Table A-1.2. Number and percentage distribution of public elementary and secondary schools, by school size and detailed locale: 2003

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Table A-1.2.

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

Detailed locale	Total	Less than 200 students	200 to 399 students	400 to 799 students	800 to 1,199 students	1,200 or more students
	Number
Total	92,816	19,203	23,248	34,868	9,468	6,029
City, large	11,736	1,662	2,480	4,690	1,644	1,260
City, midsize	5,229	666	1,218	2,289	610	446
City, small	6,944	1,051	1,778	2,762	749	604
Suburban, large	21,433	1,960	4,018	9,817	3,316	2,322
Suburban, midsize	2,719	330	549	1,260	364	216
Suburban, small	1,811	256	385	834	233	103
Town, fringe	3,673	485	926	1,725	377	160
Town, distant	5,449	976	1,621	2,290	422	140
Town, remote	4,767	1,076	1,764	1,580	251	96
Rural, fringe	9,714	1,575	2,238	4,134	1,158	609
Rural, distant	10,762	3,615	4,028	2,754	294	71
Rural, remote	8,579	5,551	2,243	733	50	2
	Percentage distribution
Total	100.0	20.7	25.1	37.6	10.2	6.5
City, large	100.0	14.2	21.1	40.0	14.0	10.7
City, midsize	100.0	12.7	23.3	43.8	11.7	8.5
City, small	100.0	15.1	25.6	39.8	10.8	8.7
Suburban, large	100.0	9.1	18.8	45.8	15.5	10.8
Suburban, midsize	100.0	12.1	20.2	46.3	13.4	7.9
Suburban, small	100.0	14.1	21.3	46.1	12.9	5.7
Town, fringe	100.0	13.2	25.2	47.0	10.3	4.4
Town, distant	100.0	17.9	29.8	42.0	7.7	2.6
Town, remote	100.0	22.6	37.0	33.1	5.3	2.0
Rural, fringe	100.0	16.2	23.0	42.6	11.9	6.3
Rural, distant	100.0	33.6	37.4	25.6	2.7	0.7
Rural, remote	100.0	64.7	26.2	8.5	0.6	#
# Rounds to zero. NOTE: Schools with no reported enrollment are not included. 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," 2003–04.