| Table
A-1. - Distribution of regular public elementary and secondary schools,
by school size and by state: School year 1999-2000 |
| State
|
Regular
schools having membership |
Distribution
of schools by membership size |
| Mean
|
Minimum
|
10th
Percentile |
25th
Percentile |
Median
|
75th
Percentile |
90th
Percentile |
Maximum |
| United
States |
84,073
|
546
|
1
|
135
|
280
|
460
|
685
|
1,001
|
5,380
|
| Alabama
|
1,321
|
551
|
3 |
246
|
356
|
487
|
685
|
933
|
2,724
|
| Alaska
|
474
|
278
|
2 |
20
|
56
|
162
|
423
|
579
|
3,487
|
| Arizona
|
1,463
|
567
|
1 |
59
|
191
|
508
|
760
|
1,090
|
2,965
|
| Arkansas
|
1,115
|
404
|
37
|
150
|
243
|
358
|
505
|
703
|
2,213
|
| California
|
7,414
|
776
|
2 |
255
|
447
|
638
|
896
|
1,431
|
5,305
|
| Colorado
|
1,479
|
473
|
10
|
102
|
236
|
408
|
583
|
841
|
3,591
|
| Connecticut
|
988
|
541
|
3 |
238
|
349
|
471
|
642
|
943
|
2,413
|
| Delaware
|
160
|
655
|
24
|
311
|
418
|
581
|
845
|
1,123
|
2,131
|
| District
of Columbia |
173
|
426
|
31
|
132
|
310
|
410
|
501
|
649
|
2,069
|
| Florida
|
2,850
|
823
|
1 |
81
|
482
|
740
|
1,019
|
1,548
|
5,380
|
| Georgia
|
1,863
|
762
|
63
|
395
|
511
|
664
|
911
|
1,225
|
3,251
|
| Hawaii
|
251
|
739
|
7 |
311
|
447
|
645
|
882
|
1,205
|
2,538
|
| Idaho
|
588
|
409
|
3 |
97
|
189
|
355
|
557
|
776
|
2,157
|
| Illinois
|
3,909
|
508
|
24
|
151
|
250
|
402
|
613
|
919
|
4,204
|
| Indiana
|
1,819
|
541
|
29
|
245
|
337
|
475
|
624
|
852
|
3,344
|
| Iowa
|
1,483
|
330
|
12
|
113
|
177
|
278
|
394
|
569
|
2,416
|
| Kansas
|
1,435
|
324
|
11
|
81
|
144
|
255
|
410
|
593
|
2,181
|
| Kentucky
|
1,298
|
482
|
1 |
163
|
281
|
446
|
612
|
828
|
2,064
|
| Louisiana
|
1,390
|
534
|
4 |
231
|
331
|
471
|
646
|
904
|
2,771
|
| Maine
|
688
|
304
|
2 |
74
|
132
|
252
|
394
|
628
|
1,394
|
| Maryland
|
1,234
|
668
|
17
|
330
|
430
|
568
|
769
|
1,161
|
3,158
|
| Massachusetts
|
1,821
|
513
|
2 |
181
|
290
|
453
|
644
|
921
|
3,865
|
| Michigan
|
3,538
|
468
|
1 |
166
|
278
|
405
|
562
|
806
|
2,446
|
| Minnesota
|
1,692
|
492
|
1 |
90
|
218
|
419
|
642
|
923
|
3,124
|
| Mississippi
|
875
|
572
|
4 |
269
|
370
|
520
|
709
|
954
|
3,511
|
| Missouri
|
2,136
|
423
|
1 |
115
|
211
|
353
|
520
|
779
|
2,527
|
| Montana
|
875
|
181
|
1 |
13
|
32
|
90
|
260
|
421
|
2,087
|
| Nebraska
|
1,255
|
228
|
1 |
11
|
52
|
149
|
302
|
497
|
2,356
|
| Nevada
|
442
|
724
|
3 |
105
|
367
|
633
|
885
|
1,408
|
3,648
|
| New
Hampshire |
521
|
397
|
3 |
34
|
135
|
325
|
542
|
808
|
2,975
|
| New
Jersey |
2,250
|
561
|
9 |
219
|
323
|
466
|
679
|
1,007
|
4,658
|
| New
Mexico |
701
|
453
|
12
|
90
|
203
|
386
|
561
|
795
|
2,776
|
| New
York |
4,137
|
681
|
7 |
281
|
401
|
567
|
817
|
1,199
|
4,583
|
| North
Carolina |
2,065
|
613
|
9 |
