| Table 100. | Public elementary schools, by grade span and average school size, by state: 1999-2000 |
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| | | Schools, by grade span ||Average of students
|Total, | Total, |___________________________________________________________________|| per school\2\
| all | all | Prekinder- | Prekinder- | Prekinder- | Prekinder- |Grades | ||___________________
State or other area |elemen-| regular |garten, kin- |garten, kin-|garten, kin-|garten, kin-| 4, 5, |Other || All | Regular
| tary | elemen- |dergarten, or| dergarten, | dergarten, | dergarten, | or 6, |grade ||elemen- | elemen-
|schools| tary |1st grade to |or 1st grade|or 1st grade|or 1st grade| to 6, |spans || tary | tary
| |schools\1\|grades 3 or 4| to grade 5 | to grade 6 | to grade 8 |7, or 8| ||schools |schools\1\
_______________________|_______|__________|_____________|____________|____________|____________|_______|______||________|__________
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 || 10 | 11
_______________________|_______|__________|_____________|____________|____________|____________|_______|______||________|__________
United States ......|64,131 | 63,219 | 4,977 | 22,263 | 14,015 | 4,740 |11,521 |6,615 || 477 | 482
|_______|__________|_____________|____________|____________|____________|_______|______||________|__________
Alabama ...............| 913 | 901 | 84 | 272 | 187 | 79 | 195 | 96 || 485 | 487
Alaska ................| 201 | 199 | 5 | 26 | 112 | 27 | 19 | 12 || 331 | 333
Arizona ...............| 1,086 | 1,059 | 62 | 223 | 314 | 249 | 152 | 86 || 520 | 524
Arkansas ..............| 707 | 706 | 101 | 128 | 272 | 4 | 121 | 81 || 382 | 382
California ............| 6,181 | 6,050 | 189 | 1,877 | 2,457 | 629 | 839 | 190 || 624 | 636
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Colorado ..............| 1,143 | 1,140 | 36 | 530 | 240 | 27 | 226 | 84 || 413 | 414
Connecticut ...........| 821 | 808 | 85 | 318 | 127 | 45 | 152 | 94 || 463 | 469
Delaware ..............| 124 | 122 | 43 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 28 || 567 | 571
District of Columbia ..| 132 | 132 | 8 | 22 | 76 | 10 | 13 | 3 || 406 | 406
Florida ...............| 2,145 | 2,145 | 37 | 1,375 | 146 | 32 | 456 | 99 || 768 | 768
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Georgia ...............| 1,507 | 1,505 | 27 | 845 | 122 | 17 | 328 | 168 || 667 | 667
Hawaii ................| 196 | 195 | 1 | 53 | 113 | 7 | 21 | 1 || 604 | 607
Idaho .................| 410 | 407 | 36 | 91 | 167 | 19 | 65 | 32 || 357 | 359
Illinois ..............| 3,169 | 3,057 | 337 | 673 | 506 | 726 | 494 | 433 || 433 | 444
Indiana................| 1,410 | 1,398 | 72 | 606 | 382 | 24 | 252 | 74 || 455 | 458
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Iowa ..................| 1,057 | 1,055 | 99 | 331 | 246 | 18 | 217 | 146 || 289 | 290
Kansas ................| 1,010 | 1,006 | 68 | 304 | 271 | 110 | 175 | 82 || 289 | 290
Kentucky ..............| 1,015 | 1,003 | 47 | 437 | 199 | 86 | 188 | 58 || 430 | 433
Louisiana .............| 1,030 | 1,010 | 109 | 310 | 197 | 76 | 221 | 117 || 466 | 472
Maine .................| 539 | 538 | 71 | 87 | 90 | 108 | 90 | 93 || 250 | 251
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Maryland ..............| 1,071 | 1,035 | 17 | 622 | 144 | 23 | 207 | 58 || 547 | 560
Massachusetts .........| 1,510 | 1,501 | 199 | 498 | 221 | 83 | 268 | 241 || 437 | 438
Michigan ..............| 2,646 | 2,646 | 225 | 1,080 | 468 | 106 | 502 | 265 || 413 | 413
Minnesota .............| 1,252 | 1,137 | 121 | 300 | 420 | 39 | 204 | 168 || 414 | 448
Mississippi ...........| 576 | 575 | 79 | 108 | 129 | 45 | 124 | 91 || 530 | 530
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Missouri...............| 1,548 | 1,536 | 131 | 499 | 351 | 107 | 290 | 170 || 383 | 385
