| Table
A-3. - Distribution of public elementary and secondary schools, by school
size and by state: School year 1999-2000 |
| State
|
Number
of schools having membership |
Percent
of schools in size category |
| 1-99
|
100-299
|
300-749
|
750-1,499
|
1,500
and above |
|
United States |
89,599
|
10.4
|
20.8
|
49.4
|
15.8
|
3.5 |
| Alabama
|
1,367
|
3.9
|
16.2
|
61.1
|
18.0
|
0.9 |
| Alaska
|
497
|
40.4
|
25.8
|
28.8
|
3.4
|
1.6 |
| Arizona
|
1,552
|
18.4
|
16.3
|
39.9
|
20.9
|
4.4 |
| Arkansas
|
1,119
|
3.8
|
34.0
|
54.2
|
7.5
|
0.4 |
| California
|
8,566
|
11.2
|
10.5
|
45.8
|
24.4
|
8.1 |
| Colorado
|
1,561
|
12.2
|
24.7
|
50.8
|
9.6
|
2.7 |
| Connecticut
|
1,073
|
6.2
|
15.4
|
62.2
|
14.4
|
1.8 |
| Delaware
|
185
|
6.5
|
10.3
|
55.7
|
25.4
|
2.2 |
| District
of Columbia |
189
|
12.2
|
16.9
|
64.6
|
4.2
|
2.1 |
| Florida
|
3,131
|
15.2
|
8.7
|
31.3
|
34.9
|
9.9 |
| Georgia
|
1,887
|
1.0
|
4.5
|
54.6
|
34.3
|
5.6 |
| Hawaii
|
255
|
2.4
|
7.5
|
51.4
|
31.8
|
7.1 |
| Idaho
|
658
|
17.8
|
29.9
|
42.6
|
8.8
|
0.9 |
| Illinois
|
4,290
|
9.2
|
28.8
|
47.5
|
10.9
|
3.5 |
| Indiana
|
1,874
|
2.6
|
18.1
|
65.1
|
11.5
|
2.7 |
| Iowa
|
1,531
|
8.6
|
48.4
|
38.4
|
3.5
|
1.2 |
| Kansas
|
1,440
|
14.7
|
43.6
|
36.4
|
4.0
|
1.3 |
| Kentucky
|
1,364
|
8.8
|
21.9
|
56.4
|
11.7
|
1.2 |
| Louisiana
|
1,513
|
6.2
|
19.2
|
60.3
|
12.6
|
1.7 |
| Maine
|
691
|
16.9
|
41.8
|
36.2
|
5.1
|
0.0 |
| Maryland
|
1,337
|
4.6
|
7.6
|
62.5
|
20.6
|
4.7 |
| Massachusetts
|
1,898
|
4.2
|
23.8
|
54.0
|
16.3
|
1.8 |
| Michigan
|
3,606
|
6.3
|
23.8
|
57.8
|
10.1
|
1.9 |
| Minnesota
|
2,072
|
24.4
|
22.2
|
39.7
|
10.6
|
3.1 |
| Mississippi
|
875
|
1.6
|
11.9
|
65.1
|
20.5
|
0.9 |
| Missouri
|
2,258
|
11.6
|
31.7
|
46.2
|
8.8
|
1.6 |
| Montana
|
882
|
52.9
|
27.6
|
16.7
|
1.9
|
0.9 |
| Nebraska
|
1,312
|
40.1
|
35.7
|
20.4
|
2.7
|
1.1 |
| Nevada
|
484
|
14.0
|
13.4
|
38.8
|
25.4
|
8.3 |
| New
Hampshire |
521
|
20.2
|
26.9
|
40.9
|
10.2
|
1.9 |
| New
Jersey |
2,383
|
5.0
|
19.0
|
56.4
|
17.0
|
2.6 |
| New
Mexico |
755
|
14.3
|
27.3
|
47.4
|
7.9
|
3.0 |
| New
York |
4,273
|
1.5
|
11.2
|
57.9
|
24.3
|
5.1 |
| North
Carolina |
2,148
|
4.4
|
12.4
|
58.3
|
22.2
|
2.7 |
| North
Dakota |
550
|
38.4
|
42.2
|
15.5
|
3.8
|
0.2 |
| Ohio
|
3,798
|
2.1
|
22.1
|
62.4
|
11.5
|
1.9 |
| Oklahoma
|
1,809
|
11.6
|
41.3
|
41.2
|
4.8
|
1.1 |
| Oregon
|
1,277
|
12.0
|
26.9
|
50.6
|
7.9
|
2.6 |
| Pennsylvania
|
3,164
|
2.0
|
19.7
|
56.3
|
19.4
|
2.5 |
| Rhode
Island |
318
|
3.5
|
25.2
|
53.8
|
15.4
|
2.2 |
| South
Carolina |
1,043
|
1.2
|
10.1
|
62.0
|
23.4
|
3.3 |
| South
Dakota |
759
|
53.2
|
30.2
|
13.7
|
2.2
|
0.7 |
| Tennessee
|
1,554
|
4.8
|
13.6
|
57.9
|
21.1
|
2.6 |
| Texas
|
7,395
|
12.9
|
18.8
|
46.1
|
17.9
|
4.3 |
| Utah
|
788
|
10.8
|
11.7
|
50.9
|
21.2
|
5.5 |
| Vermont
|
359
|
26.2
|
36.2
|
30.1
|
7.5
|
0.0 |
| Virginia
|
1,816
|
2.6
|
14.4
|
58.3
|
19.7
|
5.0 |
| Washington
|
2,111
|
14.8
|
15.1
|
56.3
|
10.8
|
3.0 |
| West
Virginia |
808
|
7.5
|
42.7
|
42.1
|
6.9
|
0.7 |
| Wisconsin
|
2,118
|
8.8
|
30.7
|
50.0
|
8.5
|
1.9 |
| Wyoming
|
385
|
30.4
|
42.3
|
21.8
|
4.9
|
0.5 |
| Outlying
areas, DOD Dependents Schools and Bureau of Indian Affairs |
| DODDS:
DOD Overseas |
153
|
4.6
|
26.1
|
54.2
|
15.0
|
0.0 |
| DDESS:
DOD Domestic |
71
|
0.0
|
12.7
|
83.1
|
4.2
|
0.0 |
| Bureau
of Indian Affairs |
188
|
17.6
|
48.9
|
31.4
|
2.1
|
0.0 |
| American
Samoa |
31
|
9.7
|
38.7
|
16.1
|
35.5
|
0.0 |
| Guam
|
38
|
2.6
|
2.6
|
47.4
|
34.2
|
13.2 |
| Northern
Marianas |
25
|
44.0
|
8.0
|
32.0
|
12.0
|
4.0 |
| Puerto
Rico |
1,523
|
5.0
|
34.5
|
51.3
|
9.0
|
0.1 |
| Virgin
Islands |
35
|
5.7
|
20.0
|
57.1
|
11.4
|
5.7 |
NOTE:
Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. U.S. totals include the
50 states and the District of Columbia. Table excludes schools for which
no students were reported in membership.
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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