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Table 91.Number and percentage of public elementary and secondaryeducation agencies, by state and type of agency: 1995-96

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                      |         |   Regular school   |Regional education    |                  |
                      | Total   |districts, including|service agencies and  |  State-operated  |    Federally
                      |agencies | supervisory union  |  supervisory union   |     agencies     |  operated and
 State or other area  |         |    components      |administrative centers|                  |  other agencies
                      |         |____________________|______________________|__________________|__________________
                      |         | Number |  Percent  |  Number  |  Percent  | Number | Percent | Number  |Percent
______________________|_________|________|___________|__________|___________|________|_________|_________|________
          1           |    2    |   3    |     4     |    5     |     6     |   7    |    8    |    9    |   10
______________________|_________|________|___________|__________|___________|________|_________|_________|________
   United States .....|  16,410 | 14,883 |      90.7 |    1,185 |       7.2 |    197 |     1.2 |     145 |    0.9
                      |_________|________|___________|__________|___________|________|_________|_________|________
Alabama ..............|     131 |    127 |      96.9 |        0 |       0.0 |      1 |     0.8 |       3 |    2.3
Alaska ...............|      56 |     56 |     100.0 |        0 |       0.0 |      0 |     0.0 |       0 |    0.0
Arizona ..............|     242 |    227 |      93.8 |        5 |       2.1 |      1 |     0.4 |       9 |    3.7
Arkansas .............|     335 |    314 |      93.7 |       17 |       5.1 |      4 |     1.2 |       0 |    0.0
California ...........|   1,067 |  1,006 |      94.3 |       58 |       5.4 |      3 |     0.3 |       0 |    0.0
                      |         |        |           |          |           |        |         |         |
Colorado .............|     194 |    176 |      90.7 |       18 |       9.3 |      0 |     0.0 |       0 |    0.0
Connecticut ..........|     179 |    166 |      92.7 |        6 |       3.4 |      4 |     2.2 |       3 |    1.7
Delaware .............|      22 |     19 |      86.4 |        0 |       0.0 |      3 |    13.6 |       0 |    0.0
District of Columbia .|       1 |      1 |     100.0 |        0 |       0.0 |      0 |     0.0 |       0 |    0.0
Florida ..............|      74 |     67 |      90.5 |        0 |       0.0 |      1 |     1.4 |       6 |    8.1
                      |         |        |           |          |           |        |         |         |
Georgia ..............|     184 |    181 |      98.4 |        0 |       0.0 |      0 |     0.0 |       3 |    1.6
Hawaii ...............|       1 |      1 |     100.0 |        0 |       0.0 |      0 |     0.0 |       0 |    0.0
Idaho ................|     113 |    112 |      99.1 |        0 |       0.0 |      1 |     0.9 |       0 |    0.0
Illinois .............|   1,038 |    916 |      88.2 |       86 |       8.3 |      5 |     0.5 |      31 |    3.0
Indiana...............|     327 |    295 |      90.2 |       28 |       8.6 |      3 |     0.9 |       1 |    0.3
                      |         |        |           |          |           |        |         |         |
Iowa .................|     421 |    390 |      92.6 |       15 |       3.6 |     15 |     3.6 |       1 |    0.2
Kansas ...............|     304 |    304 |     100.0 |        0 |       0.0 |      0 |     0.0 |       0 |    0.0
Kentucky .............|     258 |    176 |      68.2 |        0 |       0.0 |     80 |    31.0 |       2 |    0.8
Louisiana ............|      72 |     66 |      91.7 |        0 |       0.0 |      5 |     6.9 |       1 |    1.4
Maine ................|     329 |    285 |      86.6 |       42 |      12.8 |      1 |     0.3 |       1 |    0.3
                      |         |        |           |          |           |        |         |         |
Maryland .............|      24 |     24 |     100.0 |        0 |       0.0 |      0 |     0.0 |       0 |    0.0
Massachusetts ........|     464 |    353 |      76.1 |       85 |      18.3 |      1 |     0.2 |      25 |    5.4
Michigan .............|     695 |    633 |      91.1 |       57 |       8.2 |      4 |     0.6 |       1 |    0.1
Minnesota ............|     489 |    419 |      85.7 |       67 |      13.7 |      3 |     0.6 |       0 |    0.0
Mississippi ..........|     165 |    153 |      92.7 |        0 |       0.0 |     11 |     6.7 |       1 |    0.6
