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Table 216.80. Public secondary schools, by grade span, average school enrollment, and state or jurisdiction: 2018-19
State or jurisdiction Total,
all
secondary
schools
Total,
all
regular
secondary
schools1
Schools, by grade span Vocational
schools2
Average school enrollment3
Grades
7 and
8 or
grades
7 to 9
Grades
7 to 12
Grades
8 to 12
Grades
9 to 12
Grades
10 to 12
Other
spans
ending
with
grade
12
Other
grade
spans
All
secondary
schools
Regular
secondary
schools1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
United States 23,872 19,103 2,375 2,900 545 16,332 568 368 784 1,507 708 806
Alabama 399 314 36 71 10 244 29 1 8 65 689 699
Alaska 78 61 12 18 2 41 2 2 1 3 432 512
Arizona 767 477 54 76 29 580 15 6 7 266 685 758
Arkansas 370 342 52 113 7 143 32 1 22 24 512 517
California 2,489 1,671 360 253 12 1,758 68 28 10 66 877 1,205

Colorado
382 310 23 44 0 305 3 2 5 7 684 791
Connecticut 220 199 28 5 0 183 1 3 0 17 769 796
Delaware 39 32 2 2 1 33 0 1 0 6 988 979
District of Columbia 38 32 2 1 2 31 0 0 2 0 422 458
Florida 651 504 19 27 31 553 7 12 2 37 1,326 1,594

Georgia
457 428 14 13 8 391 3 0 28 0 1,131 1,203
Hawaii 53 52 12 7 0 33 0 0 1 0 1,115 1,135
Idaho 193 140 27 33 3 125 5 0 0 12 533 672
Illinois 1,021 878 123 67 26 673 50 39 43 0 639 737
Indiana 453 433 72 77 6 272 8 12 6 29 843 849

Iowa
342 328 32 66 0 227 10 0 7 0 478 493
Kansas 341 338 33 92 4 210 1 1 0 0 461 464
Kentucky 483 232 26 52 24 230 9 10 132 125 565 864
Louisiana 284 264 31 38 33 162 12 0 8 10 718 745
Maine 146 118 9 14 1 95 0 0 27 27 454 458

Maryland
240 185 3 7 2 204 0 8 16 25 1,131 1,311
Massachusetts 375 319 32 36 15 284 3 3 2 36 808 831
Michigan 946 622 48 105 43 700 18 26 6 56 537 708
Minnesota 847 435 23 269 32 441 30 48 4 8 398 626
Mississippi 335 235 33 57 4 214 20 2 5 93 625 625

Missouri
649 551 60 189 2 371 12 8 7 63 546 549
Montana 317 315 147 0 0 170 0 0 0 0 162 163
Nebraska 334 287 20 171 2 126 4 9 2 0 394 394
Nevada 132 113 12 6 3 100 1 10 0 0 1,076 1,215
New Hampshire 110 110 13 0 0 96 1 0 0 0 542 542

New Jersey
530 397 51 34 7 409 7 6 16 71 844 1,030
New Mexico 236 204 34 25 10 152 7 1 7 0 450 509
New York 1,111 1,008 58 140 24 835 19 5 30 49 714 749
North Carolina 551 520 19 9 5 487 1 9 21 9 824 858
North Dakota 177 165 3 87 0 73 0 1 13 12 212 212

Ohio
962 886 112 137 35 632 15 17 14 74 597 607
Oklahoma 565 561 88 0 1 447 21 0 8 0 390 393
Oregon 275 250 24 39 4 203 1 1 3 0 635 687
Pennsylvania 767 678 83 153 17 495 12 3 4 84 809 817
Rhode Island 71 60 3 2 0 63 1 0 2 10 698 706

South Carolina
286 231 18 2 1 241 6 4 14 44 921 963
South Dakota 228 209 47 0 1 176 1 3 0 1 182 194
Tennessee 369 352 10 19 17 286 12 14 11 11 816 835
Texas 2,034 1,498 216 139 61 1,367 39 32 180 0 821 1,079
Utah 282 251 90 49 8 76 47 1 11 7 957 1,021

Vermont
64 48 6 18 0 40 0 0 0 15 480 489
Virginia 435 344 34 6 26 281 1 0 87 87 1,197 1,211
Washington 635 418 52 49 23 457 25 20 9 18 616 843
West Virginia 139 106 0 14 0 124 0 1 0 34 729 729
Wisconsin 566 496 54 55 3 424 9 18 3 6 484 534
Wyoming 98 96 15 14 0 69 0 0 0 0 331 337
Bureau of Indian
    Education
18 18 1 3 2 12 0 0 0 0 339 339
DoDEA4 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Other jurisdictions                        
American Samoa 6 5 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 1 626 683
Guam 7 6 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 1,362 1,568
Northern Marianas --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Puerto Rico 159 129 0 5 0 152 1 0 1 31 536 508
U.S. Virgin Islands 9 8 4 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 586 586
---Not available.
1 Excludes vocational, special education, and alternative schools.
2 Includes vocational schools at both elementary and secondary levels. Vocational schools are also included under appropriate grade span.
3 Average for schools reporting enrollment data. Enrollment data were available for 22,218 out of 23,872 public secondary schools in 2018-19.
4 DoDEA = Department of Defense Education Activity. Includes both domestic and overseas schools.    
NOTE: Includes schools with no grade lower than 7 unless otherwise noted. 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," 2018-19. (This table was prepared September 2020.)

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