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NCES Statistical Analysis Report, September 2001: Overview of Public Elementary and Secondary Schools and Districts: School Year 1999-2000

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Table A-6. - Number of regular public school districts, by grade span and by state: School year 1999-2000
State Total districts Grade span
PK, K, 1-6 PK, K, 1-8 PK, K, 1-9 PK, K, 1-12 7-12 9-12 Other Grades not reported
United States 14,928 516 2,544 23 10,661 108 461 337 278
Alabama 128 0 0 0 128 0 0 0 0
Alaska 53 0 0 0 53 0 0 0 0
Arizona 413 18 139 5 116 10 49 54 22
Arkansas 310 0 0 0 310 0 0 0 0
California 987 66 491 0 336 13 75 6 0
Colorado 176 0 0 0 176 0 0 0 0
Connecticut 166 16 30 0 112 5 3 0 0
Delaware 19 0 0 0 15 1 3 0 0
District of Columbia 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Florida 67 0 0 0 67 0 0 0 0
Georgia 180 1 3 0 173 0 0 3 0
Hawaii 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Idaho 113 0 5 0 108 0 0 0 0
Illinois 896 1 384 1 409 1 98 2 0
Indiana 295 0 1 0 291 0 0 0 3
Iowa 375 0 0 0 375 0 0 0 0
Kansas 304 0 0 1 303 0 0 0 0
Kentucky 176 0 5 0 170 0 0 1 0
Louisiana 75 0 0 0 68 0 1 6 0
Maine 283 13 89 0 111 1 5 6 58
Maryland 24 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 0
Massachusetts 351 43 16 0 177 0 1 8 106
Michigan 737 27 65 6 537 7 11 84 0
Minnesota 407 18 11 2 335 7 11 22 1
Mississippi 152 1 0 0 149 0 2 0 0
Missouri 525 0 72 0 450 0 0 2 1
Montana 455 0 288 0 55 0 110 0 2
Nebraska 593 26 282 0 267 6 12 0 0
Nevada 17 0 1 0 16 0 0 0 0
New Hampshire 179 24 54 0 65 3 6 13 14
New Jersey 604 67 221 2 214 17 32 28 23
New Mexico 89 0 0 0 89 0 0 0 0
New York 707 25 15 1 640 10 0 13 3
North Carolina 120 0 1 1 117 0 0 1 0
North Dakota 231 16 33 0 171 5 1 3 2
Ohio 708 11 8 0 614 7 14 53 1
Oklahoma 544 9 104 0 428 0 0 3 0
Oregon 197 0 18 0 178 0 1 0 0
Pennsylvania 501 0 2 0 498 0 0 0 1
Rhode Island 36 0 2 0 31 0 0 3 0
South Carolina 90 0 0 0 90 0 0 0 0
South Dakota 176 1 2 0 173 0 0 0 0
Tennessee 139 2 9 1 125 0 0 1 1
Texas 1,041 17 42 3 973 0 0 6 0
Utah 40 0 0 0 40 0 0 0 0
Vermont 287 100 72 0 35 14 16 11 39
Virginia 135 0 0 0 134 0 0 0 1
Washington 296 14 30 0 244 0 0 8 0
West Virginia 55 0 0 0 55 0 0 0 0
Wisconsin 426 0 47 0 368 1 10 0 0
Wyoming 48 0 2 0 46 0 0 0 0
Outlying areas, DOD Dependents Schools and Bureau of Indian Affairs*
DODDS: DOD Overseas 11 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0
DDESS: DOD Domestic 17 6 3 1 7 0 0 0 0
Bureau of Indian Affairs 24 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 0
American Samoa 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Guam 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Northern Marianas 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Puerto Rico 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Virgin Islands 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
*Table includes 28 Department of Defense and 24 BIA school districts that are technically federally operated agencies; this is in order to report data for these agencies in the table.
NOTE: U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Table includes districts for which no students were reported in membership.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 1999-2000.

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