Table 216.75.

Public elementary schools, by grade span, average school enrollment, and state or jurisdiction: 2017-18

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 grade 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	67,408	66,436	4,985	25,906	9,470	6,826	13,437	6,784	483	487
Alabama	922	913	95	288	140	62	215	122	498	500
Alaska	198	198	0	42	96	22	25	13	335	335
Arizona	1,391	1,374	48	236	376	484	174	73	505	507
Arkansas	689	687	129	142	154	7	153	104	450	452
California	7,028	6,882	118	2,569	2,043	1,068	1,057	173	545	553
Colorado	1,337	1,332	26	641	188	137	246	99	434	435
Connecticut	784	779	87	270	67	104	155	101	425	427
Delaware	165	156	14	83	4	7	38	19	538	553
District of Columbia	177	177	21	73	1	33	33	16	369	369
Florida	2,843	2,786	31	1,656	123	338	568	127	670	682
Georgia	1,775	1,774	36	1,060	22	42	464	151	684	684
Hawaii	212	212	0	87	85	10	28	2	534	534
Idaho	466	454	34	163	126	33	86	24	393	402
Illinois	3,086	3,058	283	774	285	660	580	504	426	429
Indiana	1,370	1,367	167	469	294	44	267	129	476	477
Iowa	935	934	112	322	137	10	226	128	355	355
Kansas	917	915	67	371	180	51	190	58	350	350
Kentucky	966	954	31	466	104	76	194	95	476	481
Louisiana	959	958	79	307	108	133	201	131	474	474
Maine	439	439	46	96	55	90	77	75	269	269
Maryland	1,120	1,107	11	685	51	102	222	49	558	563
Massachusetts	1,413	1,408	178	486	115	103	285	246	435	435
Michigan	2,272	2,175	218	760	185	246	453	410	421	424
Minnesota	1,379	1,201	115	433	238	80	274	239	427	468
Mississippi	614	614	69	140	87	40	153	125	495	495
Missouri	1,611	1,603	143	517	294	115	322	220	372	373
Montana	496	493	17	76	185	110	74	34	193	194
Nebraska	731	727	46	198	239	19	110	119	298	298
Nevada	513	504	11	283	72	32	98	17	633	643
New Hampshire	382	382	51	113	37	54	83	44	313	313
New Jersey	1,952	1,932	263	555	133	287	369	345	456	460
New Mexico	600	596	20	250	109	33	130	58	361	363
New York	3,286	3,262	287	1,293	343	292	716	355	514	516
North Carolina	1,939	1,927	77	1,100	53	141	468	100	527	530
North Dakota	305	305	13	88	95	67	33	9	247	247
Ohio	2,430	2,408	351	608	328	229	529	385	437	440
Oklahoma	1,234	1,230	82	308	157	275	257	155	387	387
Oregon	890	887	27	411	113	127	178	34	416	416
Pennsylvania	2,102	2,102	298	671	312	191	424	206	494	494
Rhode Island	241	240	35	103	17	3	50	33	391	392
South Carolina	933	931	45	479	33	49	230	97	567	568
South Dakota	442	432	29	128	57	95	107	26	218	220
Tennessee	1,351	1,342	179	528	48	180	327	89	504	506
Texas	6,156	6,047	607	2,933	430	149	1,381	656	570	577
Utah	688	651	5	124	433	33	45	48	541	562
Vermont	228	228	15	24	97	63	17	12	243	243
Virginia	1,490	1,490	40	845	148	11	311	135	578	578
Washington	1,583	1,504	62	736	248	84	315	138	457	473
West Virginia	544	543	70	251	28	39	113	43	349	350
Wisconsin	1,577	1,570	171	601	125	148	340	192	359	360
Wyoming	247	246	26	64	72	18	46	21	242	242
Jurisdiction
Bureau of Indian     Education	111	111	7	6	28	62	4	4	212	212
DoDEA3	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	22	22	0	0	0	22	0	0	349	349
Guam	34	34	0	24	0	0	8	2	595	595
Northern Marianas	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Puerto Rico	855	854	10	449	79	183	125	9	263	263
U.S. Virgin     Islands	19	19	1	1	14	1	2	0	326	326

---Not available.

1 Excludes special education and alternative schools.

2 Average for schools reporting enrollment data. Enrollment data were available for 67,010 out of 67,408 public elementary schools in 2017-18.

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," 2017-18. (This table was prepared December 2019.)