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Table 95. Public elementary and secondary schools, by type and state or jurisdiction: 1990-91, 2000-01, and 2003-04
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                      |          |          |                                          Number of schools, 2003-04
                      |          |          |______________________________________________________________________________________________________
                      |          |          |      |       |       |  Combined elementary/secondary\3\ |        |        |       |      |
                      |          |          |      |       |       |___________________________________|        |        |       |      |
                      |          |          |      |       |       |     |  Prekinder-|   Other|       |        |        |       |      |
                      |          |          |      |       |       |     |garten, kin-| schools|  Other|        |        |       |      |
                      |Total, all|Total, all|      |       |       |     |  dergarten,|  ending|   com-|        |        |Special|      |     One-
                      |  schools,|  schools,|      |Elemen-| Secon-|     |or 1st grade|    with|  bined|        |Alterna-| educa-| Char-|   teacher
State or jurisdiction |   1990-91|   2000-01| Total|tary\1\|dary\2\|Total| to grade 12|grade 12|schools|Other\4\| tive\5\|tion\5\|ter\5\|schools\5\
______________________|__________|__________|______|_______|_______|_____|____________|________|_______|________|________|_______|______|__________
1                     |         2|         3|     4|      5|      6|    7|           8|       9|     10|      11|      12|     13|    14|        15
______________________|__________|__________|______|_______|_______|_____|____________|________|_______|________|________|_______|______|__________
   United States .....|    84,538|    93,273|95,726| 65,758| 22,782|5,437|       2,822|   2,136|    479|   1,749|   5,958|  2,328| 2,977|       376
                      |__________|__________|______|_______|_______|_____|____________|________|_______|________|________|_______|______|__________
Alabama ..............|     1,297|     1,517| 1,518|    938|    403|  177|         120|      48|      9|       0|      74|     26|     0|         0
Alaska ...............|       498|       515|   520|    194|     85|  241|         220|      14|      7|       0|      23|      3|    19|        21
Arizona ..............|     1,049|     1,724| 2,016|  1,261|    560|  151|          74|      52|     25|      44|      76|     13|   505|        11
Arkansas .............|     1,098|     1,138| 1,150|    711|    424|   15|           4|       5|      6|       0|       5|      4|    13|         1
California ...........|     7,913|     8,773| 9,223|  6,579|  2,187|  456|         360|      75|     21|       1|   1,187|    128|   444|        54
                      |          |          |      |       |       |     |            |        |       |        |        |       |      |
Colorado .............|     1,344|     1,632| 1,672|  1,196|    401|   75|          37|      33|      5|       0|      74|     17|    96|         5
Connecticut ..........|       985|     1,248| 1,247|    824|    240|  180|         163|      12|      5|       3|     200|     27|    12|         0
Delaware .............|       173|       191|   204|    137|     44|   23|          18|       4|      1|       0|      10|     16|    13|         0
District of Columbia .|       181|       198|   206|    139|     43|    9|           7|       1|      1|      15|       7|     13|    37|         0
Florida ..............|     2,516|     3,316| 3,427|  2,350|    481|  596|         193|     369|     34|       0|     185|    117|   257|         6
                      |          |          |      |       |       |     |            |        |       |        |        |       |      |
Georgia ..............|     1,734|     1,946| 2,458|  1,637|    356|   42|          19|      20|      3|     423|     174|    271|    51|         0
Hawaii ...............|       235|       261|   284|    208|     54|   22|          18|       1|      3|       0|       1|      3|    26|         3
Idaho ................|       582|       673|   685|    417|    223|   45|          25|      15|      5|       0|      67|     10|    17|         7
Illinois .............|     4,239|     4,342| 4,416|  3,189|  1,005|  126|          45|      62|     19|      96|     169|    256|    28|         0
Indiana ..............|     1,915|     1,976| 1,986|  1,420|    448|   92|          40|      46|      6|      26|      47|     51|    17|         0
                      |          |          |      |       |       |     |            |        |       |        |        |       |      |
Iowa .................|     1,588|     1,534| 1,493|  1,023|    424|   37|           2|      35|      0|       9|      43|     10|     0|         6
Kansas ...............|     1,477|     1,430| 1,413|    977|    423|    2|           1|       1|      0|      11|       5|      4|    17|         0
Kentucky .............|     1,400|     1,526| 1,436|  1,007|    337|   91|          22|      67|      2|       1|     158|     11|     0|         0
Louisiana ............|     1,533|     1,530| 1,544|  1,037|    312|  195|         142|      48|      5|       0|     112|     39|    16|         0
Maine ................|       747|       714|   694|    518|    156|   20|          12|       7|      1|       0|       0|      4|     0|         5
                      |          |          |      |       |       |     |            |        |       |        |        |       |      |
Maryland .............|     1,220|     1,383| 1,408|  1,085|    269|   36|          19|      11|      6|      18|      72|     50|     1|         0
Massachusetts ........|     1,842|     1,905| 1,867|  1,464|    334|   65|          35|      22|      8|       4|      27|      5|    51|         1
Michigan .............|     3,313|     3,998| 4,000|  2,698|    843|  187|          81|      70|     36|     272|     244|    179|   212|        11
Minnesota ............|     1,590|     2,362| 2,545|  1,256|    836|  106|          29|      48|     29|     347|     638|    275|   105|         1
Mississippi ..........|       972|     1,030| 1,051|    599|    327|  116|          70|      45|      1|       9|      61|      0|     1|         0
                      |          |          |      |       |       |     |            |        |       |        |        |       |      |
Missouri .............|     2,199|     2,368| 2,372|  1,560|    650|  162|          77|      82|      3|       0|      84|     23|    26|         0
Montana ..............|       900|       879|   859|    497|    362|    0|           0|       0|      0|       0|       4|      2|     0|        71
