Table 5. Average student membership size of regular public elementary and secondary schools with membership, by instructional level, membership size of largest and smallest school, and state or jurisdiction: School year 2010

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

NCES 2012-325 rev
October 2012

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Table 5.

Average student membership size of regular public elementary and secondary schools with membership, by instructional level, membership size of largest and smallest school, and state or jurisdiction: School year 2010–11

	Total number of schools²	Average student membership¹ size					Largest school⁴	Smallest school
		All schools³	Primary schools	Middle schools	High schools	Other schools
State or jurisdiction		All schools³	Primary schools	Middle schools	High schools	Other schools
United States⁵	88,019	548.3	453.1	575.7	846.6	476.2	9,651	1

Alabama	1,323	551.2	472.6	525.9	739.0	634.7	2,354	47
Alaska	441	257.3	309.3	459.5	600.9	87.7	2,211	1
Arizona	1,895	557.5	505.7	567.7	744.9	383.4	4,442	1
Arkansas	1,068	449.7	419.0	468.2	487.4	555.1	3,495	22
California	8,504	706.2	534.5	779.5	1,462.5	734.2	4,922	1

Colorado	1,694	488.6	411.4	491.8	757.1	512.1	5,034	2
Connecticut	1,034	525.5	407.7	581.1	933.2	384.4	2,898	1
Delaware	183	651.0	529.7	708.5	1,105.0	468.2	2,081	99
District of Columbia	197	345.0	311.4	307.6	515.6	453.1	1,518	25
Florida	3,290	784.5	622.5	871.4	1,533.8	394.7	4,289	1

Georgia	2,259	736.4	616.6	754.9	1,165.5	373.2	3,495	3
Hawaii	285	629.5	512.3	737.4	1,313.1	258.2	2,639	5
Idaho	629	430.5	362.4	495.8	582.4	388.9	2,766	3
Illinois	3,997	516.4	420.9	472.3	933.0	607.5	8,586	1
Indiana	1,835	566.6	439.3	610.9	945.2	531.6	4,443	17

Iowa	1,382	348.5	308.6	347.4	458.2	270.1	2,268	1
Kansas	1,363	351.7	315.3	373.0	432.0	228.1	2,265	3
Kentucky	1,240	536.3	443.1	565.3	854.6	386.8	2,214	6
Louisiana	1,264	520.7	466.0	502.5	746.0	476.7	2,351	12
Maine	601	305.2	233.2	360.9	502.7	206.0	1,400	2

Maryland	1,322	629.0	470.2	702.4	1,313.4	412.5	2,912	9
Massachusetts	1,747	521.8	401.0	592.7	895.9	593.8	4,145	4
Michigan	3,109	480.1	386.5	528.2	728.9	370.4	2,676	1
Minnesota	1,622	497.5	425.1	604.1	605.4	369.8	3,223	3
Mississippi	900	543.8	492.9	522.1	674.6	562.8	2,125	11

Missouri	2,152	421.0	355.5	475.7	541.3	454.8	2,285	1
Montana	821	172.4	164.0	126.3	256.6	†	1,906	1
Nebraska	1,010	294.7	250.9	384.6	350.2	†	2,548	3
Nevada	596	725.4	551.8	847.8	1,260.6	663.6	3,056	5
New Hampshire	478	405.9	298.7	452.7	716.8	258.5	3,169	7

New Jersey	2,339	565.9	430.6	607.5	1,128.6	637.1	3,373	19
New Mexico	813	407.3	362.2	391.3	572.0	311.1	2,351	1
New York	4,568	583.8	500.7	591.4	860.1	442.5	4,417	17
North Carolina	2,423	610.2	509.0	653.1	888.6	492.6	2,686	8
North Dakota	464	201.9	177.1	390.8	191.7	737.0	2,131	3

Ohio	3,609	482.9	405.0	495.1	651.9	560.3	9,639	6
Oklahoma	1,773	371.4	367.3	380.6	359.4	662.9	2,358	15
Oregon	1,250	438.3	354.9	514.2	675.9	226.0	3,254	4
Pennsylvania	3,110	560.6	435.1	603.4	866.1	748.8	9,651	17
Rhode Island	294	473.7	341.7	550.9	926.9	256.0	1,792	30

South Carolina	1,141	633.7	529.6	604.5	1,018.7	663.5	3,383	6
South Dakota	656	188.5	182.6	164.3	225.2	†	2,108	3
Tennessee	1,701	578.4	482.5	591.3	918.0	502.4	2,707	5
Texas	7,586	640.1	554.5	621.7	1,053.8	444.3	4,540	1
Utah	864	665.3	565.4	811.8	927.3	672.2	2,565	3

Vermont	304	280.0	212.9	310.1	579.9	298.0	1,345	14
Virginia	1,864	669.4	508.3	733.1	1,223.5	630.1	3,955	36
Washington	1,871	529.4	420.1	574.5	914.5	282.6	2,263	1
West Virginia	690	408.4	315.2	463.2	742.6	324.9	1,836	37
Wisconsin	2,127	407.4	347.8	415.7	571.2	348.1	2,280	1
Wyoming	331	264.9	221.6	293.4	385.5	160.1	1,649	1
Department of Defense schools, Bureau of Indian Education, and other jurisdictions
Department of Defense (DoDEA)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Bureau of Indian Education	172	243	204	170	329	308	1,231	13
American Samoa	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Guam	40	790	516	905	2,088	†	2,623	57
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands	30	370.2	276.4	585.3	698.2	53.0	1,392	31
Puerto Rico	1,409	322.1	253.1	374.7	537.5	384.3	1,229	27
U.S. Virgin Islands	31	499.8	388.7	424.2	1,236.0	233.0	1,501	112
— Not available.
† Not applicable.
¹ Membership is the count of students enrolled on October 1 of the reported school year.
² Total number of schools excludes schools also reported by the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE). The number of schools shared with the BIE include two in Arizona, one in Michigan, and eight in North Dakota.
³ All schools include primary, middle, high, and other schools.
⁴ This column includes virtual schools. The largest operating regular school in 2010–11 was the Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School, Midland, Pennsylvania. Virtual schools are included in the CCD and can not be identified unless the school name includes an identifying label.
⁵ U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
NOTE: Instructional levels are primary (low-grade prekindergarten to 3, high-grade up to 8); middle (low-grade 4 to 7, high-grade 4 to 9); high (low-grade 7 to 12, high-grade 12 only); and other (any configuration not falling within the previous three, including ungraded schools).
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2010–11, provisional version 2a.

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