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Table 214.30. Number of public elementary and secondary education agencies, by type of agency and state or jurisdiction: School years 2020-21 and 2021-22
State or jurisdiction Total agencies Type of agency
2020-
21
2021-
22
Regular school districts1 Regional education service agencies and supervisory union administrative centers2 State-operated agencies Federally operated agencies Independent charter districts Other agencies3
2020-
21
2021-
22
2020-
21
2021-
22
2020-
21
2021-
22
2020-
21
2021-
22
2020-
21
2021-
22
2020-
21
2021-
22
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
   United States 19,238 19,253 13,335 13,318 1,341 1,356 224 190 4 4 4,087 4,149 247 236
Alabama 179 152 139 139 0 0 35 5 0 0 5 8 0 0
Alaska 54 54 53 54 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arizona 690 690 224 222 17 17 4 4 0 0 428 431 17 16
Arkansas 303 302 234 233 15 15 5 5 0 0 25 25 24 24
California 2,120 2,116 993 991 123 122 4 4 0 0 1,000 999 0 0

Colorado
272 272 178 178 88 88 4 4 0 0 2 2 0 0
Connecticut 206 208 169 169 8 8 7 8 0 0 21 21 1 2
Delaware 45 45 19 19 1 1 2 2 0 0 23 23 0 0
District of Columbia 61 63 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 59 61 0 0
Florida 77 77 67 67 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 4 5 5

Georgia
241 241 180 180 16 16 5 5 0 0 40 40 0 0
Hawaii 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Idaho 178 183 115 115 3 3 3 3 0 0 57 62 0 0
Illinois 1,032 1,033 857 857 122 124 3 3 0 0 11 11 39 38
Indiana 435 440 291 291 13 13 3 3 0 0 111 116 17 17

Iowa
336 336 327 327 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kansas 335 338 286 286 45 48 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kentucky 185 185 171 171 9 9 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 2
Louisiana 193 198 72 75 4 4 1 1 0 0 112 113 4 5
Maine 277 278 256 256 8 8 3 4 0 0 10 10 0 0

Maryland
25 25 24 24 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Massachusetts 426 426 322 322 25 25 1 1 0 0 78 78 0 0
Michigan 889 888 537 537 56 56 4 4 0 0 292 291 0 0
Minnesota 571 577 330 329 65 65 3 3 0 0 173 180 0 0
Mississippi 155 152 140 138 0 0 8 7 0 0 7 7 0 0

Missouri
564 565 518 518 0 0 6 6 0 0 36 37 4 4
Montana 483 482 398 397 77 77 4 4 0 0 0 0 4 4
Nebraska 279 278 244 244 17 17 5 5 0 0 0 0 13 12
Nevada 20 20 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
New Hampshire 310 312 180 180 102 104 0 0 0 0 28 28 0 0

New Jersey
701 691 562 562 23 23 12 12 0 0 87 87 17 7
New Mexico 147 148 89 89 0 0 6 6 0 0 52 53 0 0
New York4 1,054 1,058 686 686 37 37 6 5 0 0 325 330 0 0
North Carolina 348 350 121 121 1 1 5 5 3 3 202 204 16 16
North Dakota 217 215 171 169 43 43 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ohio
1,037 1,046 618 618 100 100 4 4 0 0 315 324 0 0
Oklahoma 595 596 509 509 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 32 55 55
Oregon 222 222 176 175 19 19 6 6 0 0 21 22 0 0
Pennsylvania 787 789 500 500 103 103 6 6 0 0 177 179 1 1
Rhode Island 64 66 36 36 0 3 8 5 0 0 20 22 0 0

South Carolina
102 101 83 80 12 14 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 148 148 148 140 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Texas 1,229 1,232 1,023 1,024 20 20 3 3 0 0 183 185 0 0
Utah 163 162 41 41 6 5 2 2 0 0 114 114 0 0

Vermont
183 183 126 127 57 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Virginia 214 214 132 132 62 62 19 19 1 1 0 0 0 0
Washington 336 341 298 298 1 1 0 0 0 0 12 17 25 25
West Virginia 60 60 55 55 3 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wisconsin 463 469 420 420 17 17 3 3 0 0 23 29 0 0
Wyoming 60 59 48 48 0 0 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0

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

DoDEA5
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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 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  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.
1Includes 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.
2Regional 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.
3Includes 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.
4New York City is counted as one school district.
5DoDEA = 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," 2020-21 and 2021-22. (This table was prepared December 2022.)

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