Table 3. Number of regular public elementary and secondary school districts, by grade span and state or jurisdiction: School year 2010

Numbers and Types of Public Elementary and Secondary Local Education Agencies From the Common Core of Data: School Year 2010–11

NCES 2012-326rev
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 2010–11

		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	Not Applicable/Ungraded
United States¹	13,592	322	1,721	10,990	87	384	88

Alabama	133	0	0	132	1	0	0
Alaska	53	0	0	53	0	0	0
Arizona	224	0	67	131	0	24	2
Arkansas	239	0	0	239	0	0	0
California	955	47	432	402	10	58	6

Colorado	178	0	0	178	0	0	0
Connecticut	169	15	28	115	5	6	0
Delaware	19	0	0	16	3	0	0
District of Columbia	2	0	0	1	0	1	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	868	0	387	380	0	100	1
Indiana	293	0	1	291	0	1	0

Iowa	359	0	0	359	0	0	0
Kansas	312	3	2	292	0	0	15
Kentucky	174	0	5	169	0	0	0
Louisiana	70	0	0	70	0	0	0
Maine	235	2	9	207	7	6	4

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	0	3	0

Missouri	522	1	72	449	0	0	0
Montana	417	18	239	53	0	107	0
Nebraska	251	0	0	251	0	0	0
Nevada	17	0	1	16	0	0	0
New Hampshire	178	12	15	142	2	7	0

New Jersey	613	51	117	349	20	46	30
New Mexico	89	0	0	89	0	0	0
New York	695	27	15	643	8	0	2
North Carolina	115	0	0	115	0	0	0
North Dakota	183	7	25	145	3	1	2

Ohio	615	0	0	612	1	0	2
Oklahoma	526	10	94	422	0	0	0
Oregon	186	1	15	169	0	1	0
Pennsylvania	500	0	1	498	0	0	1
Rhode Island	32	2	2	28	0	0	0

South Carolina	86	0	0	86	0	0	0
South Dakota	152	0	0	152	0	0	0
Tennessee	137	3	13	121	0	0	0
Texas	1,031	11	39	978	1	0	2
Utah	41	0	0	41	0	0	0

Vermont	294	38	16	188	24	13	15
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	424	0	46	368	0	10	0
Wyoming	49	0	0	48	1	0	0
Department of Defense schools, Bureau of Indian Education, and other jurisdictions
Department of Defense (DoDEA)	16	0	2	14	0	0	0
Bureau of Indian Education	196	36	74	45	5	14	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 U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
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,” 2010–11, Provisional Version 2a.

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