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Table 95. | Public elementary schools, by grade span, average school size, and state or jurisdiction: 2005-06 |
State or jurisdiction | Total, all elementary schools | Total, all regular elementary schools1 | Schools, by grade span | Average number of students per school2 |
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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 | 67,291 | 65,163 | 4,987 | 24,060 | 12,569 | 5,595 | 12,545 | 7,535 | 473 | 479 |
Alabama | 951 | 937 | 89 | 306 | 168 | 66 | 215 | 107 | 486 | 486 |
Alaska | 186 | 186 | 2 | 20 | 109 | 17 | 17 | 21 | 328 | 328 |
Arizona | 1,303 | 1,266 | 73 | 244 | 348 | 381 | 173 | 84 | 523 | 526 |
Arkansas | 747 | 720 | 119 | 146 | 207 | 5 | 145 | 125 | 403 | 405 |
California | 6,754 | 6,573 | 209 | 2,506 | 2,040 | 680 | 1,041 | 278 | 585 | 600 |
Colorado | 1,221 | 1,218 | 29 | 546 | 280 | 67 | 228 | 71 | 412 | 413 |
Connecticut | 614 | 599 | 40 | 64 | 266 | 47 | 43 | 154 | 449 | 454 |
Delaware | 140 | 138 | 26 | 59 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 11 | 545 | 552 |
District of Columbia | 153 | 150 | 6 | 24 | 80 | 11 | 20 | 12 | 291 | 296 |
Florida | 2,622 | 2,457 | 33 | 1,563 | 141 | 91 | 542 | 252 | 712 | 732 |
Georgia | 1,847 | 1,728 | 33 | 990 | 68 | 17 | 428 | 311 | 668 | 668 |
Hawaii | 208 | 207 | 1 | 65 | 109 | 5 | 26 | 2 | 545 | 548 |
Idaho | 424 | 421 | 40 | 128 | 138 | 24 | 72 | 22 | 374 | 376 |
Illinois | 3,325 | 3,075 | 307 | 796 | 356 | 715 | 545 | 606 | 444 | 452 |
Indiana | 1,480 | 1,416 | 120 | 586 | 338 | 28 | 272 | 136 | 458 | 462 |
Iowa | 1,017 | 1,013 | 103 | 338 | 200 | 17 | 222 | 137 | 295 | 296 |
Kansas | 976 | 975 | 90 | 309 | 233 | 92 | 183 | 69 | 299 | 299 |
Kentucky | 994 | 981 | 44 | 484 | 131 | 92 | 206 | 37 | 445 | 450 |
Louisiana | 925 | 900 | 84 | 328 | 110 | 87 | 203 | 113 | 461 | 468 |
Maine | 503 | 503 | 59 | 96 | 73 | 101 | 89 | 85 | 248 | 248 |
Maryland | 1,104 | 1,077 | 14 | 648 | 118 | 40 | 226 | 58 | 518 | 526 |
Massachusetts | 1,476 | 1,471 | 196 | 510 | 157 | 98 | 294 | 221 | 429 | 430 |
Michigan | 2,709 | 2,693 | 224 | 992 | 396 | 176 | 524 | 397 | 405 | 407 |
Minnesota | 1,668 | 1,134 | 117 | 318 | 385 | 58 | 209 | 581 | 394 | 437 |
Mississippi | 599 | 599 | 76 | 115 | 129 | 38 | 133 | 108 | 512 | 512 |
Missouri | 1,549 | 1,540 | 126 | 489 | 348 | 114 | 300 | 172 | 372 | 373 |
Montana | 482 | 479 | 19 | 48 | 231 | 115 | 47 | 22 | 170 | 171 |
Nebraska | 833 | 826 | 0 | 0 | 539 | 195 | 77 | 22 | 210 | 211 |
Nevada | 406 | 406 | 4 | 206 | 86 | 21 | 70 | 19 | 692 | 692 |
New Hampshire | 381 | 381 | 54 | 117 | 38 | 48 | 80 | 44 | 352 | 352 |
New Jersey | 1,929 | 1,918 | 287 | 546 | 185 | 276 | 362 | 273 | 475 | 477 |
New Mexico | 607 | 592 | 29 | 230 | 127 | 14 | 128 | 79 | 346 | 353 |
New York | 3,254 | 3,233 | 284 | 1,234 | 468 | 142 | 707 | 419 | 548 | 550 |
North Carolina | 1,805 | 1,799 | 74 | 1,024 | 52 | 119 | 437 | 99 | 540 | 542 |
North Dakota | 352 | 314 | 10 | 46 | 170 | 47 | 23 | 56 | 182 | 182 |
Ohio | 2,774 | 2,757 | 376 | 725 | 530 | 212 | 522 | 409 | 409 | 409 |
Oklahoma | 1,203 | 1,203 | 74 | 339 | 148 | 311 | 221 | 110 | 357 | 357 |
Oregon | 810 | 804 | 40 | 345 | 161 | 85 | 146 | 33 | 374 | 375 |
Pennsylvania | 2,351 | 2,350 | 267 | 822 | 479 | 160 | 433 | 190 | 466 | 466 |
Rhode Island | 265 | 253 | 26 | 103 | 40 | 3 | 43 | 50 | 374 | 376 |
South Carolina | 858 | 856 | 50 | 429 | 64 | 25 | 221 | 69 | 554 | 555 |
South Dakota | 431 | 430 | 14 | 116 | 98 | 104 | 79 | 20 | 183 | 183 |
Tennessee | 1,267 | 1,260 | 167 | 469 | 104 | 181 | 277 | 69 | 503 | 505 |
Texas | 5,418 | 5,295 | 596 | 2,149 | 735 | 110 | 1,224 | 604 | 553 | 563 |
Utah | 561 | 548 | 13 | 107 | 363 | 12 | 39 | 27 | 523 | 533 |
Vermont | 274 | 241 | 12 | 25 | 112 | 66 | 17 | 42 | 209 | 225 |
Virginia | 1,699 | 1,503 | 40 | 833 | 157 | 8 | 305 | 356 | 539 | 540 |
Washington | 1,461 | 1,373 | 60 | 574 | 371 | 71 | 244 | 141 | 428 | 446 |
West Virginia | 582 | 578 | 85 | 232 | 80 | 37 | 110 | 38 | 323 | 325 |
Wisconsin | 1,546 | 1,541 | 121 | 619 | 202 | 146 | 304 | 154 | 354 | 355 |
Wyoming | 247 | 246 | 25 | 52 | 95 | 14 | 41 | 20 | 197 | 198 |
Bureau of Indian Education | 107 | 107 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 67 | 4 | 2 | 229 | 229 |
DoD, domestic | 57 | 57 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 402 | 402 |
DoD, overseas | 101 | 101 | 6 | 20 | 35 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 423 | 423 |
Other jurisdictions | ||||||||||
American Samoa | 24 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 500 | 500 |
Guam | 32 | 32 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 686 | 686 |
Northern Marianas | 22 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 323 | 323 |
Puerto Rico | 894 | 892 | 49 | 3 | 802 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 286 | 286 |
Virgin Islands | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 393 | 393 |
1 Excludes special education and alternative schools. 2 Average for schools reporting enrollment data. Enrollment data were available for 65,698 out of 67,291 public elementary schools in 2005-06. 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. DoD = Department of Defense. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, ComĀmon Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2005-06. (This table was prepared June 2007.) |