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Table 95.Public elementary and secondary schools, by type and state: 1989-90 to 1994-95

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                      |           |           |           |           |           |                              Number of schools, 1994-95
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                      |  Total,   |  Total,   |  Total,   |  Total,   |  Total,   |          |          |          |Combined elementary/secondary schools\4\|
       State or       |    all    |    all    |    all    |    all    |    all    |          |Elementary|Secondary |----------------------------------------|
      other area      |schools,\1\|schools,\1\|schools,\1\|schools,\1\|schools,\1\| Total\1\ |schools\2\|schools\3\|        | Prekinder-  | Other  |        |
                      |  1989-90  |  1990-91  |  1991-92  |  1992-93  |  1993-94  |          |          |          |        |garten, kin- |schools | Other  |Other\5\
                      |           |           |           |           |           |          |          |          | Total  |dergarten, or| ending |combined|
                      |           |           |           |           |           |          |          |          |        | first grade |  with  |schools |
                      |           |           |           |           |           |          |          |          |        | to grade 12 |grade 12|        |
----------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------|----------|----------|--------|-------------|--------|--------|--------
          1           |     2     |     3     |     4     |     5     |     6     |    7     |    8     |    9     |   10   |     11      |   12   |   13   |   14
----------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------|----------|----------|--------|-------------|--------|--------|--------
   United States .....|    83,425 |    84,538 |    84,578 |    84,501 |    85,393 |   86,221 |   60,808 |   20,282 |  2,764 |       1,505 |    642 |    617 |  2,367
                      |-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------|----------|----------|--------|-------------|--------|--------|--------
Alabama ..............|     1,292 |     1,297 |     1,291 |     1,294 |     1,294 |    1,309 |      859 |      290 |    160 |         124 |     13 |     23 |      0
Alaska ...............|       495 |       498 |       495 |       494 |       496 |      498 |      185 |       87 |    206 |         157 |      6 |     43 |     20
Arizona ..............|     1,026 |     1,049 |     1,091 |     1,118 |     1,133 |    1,136 |      818 |      250 |     20 |           8 |      7 |      5 |     48
Arkansas .............|     1,097 |     1,098 |     1,098 |     1,090 |     1,070 |    1,073 |      647 |      414 |     10 |           6 |      1 |      3 |      2
California ...........|     7,433 |     7,913 |     7,927 |     7,665 |     7,734 |    7,821 |    5,695 |    1,863 |    183 |         109 |     44 |     30 |     80
                      |           |           |           |           |           |          |          |          |        |             |        |        |
Colorado .............|     1,337 |     1,344 |     1,397 |     1,399 |     1,419 |    1,460 |    1,031 |      343 |     22 |           5 |      9 |      8 |     64
Connecticut ..........|       983 |       985 |       988 |       993 |     1,000 |    1,045 |      784 |      206 |     48 |          15 |      8 |     25 |      7
Delaware .............|       170 |       173 |       175 |       176 |       177 |      182 |      121 |       42 |     19 |          13 |      2 |      4 |      0
District of Columbia .|       184 |       181 |       180 |       181 |       173 |      175 |      120 |       37 |      4 |           0 |      0 |      4 |     14
Florida ..............|     2,505 |     2,516 |     2,517 |     2,594 |     2,615 |    2,733 |    1,906 |      471 |    350 |         189 |     82 |     79 |      6
                      |           |           |           |           |           |          |          |          |        |             |        |        |
Georgia ..............|     1,732 |     1,734 |     1,728 |     1,724 |     1,755 |    1,767 |    1,382 |      316 |     69 |          12 |     40 |     17 |      0
Hawaii ...............|       234 |       235 |       238 |       238 |       241 |      242 |      182 |       47 |     13 |           6 |      1 |      6 |      0
Idaho ................|       574 |       582 |       597 |       605 |       603 |      608 |      380 |      202 |     19 |          11 |      2 |      6 |      7
