Table 216.40.

Number and percentage distribution of public elementary and secondary schools and enrollment, by level, type, and enrollment size of school: 2015-16, 2016-17, and 2017-18

Enrollment size of school	Number and percentage distribution of schools, by level and type						Enrollment totals and percentage distribution, by level and type of school1
	Total2	Elemen- tary3	Secondary4		Combined elementary/ secon- dary5	Other6	Total2	Elemen- tary3	Secondary4		Combined elementary/ secon- dary5	Other6
			All schools	Regular schools7					All schools	Regular schools7
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
2015-16
Total	98,277	66,758	24,040	19,325	6,788	691	50,115,178	32,035,708	15,748,184	15,296,173	2,329,346	1,940
Percent8	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Under 100	10.14	5.32	17.94	9.39	33.11	88.89	0.86	0.55	1.07	0.64	3.57	18.87
100 to 199	8.91	7.62	11.04	10.15	15.03	0.00	2.53	2.40	2.32	1.88	5.76	0.00
200 to 299	10.94	11.59	9.28	9.75	10.06	0.00	5.25	6.10	3.31	3.05	6.64	0.00
300 to 399	13.48	15.88	7.84	8.61	8.24	5.56	8.97	11.56	3.92	3.77	7.64	20.26
400 to 499	14.11	17.13	7.15	8.13	7.03	0.00	12.02	15.95	4.58	4.56	8.40	0.00
500 to 599	11.63	14.21	5.71	6.46	5.65	0.00	12.10	16.12	4.48	4.44	8.23	0.00
600 to 699	8.67	10.32	4.85	5.51	4.98	0.00	10.66	13.84	4.51	4.48	8.62	0.00
700 to 799	6.10	7.02	3.96	4.56	4.02	0.00	8.65	10.87	4.24	4.28	7.99	0.00
800 to 999	6.73	6.91	6.69	7.75	4.97	0.00	11.31	12.63	8.55	8.68	11.77	0.00
1,000 to 1,499	5.53	3.67	11.28	13.03	4.53	5.56	12.54	8.79	19.86	20.09	14.44	60.88
1,500 to 1,999	2.05	0.28	7.46	8.71	1.34	0.00	6.72	0.95	18.52	18.93	6.17	0.00
2,000 to 2,999	1.42	0.04	5.72	6.70	0.58	0.00	6.36	0.19	19.30	19.79	3.62	0.00
3,000 or more	0.29	#	1.07	1.25	0.45	0.00	2.03	0.04	5.34	5.41	7.16	0.00
Average     enrollment8	526	482	698	797	376	108	526	482	698	797	376	108
2016-17
Total	98,158	66,837	23,814	19,264	6,783	724	50,274,747	32,132,682	15,798,446	15,355,391	2,335,618	8,001
Percent8	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Under 100	10.02	5.25	17.22	9.38	33.67	81.74	0.85	0.54	1.05	0.64	3.61	48.09
100 to 199	8.93	7.60	11.11	10.06	15.24	14.78	2.54	2.40	2.32	1.87	5.92	28.52
200 to 299	10.95	11.59	9.23	9.60	10.42	1.74	5.24	6.10	3.25	2.98	7.03	5.36
300 to 399	13.68	16.05	8.04	8.80	8.79	0.87	9.09	11.66	3.97	3.84	8.27	3.97
400 to 499	14.12	17.10	7.14	8.02	7.55	0.00	12.00	15.89	4.51	4.47	9.08	0.00
500 to 599	11.57	14.08	5.94	6.70	5.32	0.00	12.01	15.96	4.60	4.58	7.88	0.00
600 to 699	8.62	10.36	4.71	5.32	4.24	0.00	10.58	13.88	4.32	4.31	7.44	0.00
700 to 799	6.03	6.99	3.95	4.50	3.38	0.00	8.54	10.81	4.18	4.20	6.85	0.00
800 to 999	6.72	6.96	6.82	7.86	4.04	0.00	11.28	12.71	8.61	8.76	9.70	0.00
1,000 to 1,499	5.54	3.69	11.33	12.97	4.67	0.87	12.54	8.85	19.69	19.89	15.02	14.05
1,500 to 1,999	2.02	0.28	7.38	8.54	1.40	0.00	6.59	0.98	18.04	18.42	6.40	0.00
2,000 to 2,999	1.49	0.04	6.04	7.01	0.78	0.00	6.66	0.18	20.11	20.62	4.87	0.00
3,000 or more	0.29	0.01	1.08	1.24	0.51	0.00	2.08	0.04	5.35	5.42	7.93	0.00
Average     enrollment8	528	483	708	802	371	70	528	483	708	802	371	70
2017-18
Total	98,469	67,408	23,882	19,231	6,278	901	50,330,241	32,346,383	15,811,242	15,374,566	2,164,868	7,748
Percent8	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Under 100	9.86	5.04	17.40	9.46	34.98	85.25	0.85	0.53	1.07	0.65	3.84	53.41
100 to 199	8.82	7.53	10.96	9.88	15.44	10.66	2.50	2.37	2.28	1.83	6.01	22.73
200 to 299	11.01	11.71	9.17	9.68	10.15	3.28	5.26	6.16	3.21	3.00	6.70	10.74
300 to 399	13.86	16.31	8.13	8.94	7.77	0.00	9.19	11.85	4.01	3.89	7.25	0.00
400 to 499	14.26	17.28	7.29	8.10	6.41	0.00	12.10	16.07	4.60	4.50	7.76	0.00
500 to 599	11.53	14.04	5.66	6.40	5.37	0.00	11.95	15.92	4.37	4.36	7.86	0.00
600 to 699	8.56	10.20	4.73	5.35	4.45	0.00	10.48	13.67	4.32	4.31	7.76	0.00
700 to 799	6.10	7.02	4.13	4.68	3.18	0.00	8.62	10.86	4.36	4.36	6.39	0.00
800 to 999	6.64	6.89	6.53	7.53	4.40	0.00	11.14	12.62	8.22	8.38	10.54	0.00
1,000 to 1,499	5.49	3.61	11.42	13.10	4.59	0.82	12.41	8.67	19.75	19.99	14.79	13.13
1,500 to 1,999	2.07	0.32	7.42	8.57	1.82	0.00	6.76	1.10	18.13	18.48	8.28	0.00
2,000 to 2,999	1.50	0.04	6.04	7.02	0.93	0.00	6.66	0.16	20.10	20.62	5.66	0.00
3,000 or more	0.30	#	1.13	1.30	0.50	0.00	2.08	0.02	5.58	5.63	7.16	0.00
Average     enrollment8	528	483	709	804	372	64	528	483	709	804	372	64

#Rounds to zero.

1 Because the data reflect reports by schools, totals differ from those in tables based on reports by states or school districts. Percentage distribution and average enrollment calculations exclude data for schools not reporting enrollment.

2 Includes elementary, secondary, combined elementary/secondary, and other schools.

3 Includes schools beginning with grade 6 or below and with no grade higher than 8.

4 Includes schools with no grade lower than 7.

5 Includes schools beginning with grade 6 or below and ending with grade 9 or above.

6 Includes special education, alternative, and other schools not reported by grade span.

7 Excludes special education schools, vocational schools, and alternative schools.

8 Data are for schools reporting enrollments greater than zero. Enrollments greater than zero were reported for 95,240 out of 98,277 schools in 2015-16, 95,283 out of 98,158 in 2016-17, and 95,240 out of 98,469 in 2017-18.

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18. (This table was prepared December 2019.)