Overview of Public Elementary and Secondary Schools and Districts: School Year 1996-97

Title:	Overview of Public Elementary and Secondary Schools and Districts: School Year 1996-97
Description:	In the fall of 1996 almost 46 million students were enrolled in more than 86 thousand public schools. This report gives national and state information about the numbers, types, size and location of schools, and school districts. It includes the percent of students in each of five racial/ethnic groups, those receiving special education, and those who are eligible for free lunch, and dropout data for selected states.
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Cover Date:	October 1998
Web Release:	September 29, 1998
Print Release:	September 29, 1998
Publication #:	NCES 98204 General Ordering Information
Center/Program:	NCES
Authors:	Lee Hoffman
Type of Product:	Statistics in Brief
Survey/Program Areas:	Common Core of Data (CCD)
Keywords:	Public Elementary and Secondary Agencies Public Schools
Questions:	For questions about the content of this Statistics in Brief, please contact: Patrick Keaton.