Table 3. Number of regular public elementary and secondary school districts, by grade span 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 3. Number of regular public elementary and secondary school districts, by grade span and state or jurisdiction: School year 2009–10
		Number of districts with grade span
		Elementary		Combined	Secondary
State or jurisdiction	Total districts	pre-K, K, 1–6	pre-K, K, 1–9	pre-K, K, 1–12	7–12	9–12	Other¹
United States²	13,629	432	1,961	10,629	78	394	135

Alabama	133	0	0	132	1	0	0
Alaska	53	0	0	53	0	0	0
Arizona	224	0	102	102	1	19	0
Arkansas	244	0	0	244	0	0	0
California	958	47	438	401	10	60	2

Colorado	178	0	0	178	0	0	0
Connecticut	169	15	28	116	4	6	0
Delaware	19	0	0	17	2	0	0
District of Columbia	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
Florida	67	0	0	67	0	0	0

Georgia	180	0	1	179	0	0	0
Hawaii	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
Idaho	116	0	6	109	1	0	0
Illinois	869	1	385	382	1	99	1
Indiana	294	0	1	291	0	1	1

Iowa	361	0	0	361	0	0	0
Kansas	316	3	4	289	0	0	20
Kentucky	174	0	5	169	0	0	0
Louisiana	69	0	0	69	0	0	0
Maine	246	2	11	206	5	16	6

Maryland	24	0	0	24	0	0	0
Massachusetts	244	51	16	177	0	0	0
Michigan	551	9	20	522	0	0	0
Minnesota	337	0	2	333	0	0	2
Mississippi	152	1	0	148	1	2	0

Missouri	523	1	72	450	0	0	0
Montana	417	19	238	52	0	108	0
Nebraska	253	0	0	253	0	0	0
Nevada	17	0	1	16	0	0	0
New Hampshire	180	36	53	67	3	7	14

New Jersey	603	63	218	227	19	55	21
New Mexico	89	0	0	89	0	0	0
New York	696	27	15	644	8	0	2
North Carolina	115	0	0	115	0	0	0
North Dakota	185	8	25	146	3	1	2

Ohio	615	0	0	612	0	1	2
Oklahoma	532	9	98	425	0	0	0
Oregon	190	1	16	172	0	1	0
Pennsylvania	500	0	1	498	0	0	1
Rhode Island	32	2	2	28	0	0	0

South Carolina	85	0	0	85	0	0	0
South Dakota	156	0	0	155	0	0	1
Tennessee	140	3	13	124	0	0	0
Texas	1,032	13	42	974	1	0	2
Utah	41	0	0	41	0	0	0

Vermont	291	108	67	36	18	8	54
Virginia	134	0	1	129	0	0	4
Washington	295	13	34	248	0	0	0
West Virginia	55	0	0	55	0	0	0
Wisconsin	425	0	46	369	0	10	0
Wyoming	48	0	0	48	0	0	0
Department of Defense dependents schools, Bureau of Indian Education, and other jurisdictions
DoDDS: DoDs Overseas³	9	0	0	9	0	0	0
DDESS: DoDs Domestic³	7	0	2	5	0	0	0
Bureau of Indian Education	196	36	74	45	6	13	22
American Samoa	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
Guam	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
Puerto Rico	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
U.S. Virgin Islands	2	0	0	2	0	0	0
¹ "Other" agencies do not have a grade range since they serve students enrolled in other districts or ungraded students.
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: 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. Pre-K is prekindergarten and K is kindergarten.
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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