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1999 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Issue of the Digest

Table 102  Public secondary schools, by grade span and average school size, by state: 1997-98

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                      |       |          |                        Schools, by grade span                       ||  Voca-   ||Average of students
                      |Total, |  Total,  |_____________________________________________________________________||  tional  ||  per school\3\
 State or other area  |  all  |   all    |Grades 7| Grades | Grades | Grades  |  Grades  |Other spans|  Other  ||schools\2\||____________________
                      |secon- | regular  |to 8 and|7 to 12 |8 to 12 | 9 to 12 | 10 to 12 |ending with|  grade  ||          ||   All   | Regular
                      | dary  |secondary | 7 to 9 |        |        |         |          | grade 12  |  spans  ||          ||secondary|secondary
                      |schools|schools\1\|        |        |        |         |          |           |         ||          || schools |schools\1\
______________________|_______|__________|________|________|________|_________|__________|___________|_________||__________||_________|__________
          1           |   2   |    3     |   4    |   5    |   6    |    7    |    8     |     9     |   10    ||    11    ||   12    |    13
______________________|_______|__________|________|________|________|_________|__________|___________|_________||__________||_________|__________
   United States .....|21,682 |   18,318 |  3,599 |  3,133 |    478 |  11,937 |      797 |       217 |   1,521 ||      930 ||     699 |      779
                      |_______|__________|________|________|________|_________|__________|___________|_________||__________||_________|__________
Alabama ..............|   310 |      294 |     36 |     80 |      7 |     169 |        9 |         1 |       8 ||        3 ||     686 |      721
Alaska ...............|    90 |       72 |     15 |     25 |      0 |      46 |        1 |         0 |       3 ||        4 ||     469 |      568
Arizona ..............|   333 |      298 |     80 |     14 |      3 |     211 |        6 |         2 |      17 ||        9 ||     819 |      876
Arkansas .............|   417 |      416 |     71 |    209 |      4 |      53 |       56 |         1 |      23 ||        1 ||     449 |      445
California ...........| 1,907 |    1,265 |    378 |     92 |     53 |   1,166 |      110 |        22 |      86 ||        0 ||     971 |    1,387
                      |       |          |        |        |        |         |          |           |         ||          ||         |
Colorado .............|   359 |      305 |     51 |     59 |      2 |     221 |        6 |         1 |      19 ||        7 ||     607 |      685
Connecticut ..........|   207 |      175 |     27 |     11 |      1 |     161 |        2 |         1 |       4 ||       17 ||     765 |      841
Delaware .............|    45 |       35 |     10 |      3 |      0 |      30 |        1 |         0 |       1 ||        5 ||     908 |    1,002
District of Columbia .|    35 |       30 |     12 |      1 |      0 |      21 |        1 |         0 |       0 ||        0 ||     593 |      666
Florida ..............|   464 |      311 |     21 |     42 |     25 |     278 |       16 |        13 |      69 ||       46 ||   1,134 |    1,662
                      |       |          |        |        |        |         |          |           |         ||          ||         |
Georgia ..............|   306 |      303 |     23 |     10 |     15 |     254 |        1 |         0 |       3 ||        0 ||   1,185 |    1,196
Hawaii ...............|    51 |       49 |     14 |      8 |      3 |      24 |        0 |         0 |       2 ||        0 ||   1,338 |    1,389
Idaho ................|   213 |      160 |     45 |     47 |      4 |      87 |       21 |         2 |       7 ||        0 ||     453 |      578
Illinois .............| 1,017 |      832 |    207 |     60 |     24 |     617 |       13 |        38 |      58 ||       26 ||     632 |      730
Indiana...............|   450 |      401 |     69 |    102 |      3 |     235 |        7 |         1 |      33 ||       29 ||     786 |      823
                      |       |          |        |        |        |         |          |           |         ||          ||         |
Iowa .................|   442 |      410 |     64 |    100 |      2 |     258 |       15 |         0 |       3 ||        0 ||     417 |      440
Kansas ...............|   424 |      419 |     66 |     75 |      4 |     265 |       10 |         1 |       3 ||        0 ||     401 |      405
Kentucky .............|   346 |      307 |     39 |     47 |      8 |     210 |        3 |         2 |      37 ||       11 ||     641 |      699
Louisiana ............|   316 |      282 |     60 |     48 |     11 |     178 |        4 |         1 |      14 ||       13 ||     767 |      817
Maine ................|   162 |      134 |     24 |     13 |      1 |      94 |        1 |         1 |      28 ||       27 ||     510 |      514
                      |       |          |        |        |        |         |          |           |         ||          ||         |
Maryland .............|   217 |      188 |     26 |      5 |      2 |     174 |        2 |         1 |       7 ||       11 ||   1,115 |    1,220
Massachusetts ........|   336 |      274 |     37 |     42 |     15 |     227 |        3 |         3 |       9 ||       44 ||     799 |      852
Michigan .............|   873 |      747 |    121 |    110 |     19 |     526 |       19 |         8 |      70 ||       57 ||     642 |      703
Minnesota ............|   704 |      452 |     76 |    227 |     57 |     209 |       54 |        29 |      52 ||       12 ||     462 |      682
Mississippi ..........|   307 |      220 |     35 |     50 |      4 |     112 |       12 |         1 |      93 ||       87 ||     692 |      692
                      |       |          |        |        |        |         |          |           |         ||          ||         |
