Table 6. Number of operating city, suburban, town, and rural public elementary and secondary schools with membership and percent of students in membership, by state or jurisdiction: School year 2006

Numbers and Types of Public Elementary and Secondary Schools From the Common Core of Data: School Year 2006-07

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Table 6. Number of operating city, suburban, town, and rural public elementary and secondary schools with membership and percent of students in membership, by state or jurisdiction: School year 2006–07

State or jurisdiction	Total number of schools	Total number of students	City		Suburban		Town		Rural
State or jurisdiction	Total number of schools	Total number of students	Number of schools	Percent of students	Number of schools	Percent of students	Number of schools	Percent of students	Number of schools	Percent of students
United States¹	87,619	48,175,384	22,237	29.2	24,691	35.3	12,418	12.6	28,273	22.9

Alabama	1,344	740,076	300	22.0	183	16.7	189	14.0	672	47.3
Alaska	451	119,975	78	36.9	8	3.5	76	25.2	289	34.4
Arizona	1,831	1,046,200	820	47.4	320	22.3	245	10.6	446	19.7
Arkansas	1,074	474,469	207	25.4	77	9.8	222	23.6	568	41.2
California	8,471	6,096,664	3,410	43.8	3,120	40.6	696	6.7	1,245	8.9

Colorado	1,639	778,639	458	32.9	466	35.7	198	11.0	517	20.3
Connecticut	1,021	557,702	276	26.7	532	55.0	47	4.3	166	14.0
Delaware	178	113,270	30	14.0	79	46.4	36	21.6	33	18.0
District of Columbia	189	66,944	189	100.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Florida	3,079	2,613,679	818	24.3	1,505	53.0	222	5.6	534	17.1

Georgia	2,126	1,622,293	383	14.4	692	39.6	282	12.0	769	34.1
Hawaii	281	180,450	71	23.3	92	41.0	71	25.1	47	10.6
Idaho	609	262,440	131	28.8	60	15.5	129	22.9	289	32.8
Illinois	4,035	2,101,340	1,015	30.7	1,511	44.9	548	10.8	961	13.5
Indiana	1,872	1,041,579	471	27.8	366	23.7	342	17.2	693	31.3

Iowa	1,423	476,271	236	27.1	76	8.4	340	26.6	771	37.9
Kansas	1,392	459,702	226	24.7	119	13.9	343	26.7	704	34.7
Kentucky	1,209	638,623	192	19.9	148	14.4	267	23.2	602	42.5
Louisiana	1,254	653,678	296	26.4	232	22.9	274	19.1	452	31.5
Maine	641	193,950	50	12.0	60	12.6	99	20.0	432	55.4

Maryland	1,311	833,077	251	16.2	731	59.7	84	6.4	245	17.6
Massachusetts	1,845	941,469	422	21.0	1,142	65.6	60	2.2	221	11.2
Michigan	3,456	1,655,548	842	25.4	1,174	39.3	423	11.9	1,017	23.4
Minnesota	1,636	808,665	321	20.8	338	30.4	310	20.4	667	28.4
Mississippi	904	495,026	100	10.4	73	10.6	283	30.6	448	48.4

Missouri	2,241	916,646	389	18.4	462	30.2	400	20.5	990	30.9
Montana	825	144,258	61	22.5	9	2.7	137	36.1	618	38.8
Nebraska	1,084	286,748	169	33.2	64	12.1	204	23.6	647	31.1
Nevada	543	417,771	194	39.1	140	35.9	65	8.0	144	17.0
New Hampshire	482	203,551	41	14.7	102	31.4	89	17.3	250	36.6

New Jersey	2,339	1,354,386	227	9.7	1,831	78.6	59	1.8	222	9.9
New Mexico	795	322,315	182	33.9	71	13.4	242	29.9	300	22.8
New York	4,408	2,711,921	1,714	42.3	1,470	36.6	434	7.7	790	13.4
North Carolina	2,277	1,433,856	540	25.1	306	16.3	327	12.8	1,104	45.8
North Dakota	494	96,670	55	27.2	16	9.6	67	20.0	356	43.3

Ohio	3,807	1,827,278	867	20.4	1,294	39.7	581	14.5	1,065	25.4
Oklahoma	1,783	637,643	259	21.5	182	19.1	406	25.7	936	33.7
Oregon	1,230	549,726	300	30.8	226	24.4	316	27.0	388	17.8
Pennsylvania	3,150	1,788,859	584	19.6	1,278	44.8	440	13.2	848	22.3
Rhode Island	303	145,494	96	31.2	161	53.4	7	1.9	39	13.4

South Carolina	1,115	703,119	156	14.2	267	28.8	197	16.6	495	40.3
South Dakota	687	121,158	62	24.1	4	2.4	93	29.6	528	43.8
Tennessee	1,625	971,988	479	30.5	223	17.2	245	14.8	678	37.4
Texas	7,143	4,521,527	2,601	42.2	1,354	25.7	1,073	11.9	2,115	20.2
Utah	806	513,283	138	17.9	363	55.3	127	14.2	178	12.5

Vermont	314	93,198	14	6.5	19	10.2	57	29.0	224	54.3
Virginia	1,845	1,217,947	435	23.7	571	37.9	165	7.4	674	31.0
Washington	1,872	988,598	431	26.6	699	44.5	250	12.5	492	16.5
West Virginia	700	280,080	84	13.6	95	15.5	161	25.5	360	45.4
Wisconsin	2,137	871,751	522	28.2	376	23.9	391	20.3	848	27.6
Wyoming	343	83,884	44	24.2	4	1.3	99	43.7	196	30.8

Department of Defense dependents schools, Bureau of Indian Education, and other jurisdictions
DoDDS: DoDs Overseas²	139	60,891	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
DDESS: DoDs Domestic²	68	26,631	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Bureau of Indian Education	186	—	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
American Samoa	29	16,191	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Guam	36	—	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Northern Mariana Islands	29	11,666	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
Puerto Rico	1,456	526,125	230	15.6	1,001	71.0	53	3.0	172	10.4
U.S. Virgin Islands	32	16,251	†	†	†	†	†	†	†	†
— Not available.
† Not applicable.
¹ U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
² DoDDS and DDESS are the Department of Defense dependents schools (overseas) and the Department of Defense dependents schools (domestic), respectively.
NOTE: Details may not sum to totals because not all districts could be assigned to a locale category. City includes the categories of City, Large Territory, City, Mid-size Territory, and City, Small Territory. Suburban includes the categories of Suburb, Large Territory, Suburb, Mid-size Territory, and Suburb, Small Territory. Town includes the categories of Town, Fringe Territory, Town, Distant Territory, and Town, Remote Territory. Rural includes the categories of Rural, Fringe, Rural, Distant, and Rural, Remote. See Glossary for more detail.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2006–07, Version 1a.

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