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Table 98 | Average size and distribution of enrollment of public elementary and secondary schools, by type: 1982-83 to 1997-98 |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Average enrollment size of schools, by type |Percentage distribution of schools, by | |size of enrollment Year |_________________________________________________________|_______________________________________________ | | | Secondary\3\ | Combined | | | | | | | | | | | |___________________|elementary/| |Under| 200 | 300 | 400 | 500 | 600 | 700 |1000 |Total\1\|Elemen-| All | Regular | secon- |Other\1\| 200 | to | to | to | to | to | to | or | |tary\2\|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 _________|________|_______|________|__________|___________|________|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____ |
\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. ---Data not available. NOTE.--Data reflect reports by schools rather than by states or school districts. Percent distribution and average enrollment calculations exclude data for schools not reporting enrollment. Because of rounding, details may not add to totals. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data survey. (This table was prepared May 1999.)
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