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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 | |||||||||
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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.) |