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Table 94. Average size and distribution of enrollment of public elementary and secondary schools, by type: Selected years, 1982-83 to 2001-02 

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          |     Average enrollment size of schools, by type        |Percentage distribution of schools, by size of enrollment
          |________________________________________________________|_____________________________________________________
   Year   |        |       |   Secondary\3\   | Combined  |        |      |     |     |     |     |      |      |
          |Total\1\|Elemen-|__________________|elementary/|        |Under | 200 | 300 | 400 | 500 | 600  | 700  | 1,000
          |        |tary\2\|  All  | Regular  |  secon-   |Other\1\| 200  | to  | to  | to  | to  |  to  |  to  |   or
          |        |       |schools|schools\5\|  dary\4\  |        |      | 299 | 399 | 499 | 599 | 699  | 999  |  more
__________|________|_______|_______|__________|___________|________|______|_____|_____|_____|_____|______|______|________
    1     |   2    |   3   |   4   |    5     |     6     |   7    |  8   |  9  | 10  | 11  | 12  |  13  |  14  |   15
__________|________|_______|_______|__________|___________|________|______|_____|_____|_____|_____|______|______|________
1982-83 ..|     478|    399|    719|       ---|        478|     142|  21.9| 13.8| 15.5| 13.1| 10.2|   7.1|  10.2|     8.3
1983-84 ..|     480|    401|    720|       ---|        475|     145|  21.7| 13.7| 15.5| 13.2| 10.2|   7.1|  10.3|     8.3
1984-85 ..|     482|    403|    721|       ---|        476|     146|  21.5| 13.6| 15.5| 13.2| 10.3|   7.1|  10.4|     8.4
1987-88 ..|     490|    424|    695|       711|        420|     122|  20.3| 12.9| 14.9| 13.8| 11.1|   7.8|  11.2|     8.0
1988-89 ..|     494|    433|    689|       697|        412|     142|  20.0| 12.5| 14.7| 13.8| 11.4|   8.0|  11.6|     8.0
1989-90 ..|     493|    441|    669|       689|        402|     142|  19.8| 12.2| 14.5| 13.7| 11.5|   8.3|  12.0|     7.9
          |        |       |       |          |           |        |      |     |     |     |     |      |      |
1990-91 ..|     497|    449|    663|       684|        398|     150|  19.7| 11.9| 14.2| 13.6| 11.7|   8.5|  12.3|     8.1
1991-92 ..|     507|    458|    677|       717|        407|     152|  19.1| 11.7| 14.1| 13.5| 11.8|   8.6|  12.8|     8.5
1992-93 ..|     513|    464|    688|       733|        423|     135|  18.6| 11.6| 13.9| 13.5| 11.9|   8.7|  13.1|     8.7
1993-94 ..|     518|    468|    693|       748|        418|     136|  18.6| 11.5| 13.6| 13.5| 11.7|   8.8|  13.3|     9.0
1994-95 ..|     520|    471|    696|       759|        412|     131|  18.6| 11.4| 13.6| 13.4| 11.8|   8.7|  13.3|     9.2
          |        |       |       |          |           |        |      |     |     |     |     |      |      |
1995-96 ..|     525|    476|    703|       771|        401|     136|  18.5| 11.2| 13.5| 13.4| 11.8|   8.8|  13.4|     9.4
1996-97 ..|     527|    478|    703|       777|        387|     135|  18.7| 11.3| 13.2| 13.2| 11.8|   8.8|  13.6|     9.5
1997-98 ..|     525|    478|    699|       779|        374|     121|  19.3| 11.2| 13.1| 13.3| 11.6|   8.6|  13.4|     9.6
1998-99 ..|     524|    478|    707|       786|        290|     135|  19.6| 11.2| 13.1| 13.2| 11.5|   8.5|  13.3|     9.6
1999-2000 |     521|    477|    706|       785|        282|     123|  20.0| 11.3| 13.3| 13.2| 11.2|   8.4|  13.1|     9.5
          |        |       |       |          |           |        |      |     |     |     |     |      |      |
2000-01 ..|     519|    477|    714|       795|        274|     136|  20.4| 11.4| 13.2| 13.3| 11.0|   8.2|  12.9|     9.6
2001-02 ..|     520|    477|    718|       807|        270|     138|  20.5| 11.5| 13.3| 13.1| 10.9|   8.1|  12.7|     9.7
__________|________|_______|_______|__________|___________|________|______|_____|_____|_____|_____|______|______|________

---Not available.
\1\Includes special education, alternative, and other schools not classified by grade span.
\2\Includes schools beginning with grade 6 or below and with no grade higher than 8.
\3\Includes schools with no grade lower than 7.
\4\Includes schools beginning with grade 6 or below and ending with grade 9 or above.
\5\Excludes special education schools, vocational schools, and alternative schools.

NOTE: Data reflect reports by schools rather than by states or school districts. Percentage distribution and average enrollment calculations exclude data for schools not reporting enrollment. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, The NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 1982-83 through 2001-02. (This table was prepared April 2003.)


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