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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.) |