Table 1.  Number of public elementary and secondary schools with membership and percentage of students in membership, by type of school and
          by state: School year 1996–97                                                                                                    
                                                                                                Type of school                            
                                                  Regular              Special education     Vocational education    Alternative education
                Schools	
                having       Total         Number of   Percentage   Number of   Percentage    Number of  Percentage   Number of  Percentage
State           membership   students      schools     of students  schools     of students   schools    of students  schools    of students
United States     86,058   45,592,213       81,163       98.2         1686         0.5          335          0.4         2874          0.9
Alabama            1,340      748,156        1,306       99.7           17         0.1            3          0.0           14          0.1
Alaska               482      129,919          451       96.2            2         0.3            3          0.4           26          3.1
Arizona            1,297      799,250        1,227       98.2           13         0.1            3          0.4           54          1.3
Arkansas           1,104      457,349        1,103       99.6            0         0.0            1          0.4            0          0.0
California         7,981    5,687,901        7,095       96.6          127         0.6            0          0.0          759          2.8
Colorado           1,468      673,438        1,400       98.9            8         0.0            3          0.1           57          1.0
Connecticut        1,023      527,129          952       96.8           23         0.6           17          1.8           31          0.8
Delaware             183      110,549          147       92.2           28         2.6            5          4.9            3          0.2
District of
Columbia             184       78,648          166       96.8           10         2.1            0          0.0            8          1.0
Florida            2,790    2,242,212        2,379       97.6          101         1.0           45          0.2          265          1.3
Georgia            1,798    1,346,761        1,798      100.0            0         0.0            0          0.0            0          0.0
Hawaii               249      187,653          244       99.9            4         0.0            0          0.0            1          0.1
Idaho                624      245,252          560       98.6           16         0.2            0          0.0           48          1.2
Illinois           4,171    1,973,040        3,836       97.4          240         1.2           26          0.6           69          0.8
Indiana            1,868      983,415        1,818       99.5           24         0.2            1          0.0           25          0.3
Iowa               1,547      502,941        1,501       99.0           14         0.2            0          0.0           32          0.8
Kansas             1,463      466,293        1,448       99.7            1         0.0            0          0.0           14          0.3
Kentucky           1,341      656,089        1,281       99.6            8         0.1            1          0.1           51          0.2
Louisiana          1,475      793,296        1,374       97.0           37         0.4           11          0.3           53          2.3
Maine                691      213,593          690      100.0            1         0.0            0          0.0            0          0.0
Maryland           1,284      818,583        1,201       97.4           48         1.0           10          1.1           25          0.6
Massachusetts      1,840      933,898        1,767       96.1            1         0.0           43          3.4           29          0.5
Michigan           3,470    1,684,386        3,286       98.3           97         0.8           12          0.2           75          0.6
Minnesota          1,786      847,204        1,406       96.4           62         0.3            2          0.0          316          3.3
Mississippi          876      503,967          876      100.0            0         0.0            0          0.0            0          0.0
Missouri           2,120      900,042        2,076       98.9           18         0.6            7          0.4           19          0.1
Montana              892      164,627          887       99.9            2         0.0            0          0.0            3          0.1
Nebraska           1,379      291,967        1,318       99.6           61         0.4            0          0.0            0          0.0
Nevada               436      282,131          402       98.1           11         0.4            2          0.7           21          0.9
New Hampshire        512      198,308          511       99.8            1         0.2            0          0.0            0          0.0
New Jersey         2,278    1,208,179        2,156       97.6           78         0.8           44          1.6            0          0.0
New Mexico           731      332,632          688       98.4           17         0.6            0          0.0           26          0.9
New York           4,166    2,843,131        3,986       97.0           88         0.7           25          1.3           67          1.0
North Carolina     1,997    1,210,108        1,922       99.4           24         0.3            4          0.0           47          0.4
North Dakota         569      120,123          569      100.0            0         0.0            0          0.0            0          0.0
Ohio               3,725    1,844,389        3,672       99.5           23         0.2           13          0.2           17          0.1
Oklahoma           1,819      620,695        1,807       99.7           12         0.3            0          0.0            0          0.0
Oregon             1,222      537,854        1,167       98.9           14         0.1            0          0.0           41          1.0
Pennsylvania       3,110    1,804,256        3,074       98.4           11         1.0           14          0.6           11          0.1
Rhode Island         316      151,324          306       98.6            4         0.5            3          0.5            3          0.4
South Carolina     1,047      653,011        1,022       99.5           10         0.1            0          0.0           15          0.4
South Dakota         820      143,331          802       99.1           11         0.4            0          0.0            7          0.4
Tennessee          1,512      905,089        1,487       99.6           14         0.3            4          0.1            7          0.0
Texas              6,875    3,828,975        6,247       98.5          221         0.5           24          0.1          383          0.9
Utah                 742      481,812          675       97.9           23         0.5            2          0.1           42          1.5
Vermont              363      106,341          320       98.4           42         1.5            0          0.0            1          0.0
Virginia           1,792    1,096,093        1,725       99.4           29         0.2            0          0.0           38          0.4
Washington         1,971      974,504        1,782       98.1           67         0.3            3          0.1          119          1.6
West Virginia        829      304,052          809       99.6            7         0.2            3          0.0           10          0.2
Wisconsin          2,092      879,259        2,045       99.6           13         0.1            0          0.0           34          0.4
Wyoming              408       99,058          396       98.9            3         0.2            1          0.3            8          0.6
Outlying areas
DOD Dependents       165       80,715          165      100.0            0          0.0           0          0.0            0          0.0
American Samoa        31       14,766           29       97.6            1          0.5           1          1.9            0          0.0
Guam                  35       33,393           35      100.0            0          0.0           0          0.0            0          0.0
Northern Marianas     26        9,041           26      100.0            0          0.0           0          0.0            0          0.0
Puerto Rico        1,533      618,861        1,495       98.3           21          0.2          16          1.5            1          0.0
Virgin Islands        34       22,385           33       99.8            0          0.0           0          0.0            1          0.2
                                                                                                                                            
NOTE:    Table excludes 2,165 schools for which no students were reported in membership.  U.S. totals exclude outlying areas. New Jersey data  
         are estimated. Percentages are rounded to the nearest tenth and may not add to 100.  Percentages less than 0.05 are rounded to 0.0.
         Number of students in membership reported on the State Nonfiscal Survey.
SOURCE:  U.S. Department of Education, , Common Core of Data,
         School Universe and State Nonfiscal Survey, 1996–97.