Table 2. Number of operating public elementary and secondary local education agencies and number of students in membership, by agency type and state or jurisdiction: School year 2009

Numbers and Types of Public Elementary and Secondary Local Education Agencies From the Common Core of Data: School Year 2009–10

NCES 2011-346rev
September 2012

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Table 2. Number of operating public elementary and secondary local education agencies and number of students in membership, by agency type and state or jurisdiction: School year 2009–10
	Total		Regular school districts		Administrative and service agencies¹		Charter agencies		State, federal, and other agencies
State or jurisdiction	Agencies	Students	Agencies	Students	Agencies	Students	Agencies	Students	Agencies	Students
United States²	17,807	49,248,651	13,629	48,022,447	1,521	278,895	2,236	876,571	421	70,738

Alabama	171	748,889	133	748,889	0	†	0	†	38	0
Alaska	54	131,661	53	131,265	0	†	0	†	1	396
Arizona	642	1,077,831	224	958,968	18	3,283	379	113,500	21	2,080
Arkansas	295	480,559	244	474,897	15	0	18	5,440	18	222
California	1,190	6,190,372	958	6,099,547	198	76,832	26	13,120	8	873

Colorado	262	832,368	178	825,242	83	545	1	6,581	0	†
Connecticut	200	563,982	169	538,756	6	8,332	18	5,214	7	11,680
Delaware	40	126,801	19	117,628	1	0	18	9,173	2	0
District of Columbia	59	69,433	1	43,866	0	†	57	25,567	1	0
Florida	75	2,634,522	67	2,627,390	0	†	0	†	8	7,132

Georgia	206	1,667,685	180	1,660,643	16	0	4	5,656	6	1,386
Hawaii	1	180,196	1	180,196	0	†	0	†	0	†
Idaho	142	276,299	116	266,707	0	†	22	9,510	4	82
Illinois	1,076	2,104,422	869	2,101,445	201	173	1	362	5	2,442
Indiana	387	1,046,661	294	1,026,053	31	48	55	18,488	7	2,072

Iowa	371	491,255	361	491,255	10	†	0	†	0	†
Kansas	327	474,489	316	474,026	0	†	0	†	11	463
Kentucky	194	680,088	174	679,901	18	†	0	†	2	187
Louisiana	123	690,915	69	651,930	0	†	41	22,869	13	16,116
Maine	255	188,936	246	188,694	5	†	0	†	4	242

Maryland	25	848,412	24	848,252	0	†	0	†	1	160
Massachusetts	393	957,053	244	792,874	86	136,786	62	27,393	1	0
Michigan	855	1,635,716	551	1,510,716	57	13,070	240	111,844	7	86
Minnesota	558	837,053	337	798,508	64	2,986	154	35,290	3	269
Mississippi	165	492,481	152	491,651	0	†	0	†	13	830

Missouri	565	917,849	523	897,385	0	†	33	18,415	9	2,049
Montana	502	141,807	417	141,693	77	†	0	†	8	114
Nebraska	294	295,314	253	294,948	36	0	0	†	5	366
Nevada	18	428,947	17	423,859	0	†	0	†	1	5,088
New Hampshire	280	197,140	180	197,131	89	†	11	9	0	†

New Jersey	675	1,392,992	603	1,368,811	1	†	68	21,733	3	2,448
New Mexico	108	334,419	89	331,436	0	†	13	2,586	6	397
New York	879	2,766,052	696	2,721,522	37	0	140	43,963	6	567
North Carolina	231	1,483,396	115	1,444,409	0	†	96	38,987	20	0
North Dakota	228	95,073	185	94,997	40	0	0	†	3	76

Ohio	1,047	1,764,297	615	1,672,054	105	0	323	90,989	4	1,254
Oklahoma	584	654,802	532	653,592	0	†	3	875	49	335
Oregon	221	561,470	190	558,960	20	0	7	1,290	4	1,220
Pennsylvania	798	1,773,141	500	1,682,891	105	10,259	134	79,167	59	824
Rhode Island	52	145,118	32	130,623	4	10,400	10	2,331	6	1,764

South Carolina	103	723,143	85	715,590	13	0	1	6,245	4	1,308
South Dakota	166	123,712	156	123,558	5	0	0	†	5	154
Tennessee	140	972,549	140	972,549	0	†	0	†	0	†
Texas	1,280	4,850,210	1,032	4,728,202	20	†	214	119,642	14	2,366
Utah	117	582,793	41	548,397	4	†	70	33,968	2	428

Vermont	357	92,411	291	89,999	59	2,393	0	†	7	19
Virginia	207	1,245,340	134	1,231,205	70	13,468	0	†	3	667
Washington	310	1,035,347	295	1,034,698	10	320	0	†	5	329
West Virginia	57	282,662	55	281,828	0	†	0	†	2	834
Wisconsin	461	872,436	425	864,898	16	0	17	6,364	3	1,174
Wyoming	61	88,152	48	87,913	1	0	0	†	12	239
Department of Defense dependents schools, Bureau of Indian Education, and other jurisdictions
DoDDS: DoDs Overseas³	9	—	0	†	0	†	0	†	9	—
DDESS: DoDs Domestic³	7	—	0	†	0	†	0	†	7	—
Bureau of Indian Education	196	41,351	174	41,351	22		0	†	0	†
American Samoa	1	—	1	—	0	†	0	†	0	†
Guam	1	—	1	—	0	†	0	†	0	†
Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands	1	10,961	1	10,961	0	†	0	†	0	†
Puerto Rico	1	493,393	1	493,393	0	†	0	†	0	†
U.S. Virgin Islands	2	15,493	2	15,493	0	†	0	†	0	†
—Not available.
† Not applicable. These districts support students through other agencies.
¹ Administrative and service agencies include supervisory unions and regional education service agencies. See Glossary for more detail.
² U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
³ DoDDS and DDESS are the Department of Defense dependents schools (overseas) and the Department of Defense dependents schools (domestic), respectively.
NOTE: Table includes operating agencies only. This table includes districts operated by the Bureau of Indian Education and the Department of Defense although they are technically federally-operated. For analytical purposes, New York City Public Schools, New York, is treated as a regular school district. Numbers and types of agencies included in this table may differ from those published by the state; see glossary for Common Core of Data (CCD) definitions.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), “Local Education Agency Universe Survey,” 2009–10, Version Provisional 2a.

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