Table 214.30.

Number of public elementary and secondary education agencies, by type of agency and state or jurisdiction: 2015-16 and 2016-17

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		Other agencies2
	2015-16	2016-17	2015-16	2016-17	2015-16	2016-17	2015-16	2016-17	2015-16	2016-17	2015-16	2016-17	2015-16	2016-17
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
United States	18,321	18,343	13,584	13,598	1,377	1,350	261	254	4	4	2,959	2,998	136	139
Alabama	180	178	134	134	0	0	46	43	0	0	0	1	0	0
Alaska	54	54	53	53	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Arizona	692	699	234	226	8	16	9	9	0	0	427	434	14	14
Arkansas	289	292	233	234	15	15	5	5	0	0	23	25	13	13
California	1,163	1,159	1,058	1,057	76	73	4	4	0	0	25	25	0	0
Colorado	265	267	178	178	81	83	4	4	0	0	2	2	0	0
Connecticut	205	205	169	169	6	6	6	6	0	0	24	24	0	0
Delaware	50	49	19	19	1	1	2	2	0	0	28	27	0	0
District of Columbia	59	61	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	57	59	0	0
Florida	75	76	67	67	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	2	5	5
Georgia	223	226	180	180	16	16	7	7	0	0	20	23	0	0
Hawaii	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Idaho	159	160	115	115	2	2	3	3	0	0	39	40	0	0
Illinois	1,052	1,057	854	854	186	187	5	6	0	0	5	8	2	2
Indiana	418	423	294	294	30	30	4	4	0	0	88	93	2	2
Iowa	345	342	336	333	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kansas	317	317	307	307	0	0	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kentucky	186	186	173	173	9	9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
Louisiana	179	185	69	69	0	0	6	6	0	0	99	105	5	5
Maine	267	268	248	249	8	8	4	2	0	0	7	9	0	0
Maryland	25	25	24	24	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Massachusetts	408	431	239	326	87	26	1	1	0	0	81	78	0	0
Michigan	902	901	542	540	56	56	5	4	0	0	299	301	0	0
Minnesota	564	567	332	332	63	65	4	4	0	0	165	166	0	0
Mississippi	157	158	144	144	0	0	11	11	0	0	2	3	0	0
Missouri	567	566	518	518	0	0	6	6	0	0	39	38	4	4
Montana	490	487	404	401	77	77	4	4	0	0	0	0	5	5
Nebraska	284	284	245	245	34	34	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nevada	19	19	18	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
New Hampshire	299	301	180	180	95	97	0	0	0	0	24	24	0	0
New Jersey	694	678	601	565	0	20	4	4	0	0	89	88	0	1
New Mexico	158	157	89	89	0	0	6	6	0	0	63	62	0	0
New York3	989	999	690	689	37	37	6	6	0	0	256	267	0	0
North Carolina	297	306	115	115	1	1	4	4	3	3	158	167	16	16
North Dakota	222	226	175	178	44	45	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ohio	1,103	1,088	622	620	104	102	4	4	0	0	373	362	0	0
Oklahoma	605	600	516	513	0	0	3	3	0	0	32	31	54	53
Oregon	221	221	179	179	19	19	5	5	0	0	18	18	0	0
Pennsylvania	784	789	500	500	102	102	6	7	0	0	175	179	1	1
Rhode Island	64	63	32	32	4	4	9	8	0	0	19	19	0	0
South Carolina	102	101	84	84	11	11	3	3	0	0	2	1	2	2
South Dakota	168	167	150	150	14	14	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tennessee	146	146	146	146	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Texas	1,232	1,228	1,026	1,025	20	20	3	3	0	0	183	180	0	0
Utah	152	156	41	41	4	4	3	3	0	0	104	108	0	0
Vermont	356	342	291	278	62	63	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
Virginia	222	222	130	130	71	71	20	20	1	1	0	0	0	0
Washington	330	332	301	299	9	10	0	0	0	0	9	8	11	15
West Virginia	57	57	55	55	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wisconsin	465	461	424	421	16	17	3	3	0	0	22	20	0	0
Wyoming	60	60	48	48	0	0	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jurisdiction
Bureau of Indian    Education	196	174	174	0	22	174	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DoDEA	14	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	8	0	0	0	0
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guam	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern Marianas	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Puerto Rico	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
U.S. Virgin Islands	2	2	2	2	0	0	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 Includes public agencies that provide education but are not school districts, such as juvenile correctional institutions, sheriff’s offices, hospitals, residential treatment centers, or university lab schools.

3 New York City counted as one school district.

NOTE: DoDEA = Department of Defense Education Activities.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2015-16 and 2016-17. (This table was prepared April 2019.)