Table 214.20.

Number and percentage distribution of regular public school districts and students, by enrollment size of district: Selected years, 1979-80 through 2018-19

Year	Enrollment size of district
	Total	25,000 or more	10,000 to 24,999	5,000 to 9,999	2,500 to 4,999	1,000 to 2,499	600 to 999	300 to 599	1 to 299	Size not reported
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Number of districts
1979-801	15,944	181	478	1,106	2,039	3,475	1,841	2,298	4,223	303
1989-90	15,367	179	479	913	1,937	3,547	1,801	2,283	3,910	318
1999-2000	14,928	238	579	1,036	2,068	3,457	1,814	2,081	3,298	357
2005-06	14,166	269	594	1,066	2,015	3,335	1,768	1,895	2,857	367
2006-07	13,856	275	598	1,066	2,006	3,334	1,730	1,898	2,685	264
2007-08	13,838	281	589	1,062	2,006	3,292	1,753	1,890	2,692	273
2008-09	13,809	280	594	1,049	1,995	3,272	1,766	1,886	2,721	246
2009-10	13,625	284	598	1,044	1,985	3,242	1,750	1,891	2,707	124
2010-11	13,588	282	600	1,052	1,975	3,224	1,738	1,887	2,687	143
2011-12	13,567	286	592	1,044	1,952	3,222	1,755	1,911	2,676	129
2012-13	13,515	290	588	1,048	1,924	3,227	1,751	1,908	2,678	101
2013-14	13,491	286	596	1,046	1,920	3,186	1,791	1,894	2,668	104
2014-15	13,601	288	609	1,046	1,898	3,221	1,766	1,880	2,687	206
2015-16	13,584	287	613	1,040	1,888	3,214	1,782	1,909	2,643	208
2016-17	13,598	287	613	1,044	1,908	3,236	1,776	1,926	2,647	161
2017-18	13,551	288	618	1,034	1,918	3,218	1,773	1,936	2,561	205
2018-19	13,452	286	612	1,033	1,880	3,223	1,788	1,906	2,589	135
	Percentage distribution of districts
1979-801	100.0	1.1	3.0	6.9	12.8	21.8	11.5	14.4	26.5	1.9
1989-90	100.0	1.2	3.1	5.9	12.6	23.1	11.7	14.9	25.4	2.1
1999-2000	100.0	1.6	3.9	6.9	13.9	23.2	12.2	13.9	22.1	2.4
2005-06	100.0	1.9	4.2	7.5	14.2	23.5	12.5	13.4	20.2	2.6
2006-07	100.0	2.0	4.3	7.7	14.5	24.1	12.5	13.7	19.4	1.9
2007-08	100.0	2.0	4.3	7.7	14.5	23.8	12.7	13.7	19.5	2.0
2008-09	100.0	2.0	4.3	7.6	14.4	23.7	12.8	13.7	19.7	1.8
2009-10	100.0	2.1	4.4	7.7	14.6	23.8	12.8	13.9	19.9	0.9
2010-11	100.0	2.1	4.4	7.7	14.5	23.7	12.8	13.9	19.8	1.1
2011-12	100.0	2.1	4.4	7.7	14.4	23.7	12.9	14.1	19.7	1.0
2012-13	100.0	2.1	4.4	7.8	14.2	23.9	13.0	14.1	19.8	0.7
2013-14	100.0	2.1	4.4	7.8	14.2	23.6	13.3	14.0	19.8	0.8
2014-15	100.0	2.1	4.5	7.7	14.0	23.7	13.0	13.8	19.8	1.5
2015-16	100.0	2.1	4.5	7.7	13.9	23.7	13.1	14.1	19.5	1.5
2016-17	100.0	2.1	4.5	7.7	14.0	23.8	13.1	14.2	19.5	1.2
2017-18	100.0	2.1	4.6	7.6	14.2	23.7	13.1	14.3	18.9	1.5
2018-19	100.0	2.1	4.5	7.7	14.0	24.0	13.3	14.2	19.2	1.0
	Number of students
1979-801	41,882,000	11,415,000	7,004,000	7,713,000	7,076,000	5,698,000	1,450,000	1,005,000	521,000	†
1989-90	40,069,756	11,209,889	7,107,362	6,347,103	6,731,334	5,763,282	1,402,623	997,434	510,729	†
1999-2000	46,318,635	14,886,636	8,656,672	7,120,704	7,244,407	5,620,962	1,426,280	911,127	451,847	†
2005-06	48,013,931	16,376,213	9,055,547	7,394,010	7,114,942	5,442,588	1,391,314	835,430	403,887	†
2006-07	48,105,666	16,496,573	9,083,944	7,395,889	7,092,532	5,433,770	1,363,287	840,032	399,639	†
