| Table
5. - Average public school size (mean number of students per school), by
instructional level and by state: School year 1999-2000 |
| State
|
Schools
having membership |
Instructional
level |
| Primary
|
Middle
|
High
|
Other |
| United
States |
89,599
|
446
|
595
|
752
|
273 |
| Alabama
|
1,367
|
467
|
551
|
682
|
554 |
| Alaska
|
497
|
324
|
505
|
461
|
118 |
| Arizona
|
1,552
|
515
|
625
|
766
|
169 |
| Arkansas
|
1,119
|
364
|
480
|
404
|
657 |
| California
|
8,566
|
581
|
862
|
999
|
423 |
| Colorado
|
1,561
|
386
|
524
|
629
|
264 |
| Connecticut
|
1,073
|
426
|
613
|
843
|
146 |
| Delaware
|
185
|
519
|
724
|
993
|
122 |
| District
of Columbia |
189
|
412
|
441
|
470
|
216 |
| Florida
|
3,131
|
694
|
1,030
|
1,460
|
180 |
| Georgia
|
1,887
|
618
|
830
|
1,205
|
735 |
| Hawaii
|
255
|
576
|
836
|
1,468
|
416 |
| Idaho
|
658
|
341
|
473
|
410
|
173 |
| Illinois
|
4,290
|
428
|
435
|
713
|
224 |
| Indiana
|
1,874
|
426
|
570
|
848
|
283 |
| Iowa
|
1,531
|
277
|
330
|
428
|
263 |
| Kansas
|
1,440
|
276
|
367
|
403
|
233 |
| Kentucky
|
1,364
|
398
|
550
|
637
|
87 |
| Louisiana
|
1,513
|
454
|
513
|
774
|
284 |
| Maine
|
691
|
224
|
373
|
561
|
196 |
| Maryland
|
1,337
|
493
|
752
|
1,161
|
261 |
| Massachusetts
|
1,898
|
398
|
608
|
874
|
492 |
| Michigan
|
3,606
|
378
|
551
|
714
|
211 |
| Minnesota
|
2,072
|
384
|
552
|
469
|
100 |
| Mississippi
|
875
|
517
|
566
|
700
|
595 |
| Missouri
|
2,258
|
360
|
483
|
537
|
141 |
| Montana
|
882
|
160
|
136
|
281
|
921 |
| Nebraska
|
1,312
|
164
|
401
|
325
|
113 |
| Nevada
|
484
|
567
|
957
|
839
|
465 |
| New
Hampshire |
521
|
281
|
529
|
757
|
0 |
| New
Jersey |
2,383
|
448
|
588
|
1,053
|
252 |
| New
Mexico |
755
|
354
|
464
|
637
|
321 |
| New
York |
4,273
|
576
|
758
|
1,005
|
440 |
| North
Carolina |
2,148
|
503
|
644
|
984
|
214 |
| North
Dakota |
550
|
173
|
401
|
215
|
586 |
| Ohio
|
3,798
|
397
|
518
|
781
|
272 |
| Oklahoma
|
1,809
|
330
|
371
|
352
|
605 |
| Oregon
|
1,277
|
345
|
521
|
722
|
145 |
| Pennsylvania
|
3,164
|
439
|
666
|
911
|
698 |
| Rhode
Island |
318
|
363
|
641
|
969
|
68 |
| South
Carolina |
1,043
|
546
|
628
|
963
|
459 |
| South
Dakota |
759
|
160
|
156
|
227
|
43 |
| Tennessee
|
1,554
|
497
|
600
|
868
|
374 |
| Texas
|
7,395
|
516
|
596
|
715
|
191 |
| Utah
|
788
|
523
|
780
|
801
|
291 |
| Vermont
|
359
|
206
|
382
|
675
|
377 |
| Virginia
|
1,816
|
484
|
728
|
1,076
|
276 |
| Washington
|
2,111
|
416
|
579
|
647
|
210 |
| West
Virginia |
808
|
277
|
448
|
676
|
194 |
| Wisconsin
|
2,118
|
337
|
458
|
601
|
297 |
| Wyoming
|
385
|
191
|
282
|
369
|
140 |
| |
Outlying areas, DOD Dependents Schools and Bureau of Indian Affairs |
| DODDS:
DOD Overseas |
153
|
500
|
466
|
455
|
438 |
| DDESS:
DOD Domestic |
71
|
476
|
489
|
522
|
447 |
| Bureau
of Indian Affairs |
188
|
235
|
219
|
285
|
301 |
| American
Samoa |
31
|
484
|
760
|
589
|
43 |
| Guam
|
38
|
616
|
1,062
|
2,200
|
0 |
| Northern
Marianas |
25
|
274
|
1,197
|
746
|
0 |
| Puerto
Rico |
1,523
|
314
|
464
|
686
|
458 |
| Virgin
Islands |
35
|
483
|
508
|
1,481
|
283 |
NOTE:
Instructional levels are Primary (low grade Prekindergarten to 3, high
grade up to 8); Middle (low grade 4 to 7, high grade 4 to 9); High (low
grade 7 to 12, high grade 12 only); Other (any configuration not falling
within the previous three, including ungraded schools). For states that
did not provide a grade span, grade span was determined by the highest
and lowest grades in which students were reported. U.S. totals include
the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics,
Common Core of Data, "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe
Survey," 1999-2000. |
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