                      |         |        |           |          |           |        |         |         |
Missouri..............|     542 |    536 |      98.9 |        0 |       0.0 |      2 |     0.4 |       4 |    0.7
Montana ..............|     561 |    481 |      85.7 |       77 |      13.7 |      3 |     0.5 |       0 |    0.0
Nebraska .............|     799 |    680 |      85.1 |      112 |      14.0 |      7 |     0.9 |       0 |    0.0
Nevada ...............|      18 |     17 |      94.4 |        0 |       0.0 |      1 |     5.6 |       0 |    0.0
New Hampshire ........|     247 |    178 |      72.1 |       69 |      27.9 |      0 |     0.0 |       0 |    0.0
                      |         |        |           |          |           |        |         |         |
New Jersey ...........|     620 |    608 |      98.1 |       12 |       1.9 |      0 |     0.0 |       0 |    0.0
New Mexico ...........|      89 |     89 |     100.0 |        0 |       0.0 |      0 |     0.0 |       0 |    0.0
New York .............|     757 |    719 |      95.0 |       38 |       5.0 |      0 |     0.0 |       0 |    0.0
North Carolina .......|     123 |    119 |      96.7 |        0 |       0.0 |      2 |     1.6 |       2 |    1.6
North Dakota .........|     289 |    243 |      84.1 |       38 |      13.1 |      3 |     1.0 |       5 |    1.7
                      |         |        |           |          |           |        |         |         |
Ohio .................|     790 |    661 |      83.7 |      102 |      12.9 |      3 |     0.4 |      24 |    3.0
Oklahoma .............|     551 |    551 |     100.0 |        0 |       0.0 |      0 |     0.0 |       0 |    0.0
Oregon ...............|     258 |    248 |      96.1 |        7 |       2.7 |      2 |     0.8 |       1 |    0.4
Pennsylvania .........|     614 |    501 |      81.6 |      101 |      16.4 |     12 |     2.0 |       0 |    0.0
Rhode Island .........|      37 |     36 |      97.3 |        0 |       0.0 |      1 |     2.7 |       0 |    0.0
                      |         |        |           |          |           |        |         |         |
South Carolina .......|     106 |     95 |      89.6 |       11 |      10.4 |      0 |     0.0 |       0 |    0.0
South Dakota .........|     218 |    177 |      81.2 |       17 |       7.8 |      5 |     2.3 |      19 |    8.7
Tennessee ............|     140 |    140 |     100.0 |        0 |       0.0 |      0 |     0.0 |       0 |    0.0
Texas ................|   1,044 |  1,044 |     100.0 |        0 |       0.0 |      0 |     0.0 |       0 |    0.0
Utah .................|      47 |     40 |      85.1 |        5 |      10.6 |      2 |     4.3 |       0 |    0.0
                      |         |        |           |          |           |        |         |         |
Vermont ..............|     344 |    284 |      82.6 |       60 |      17.4 |      0 |     0.0 |       0 |    0.0
Virginia .............|     165 |    141 |      85.5 |       22 |      13.3 |      0 |     0.0 |       2 |    1.2
Washington ...........|     305 |    296 |      97.0 |        9 |       3.0 |      0 |     0.0 |       0 |    0.0
West Virginia.........|      57 |     55 |      96.5 |        0 |       0.0 |      2 |     3.5 |       0 |    0.0
Wisconsin ............|     446 |    428 |      96.0 |       16 |       3.6 |      2 |     0.4 |       0 |    0.0
Wyoming ..............|      58 |     49 |      84.5 |        5 |       8.6 |      4 |     6.9 |       0 |    0.0
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Department of Defense |         |        |           |          |           |        |         |         |
  dependents schools .|      12 |      0 |       0.0 |        0 |       0.0 |      0 |     0.0 |      12 |  100.0
                      |         |        |           |          |           |        |         |         |
    Outlying areas    |         |        |           |          |           |        |         |         |
American Samoa .......|       1 |      1 |     100.0 |        0 |       0.0 |      0 |     0.0 |       0 |    0.0
Guam .................|       1 |      1 |     100.0 |        0 |       0.0 |      0 |     0.0 |       0 |    0.0
Northern Marianas ....|       1 |      1 |     100.0 |        0 |       0.0 |      0 |     0.0 |       0 |    0.0
Puerto Rico ..........|       1 |      1 |     100.0 |        0 |       0.0 |      0 |     0.0 |       0 |    0.0
Virgin Islands .......|       1 |      1 |     100.0 |        0 |       0.0 |      0 |     0.0 |       0 |    0.0
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data survey. (This table was prepared September 1997.)


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