Digest of Education Statistics
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Table 216.70. Public elementary and secondary schools, by level, type, and state or jurisdiction: 1990-91, 2000-01, 2010-11, and 2016-17
State or jurisdiction Total, all schools, 1990-91 Total, all schools, 2000-01 Total, all schools, 2010-11 Schools by level, 2016-17 Selected types of schools, 2016-17
Total, all schools Elemen- tary1 Second-ary2 Combined elementary/secondary3 Other4 Alterna- tive5 Special educa- tion5 One- teacher schools5
Total Prekinder- garten, kin- dergarten, or grade 1 to grade 12 Other schools ending with grade 12 Other com- bined schools
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
United States 84,538 93,273 98,817 98,158 66,837 23,814 6,783 3,471 2,736 576 724 5,249 1,991 203
Alabama 1,297 1,517 1,600 1,513 925 406 159 105 48 6 23 83 34 0
Alaska 498 515 509 507 196 79 232 217 15 0 0 23 3 7
Arizona 1,049 1,724 2,265 2,308 1,377 750 165 89 58 18 16 59 20 2
Arkansas 1,098 1,138 1,110 1,089 697 374 18 4 9 5 0 5 4 0
California 7,913 8,773 10,124 10,286 7,037 2,509 625 477 140 8 115 1,103 150 34
                             
Colorado 1,344 1,632 1,796 1,888 1,320 401 167 79 79 9 0 98 7 0
Connecticut 985 1,248 1,157 1,250 919 297 34 13 18 3 0 21 156 0
Delaware 173 191 214 228 168 38 17 10 5 2 5 6 18 0
District of Columbia 181 198 228 223 177 36 10 2 5 3 0 4 2 0
Florida 2,516 3,316 4,131 4,178 2,845 675 657 279 352 26 1 392 171 4
                             
Georgia 1,734 1,946 2,449 2,300 1,775 453 66 15 37 14 6 41 19 0
Hawaii 235 261 289 290 212 52 26 22 3 1 0 1 1 1
Idaho 582 673 748 745 460 202 83 41 39 3 0 74 11 11
Illinois 4,239 4,342 4,361 4,173 3,048 894 131 19 102 10 100 141 110 0
Indiana 1,915 1,976 1,936 1,921 1,371 469 62 25 34 3 19 8 22 0
                             
Iowa 1,588 1,534 1,436 1,328 939 348 41 4 37 0 0 18 3 2
Kansas 1,477 1,430 1,378 1,318 923 340 52 16 36 0 3 1 4 0
Kentucky 1,400 1,526 1,554 1,539 975 417 146 41 101 4 1 184 8 0
Louisiana 1,533 1,530 1,471 1,404 973 280 151 99 45 7 0 5 32 0
Maine 747 714 631 605 445 146 14 10 4 0 0 0 1 4
                             
Maryland 1,220 1,383 1,449 1,424 1,125 241 45 20 22 3 13 44 37 0
Massachusetts 1,842 1,905 1,829 1,856 1,419 373 58 19 32 7 6 21 8 0
Michigan 3,313 3,998 3,877 3,458 1,744 864 827 477 340 10 23 323 180 6
Minnesota 1,590 2,362 2,392 2,513 1,357 857 298 144 144 10 1 500 306 0
Mississippi 972 1,030 1,083 1,066 619 329 45 37 7 1 73 66 1 0
                             
Missouri 2,199 2,368 2,410 2,424 1,620 628 156 75 81 0 20 59 53 0
Montana 900 879 827 820 492 328 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 58
Nebraska 1,506 1,326 1,096 1,095 731 302 12 11 0 1 50 49 27 3
Nevada 354 511 645 657 479 125 53 18 28 7 0 33 13 14
New Hampshire 439 526 480 490 381 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
                             
New Jersey 2,272 2,410 2,607 2,590 1,950 543 74 44 23 7 23 90 63 0
New Mexico 681 765 862 869 601 229 33 12 18 3 6 26 5 1
New York 4,010 4,336 4,757 4,798 3,273 1,121 401 180 167 54 3 56 131 0
North Carolina 1,955 2,207 2,567 2,624 1,919 546 158 72 62 24 1 73 25 0
North Dakota 663 579 516 519 305 181 0 0 0 0 33 0 32 5
                             
Ohio 3,731 3,916 3,758 3,591 2,399 1,006 180 42 70 68 6 0 51 0
Oklahoma 1,880 1,821 1,785 1,792 1,225 558 8 1 6 1 1 5 4 0
Oregon 1,199 1,273 1,296 1,243 885 273 85 56 26 3 0 32 1 15
Pennsylvania 3,260 3,252 3,233 3,004 2,124 785 95 43 43 9 0 6 4 0
Rhode Island 309 328 317 315 239 70 6 5 1 0 0 2 1 0
                             
South Carolina 1,097 1,127 1,214 1,252 931 281 40 11 22 7 0 12 8 0
South Dakota 802 769 710 697 438 243 16 6 10 0 0 33 12 12
Tennessee 1,543 1,624 1,784 1,774 1,343 345 86 30 43 13 0 18 16 0
Texas 5,991 7,519 8,732 8,909 6,122 2,092 695 280 239 176 0 932 11 1
Utah 714 793 1,016 1,037 674 282 81 44 6 31 0 28 59 6
                             
Vermont 397 393 320 312 229 65 18 11 7 0 0 1 0 1
Virginia 1,811 1,969 2,175 2,134 1,493 436 35 25 10 0 170 125 53 0
Washington 1,936 2,305 2,338 2,436 1,563 656 217 140 69 8 0 314 95 2
West Virginia 1,015 840 757 739 548 120 69 45 24 0 2 33 3 0
Wisconsin 2,018 2,182 2,238 2,256 1,579 559 114 43 65 6 4 91 11 5
Wyoming 415 393 360 371 248 101 22 13 4 5 0 6 3 9
                             
Jurisdiction                            
Bureau of Indian
   Education
189 173 174 112 19 43 37 5 1 0 0 0 0
DoDEA6 227 191
Other jurisdictions                            
American Samoa 30 31 28 28 22 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guam 35 38 40 41 34 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Northern Marianas 26 29 30
Puerto Rico 1,619 1,543 1,473 1,283 932 251 73 5 15 53 27 10 19 0
U.S. Virgin
   Islands
33 36 32 28 19 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
—Not available.
1 Includes schools beginning with grade 6 or below and with no grade higher than 8.
2 Includes schools with no grade lower than 7.
3 Includes schools beginning with grade 6 or below and ending with grade 9 or above.
4 Includes schools not reported by grade span.
5 Schools are also included under elementary, secondary, combined, or other as appropriate.
6 DoDEA = Department of Defense Education Activity. Includes both domestic and overseas schools.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 1990-91, 2000-01, 2010-11, and 2016-17. (This table was prepared November 2018.)

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