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Table 91. Number of public elementary and secondary local education agencies, by state and type of agency: 1998-99 and 1999-2000

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                      |               | Regular school  | Regional education   |              |             |
                      |Total agencies |districts, inclu-| service agencies and |State-operated|   Federally |   Other
                      |               |ding supervisory |  supervisory union   |   agencies   |   operated  | agencies
 State or other area  |               |union components |administrative centers|              |   agencies  |
                      |_______________|_________________|______________________|______________|_____________|_____________
                      |       | 1999- |        | 1999-  |          |   1999-   |       |1999- |       |1999-|       |1999-
                      |1998-99| 2000  |1998-99 |  2000  | 1998-99  |   2000    |1998-99| 2000 |1998-99|2000 |1998-99|2000
______________________|_______|_______|________|________|__________|___________|_______|______|_______|_____|_______|_____
          1           |   2   |   3   |   4    |   5    |    6     |     7     |   8   |  9   |  10   | 11  |  12   | 13
______________________|_______|_______|________|________|__________|___________|_______|______|_______|_____|_______|_____
   United States .....|16,501 |16,793 | 14,891 | 14,928 |    1,179 |     1,273 |   138 |  137 |     8 |   1 |   285 | 454
                      |_______|_______|________|________|__________|___________|_______|______|_______|_____|_______|_____
Alabama ..............|   134 |   131 |    128 |    128 |        0 |         0 |     3 |    3 |     3 |   0 |     0 |   0
Alaska ...............|    55 |    55 |     53 |     53 |        0 |         0 |     2 |    2 |     0 |   0 |     0 |   0
Arizona ..............|   377 |   422 |    368 |    413 |        6 |         6 |     2 |    2 |     0 |   0 |     1 |   1
Arkansas .............|   328 |   328 |    310 |    310 |       15 |        15 |     3 |    3 |     0 |   0 |     0 |   0
California ...........| 1,058 | 1,057 |    988 |    987 |       58 |        58 |    12 |   12 |     0 |   0 |     0 |   0
                      |       |       |        |        |          |           |       |      |       |     |       |
Colorado .............|   199 |   198 |    176 |    176 |       23 |        22 |     0 |    0 |     0 |   0 |     0 |   0
Connecticut ..........|   195 |   195 |    166 |    166 |        6 |         6 |     4 |    4 |     0 |   0 |    19 |  19
Delaware .............|    26 |    28 |     19 |     19 |        0 |         0 |     3 |    3 |     0 |   0 |     4 |   6
District of Columbia .|     1 |    28 |      1 |      1 |        0 |         0 |     0 |    0 |     0 |   0 |     0 |  27
Florida ..............|    73 |    73 |     67 |     67 |        0 |         0 |     1 |    1 |     0 |   0 |     5 |   5
                      |       |       |        |        |          |           |       |      |       |     |       |
Georgia ..............|   180 |   180 |    180 |    180 |        0 |         0 |     0 |    0 |     0 |   0 |     0 |   0
Hawaii ...............|     1 |     1 |      1 |      1 |        0 |         0 |     0 |    0 |     0 |   0 |     0 |   0
Idaho ................|   115 |   114 |    114 |    113 |        0 |         0 |     1 |    1 |     0 |   0 |     0 |   0
Illinois .............| 1,060 | 1,055 |    940 |    896 |       84 |       154 |     5 |    5 |     0 |   0 |    31 |   0
Indiana...............|   328 |   328 |    295 |    295 |       29 |        29 |     3 |    3 |     0 |   0 |     1 |   1
                      |       |       |        |        |          |           |       |      |       |     |       |
Iowa .................|   406 |   405 |    375 |    375 |       15 |        15 |    15 |   15 |     1 |   0 |     0 |   0
Kansas ...............|   304 |   304 |    304 |    304 |        0 |         0 |     0 |    0 |     0 |   0 |     0 |   0
Kentucky .............|   176 |   176 |    176 |    176 |        0 |         0 |     0 |    0 |     0 |   0 |     0 |   0
Louisiana ............|    76 |    82 |     70 |     75 |        0 |         0 |     6 |    7 |     0 |   0 |     0 |   0
Maine ................|   325 |   326 |    282 |    283 |       39 |        39 |     4 |    4 |     0 |   0 |     0 |   0
                      |       |       |        |        |          |           |       |      |       |     |       |
Maryland .............|    24 |    24 |     24 |     24 |        0 |         0 |     0 |    0 |     0 |   0 |     0 |   0
Massachusetts ........|   472 |   477 |    351 |    351 |       85 |        85 |     1 |    1 |     0 |   0 |    35 |  40
Michigan .............|   794 |   799 |    732 |    737 |       57 |        57 |     4 |    4 |     0 |   0 |     1 |   1
Minnesota ............|   455 |   468 |    392 |    407 |       60 |        57 |     3 |    4 |     0 |   0 |     0 |   0
Mississippi ..........|   162 |   162 |    152 |    152 |        0 |         0 |    10 |   10 |     0 |   0 |     0 |   0
                      |       |       |        |        |          |           |       |      |       |     |       |
Missouri..............|   531 |   531 |    525 |    525 |        0 |         0 |     2 |    2 |     0 |   0 |     4 |   4
Montana ..............|   538 |   534 |    459 |    455 |       77 |        77 |     2 |    2 |     0 |   0 |     0 |   0
