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Table 94.Public elementary and secondary schools, by type and size of school: 1994-95

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                |             Number of schools, by type          |              Enrollment, by type of school\1\
   Enrollment   |-------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------
    size of     |        |        |        | Combined   |         |           |           |           | Combined   |
     school     |Total\2\|Elemen- | Secon- |elementary/ | Other\2\| Total\2\  |  Elemen-  |  Secon-   |elementary/ |Other\2\
                |        |tary\3\ |dary\4\ |secondary\5\|         |           |  tary\3\  |  dary\4\  |secondary\5\|
----------------|--------|--------|--------|------------|---------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|---------
       1        |   2    |   3    |   4    |     5      |    6    |     7     |     8     |     9     |     10     |   11
----------------|--------|--------|--------|------------|---------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|---------
                |        |        |        |            |         |           |           |           |            |
  Total ........| 86,221 | 60,808 | 20,282 |      2,764 |   2,367 |44,031,369 |28,619,677 |14,138,843 |  1,139,741 | 133,108
                |========|========|========|============|=========|===========|===========|===========|============|=========
  Percent\6\ ...| 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 |     100.00 |  100.00 |    100.00 |    100.00 |    100.00 |     100.00 |  100.00
                |--------|--------|--------|------------|---------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|---------
Under 100 ......|   8.95 |   5.93 |  13.11 |      29.41 |   59.34 |      0.83 |      0.62 |      0.92 |       3.16 |   16.04
100 to 199 .....|   9.65 |   9.05 |  10.58 |      14.22 |   15.51 |      2.78 |      2.92 |      2.22 |       5.06 |   14.20
200 to 299 .....|  11.38 |  12.35 |   8.67 |      10.38 |   10.22 |      5.52 |      6.64 |      3.09 |       6.26 |   15.92
300 to 399 .....|  13.62 |  16.00 |   7.56 |       8.07 |    6.11 |      9.15 |     11.89 |      3.77 |       6.79 |   13.54
400 to 499 .....|  13.43 |  15.91 |   7.29 |       7.02 |    2.94 |     11.60 |     15.19 |      4.68 |       7.64 |    8.42
                |        |        |        |            |         |           |           |           |            |
500 to 599 .....|  11.78 |  13.77 |   6.94 |       6.73 |    1.65 |     12.40 |     16.00 |      5.46 |       8.89 |    5.59
600 to 699 .....|   8.72 |   9.75 |   6.37 |       5.57 |    1.29 |     10.83 |     13.37 |      5.92 |       8.72 |    5.34
700 to 799 .....|   6.05 |   6.40 |   5.53 |       3.91 |    0.59 |      8.69 |     10.14 |      5.95 |       7.07 |    2.74
800 to 999 .....|   7.26 |   6.78 |   9.18 |       5.61 |    0.94 |     12.39 |     12.72 |     11.80 |      12.15 |    5.42
1,000 to 1,499 .|   6.12 |   3.67 |  13.75 |       5.79 |    1.06 |     14.06 |      9.01 |     24.10 |      16.91 |    7.71
                |        |        |        |            |         |           |           |           |            |
1,500 to 1,999 .|   1.90 |   0.33 |   6.65 |       2.13 |    0.24 |      6.26 |      1.18 |     16.36 |       8.84 |    2.72
2,000 to 2,999 .|   0.97 |   0.05 |   3.79 |       0.80 |    0.00 |      4.39 |      0.26 |     12.77 |       4.48 |    0.00
3,000 or more ..|   0.15 |   0.00 |   0.58 |       0.36 |    0.12 |      1.08 |      0.04 |      2.95 |       4.04 |       0
                |========|========|========|============|=========|===========|===========|===========|============|=========
Average         |        |        |        |            |         |           |           |           |            |
  enrollment\6\ |    520 |    471 |    697 |        412 |     156 |       520 |       471 |       697 |        412 |     156
----------------|--------|--------|--------|------------|---------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|---------

\1\These enrollment data should be regarded as approximations only. Totals differ from those reported in other tables because this table represents data reported by schools rather than by states or school districts. Excludes data for schools not reporting enrollment.

\2\Includes special education, alternative, and other schools not classified by grade span.

\3\Includes schools beginning with grade 6 or below and with no grade higher than 8.

\4\Includes schools with no grade lower than 7.

\5\Includes schools beginning with grade 6 or below and ending with grade 9 or above.

\6\Data are for schools reporting their enrollment size.

NOTE.--Because of rounding, details may not add to totals.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data survey. (This table was prepared October 1996.)


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