Table 2. Number of operating public elementary and secondary schools, by school type, charter, magnet, Title I, and Title I schoolwide status, and state or jurisdiction: School year 2009

Numbers and Types of Public Elementary and Secondary Schools From the Common Core of Data: School Year 2009-10

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Table 2. Number of operating public elementary and secondary schools, by school type, charter, magnet, Title I, and Title I schoolwide status, and state or jurisdiction: School year 2009–10

	Total number of operating schools¹	School type


		Regular	Special education	Vocational education	Alternative education				Title I schoolwide³
State or jurisdiction		Regular	Special education	Vocational education	Alternative education	Charter	Magnet²	Title I³	Title I schoolwide³
Reporting states⁴	98,817	89,018	2,089	1,417	6,293	4,952	2,213	64,811	44,512

Alabama	1,600	1,370	41	72	117	†	31	925	879
Alaska	506	450	2	3	51	25	13	359	310
Arizona	2,248	1,939	20	207	82	504	†	1,251	873
Arkansas	1,120	1,082	4	23	11	38	40	829	715
California	10,068	8,472	146	75	1,375	813	‡	6,044	4,245

Colorado	1,793	1,683	9	6	95	158	25	674	438
Connecticut	1,165	1,049	56	16	44	18	54	547	192
Delaware	217	182	19	6	10	18	3	175	155
District of Columbia	233	208	10	4	11	99	5	186	181
Florida	4,043	3,398	170	53	422	412	363	2,606	2,399

Georgia	2,461	2,248	72	1	140	63	78	1,531	1,254
Hawaii	289	285	3	0	1	31	†	196	180
Idaho	742	633	15	11	83	36	3	524	468
Illinois	4,405	4,017	147	53	188	39	104	3,194	1,371
Indiana	1,961	1,875	38	29	19	53	24	1,384	954

Iowa	1,468	1,410	7	0	51	9	†	958	538
Kansas	1,419	1,407	10	1	1	35	35	1,178	754
Kentucky	1,542	1,238	10	124	170	†	41	1,079	1,008
Louisiana	1,488	1,260	38	6	184	77	83	1,191	1,116
Maine	649	619	1	27	2	†	1	544	389

Maryland	1,447	1,321	40	24	62	42	87	409	304
Massachusetts	1,836	1,755	23	39	19	62	—	1,038	507
Michigan	3,879	3,332	197	38	312	294	477	2,899	1,589
Minnesota	2,433	1,666	276	11	480	181	76	873	277
Mississippi	1,085	928	3	90	64	1	19	706	686

Missouri	2,427	2,181	68	66	112	48	35	1,111	501
Montana	828	822	2	0	4	†	†	634	395
Nebraska	1,120	1,087	28	0	5	†	†	528	299
Nevada	636	593	10	1	32	35	24	333	288
New Hampshire	484	484	0	0	0	15	†	404	115

New Jersey	2,590	2,359	73	55	103	70	†	1,430	396
New Mexico	855	808	6	1	40	72	2	751	716
New York	4,730	4,591	105	6	28	140	‡	4,259	1,595
North Carolina	2,550	2,531	14	1	4	96	125	1,971	1,790
North Dakota	517	474	34	9	0	†	†	303	78

Ohio	3,796	3,653	64	73	6	323	†	2,863	1,975
Oklahoma	1,795	1,786	4	0	5	18	†	1,157	987
Oregon	1,301	1,256	2	0	43	102	†	612	420
Pennsylvania	3,244	3,132	12	87	13	134	53	2,453	1,335
Rhode Island	321	298	3	11	9	12	†	232	122

South Carolina	1,206	1,136	10	39	21	39	†	992	927
South Dakota	714	676	7	4	27	†	†	607	339
Tennessee	1,772	1,704	19	21	28	20	32	1,429	1,344
Texas	8,619	7,518	25	0	1,076	536	†	6,594	6,282
Utah	1,046	862	86	6	92	72	24	276	201

Vermont	323	307	0	15	1	†	2	250	183
Virginia	2,164	1,883	42	49	190	3	166	735	407
Washington	2,318	1,885	103	15	315	†	†	1,486	1,069
West Virginia	759	693	3	31	32	†	†	370	369
Wisconsin	2,242	2,136	9	8	89	206	4	1,558	518
Wyoming	363	336	3	0	24	3	†	173	79
Department of Defense dependents schools, Bureau of Indian Education, and other jurisdictions
DoDDS: DoDs Overseas⁵	125	125	0	0	0	†	†	—	—
DDESS: DoDs Domestic⁵	66	66	0	0	0	†	†	—	—
Bureau of Indian Education	173	173	0	0	0	†	†	173	173
American Samoa	30	28	1	1	0	—	—	—	—
Guam	40	40	0	0	0	—	—	—	—
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands	30	30	0	0	0	†	†	—	—
Puerto Rico	1,509	1,447	25	29	8	†	†	1,495	1,408
U.S. Virgin Islands	32	31	0	1	0	†	1	—	—
— Not available.
† Not applicable. Some states/jurisdictions do not have charter school authorization and some states/jurisdictions do not designate magnet schools.
‡ Reporting standards not met. Data reported for less than 80 percent of schools in the state or jurisdiction.
¹ Total number of operating schools excludes schools also reported by the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE). The number of operating schools shared with the BIE include two in Arizona, one in Michigan, and eight in North Dakota.
² Massachusetts has magnet schools but was not able to provide data that indicate school's magnet status. Total includes suppressed data due to unmet reporting standards.
³ Schools eligible for Title I schoolwide programs are also included in the count of all Title I eligible schools. A Title I eligible school is one in which the percentage of children from low-income families is at least 35 percent of children from low-income families served by the LEA as a whole. A schoolwide Title I eligible school has a percentage of low-income students that is at least 40 percent. For the complete definitions, see Appendix B: Common Core of Data Glossary.
⁴ A reporting states total is shown 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.
⁵ DoDDS and DDESS are the Department of Defense dependents schools (overseas) and the Department of Defense dependents schools (domestic), respectively.
NOTE: Every school is assigned a school type based on its instructional emphasis; numbers and types of schools may differ from those published by states. See Appendix B: Common Core of Data Glossary. A school may also be included under the Charter, Magnet, and/or Title I statuses, which are independent of one another and of school type.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2009–10, Version Provisional 2a.

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