Nebraska .............|   720 |   709 |    604 |    593 |      111 |       111 |     5 |    5 |     0 |   0 |     0 |   0
Nevada ...............|    18 |    18 |     17 |     17 |        0 |         0 |     1 |    1 |     0 |   0 |     0 |   0
New Hampshire ........|   249 |   257 |    179 |    179 |       70 |        78 |     0 |    0 |     0 |   0 |     0 |   0
                      |       |       |        |        |          |           |       |      |       |     |       |
New Jersey ...........|   620 |   662 |    608 |    604 |       12 |        12 |     0 |    0 |     0 |   0 |     0 |  46
New Mexico ...........|    89 |    89 |     89 |     89 |        0 |         0 |     0 |    0 |     0 |   0 |     0 |   0
New York .............|   743 |   745 |    705 |    707 |       38 |        38 |     0 |    0 |     0 |   0 |     0 |   0
North Carolina .......|   180 |   201 |    120 |    120 |        0 |         0 |     2 |    2 |     2 |   0 |    56 |  79
North Dakota .........|   272 |   272 |    231 |    231 |       38 |        38 |     3 |    3 |     0 |   0 |     0 |   0
                      |       |       |        |        |          |           |       |      |       |     |       |
Ohio .................|   779 |   806 |    675 |    708 |       78 |        73 |     3 |    3 |     0 |   0 |    23 |  22
Oklahoma .............|   559 |   556 |    547 |    544 |        0 |         0 |     0 |    0 |     0 |   0 |    12 |  12
Oregon ...............|   221 |   221 |    197 |    197 |       21 |        21 |     2 |    2 |     1 |   1 |     0 |   0
Pennsylvania .........|   648 |   666 |    501 |    501 |      101 |       101 |    15 |   15 |     0 |   0 |    31 |  49
Rhode Island .........|    37 |    37 |     36 |     36 |        0 |         0 |     1 |    1 |     0 |   0 |     0 |   0
                      |       |       |        |        |          |           |       |      |       |     |       |
South Carolina .......|   104 |   104 |     90 |     90 |       14 |        14 |     0 |    0 |     0 |   0 |     0 |   0
South Dakota .........|   199 |   199 |    176 |    176 |       18 |        18 |     5 |    5 |     0 |   0 |     0 |   0
Tennessee ............|   139 |   139 |    139 |    139 |        0 |         0 |     0 |    0 |     0 |   0 |     0 |   0
Texas ................| 1,103 | 1,203 |  1,042 |  1,041 |        0 |        20 |     0 |    0 |     0 |   0 |    61 | 142
Utah .................|    47 |    47 |     40 |     40 |        5 |         5 |     2 |    2 |     0 |   0 |     0 |   0
                      |       |       |        |        |          |           |       |      |       |     |       |
Vermont ..............|   349 |   348 |    287 |    287 |       61 |        60 |     1 |    1 |     0 |   0 |     0 |   0
Virginia .............|   166 |   169 |    135 |    135 |       30 |        34 |     0 |    0 |     1 |   0 |     0 |   0
Washington ...........|   305 |   305 |    296 |    296 |        9 |         9 |     0 |    0 |     0 |   0 |     0 |   0
West Virginia.........|    57 |    57 |     55 |     55 |        0 |         0 |     2 |    2 |     0 |   0 |     0 |   0
Wisconsin ............|   445 |   445 |    426 |    426 |       16 |        16 |     3 |    3 |     0 |   0 |     0 |   0
Wyoming ..............|    59 |    57 |     48 |     48 |        3 |         5 |     7 |    4 |     0 |   0 |     1 |   0
                      |_______|_______|________|________|__________|___________|_______|______|_______|_____|_______|_____
Bureau of Indian      |       |       |        |        |          |           |       |      |       |     |       |
  Affairs schools ....|    24 |    24 |      0 |      0 |        0 |         0 |     0 |    0 |    24 |  24 |     0 |   0
Department of Defense |       |       |        |        |          |           |       |      |       |     |       |
  dependents schools: |       |       |        |        |          |           |       |      |       |     |       |
   Domestic schools ..|   --- |    17 |    --- |      0 |      --- |         0 |   --- |    0 |   --- |  17 |   --- |   0
   Overseas schools ..|    12 |    11 |      0 |      0 |        0 |         0 |     0 |    0 |    12 |  11 |     0 |   0
                      |=======|=======|========|========|==========|===========|=======|======|=======|=====|=======|=====
    Outlying areas    |       |       |        |        |          |           |       |      |       |     |       |
American Samoa .......|     1 |     1 |      1 |      1 |        0 |         0 |     0 |    0 |     0 |   0 |     0 |   0
Guam .................|     1 |     1 |      1 |      1 |        0 |         0 |     0 |    0 |     0 |   0 |     0 |   0
Northern Marianas ....|     1 |     1 |      1 |      1 |        0 |         0 |     0 |    0 |     0 |   0 |     0 |   0
Puerto Rico ..........|     1 |     1 |      1 |      1 |        0 |         0 |     0 |    0 |     0 |   0 |     0 |   0
Virgin Islands .......|     1 |     1 |      1 |      1 |        0 |         0 |     0 |    0 |     0 |   0 |     0 |   0
______________________|_______|_______|________|________|__________|___________|_______|______|_______|_____|_______|_____

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NOTE: New category for Bureau of Indian Affairs schools introduced in 1998. Data that had formerly been reported by some states under federally operated agencies are now reported under Bureau of Indian Affairs.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data survey. (This table was prepared October 2001.)


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