Table 1. Selected statistics for the United States and jurisdictions and the 100 largest and 500 largest school districts: School year 2003–04 |
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100 largest districts | 500 largest districts | |||||
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Data item | National total | Total | Percent of national total | Total | Percent of national total | |
Districts1 | 17,512 | 100 | 0.6 | 500 | 2.9 | |
Schools | 98,213 | 16,178 | 16.5 | 31,315 | 31.9 | |
Students | 49,349,550 | 11,280,667 | 22.9 | 21,313,480 | 43.2 | |
Teachers (full-time equivalent) | 3,102,832 | 672,174 | 21.7 | 1,262,896 | 40.7 | |
High school completers (2002–03)2 | 2,808,662 | 551,581 | 19.6 | 1,077,578 | 38.4 | |
Median pupil/teacher ratio3 | 15.2 | 15.8 | † | 16.1 | † | |
Average school size | 502.5 | 697.3 | † | 680.6 | † | |
† Not applicable. | ||||||
1 Totals for number of districts may differ from published estimates since they exclude closed, inactive, and future school districts. | ||||||
2 Includes high school diploma recipients as well as other high school completers (e.g., certificates of attendance). Total may differ from other published estimates due to inclusion of Puerto Rico, the outlying areas, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Department of Defense schools. | ||||||
3 Includes only schools where student membership was greater than zero. The median is given because it is unaffected by very high or very low values. | ||||||
NOTE: The universe for this table includes all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, four outlying areas (American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas, and the U.S. Virgin Islands), the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Department of Defense schools. The 500 largest school districts include 20 school districts that are some other configuration besides prekindergarten (PK) or K–12, although all of the 100 largest school districts are PK or K–12. | ||||||
SOURCE: Data reported by states to U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2002–03, Version 1b, and "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2003–04, Version 1a. |