252
|
402
|
557
|
758
|
1,024
|
2,559
|
| North
Dakota |
550
|
205
|
4 |
33
|
69
|
132
|
252
|
457
|
1,621
|
| Ohio
|
3,673
|
496
|
2 |
213
|
307
|
428
|
590
|
827
|
2,781
|
| Oklahoma
|
1,797
|
348
|
14
|
93
|
158
|
283
|
450
|
645
|
2,275
|
| Oregon
|
1,174
|
454
|
4 |
132
|
237
|
393
|
554
|
795
|
2,323
|
| Pennsylvania
|
3,125
|
572
|
12
|
210
|
322
|
499
|
717
|
999
|
3,533
|
| Rhode
Island |
304
|
506
|
9 |
214
|
299
|
396
|
651
|
924
|
1,788
|
| South
Carolina |
1,038
|
642
|
10
|
294
|
414
|
581
|
767
|
1,033
|
2,983
|
| South
Dakota |
735
|
176
|
4 |
17
|
41
|
91
|
236
|
428
|
2,199
|
| Tennessee
|
1,518
|
588
|
1 |
227
|
356
|
518
|
733
|
1,026
|
2,465
|
| Texas
|
6,660
|
592
|
1 |
161
|
304
|
507
|
746
|
1,024
|
5,030
|
| Utah
|
710
|
660
|
7 |
184
|
404
|
574
|
819
|
1,192
|
2,523
|
| Vermont
|
320
|
322
|
8 |
73
|
130
|
255
|
426
|
684
|
1,485
|
| Virginia
|
1,763
|
639
|
56
|
251
|
374
|
540
|
753
|
1,143
|
4,070
|
| Washington
|
1,817
|
534
|
2 |
168
|
330
|
474
|
627
|
901
|
2,543
|
| West
Virginia |
778
|
373
|
2 |
132
|
197
|
305
|
473
|
707
|
1,930
|
| Wisconsin
|
2,041
|
427
|
14
|
117
|
229
|
364
|
522
|
785
|
2,181
|
| Wyoming
|
367
|
248
|
1 |
20
|
76
|
193
|
319
|
516
|
1,635
|
| Outlying
areas, DOD Dependents Schools and Bureau of Indian Affairs |
| DODDS:
DOD Overseas |
153
|
480
|
32 |
180
|
269
|
467
|
651
|
843
|
1,380
|
| DDESS:
DOD Domestic |
71
|
480
|
231
|
291
|
366
|
447
|
582
|
685
|
1,028
|
| Bureau
of Indian Affairs |
188
|
261
|
14
|
81
|
120
|
204
|
373
|
516
|
1,097
|
| American
Samoa |
29
|
522
|
75
|
120
|
137
|
320
|
895
|
1,184
|
1,399
|
| Guam
|
38
|
865
|
98
|
333
|
545
|
719
|
990
|
1,870
|
2,547
|
| Northern
Marianas |
25
|
368
|
19
|
40
|
41
|
297
|
462
|
899
|
1,738
|
| Puerto
Rico |
1,465
|
403
|
4 |
132
|
210
|
362
|
543
|
740
|
1,965
|
| Virgin
Islands |
33
|
629
|
134
|
206
|
411
|
573
|
683
|
946
|
2,015
|
NOTE:
Table excludes regular schools for which no students were reported in
membership. U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
The mean is the average. If all schools were ranked by size from the smallest
to largest, half of the schools would fall below the median. For example,
dividing the total number of students by the total number of schools yields
an average school size of 546 (mean) while half of the schools in the
United States have 460 or fewer students (median). The percentile indicates
what percent of cases a value exceeds; for example, 10 percent of schools
have fewer than 135 students.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics,
Common Core of Data, "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey,"
1999-2000. back to top
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