
                         
Maryland 243 192 4 4 7 199 3 7 19 27 1,084 1,230
Massachusetts 377 326 31 33 20 285 0 4 4 38 809 818
Michigan 833 598 28 123 326 318 5 19 14 4 547 695
Minnesota 854 453 38 282 28 417 38 44 7 9 387 597
Mississippi 332 235 28 57 3 212 23 2 7 91 640 640
                         
Missouri 632 555 62 174 1 364 13 8 10 63 542 544
Montana 333 330 162 0 0 171 0 0 0 0 156 158
Nebraska 309 299 31 159 2 110 1 6 0 0 378 378
Nevada 128 111 15 6 3 99 1 4 0 0 1,084 1,217
New Hampshire 110 110 15 0 0 93 1 0 1 0 558 558
                         
New Jersey 538 415 54 44 8 408 6 4 14 56 910 1,019
New Mexico 238 210 35 35 1 149 8 0 10 0 460 496
New York 1,131 1,047 60 150 106 736 24 9 46 21 722 746
North Carolina 536 507 22 5 5 484 3 6 11 7 862 897
North Dakota 183 170 4 90 0 73 0 1 15 13 204 204
                         
Ohio 1,008 926 124 153 56 621 21 15 18 73 593 604
Oklahoma 564 560 90 0 3 439 24 0 8 0 383 385
Oregon 273 252 23 48 3 197 0 2 0 0 655 696
Pennsylvania 782 693 98 153 15 490 15 1 10 84 804 812
Rhode Island 75 62 9 1 1 53 1 0 10 10 668 686
                         
South Carolina 287 234 22 4 1 240 9 4 7 42 914 954
South Dakota 246 225 64 0 0 179 1 2 0 3 169 179
Tennessee 378 361 11 17 6 318 12 5 9 15 817 833
Texas 2,089 1,524 257 148 44 1,348 45 38 209 0 781 1,032
Utah 285 250 93 47 6 66 58 1 14 6 892 959
                         
Vermont 67 51 7 18 0 42 0 0 0 15 474 483
Virginia 436 343 33 6 26 278 2 0 91 89 1,189 1,203
Washington 640 442 71 56 34 428 25 22 4 20 619 813
West Virginia 120 106 1 21 2 94 1 0 1 30 654 719
Wisconsin 559 495 52 61 3 406 14 19 4 6 502 544
Wyoming 102 102 18 13 1 68 2 0 0 0 324 324
                         
Bureau of Indian
      Education
19 19 1 4 2 12 0 0 0 0
DoD, domestic and
      overseas
29 29 1 7 1 20 0 0 0 0 433 433
                         
Other jurisdictions                        
American Samoa 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Guam 7 6 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 1,437 1,670
Northern Marianas
Puerto Rico 313 280 110 28 2 74 87 1 11 32 443 426
U.S. Virgin Islands 9 8 4 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 733 733
—Not available.
1 Excludes vocational, special education, and alternative schools.
2 Vocational schools are also included under appropriate grade span. Includes vocational schools not classified as secondary schools.
3 Average for schools reporting enrollment data. Enrollment data were available for 22,569 out of 24,040 public secondary schools in 2015-16.
NOTE: Includes schools with no grade lower than 7. 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.)

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