Illinois .............|     4,225 |     4,239 |     4,238 |     4,185 |     4,195 |    4,195 |    3,054 |      876 |     28 |          22 |      3 |      3 |    237
Indiana...............|     1,923 |     1,915 |     1,908 |     1,902 |     1,912 |    1,912 |    1,390 |      430 |     33 |          14 |     10 |      9 |     59
                      |           |           |           |           |           |          |          |          |        |             |        |        |
Iowa .................|     1,607 |     1,588 |     1,577 |     1,560 |     1,556 |    1,554 |    1,078 |      446 |     22 |           4 |     18 |      0 |      8
Kansas ...............|     1,459 |     1,477 |     1,472 |     1,483 |     1,482 |    1,491 |    1,046 |      427 |     14 |           7 |      3 |      4 |      4
Kentucky .............|     1,385 |     1,400 |     1,400 |     1,395 |     1,372 |    1,374 |      991 |      338 |      2 |           0 |      1 |      1 |     43
Louisiana ............|     1,536 |     1,533 |     1,518 |     1,453 |     1,459 |    1,459 |      999 |      315 |    119 |          94 |     14 |     11 |     26
Maine ................|       748 |       747 |       743 |       742 |       706 |      733 |      552 |      130 |     16 |           9 |      5 |      2 |     35
                      |           |           |           |           |           |          |          |          |        |             |        |        |
Maryland .............|     1,217 |     1,220 |     1,228 |     1,263 |     1,271 |    1,263 |    1,029 |      214 |     15 |          11 |      1 |      3 |      5
Massachusetts ........|     1,817 |     1,842 |     1,764 |     1,772 |     1,791 |    1,831 |    1,437 |      335 |     27 |          17 |      6 |      4 |     32
Michigan .............|     3,314 |     3,313 |     3,360 |     3,340 |     3,356 |    3,432 |    2,496 |      776 |     67 |          37 |     22 |      8 |     93
Minnesota ............|     1,564 |     1,590 |     1,635 |     1,622 |     2,083 |    2,100 |    1,166 |      655 |     87 |          13 |     37 |     37 |    192
Mississippi ..........|       954 |       972 |       973 |       978 |     1,009 |    1,018 |      569 |      229 |     79 |          65 |     11 |      3 |    141
                      |           |           |           |           |           |          |          |          |        |           0 |        |        |
Missouri..............|     2,151 |     2,199 |     2,205 |     2,188 |     2,217 |    2,234 |    1,432 |      574 |     33 |           3 |     21 |      9 |    195
Montana ..............|       758 |       900 |       898 |       899 |       900 |      899 |      537 |      362 |      0 |           0 |      0 |      0 |      0
Nebraska .............|     1,524 |     1,506 |     1,495 |     1,454 |     1,427 |    1,419 |    1,012 |      363 |     21 |          15 |      3 |      3 |     23
Nevada ...............|       331 |       354 |       375 |       383 |       407 |      421 |      314 |       93 |      9 |           3 |      6 |      0 |      5
New Hampshire ........|       444 |       439 |       449 |       450 |       461 |      458 |      355 |       99 |      4 |           3 |      0 |      1 |      0
                      |           |           |           |           |           |          |          |          |        |           0 |        |        |
New Jersey ...........|     2,264 |     2,272 |     2,284 |     2,292 |     2,287 |    2,295 |    1,786 |      387 |      5 |           2 |      2 |      1 |    117
New Mexico ...........|       658 |       681 |       686 |       700 |       709 |      715 |      533 |      169 |      4 |           1 |      1 |      2 |      9
New York .............|     3,996 |     4,010 |     4,009 |     4,032 |     4,082 |    4,130 |    2,948 |      935 |    147 |          88 |     36 |     23 |    100
North Carolina .......|     1,952 |     1,955 |     1,950 |     1,948 |     1,958 |    1,968 |    1,513 |      397 |     39 |          20 |      8 |     11 |     19
North Dakota .........|       679 |       663 |       651 |       642 |       640 |      623 |      356 |      219 |      8 |           3 |      3 |      2 |     40
                      |           |           |           |           |           |          |          |          |        |             |        |        |
Ohio .................|     3,715 |     3,731 |     3,805 |     3,821 |     3,818 |    3,812 |    2,696 |      869 |    119 |          46 |     23 |     50 |    128
Oklahoma .............|     1,859 |     1,880 |     1,817 |     1,829 |     1,820 |    1,824 |    1,210 |      606 |      0 |           0 |      0 |      0 |      8
