Table 216.75.

Public elementary schools, by grade span, average school enrollment, and state or jurisdiction: 2016-17

State or jurisdiction	Total, all elemen- tary schools	Total, all regular elementary schools1	Schools, by grade span						Average school enrollment2
			Prekinder- garten, kin- dergarten, or grade 1 to grades 3 or 4	Prekinder- garten, kin- dergarten, or grade 1 to grade 5	Prekinder- garten, kin- dergarten, or grade 1 to grade 6	Prekinder- garten, kin- dergarten, or grade 1 to grade 8	Grade 4, 5, or 6 to grade 6, 7, or 8	Other grade spans	All elementary schools	Regular elementary schools1
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
United States	66,837	65,853	4,949	25,714	9,569	6,664	13,253	6,688	483	488
Alabama	925	915	92	293	143	59	218	120	497	499
Alaska	196	196	0	38	98	22	24	14	337	337
Arizona	1,377	1,360	51	240	364	476	170	76	512	514
Arkansas	697	694	133	144	155	7	156	102	441	442
California	7,037	6,881	119	2,545	2,057	1,073	1,065	178	550	558
Colorado	1,320	1,316	24	634	194	131	243	94	439	439
Connecticut	919	824	98	291	66	106	170	188	371	411
Delaware	168	159	15	78	4	9	38	24	550	566
District of Columbia	177	177	20	73	1	30	33	20	364	364
Florida	2,845	2,785	36	1,669	125	307	573	135	670	682
Georgia	1,775	1,774	34	1,066	19	41	464	151	683	684
Hawaii	212	212	1	86	85	10	28	2	539	539
Idaho	460	449	35	159	130	29	81	26	395	403
Illinois	3,048	3,033	282	773	288	645	577	483	432	434
Indiana	1,371	1,369	159	478	303	50	262	119	473	474
Iowa	939	938	120	324	133	10	226	126	352	352
Kansas	923	921	73	368	178	52	191	61	347	347
Kentucky	975	963	33	471	102	76	198	95	474	480
Louisiana	973	972	74	307	112	135	203	142	477	477
Maine	445	445	48	95	55	81	80	86	266	266
Maryland	1,125	1,111	10	685	59	98	222	51	553	558
Massachusetts	1,419	1,415	175	487	116	101	289	251	433	434
Michigan	1,744	1,711	186	627	159	218	324	230	418	420
Minnesota	1,357	1,187	112	431	242	82	268	222	425	466
Mississippi	619	619	72	140	85	36	157	129	497	497
Missouri	1,620	1,612	148	509	293	112	327	231	374	375
Montana	492	489	17	73	189	110	69	34	194	195
Nebraska	731	728	46	200	243	20	108	114	293	293
Nevada	479	470	8	270	74	20	93	14	636	645
New Hampshire	381	381	51	114	39	54	83	40	316	316
New Jersey	1,950	1,934	259	564	129	287	364	347	458	461
New Mexico	601	597	18	261	107	35	128	52	362	364
New York	3,273	3,262	279	1,291	355	285	719	344	517	518
North Carolina	1,919	1,907	83	1,102	56	123	466	89	531	534
North Dakota	305	305	9	86	99	68	34	9	240	240
Ohio	2,399	2,378	352	618	334	198	526	371	437	440
Oklahoma	1,225	1,221	80	299	163	276	252	155	388	389
Oregon	885	882	27	410	113	126	177	32	417	418
Pennsylvania	2,124	2,124	306	665	327	193	420	213	491	491
Rhode Island	239	238	36	100	18	3	48	34	396	397
South Carolina	931	928	44	479	31	45	229	103	562	564
South Dakota	438	428	26	128	59	94	104	27	216	220
Tennessee	1,343	1,334	174	523	56	182	317	91	503	505
Texas	6,122	6,003	594	2,916	432	146	1,368	666	570	578
Utah	674	638	10	117	420	35	43	49	547	568
Vermont	229	229	15	24	98	63	17	12	240	240
Virginia	1,493	1,493	47	841	148	12	308	137	576	576
Washington	1,563	1,481	58	694	285	85	295	146	455	471
West Virginia	548	547	67	254	33	39	113	42	347	348
Wisconsin	1,579	1,571	168	609	120	152	341	189	359	360
Wyoming	248	247	25	65	75	17	44	22	233	233
Jurisdiction
Bureau of Indian    Education	112	112	6	7	27	64	4	4	212	212
DoDEA3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	22	22	0	0	0	22	0	0	—	—
Guam	34	34	0	24	0	0	8	2	607	607
Northern Marianas	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Puerto Rico	932	931	18	325	324	146	97	22	233	234
U.S. Virgin    Islands	19	19	1	1	14	1	2	0	398	398

—Not available.

1 Excludes special education and alternative schools.

2 Average for schools reporting enrollment data. Enrollment data were available for 66,556 out of 66,837 public elementary schools in 2016-17.

3 DoDEA = Department of Defense Education Activity. Includes both domestic and overseas schools.

NOTE: Includes schools beginning with grade 6 or below and with no grade higher than 8. Excludes schools not reported by grade level, such as some special education schools for students with disabilities.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2016-17. (This table was prepared November 2018.)