Numbers and Types of Public Elementary and Secondary Schools From the Common Core of Data: School Year 2007–08
NCES 2010-305
October 2009

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Table 3.    Number of students in membership in operating public elementary and secondary schools, by school type, charter, magnet, Title I and Title I schoolwide status, and state or jurisdiction: School year 2007–08
 
Total number of students1 School type
Special education Vocational education Title I schoolwide
State or jurisdiction Regular Alternative   Charter Magnet Title I2
Reporting States3 48,910,025 47,962,492 207,030 163,003 577,500   1,276,731 2,055,476 29,326,331 19,627,290
                     
Alabama 743,778 738,324 1,396 115 3,943   † 13,714 400,838 346,180
Alaska 131,029 117,271 50 612 13,096   4,772 4,222 69,920 57,123
Arizona 1,087,263 1,071,277 709 2,795 12,482   99,478 † 584,110 398,415
Arkansas 479,016 476,966 224 434 1,392   5,361 6,982 320,015 256,973
California 6,070,428 5,879,151 27,522 873 162,882   241,017 510,428 4,571,485 3,840,432
                     
Colorado 801,867 787,848 983 663 12,373   56,772 8,287 213,792 143,518
Connecticut 568,405 551,421 2,757 9,971 4,256   3,743 18,861 223,263 68,933
Delaware 122,574 112,798 2,104 6,466 1,206   8,512 12,945 122,574 57,948
District of Columbia 78,108 68,560 4,411 1,733 3,404   20,231 2,116 78,108 73,049
Florida 2,666,811 2,606,666 17,009 2,802 40,334   105,223 375,975 1,637,345 1,402,823
                     
Georgia 1,649,589 1,640,877 1,596 960 6,156   33,702 † 815,047 684,016
Hawaii 179,897 179,621 97 0 179   6,663 † 110,834 91,812
Idaho 271,976 266,251 114 53 5,558   10,768 719 188,337 149,126
Illinois 2,112,805 2,074,359 24,791 3,480 10,175   24,753 230,062 1,383,148 650,911
Indiana 1,045,927 1,043,028 399 0 2,500   11,120 11,592 820,671 384,371
                     
Iowa 482,204 477,035 996 0 4,173   691 † 275,136 100,281
Kansas 468,295 467,878 366 † 51   3,047 13,352 303,616 210,607
Kentucky 666,225 658,018 670 0 7,537   † 39,757 544,230 476,713
Louisiana 680,911 651,094 1,377 0 28,440   21,055 45,456 531,838 484,604
Maine 190,737 190,676 61 † †   † 101 143,690 78,015
                     
Maryland 845,700 820,236 6,104 8,134 11,226   7,149 73,016 158,155 130,338
Massachusetts 962,806 919,159 5,805 34,255 3,587   25,036 0 464,659 215,664
Michigan 1,665,742 1,609,398 20,998 2,171 33,175   100,046 201,012 1,610,785 544,858
Minnesota 837,578 804,832 13,993 1 18,752   28,034 35,614 313,734 86,577
Mississippi 494,122 493,918 204 0 0   375 3,217 339,471 324,836
                     
Missouri 917,188 910,624 2,570 1,928 2,066   14,877 16,825 369,610 150,792
Montana 142,823 142,700 37 0 86   † † 114,199 52,286
Nebraska 291,244 289,990 1,238 0 16   † † 103,518 52,397
Nevada 429,362 423,077 700 74 5,511   6,065 161 82,970 78,748
New Hampshire 200,772 200,772 0 0 †   478 † 78,572 10,842
                     
New Jersey 1,379,853 1,344,216 8,916 24,097 2,624   17,498 ‡ 692,273 192,641
New Mexico 327,670 322,526 605 310 4,229   10,324 46 195,603 167,362
New York 2,765,435 2,691,002 28,549 38,498 7,386   30,963 108,452 1,777,301 966,478
North Carolina 1,458,035 1,445,047 3,014 478 9,496   32,607 86,574 504,978 414,959
North Dakota 95,052 94,992 60 † †   † † 50,539 11,178
                     
Ohio 1,821,635 1,812,624 7,333 834 844   81,539 † 1,193,471 711,233
Oklahoma 642,065 640,661 247 0 1,157   5,362 † 382,025 294,501
Oregon 558,791 552,388 160 0 6,243   11,740 0 206,999 144,682
Pennsylvania 1,787,813 1,767,900 2,129 16,350 1,434   67,275 27,813 1,255,637 354,246
Rhode Island 146,228 142,110 161 1,845 2,112   2,995 0 118,996 52,227
                     
South Carolina 712,319 710,340 840 † 1,139   5,487 28,427 535,894 482,564
South Dakota 120,271 119,098 55 0 1,118   † † 54,762 25,353
Tennessee 963,839 958,578 1,471 2,417 1,373   2,742 17,686 701,532 592,323
Texas 4,673,455 4,595,440 1,796 0 76,219   113,760 † 3,001,541 2,840,234
Utah 576,244 552,811 7,572 0 15,861   19,685 5,952 109,129 99,834
                     
Vermont 91,728 91,712 0 † 16   † † 51,870 32,674
Virginia 1,230,809 1,228,483 274 † 2,052   240 154,309 321,442 157,670
Washington 1,030,247 983,649 4,177 4 42,417   † † 531,769 225,556
West Virginia 282,512 281,360 262 13 877   † † 101,948 96,448
Wisconsin 874,478 868,863 61 637 4,917   35,291 1,803 527,152 144,935
Wyoming 86,364 84,867 67 0 1,430   255 † 37,800 17,004
                     
Department of Defense dependents schools, Bureau of Indian Education, and other jurisdictions 
DoDDS: DoDs Overseas4 56,585 56,585 0 0 0   † † † †
DDESS: DoDs Domestic4 24,735 24,735 0 0 0   † † — —
Bureau of Indian Education — — 0 0 0   † † — —
American Samoa — — — — 0   † † — —
Guam — — 0 0 0   † † — —
Northern Mariana Islands 11,299 11,262 0 0 37   † † — —
Puerto Rico 526,565 507,255 3,124 16,186 0   † † 526,172 482,517
U.S. Virgin Islands 15,903 15,844 0 † 59   † † — —
— Not available.
† Not applicable. Membership reported as not applicable or some states do not have charter school authorization and some states do not designate magnet schools.
‡ Reporting standards not met.
1 Individual state total number of students is included only if the state reports data for regular, special education, vocational education, and alternative school types.
2 Number of Title I-eligible schools includes those with and without schoolwide Title I programs.
3 New Jersey did not meet the reporting standard for magnet school status. A total is shown for "reporting states" if data for any item in the table were not available for some, but not more than 15 percent, of all schools in the United States.
4 DoDDS and DDESS are the Department of Defense dependents schools (overseas) and the Department of Defense dependents schools (domestic), respectively.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2007–08, Version 1a.

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