2007-08	48,096,140	16,669,611	8,946,432	7,408,553	7,103,274	5,358,492	1,381,342	834,295	394,141	†
2008-09	48,033,126	16,634,807	9,043,665	7,324,565	7,079,061	5,329,406	1,392,110	832,262	397,250	†
2009-10	48,021,335	16,788,789	9,053,144	7,265,111	7,034,640	5,266,945	1,381,415	835,035	396,256	†
2010-11	48,059,830	16,803,247	9,150,912	7,318,413	6,973,720	5,215,389	1,372,759	833,764	391,626	†
2011-12	47,973,834	16,934,369	9,031,528	7,266,770	6,907,658	5,218,533	1,381,289	842,134	391,553	†
2012-13	48,033,002	17,101,040	8,967,874	7,300,285	6,817,724	5,232,487	1,377,490	841,150	394,952	†
2013-14	48,124,386	17,125,416	9,128,194	7,270,070	6,792,172	5,169,748	1,412,987	832,091	393,708	†
2014-15	48,390,432	17,267,232	9,275,438	7,270,961	6,740,298	5,214,007	1,393,249	831,703	397,544	†
2015-16	48,413,211	17,301,641	9,347,240	7,223,779	6,693,454	5,202,470	1,405,851	844,470	394,306	†
2016-17	48,599,865	17,353,942	9,363,219	7,274,211	6,748,580	5,214,673	1,397,636	851,548	396,056	†
2017-18	48,560,014	17,366,407	9,397,505	7,196,218	6,780,881	5,187,521	1,396,908	852,353	382,221	†
2018-19	47,959,179	17,058,796	9,272,776	7,177,720	6,629,596	5,195,407	1,404,953	835,616	384,315	†
	Percentage distribution of students
1979-801	100.0	27.3	16.7	18.4	16.9	13.6	3.5	2.4	1.2	†
1989-90	100.0	28.0	17.7	15.8	16.8	14.4	3.5	2.5	1.3	†
1999-2000	100.0	32.1	18.7	15.4	15.6	12.1	3.1	2.0	1.0	†
2005-06	100.0	34.1	18.9	15.4	14.8	11.3	2.9	1.7	0.8	†
2006-07	100.0	34.3	18.9	15.4	14.7	11.3	2.8	1.7	0.8	†
2007-08	100.0	34.7	18.6	15.4	14.8	11.1	2.9	1.7	0.8	†
2008-09	100.0	34.6	18.8	15.2	14.7	11.1	2.9	1.7	0.8	†
2009-10	100.0	35.0	18.9	15.1	14.6	11.0	2.9	1.7	0.8	†
2010-11	100.0	35.0	19.0	15.2	14.5	10.9	2.9	1.7	0.8	†
2011-12	100.0	35.3	18.8	15.1	14.4	10.9	2.9	1.8	0.8	†
2012-13	100.0	35.6	18.7	15.2	14.2	10.9	2.9	1.8	0.8	†
2013-14	100.0	35.6	19.0	15.1	14.1	10.7	2.9	1.7	0.8	†
2014-15	100.0	35.7	19.2	15.0	13.9	10.8	2.9	1.7	0.8	†
2015-16	100.0	35.7	19.3	14.9	13.8	10.7	2.9	1.7	0.8	†
2016-17	100.0	35.7	19.3	15.0	13.9	10.7	2.9	1.8	0.8	†
2017-18	100.0	35.8	19.4	14.8	14.0	10.7	2.9	1.8	0.8	†
2018-19	100.0	35.6	19.3	15.0	13.8	10.8	2.9	1.7	0.8	†

†Not applicable.

1 Because of expanded survey coverage, data for 1979-89 are not directly comparable with figures for later years.

NOTE: Data in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Size not reported (column 11) includes school districts reporting enrollment of zero and school districts whose enrollment counts were suppressed because they failed data quality edits. Regular districts exclude regional education service agencies and supervisory union administrative centers, state-operated agencies, federally operated agencies, and other types of local education agencies, such as independent charter schools. Enrollment totals differ from other tables because this table represents data reported by regular school districts rather than states or schools. 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), "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 1979-80 through 2018-19. (This table was prepared January 2021.)