Table 95.

Public elementary schools, by grade span, average school size, and state or jurisdiction: 2004–05

State or jurisdiction	Total, all elementary schools	Total, all regular elementary schools1	Schools, by grade span						Average number of students per school2
			Prekinder- garten, kindergarten, or 1st grade to grades 3 or 4	Prekinder- garten, kindergarten, or 1st grade to grade 5	Prekinder- garten, kindergarten, or 1st grade to grade 6	Prekinder- garten, kindergarten, or 1st grade to grade 8	Grade 4, 5, or 6 to grade 6, 7, or 8	Other grade spans	All elementary schools	Regular elementary schools1
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
United States	65,984	64,964	4,831	23,495	13,015	5,743	12,530	6,370	474	480
Alabama	944	931	89	306	165	67	214	103	477	479
Alaska	188	187	3	24	108	20	17	16	324	326
Arizona	1,279	1,249	70	238	349	366	173	83	512	517
Arkansas	728	726	126	139	226	5	144	88	390	391
California	6,645	6,461	189	2,287	2,213	766	990	200	603	619
Colorado	1,208	1,205	28	557	270	61	227	65	410	411
Connecticut	820	806	98	299	109	59	146	109	455	461
Delaware	139	137	28	56	7	5	32	11	540	543
District of Columbia	144	142	7	21	78	12	18	8	327	331
Florida	2,420	2,420	23	1,553	157	94	509	84	740	740
Georgia	1,665	1,661	39	993	50	15	415	153	659	660
Hawaii	207	206	1	66	108	5	25	2	550	552
Idaho	415	410	39	113	147	22	68	26	375	377
Illinois	3,157	3,057	309	774	399	700	539	436	444	453
Indiana	1,449	1,433	119	601	340	29	274	86	458	461
Iowa	1,034	1,027	96	345	214	17	226	136	286	288
Kansas	975	975	86	299	241	94	185	70	300	300
Kentucky	1,002	990	49	479	137	96	201	40	439	444
Louisiana	1,027	1,000	90	330	158	88	224	137	460	467
Maine	509	509	60	99	75	101	89	85	249	249
Maryland	1,083	1,060	14	630	134	39	215	51	532	538
Massachusetts	1,473	1,467	200	508	159	98	289	219	434	435
Michigan	2,727	2,711	229	1,005	402	178	525	388	404	405
Minnesota	1,263	1,111	116	331	384	54	206	172	390	436
Mississippi	600	599	81	119	122	42	133	103	519	519
Missouri	1,551	1,540	124	502	328	117	297	183	371	372
Montana	491	488	20	63	221	114	51	22	172	173
Nebraska	857	850	0	0	540	216	77	24	203	204
Nevada	412	403	6	194	104	15	72	21	669	682
New Hampshire	379	379	54	118	40	47	78	42	358	358
New Jersey	1,892	1,884	94	91	186	470	370	681	480	481
New Mexico	587	573	28	230	122	13	131	63	354	361
New York	3,223	3,203	272	1,235	507	128	688	393	563	564
North Carolina	1,786	1,779	67	1,019	55	111	438	96	538	540
North Dakota	319	319	10	42	185	45	23	14	179	179
Ohio	2,727	2,725	372	788	585	165	528	289	408	408
Oklahoma	1,201	1,201	64	340	159	310	219	109	354	354
Oregon	854	838	48	381	154	68	167	36	379	382
Pennsylvania	2,369	2,369	279	835	480	133	445	197	468	468
Rhode Island	265	265	25	119	33	3	47	38	382	382
South Carolina	847	845	51	425	63	25	216	67	568	569
South Dakota	434	434	14	115	98	108	78	21	184	184
Tennessee	1,257	1,251	156	475	108	181	272	65	502	503
Texas	5,312	5,202	596	2,055	751	106	1,196	608	545	554
Utah	552	541	14	104	367	7	39	21	511	520
Vermont	276	243	12	26	112	67	17	42	205	226
Virginia	1,485	1,484	41	841	144	8	305	146	541	541
Washington	1,424	1,360	64	420	525	71	235	109	430	443
West Virginia	583	580	86	217	95	38	108	39	321	323
Wisconsin	1,551	1,480	119	639	205	127	308	153	350	354
Wyoming	249	248	26	49	96	17	41	20	194	195
Bureau of Indian Affairs	102	102	5	4	22	67	3	1	495	495
DoDDS, domestic	59	59	17	16	4	2	12	8	677	677
DoDDS, overseas	105	105	6	24	46	6	18	5	451	451
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	24	24	1	0	0	21	1	1	421	421
Guam	32	32	0	24	0	0	7	1	301	301
Northern Marianas	24	24	0	2	10	0	2	10	293	293
Puerto Rico	907	876	49	6	812	4	23	13	393	393
Virgin Islands	23	23	0	1	21	0	1	0	—	—

—Not available. 1 Excludes special education and alternative schools. 2 Average for schools reporting enrollment data. Enrollment data were available for 65,691 out of 65,984 regular institutions in 2004–05. 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. DoDDS = Department of Defense dependents schools. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Com­mon Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2004–05. (This table was prepared August 2006.)