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Table 214.30. Number of public elementary and secondary education agencies, by type of agency and state or jurisdiction: 2018-19 and 2019-20
State or jurisdiction Total
agencies
Type of agency
Regular school
districts1 
Regional
education
service agencies
and supervisory
union
administrative
centers2 
State-
operated
agencies
Federally
operated
agencies
Independent
charter
districts
Other
agencies3 
2018-19 2019-20 2018-19 2019-20 2018-19 2019-20 2018-19 2019-20 2018-19 2019-20 2018-19 2019-20 2018-19 2019-20
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
United States 19,282 19,231 13,452 13,349   1,415 1,401   207 229 4 4 4,066 4,047 138 201
Alabama 177 179 140 139   35 0   0 36 0 0 2 4 0 0
Alaska 54 54 53 53   0 0   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arizona 704 695 226 224   20 14   9 4 0 0 433 431 16 22
Arkansas 294 293 234 234   15 15   5 5 0 0 27 26 13 13
California 2,170 2,139 995 994   126 127   4 4 0 0 1,045 1,014 0 0

Colorado
270 271 178 178   86 87   4 4 0 0 2 2 0 0
Connecticut 204 206 169 169   6 8   6 6 0 0 23 22 0 1
Delaware 46 44 19 19   1 1   2 2 0 0 24 22 0 0
District of Columbia 62 57 1 1   0 0   1 1 0 0 60 55 0 0
Florida 76 76 67 67   0 0   1 1 0 0 3 3 5 5

Georgia
232 234 180 180   16 16   7 5 0 0 29 33 0 0
Hawaii 1 1 1 1   0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Idaho 168 171 115 115   3 3   3 3 0 0 47 50 0 0
Illinois 1,056 1,056 892 853   147 184   6 6 0 0 9 11 2 2
Indiana 431 429 294 295   29 13   3 3 0 0 103 101 2 17

Iowa
339 336 330 327   9 9   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kansas 311 332 286 286   21 42   4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kentucky 186 185 173 172   9 9   4 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
Louisiana 204 193 71 72   5 5   1 1 0 0 123 111 4 4
Maine 276 275 256 255   8 8   3 3 0 0 9 9 0 0

Maryland
25 25 24 24   0 0   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Massachusetts 432 429 324 322   25 25   1 1 0 0 82 81 0 0
Michigan 893 889 537 537   56 56   4 4 0 0 296 292 0 0
Minnesota 564 569 331 331   66 66   3 3 0 0 164 169 0 0
Mississippi 155 154 141 140   0 0   9 8 0 0 5 6 0 0

Missouri
564 565 518 518   0 0   6 6 0 0 36 37 4 4
Montana 487 485 401 400   77 77   4 4 0 0 0 0 5 4
Nebraska 279 279 244 244   30 17   5 5 0 0 0 0 0 13
Nevada 21 21 18 19   0 0   0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1
New Hampshire 308 309 180 180   101 101   0 0 0 0 27 28 0 0

New Jersey
688 702 564 563   23 23   13 12 0 0 88 88 0 16
New Mexico 146 145 89 89   0 0   6 6 0 0 51 50 0 0
New York4  1,024 1,046 689 687   37 37   6 6 0 0 292 316 0 0
North Carolina 330 342 120 121   1 1   5 5 3 3 185 196 16 16
North Dakota 221 220 174 174   44 43   3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ohio
1,043 1,037 619 619   101 101   4 4 0 0 319 313 0 0
Oklahoma 597 596 512 511   0 0   3 0 0 0 30 30 52 55
Oregon 222 222 177 176   19 19   6 6 0 0 20 21 0 0
Pennsylvania 789 788 500 500   102 102   6 6 0 0 180 179 1 1
Rhode Island 64 64 36 36   0 0   8 8 0 0 20 20 0 0

South Carolina
102 101 84 82   11 12   3 3 0 0 2 2 2 2
South Dakota 166 166 149 149   14 14   3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tennessee 147 147 147 147   0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Texas 1,226 1,227 1,024 1,024   20 20   3 3 0 0 179 180 0 0
Utah 161 159 41 41   4 4   2 2 0 0 114 112 0 0

Vermont
234 186 175 128   58 57   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Virginia 215 215 132 132   63 63   19 19 1 1 0 0 0 0
Washington 336 334 299 298   10 2   0 0 0 0 12 10 15 24
West Virginia 57 60 55 55   0 3   2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wisconsin 463 462 420 420   17 17   3 3 0 0 23 22 0 0
Wyoming 62 61 48 48   0 0   14 13 0 0 0 0 0 0

Bureau of Indian
     Education
174 174 0 174 5  174 0 5  0 0 0 0 0   0 0

DoDEA6 
--- --- --- ---   --- ---   --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---

Other jurisdictions
                               
American Samoa 1 1 1 1   0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Guam 4 4 1 1   0 0   0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0
Northern Marianas --- --- --- ---   --- ---   --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Puerto Rico 1 1 1 1   0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
U.S. Virgin Islands 2 2 2 2   0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
---Not available.
1 Includes both independent districts and those that are a dependent segment of a local government. Also includes components of supervisory unions that operate schools but share superintendent services with other districts.
2 Regional education service agencies provide specialized education services to a variety of local education agencies or a county superintendent serving the same purposes. Supervisory union administrative centers perform administrative services for more than one school district, providing a common superintendent for participating districts.
3 Includes public agencies that provide education but are not school districts, such as juvenile correctional institutions, sheriff’s offices, hospitals, residential treatment centers, and university lab schools.
4 New York City is counted as one school district.
5 Education agencies under the Bureau of Indian Education were all reported as regional education service agencies prior to 2019-20.
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), "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2018-19 and 2019-20. (This table was prepared April 2022.)

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