Status of Education in Rural America
NCES 2007-040
June 2007

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Table A-1.1.

Number and percentage distribution of public elementary and secondary districts, schools, and students, by detailed locale: 2003–04


Detailed locale Districts Schools Students
  Number
Total 14,076 95,726 48,353,523
City, large 243 11,943 7,569,739
City, midsize 166 5,436 3,105,077
City, small 422 7,218 4,010,393
Suburban, large 2,242 21,963 14,482,027
Suburban, midsize 334 2,768 1,638,248
Suburban, small 224 1,858 1,017,236
Town, fringe 624 3,793 1,902,039
Town, distant 989 5,740 2,457,556
Town, remote 959 5,030 1,863,193
Rural, fringe 1,568 10,176 5,305,303
Rural, distant 3,062 11,036 3,438,256
Rural, remote 3,243 8,765 1,564,456
  Percentage distribution
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0
City, large 1.7 12.5 15.7
City, midsize 1.2 5.7 6.4
City, small 3.0 7.5 8.3
Suburban, large 15.9 22.9 30.0
Suburban, midsize 2.4 2.9 3.4
Suburban, small 1.6 1.9 2.1
Town, fringe 4.4 4.0 3.9
Town, distant 7.0 6.0 5.1
Town, remote 6.8 5.3 3.9
Rural, fringe 11.1 10.6 11.0
Rural, distant 21.8 11.5 7.1
Rural, remote 23.0 9.2 3.2
NOTE: Schools not reporting enrollment are included in school totals but excluded from student totals. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey" and "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2003–04.