Number of public school districts and public and private elementary and secondary schools: Selected years, 1869-70 to 2001-02

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padding-left:4px" >_______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Public schools\2\ | Private schools\2,3\ |_______________________________________________|______________________________ | Total, |Total, | Schools with | Schools | | Schools |Schools | all |schools |elementary grades| with | | with | with with |_________________|secondary| Total\4\|elementary|secondary |reported| Total | One- | grades | | grades | grades | grade | |teacher | | | | |spans\5\| | | | | | __________|________|________|________|_________|_________|__________|_________ | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 __________|________|________|________|_________|_________|__________|_________ --- | 116,312| ---| --- | ---| ---| ---| ---| --- --- | 178,122| ---| --- | ---| ---| ---| ---| --- --- | 224,526| ---| --- | ---| ---| ---| ---| --- --- | 248,279| ---| --- | ---| ---| ---| ---| --- --- | 265,474| ---| --- | 212,448| ---| ---| ---| --- | ---| | | | | | --- | 271,319| ---| --- | 187,948| ---| ---| ---| --- --- | 248,117| ---| 238,306| 148,712| 23,930| ---| 9,275| 3,258 --- | 245,941| ---| --- | 143,445| ---| ---| ---| --- --- | 242,929| ---| 236,236| 138,542| 24,714| ---| 9,992| 3,327 --- | 237,816| ---| --- | 130,708| ---| ---| ---| --- | ---| | | | | | 229,394| ---| 221,660| 121,178| 25,467| ---| 9,992| 3,327 226,762| ---| --- | 113,600| ---| ---| 11,306| 3,568 --- | 222,660| ---| --- | 107,692| ---| ---| ---| --- ---| ---| 160,227| 86,563| 24,314| ---| 9,863| 3,294 ---| ---| 146,760| 75,096| 25,484| ---| 10,071| 3,292 | | | | | | | ---| ---| 128,225| 59,652| 24,542| ---| 10,375| 3,331 ---| ---| 123,763| 50,742| 23,746| ---| 10,666| 3,322 ---| ---| 110,875| 42,865| 25,637| ---| 11,739| 3,913 ---| ---| 104,427| 34,964| 26,046| ---| 12,372| 3,887 ---| ---| 95,446| 25,341| 25,507| ---| 13,065| 3,994 | | | | | | | ---| ---| 91,853| 20,213| 25,784| ---| 13,574| 4,061 ---| ---| 81,910| 13,333| 25,350| ---| 14,762| 4,129 ---| ---| 77,584| 9,895| 26,431| ---| ---| 4,451 ---| ---| 73,216| 6,491| 26,597| 17,849| 15,340| 4,606 ---| 94,197| 70,879| 4,146| 27,011| ---| ---| --- | | | | | | | ---| 89,372| 65,800| 1,815| 25,352| ---| 14,372| 3,770 ---| 88,655| 65,070| 1,365| 25,906| ---| ---| --- 88,597| 87,034| 63,242| 1,166| 25,330| ---| ---| --- ---| 86,501| 62,644| 1,111| 25,378| 19,910| 16,385| 5,904 ---| 84,816| 61,982| 1,056| 24,504| 19,489| 16,097| 5,766 | | | | | | | 87,004| ---| --- | ---| ---| ---| ---| --- 85,982| 83,688| 61,069| 921| 24,362| 20,764| 16,792| 5,678 84,740| 82,039| 59,656| 798| 23,988| ---| ---| --- 84,178| 81,418| 59,082| 838| 23,947|\6\27,694|\6\ 20,872|\6\ 7,862 ---| 84,007| 81,147| 58,827| 825| 23,916| ---| ---| --- | | | | | | | ---| --- | ---| --- | ---| --- |\6\25,616|\6\ 20,252|\6\ 7,387 83,455| 82,190| 60,784| 763| 23,389| ---| ---| --- 83,248| 81,416| 59,754| 729| 23,841|\6\26,807|\6\ 22,959|\6\ 8,418 83,165| 81,579| 60,176| 583| 23,638| ---| ---| --- 83,425| 81,880| 60,699| 630| 23,461| ---| ---| --- | | | | | | | 84,538| 82,475| 61,340| 617| 23,460|\6\24,690|\6\ 22,223|\6\ 8,989 84,578| 82,506| 61,739| 569| 23,248|\6\25,998|\6\ 23,523|\6\ 9,282 84,497| 82,896| 62,225| 430| 23,220| ---| ---| --- 85,393| 83,431| 62,726| 442| 23,379|\6\26,093|\6\ 23,543|\6\10,555 86,221| 84,476| 63,572| 458| 23,668| ---| ---| --- | | | | | | | 87,125| 84,958| 63,961| 474| 23,793| 27,686| 25,153| 10,942 88,223| 86,092| 64,785| 487| 24,287| ---| ---| --- 89,508| 87,541| 65,859| 476| 24,802| 27,402| 24,915| 10,779 90,874| 89,259| 67,183| 463| 25,797| ---| ---| --- 92,012| 90,538| 68,173| 423| 26,407| 27,223| 24,685| 10,693 | | | | | | | 93,273| 91,691| 69,697| 411| 27,090| ---| ---| --- 94,112| 92,696| 70,516| 408| 27,468| ---| ---| --- __________|________|________|________|_________|_________|__________|_________

---Not available.
\1\Includes operating and nonoperating districts.
\2\Schools with both elementary and secondary programs are included under elementary schools and also under secondary schools.
\3\Data for most years are partly estimated.
\4\Includes regular schools and special schools not classified by grade span.
\5\Includes elementary, secondary, and combined elementary/secondary schools.
\6\These data are from sample surveys and should not be compared directly with the data for earlier years.
\7\Because of expanded survey coverage, data are not directly comparable with figures prior to 1986.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Annual Reports of the Commissioner of Education, 1870 through 1910; Biennial Survey of Education in the United States, 1919-20 through 1949-50; Statistics of State School Systems, 1959-60 through 1967-68; Statistics of Public Elementary and Secondary School Systems, 1970-71 through 1980-81; Statistics of Nonpublic Elementary and Secondary Schools, 1970-71 through 1979-80; Private Schools in American Education; Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Private School Questionnaire," 1987-88 and 1990-91; Private School Universe Survey, 1991-92 through 1999-2000; and The NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), 1982-83 through 2001-02. (This table was prepared July 2003.)

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