Oregon ...............|     1,190 |     1,199 |     1,196 |     1,217 |     1,219 |    1,213 |      904 |      261 |     39 |          29 |      7 |      3 |      9
Pennsylvania .........|     3,276 |     3,260 |     3,252 |     3,197 |     3,193 |    3,190 |    2,362 |      712 |     30 |           9 |     11 |     10 |     86
Rhode Island .........|       294 |       309 |       314 |       313 |       311 |      308 |      242 |       59 |      2 |           2 |      0 |      0 |      5
                      |           |           |           |           |           |          |          |          |        |             |        |        |
South Carolina .......|     1,103 |     1,097 |     1,102 |     1,104 |     1,094 |    1,094 |      793 |      248 |     10 |           4 |      5 |      1 |     43
South Dakota .........|       799 |       802 |       673 |       733 |       777 |      827 |      511 |      299 |      0 |           0 |      0 |      0 |     17
Tennessee ............|     1,535 |     1,543 |     1,519 |     1,514 |     1,523 |    1,554 |    1,117 |      324 |     55 |          37 |      8 |     10 |     58
Texas ................|     5,937 |     5,991 |     6,052 |     6,184 |     6,324 |    6,465 |    4,448 |    1,616 |    401 |         207 |     98 |     96 |      0
Utah .................|       718 |       714 |       712 |       714 |       718 |      728 |      473 |      222 |     12 |           5 |      3 |      4 |     21
                      |           |           |           |           |           |          |          |          |        |             |        |        |
Vermont ..............|       336 |       397 |       395 |       399 |       400 |      394 |      297 |       55 |     17 |          12 |      5 |      0 |     25
Virginia .............|     1,779 |     1,811 |     1,810 |     1,816 |     1,828 |    1,851 |    1,372 |      339 |     22 |           3 |     11 |      8 |    118
Washington ...........|     1,858 |     1,936 |     1,956 |     2,017 |     2,030 |    2,064 |    1,290 |      516 |    101 |          47 |     30 |     24 |    157
West Virginia.........|     1,035 |     1,015 |       987 |       949 |       907 |      883 |      626 |      180 |     25 |          10 |      1 |     14 |     52
Wisconsin ............|     2,019 |     2,018 |     2,029 |     2,030 |     2,032 |    2,030 |    1,480 |      521 |     29 |           8 |     14 |      7 |      0
Wyoming ..............|       404 |       415 |       419 |       410 |       409 |      411 |      284 |      118 |      0 |           0 |      0 |      0 |      9
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Department of Defense |           |           |           |           |           |          |          |          |        |             |        |        |
  dependents schools .|       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |       --- |      190 |      132 |       42 |     16 |          12 |      3 |      1 |      0
                      |           |           |           |           |           |          |          |          |        |             |        |        |
  Outlying areas      |           |           |           |           |           |          |          |          |        |             |        |        |
American Samoa .......|        30 |        30 |        27 |        30 |        31 |       31 |       24 |        6 |      0 |           0 |      0 |      0 |      1
Guam .................|        37 |        35 |        35 |        35 |        35 |       35 |       30 |        5 |      0 |           0 |      0 |      0 |      0
Northern Marianas ....|        26 |        26 |        24 |        24 |        25 |       25 |       20 |        3 |      0 |           0 |      0 |      0 |      2
Puerto Rico ..........|     1,661 |     1,619 |     1,590 |     1,593 |     1,584 |    1,566 |      994 |      341 |    196 |           4 |      1 |    191 |     35
Virgin Islands .......|        34 |        33 |        33 |        33 |        32 |       32 |       23 |        8 |      1 |           0 |      0 |      1 |      0
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\1\Includes special education, alternative, and other schools not classified by grade span.

\2\Includes schools beginning with grade 6 or below and with no grade higher than 8.

\3\Includes schools with no grade lower than 7.

\4\Includes schools beginning with grade 6 or below and ending with grade 9 or above.

\5\Includes special education, alternative, and other schools not classified by grade span.

---Data not available.

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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