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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 2017-18
State or jurisdiction Total,
all
schools,
1990-91
Total,
all
schools,
2000-01
Total,
all
schools,
2010-11
Schools by level, 2017-18 Selected types of
schools, 2017-18
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 98,469 67,408 23,882 6,278 3,267 2,509 502 901 5,185 1,903 188
Alabama 1,297 1,517 1,600 1,474 922 399 149 96 49 4 4 63 23 0
Alaska 498 515 509 509 198 79 232 216 15 1 0 22 3 4
Arizona 1,049 1,724 2,265 2,330 1,391 762 162 89 58 15 15 59 20 4
Arkansas 1,098 1,138 1,110 1,086 689 373 23 8 10 5 1 5 4 0
California 7,913 8,773 10,124 10,319 7,028 2,488 651 503 139 9 152 1,075 155 34

Colorado
1,344 1,632 1,796 1,900 1,337 396 167 78 82 7 0 97 6 0
Connecticut 985 1,248 1,157 1,031 784 222 23 10 12 1 2 5 6 0
Delaware 173 191 214 227 165 38 19 11 5 3 5 6 19 0
District of Columbia 181 198 228 224 177 37 10 1 7 2 0 4 2 0
Florida 2,516 3,316 4,131 4,322 2,843 679 662 288 356 18 138 388 163 0

Georgia
1,734 1,946 2,449 2,307 1,775 457 68 17 38 13 7 39 19 0
Hawaii 235 261 289 292 212 53 27 22 3 2 0 1 1 0
Idaho 582 673 748 741 466 189 86 44 41 1 0 72 11 11
Illinois 4,239 4,342 4,361 4,241 3,086 989 73 19 49 5 93 144 113 1
Indiana 1,915 1,976 1,936 1,920 1,370 458 92 49 37 6 0 8 22 0

Iowa
1,588 1,534 1,436 1,322 935 348 39 4 35 0 0 17 3 1
Kansas 1,477 1,430 1,378 1,319 917 342 57 21 36 0 3 1 4 0
Kentucky 1,400 1,526 1,554 1,533 966 423 142 44 93 5 2 184 8 0
Louisiana 1,533 1,530 1,471 1,390 959 281 150 99 44 7 0 5 30 0
Maine 747 714 631 599 439 145 15 9 6 0 0 0 1 2

Maryland
1,220 1,383 1,449 1,420 1,120 240 48 19 23 6 12 44 37 0
Massachusetts 1,842 1,905 1,829 1,854 1,413 372 61 20 34 7 8 22 11 0
Michigan 3,313 3,998 3,877 3,730 2,272 959 453 257 188 8 46 378 269 5
Minnesota 1,590 2,362 2,392 2,525 1,379 851 292 140 140 12 3 493 314 0
Mississippi 972 1,030 1,083 1,060 614 329 44 36 7 1 73 67 0 0

Missouri
2,199 2,368 2,410 2,414 1,611 628 155 74 81 0 20 59 52 0
Montana 900 879 827 820 496 324 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 60
Nebraska 1,506 1,326 1,096 1,095 731 305 12 11 0 1 47 47 27 4
Nevada 354 511 645 691 513 127 50 17 28 5 1 32 14 14
New Hampshire 439 526 480 490 382 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

New Jersey
2,272 2,410 2,607 2,594 1,952 539 82 45 26 11 21 89 65 0
New Mexico 681 765 862 881 600 229 33 13 17 3 19 41 5 0
New York 4,010 4,336 4,757 4,795 3,286 1,121 385 175 154 56 3 53 133 0
North Carolina 1,955 2,207 2,567 2,647 1,939 553 155 73 63 19 0 73 25 0
North Dakota 663 579 516 516 305 178 0 0 0 0 33 0 32 7

Ohio
3,731 3,916 3,758 3,604 2,430 989 148 42 69 37 37 0 47 0
Oklahoma 1,880 1,821 1,785 1,800 1,234 564 2 1 1 0 0 5 4 0
Oregon 1,199 1,273 1,296 1,249 890 274 85 57 24 4 0 35 1 13
Pennsylvania 3,260 3,252 3,233 2,982 2,102 783 97 47 40 10 0 6 4 0
Rhode Island 309 328 317 317 241 70 6 5 1 0 0 2 1 0

South Carolina
1,097 1,127 1,214 1,255 933 282 40 13 22 5 0 12 7 0
South Dakota 802 769 710 697 442 240 15 8 7 0 0 30 12 12
Tennessee 1,543 1,624 1,784 1,782 1,351 351 80 30 40 10 0 19 16 0
Texas 5,991 7,519 8,732 8,905 6,156 2,076 673 274 242 157 0 874 12 0
Utah 714 793 1,016 1,051 688 282 81 42 10 29 0 29 59 0

Vermont
397 393 320 311 228 65 18 11 7 0 0 1 0 1
Virginia 1,811 1,969 2,175 2,113 1,490 436 35 25 10 0 152 125 33 0
Washington 1,936 2,305 2,338 2,425 1,583 625 217 135 71 11 0 312 89 3
West Virginia 1,015 840 757 730 544 155 31 11 19 1 0 33 3 0
Wisconsin 2,018 2,182 2,238 2,261 1,577 568 112 45 64 3 4 95 13 2
Wyoming 415 393 360 369 247 101 21 13 6 2 0 10 3 10

Jurisdiction
                           
Bureau of Indian
    Education
--- 189 173 174 111 19 44 37 5 2 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 ---
Northern Marianas 26 29 30 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Puerto Rico 1,619 1,543 1,473 1,121 855 182 60 7 26 27 24 0 17 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 2017-18. (This table was prepared December 2019.)

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