Nebraska .............|     1,506|     1,326| 1,248|    885|    333|   30|          30|       0|      0|       0|       0|     46|     0|        79
Nevada ...............|       354|       511|   558|    406|    127|   23|           7|      14|      2|       2|      40|     13|    15|        12
New Hampshire ........|       439|       526|   473|    375|     97|    1|           0|       0|      1|       0|       0|      0|     0|         0
                      |          |          |      |       |       |     |            |        |       |        |        |       |      |
New Jersey ...........|     2,272|     2,410| 2,467|  1,911|    462|   14|           1|       8|      5|      80|      18|     83|    51|         0
New Mexico ...........|       681|       765|   814|    575|    205|   34|          14|      16|      4|       0|      56|     16|    34|         2
New York .............|     4,010|     4,336| 4,531|  3,187|    995|  179|          84|      62|     33|     170|     195|     73|    50|       ---
North Carolina .......|     1,955|     2,207| 2,268|  1,770|    390|   85|          24|      49|     12|      23|      71|     19|    93|         0
North Dakota .........|       663|       579|   556|    322|    200|    2|           0|       2|      0|      32|       0|     30|     0|         5
                      |          |          |      |       |       |     |            |        |       |        |        |       |      |
Ohio .................|     3,731|     3,916| 3,942|  2,738|  1,003|  176|          40|      60|     76|      25|       9|     61|   165|         0
Oklahoma .............|     1,880|     1,821| 1,786|  1,198|    583|    5|           0|       1|      4|       0|       0|      0|    12|         1
Oregon ...............|     1,199|     1,273| 1,238|    913|    274|   41|          30|       6|      5|      10|      58|      2|    24|        12
Pennsylvania .........|     3,260|     3,252| 3,259|  2,375|    802|   66|          20|      27|     19|      16|      13|     12|   102|         0
Rhode Island .........|       309|       328|   341|    268|     68|    5|           4|       1|      0|       0|       5|      4|     8|         0
                      |          |          |      |       |       |     |            |        |       |        |        |       |      |
South Carolina .......|     1,097|     1,127| 1,161|    849|    285|   20|           5|      11|      4|       7|      19|     10|    18|         0
South Dakota .........|       802|       769|   740|    441|    281|   12|           7|       5|      0|       6|      24|      6|     0|        26
Tennessee ............|     1,543|     1,624| 1,677|  1,259|    354|   61|          27|      30|      4|       3|      27|     16|     4|       ---
Texas ................|     5,991|     7,519| 7,978|  5,241|  1,835|  902|         432|     445|     25|       0|     945|    119|   274|         2
Utah .................|       714|       793|   886|    546|    309|   14|           1|       9|      4|      17|      90|     41|    19|         9
                      |          |          |      |       |       |     |            |        |       |        |        |       |      |
Vermont ..............|       397|       393|   393|    276|     69|   48|          40|       8|      0|       0|       2|     61|     0|         3
Virginia .............|     1,811|     1,969| 2,070|  1,482|    412|   98|          55|      42|      1|      78|     131|     56|     6|         0
Washington ...........|     1,936|     2,305| 2,251|  1,425|    592|  234|         136|      74|     24|       0|     266|     84|     0|         8
West Virginia ........|     1,015|       840|   793|    588|    178|   26|           4|      20|      2|       1|      24|      9|     0|         0
Wisconsin ............|     2,018|     2,182| 2,222|  1,552|    593|   77|          20|      45|     12|       0|     191|     10|   137|         0
Wyoming ..............|       415|       393|   380|    255|    108|   17|           8|       8|      1|       0|      27|      0|     1|        14
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Bureau of Indian      |          |          |      |       |       |     |            |        |       |        |        |       |      |
   Affairs ...........|     ---  |       189|   189|    102|     26|   60|          53|       3|      4|       1|       0|      0|     0|\6\     26
Department of Defense |          |          |      |       |       |     |            |        |       |        |        |       |      |
   dependents schools |          |          |      |       |       |     |            |        |       |        |        |       |      |
  Domestic schools ...|     ---  |        71|    69|     57|      7|    5|           1|       2|      2|       0|       0|      0|     0|         0
  Overseas schools ...|     ---  |       156|   154|    105|     39|   10|           9|       1|      0|       0|       0|      0|     0|         0
                      |          |          |      |       |       |     |            |        |       |        |        |       |      |
Other jurisdictions   |          |          |      |       |       |     |            |        |       |        |        |       |      |
  American Samoa .....|        30|        31|    31|     24|      6|    0|           0|       0|      0|       1|       0|      1|     0|         0
  Guam ...............|        35|        38|    37|     33|      4|    0|           0|       0|      0|       0|       0|      0|     0|         0
  Northern Marianas ..|        26|        29|    32|     23|      6|    1|           0|       0|      1|       2|       1|      0|     0|         0
  Puerto Rico ........|     1,619|     1,543| 1,522|    862|    358|  269|          33|       6|    230|      33|      24|     28|   120|         0
  Virgin Islands .....|        33|        36|    35|     24|     10|    1|           0|       0|      1|       0|       1|      0|     0|         0
______________________|__________|__________|______|_______|_______|_____|____________|________|_______|________|________|_______|______|__________
---Not available.
\1\Includes schools beginning with grade 6 or below and with no grade higher than 8.
\2\Includes schools with no grade lower than 7.
\3\Includes schools beginning with grade 6 or below and ending with grade 9 or above.
\4\Includes schools not classified by grade span.
\5\Schools are also included under elementary, secondary, combined, or other as appropriate.
\6\Data are for 1998-99.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, The NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 1990-91, 2000-01, and 2003-04. (This table was prepared July 2005.)


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