Missouri..............|   630 |      561 |     58 |    199 |      4 |     274 |       17 |         1 |      77 ||       61 ||     535 |      541
Montana ..............|   365 |      361 |    189 |      0 |      0 |     174 |        1 |         0 |       1 ||        0 ||     182 |      183
Nebraska .............|   352 |      350 |     39 |    210 |      3 |      90 |        8 |         0 |       2 ||        0 ||     340 |      341
Nevada ...............|   100 |       81 |     16 |     18 |      2 |      50 |        4 |         4 |       6 ||        4 ||     904 |    1,052
New Hampshire ........|    99 |       99 |     21 |      0 |      0 |      77 |        1 |         0 |       0 ||        0 ||     638 |      638
                      |       |          |        |        |        |         |          |           |         ||          ||         |
New Jersey ...........|   432 |      384 |     67 |     37 |      8 |     261 |        6 |         1 |      52 ||       48 ||     907 |      963
New Mexico ...........|   188 |      160 |     42 |     26 |      2 |      97 |        7 |         0 |      14 ||        0 ||     622 |      712
New York .............|   942 |      838 |    116 |    182 |     11 |     544 |       27 |         1 |      61 ||       25 ||     944 |      986
North Carolina .......|   381 |      346 |     31 |     23 |      4 |     299 |        6 |         1 |      17 ||        9 ||     913 |      981
North Dakota .........|   218 |      211 |     19 |    142 |      4 |      37 |        6 |         1 |       9 ||        7 ||     246 |      246
                      |       |          |        |        |        |         |          |           |         ||          ||         |
Ohio .................|   972 |      881 |    175 |    147 |     23 |     532 |       17 |         6 |      72 ||       84 ||     717 |      724
Oklahoma .............|   599 |      597 |    120 |      0 |      0 |     385 |       74 |         2 |      18 ||        0 ||     346 |      347
Oregon ...............|   259 |      239 |     42 |     22 |      7 |     182 |        1 |         0 |       5 ||        0 ||     686 |      736
Pennsylvania .........|   783 |      700 |    106 |    174 |     13 |     359 |       43 |         9 |      79 ||       80 ||     876 |      880
Rhode Island .........|    56 |       50 |     12 |      3 |      0 |      38 |        1 |         0 |       2 ||        3 ||     886 |      964
                      |       |          |        |        |        |         |          |           |         ||          ||         |
South Carolina .......|   277 |      223 |     33 |     20 |     10 |     157 |        4 |         0 |      53 ||       41 ||     867 |      915
South Dakota .........|   309 |      296 |    113 |      1 |      0 |     186 |        3 |         0 |       6 ||        5 ||     172 |      173
Tennessee ............|   366 |      327 |     55 |     42 |      5 |     210 |       15 |         7 |      32 ||       28 ||     802 |      828
Texas ................| 1,888 |    1,441 |    319 |    204 |     36 |   1,055 |       32 |        34 |     208 ||       20 ||     655 |      828
Utah .................|   244 |      198 |     84 |     30 |      8 |      51 |       56 |         4 |      11 ||        2 ||     876 |    1,048
                      |       |          |        |        |        |         |          |           |         ||          ||         |
Vermont ..............|    68 |       53 |      7 |     23 |      1 |      23 |        0 |         0 |      14 ||       14 ||     628 |      640
Virginia .............|   391 |      315 |     35 |     10 |     38 |     243 |        7 |         0 |      58 ||       49 ||   1,010 |    1,082
Washington ...........|   565 |      438 |    126 |     59 |     22 |     275 |       44 |        11 |      28 ||        8 ||     639 |      793
West Virginia.........|   207 |      170 |     46 |     23 |      3 |      88 |       16 |         0 |      31 ||       33 ||     607 |      631
Wisconsin ............|   540 |      509 |     80 |     56 |      5 |     362 |       18 |         6 |      13 ||        0 ||     564 |      594
Wyoming ..............|   120 |      111 |     41 |      2 |      2 |      62 |       10 |         0 |       3 ||        0 ||     342 |      364
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Department of Defense |       |          |        |        |        |         |          |           |         ||          ||         |
   dependents schools |    41 |       41 |      3 |     26 |      0 |      12 |        0 |         0 |       0 ||        0 ||     456 |      456
                      |       |          |        |        |        |         |          |           |         ||          ||         |
  Outlying areas      |       |          |        |        |        |         |          |           |         ||          ||         |
American Samoa .......|     6 |        5 |      0 |      0 |      0 |       6 |        0 |         0 |       0 ||        1 ||     569 |      630
Guam .................|     4 |        4 |      0 |      0 |      0 |       4 |        0 |         0 |       0 ||        0 ||   2,117 |    2,117
Northern Marianas ....|     4 |        4 |      1 |      2 |      0 |       1 |        0 |         0 |       0 ||        0 ||     826 |      826
Puerto Rico ..........|   366 |      347 |    171 |     28 |      0 |       3 |      141 |         0 |      23 ||       20 ||     627 |      623
Virgin Islands .......|    11 |        9 |      6 |      0 |      0 |       4 |        0 |         0 |       1 ||        1 ||     992 |    1,097
______________________|_______|__________|________|________|________|_________|__________|___________|_________||__________||_________|__________

\1\Excludes vocational, special education, and alternative schools.
\2\Vocational schools are also included under appropriate grade span.
\3\Average for schools reporting enrollment data. NOTE.
--Includes schools with no grade lower than 7. Excludes schools not reported by level, such as special education schools for the disabled.

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


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