Montana ...............| 517 | 514 | 19 | 69 | 240 | 118 | 44 | 27 || 179 | 180
Nebraska ..............| 974 | 921 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 61 | 860 || 177 | 185
Nevada ................| 354 | 350 | 13 | 156 | 93 | 18 | 54 | 20 || 640 | 646
New Hampshire .........| 425 | 425 | 50 | 111 | 52 | 48 | 73 | 91 || 329 | 329
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New Jersey ............| 1,855 | 1,848 | 280 | 525 | 222 | 249 | 344 | 235 || 475 | 476
New Mexico ............| 552 | 541 | 28 | 191 | 160 | 6 | 107 | 60 || 376 | 381
New York ..............| 3,081 | 3,078 | 256 | 1,079 | 637 | 107 | 588 | 414 || 611 | 611
North Carolina ........| 1,688 | 1,674 | 71 | 939 | 75 | 109 | 397 | 97 || 539 | 542
North Dakota ..........| 343 | 343 | 11 | 37 | 206 | 53 | 22 | 14 || 184 | 184
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Ohio ..................| 2,775 | 2,756 | 367 | 834 | 706 | 95 | 526 | 247 || 422 | 423
Oklahoma ..............| 1,219 | 1,210 | 61 | 350 | 179 | 298 | 218 | 113 || 345 | 346
Oregon ................| 924 | 903 | 50 | 404 | 180 | 77 | 177 | 36 || 379 | 385
Pennsylvania ..........| 2,383 | 2,381 | 307 | 876 | 530 | 75 | 436 | 159 || 481 | 481
Rhode Island ..........| 258 | 256 | 36 | 98 | 48 | 4 | 42 | 30 || 415 | 416
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South Carolina ........| 811 | 810 | 81 | 356 | 89 | 24 | 208 | 53 || 567 | 567
South Dakota ..........| 466 | 463 | 24 | 99 | 118 | 124 | 73 | 28 || 178 | 179
Tennessee .............| 1,172 | 1,169 | 131 | 359 | 178 | 217 | 212 | 75 || 517 | 517
Texas .................| 4,899 | 4,821 | 534 | 1,850 | 736 | 88 | 1,086 | 605 || 535 | 543
Utah ..................| 509 | 504 | 16 | 102 | 328 | 5 | 39 | 19 || 524 | 526
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Vermont ...............| 284 | 247 | 18 | 23 | 114 | 65 | 17 | 47 || 218 | 245
Virginia ..............| 1,438 | 1,428 | 62 | 770 | 157 | 12 | 290 | 147 || 533 | 536
Washington ............| 1,386 | 1,322 | 70 | 494 | 439 | 63 | 225 | 95 || 439 | 456
West Virginia..........| 620 | 616 | 80 | 194 | 176 | 46 | 95 | 29 || 303 | 304
Wisconsin .............| 1,532 | 1,507 | 97 | 651 | 256 | 99 | 301 | 128 || 364 | 368
Wyoming ...............| 267 | 266 | 15 | 56 | 121 | 22 | 37 | 16 || 196 | 196
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Bureau of Indian | | | | | | | | || |
Affairs ..............| 108 | 108 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 64 | 3 | 3 || 235 | 235
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Department of Defense | | | | | | | | || |
dependents schools: | | | | | | | | || |
Domestic schools ...| 60 | 60 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 9 || 476 | 476
Overseas schools ...| 105 | 105 | 8 | 18 | 52 | 8 | 16 | 3 || 491 | 491
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Outlying areas | | | | | | | | || |
American Samoa ........| 24 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 1 || 496 | 496
Guam ..................| 34 | 34 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 || 708 | 708
Northern Marianas .....| 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 12 || 316 | 316
Puerto Rico ...........| 919 | 888 | 83 | 20 | 760 | 4 | 29 | 23 || 312 | 312
Virgin Islands ........| 23 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 || 483 | 483
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\1\Excludes special education and alternative schools.
NOTE: Includes schools beginning with grade 6 or below and with no grade higher than 8. Excludes schools not reported by grade level, such as some special education schools for the disabled. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data survey. (This table was prepared June 2001.)
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