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Table 91  Public school districts and enrollment, by size of district: 1988-89 to 1997-98

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                    |              Number of districts                                      |        1997-98
                    |_______________________________________________________________________|_______________________
  Enrollment size   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |Number |Percent|Percent
    of district     |1988-89|1989-90|1990-91|1991-92|1992-93|1993-94|1994-95|1995-96|1996-97|of dis-|of dis-|of stu-
                    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |tricts |tricts | dents
____________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______
         1          |   2   |   3   |   4   |   5   |   6   |   7   |   8   |   9   |  10   |  11   |  12   |  13
____________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______
  Total ............|15,376 |15,367 |15,358 |15,173 |15,025 |14,881 |14,772 |14,766 |14,841 |14,805 | 100.0 | 100.0
                    |_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______
25,000 or more .....|   177 |   179 |   190 |   195 |   202 |   206 |   207 |   216 |   226 |   230 |   1.6 |  31.5
10,000 to 24,999 ...|   473 |   479 |   489 |   502 |   510 |   525 |   542 |   553 |   569 |   572 |   3.9 |  18.6
5,000 to 9,999 .....|   924 |   913 |   937 |   941 |   955 |   973 |   996 | 1,013 | 1,024 | 1,038 |   7.0 |  15.5
2,500 to 4,999 .....| 1,907 | 1,937 | 1,940 | 1,981 | 2,002 | 2,008 | 2,013 | 2,027 | 2,069 | 2,079 |  14.0 |  15.9
                    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
1,000 to 2,499 .....| 3,529 | 3,547 | 3,542 | 3,525 | 3,530 | 3,570 | 3,579 | 3,554 | 3,536 | 3,524 |  23.8 |  12.5
600 to 999 .........| 1,813 | 1,801 | 1,799 | 1,793 | 1,798 | 1,785 | 1,777 | 1,777 | 1,772 | 1,775 |  12.0 |   3.1
300 to 599 .........| 2,266 | 2,283 | 2,275 | 2,222 | 2,200 | 2,162 | 2,113 | 2,104 | 2,066 | 2,044 |  13.8 |   2.0
1 to 299 ...........| 3,984 | 3,910 | 3,816 | 3,648 | 3,465 | 3,294 | 3,173 | 3,123 | 3,160 | 3,165 |  21.4 |   0.9
Size not reported\1\|   303 |   318 |   370 |   366 |   363 |   358 |   372 |   399 |   419 |   378 |   2.6 |   ---
____________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______

\1\Includes school districts reporting enrollment of 0.
---Data not reported.

NOTE.--Because of rounding, details may not add to totals.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data surveys. (This table was prepared June 1999.)


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