Table 97. | Public elementary schools, by grade span, average school size, and state or jurisdiction: 2001-02 |
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |Total, | Total, | Schools, by grade span ||Average number of | all | all | ||students per school\2\ |elemen-| regular |___________________________________________________________________||_____________________ | tary | elemen- | Prekinder- | Prekinder- | Prekinder- | Prekinder- |Grades | || | State or jurisdiction |schools| tary |garten, kin- |garten, kin-|garten, kin-|garten, kin-| 4, 5, |Other || All | Regular | |schools\1\|dergarten, or| dergarten, | dergarten, | dergarten, | or 6, |grade || elemen- | elemen- | | |1st grade to |or 1st grade|or 1st grade|or 1st grade| to 6, |spans || tary | tary | | |grades 3 or 4| to grade 5 | to grade 6 | to grade 8 |7, or 8| || schools |schools\1\ _______________________|_______|__________|_____________|____________|____________|____________|_______|______||_________|___________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 || 10 | 11 _______________________|_______|__________|_____________|____________|____________|____________|_______|______||_________|___________ United States ......| 65,228| 64,181| 4,870| 23,189| 14,003| 5,327| 11,983| 5,856|| 477| 482 |_______|__________|_____________|____________|____________|____________|_______|______||_________|___________ Alabama ...............| 917| 907| 87| 306| 171| 71| 195| 87|| 479| 481 Alaska ................| 193| 192| 0| 27| 111| 21| 17| 17|| 332| 332 Arizona ...............| 1,173| 1,143| 58| 222| 333| 301| 155| 104|| 518| 524 Arkansas ..............| 717| 717| 99| 148| 246| 6| 130| 88|| 378| 378 California ............| 6,435| 6,273| 175| 1,937| 2,459| 739| 934| 191|| 624| 638 | | | | | | | | || | Colorado ..............| 1,188| 1,182| 33| 549| 246| 47| 231| 82|| 415| 416 Connecticut ...........| 877| 816| 85| 326| 129| 80| 155| 102|| 468| 473 Delaware ..............| 135| 133| 49| 30| 6| 3| 32| 15|| 524| 528 District of Columbia ..| 130| 130| 8| 22| 74| 10| 13| 3|| 385| 385 Florida ...............| 2,241| 2,240| 32| 1,405| 174| 62| 458| 110|| 758| 759 | | | | | | | | || | Georgia ...............| 1,589| 1,587| 35| 922| 84| 14| 384| 150|| 664| 665 Hawaii ................| 204| 203| 3| 59| 111| 6| 24| 1|| 574| 577 Idaho .................| 418| 415| 36| 94| 173| 20| 63| 32|| 359| 361 Illinois ..............| 3,197| 3,092| 322| 746| 461| 731| 526| 411|| 439| 450 Indiana................| 1,419| 1,407| 75| 604| 378| 29| 253| 80|| 458| 460 | | | | | | | | || | Iowa ..................| 1,045| 1,043| 97| 346| 232| 15| 218| 137|| 286| 287 Kansas ................| 996| 996| 77| 287| 274| 106| 175| 77|| 294| 294 Kentucky ..............| 1,010| 993| 50| 461| 169| 91| 193| 46|| 431| 437 Louisiana .............| 1,028| 1,003| 100| 319| 194| 78| 222| 115|| 456| 462 Maine .................| 533| 531| 71| 103| 76| 110| 94| 79|| 248| 249 | | | | | | | | || | Maryland ..............| 1,089| 1,052| 18| 632| 128| 23| 217| 71|| 546| 559 Massachusetts .........| 1,452| 1,442| 204| 474| 216| 91| 235| 232|| 431| 431 Michigan ..............| 2,739| 2,727| 233| 1,114| 405| 147| 529| 311|| 413| 413 Minnesota .............| 1,276| 1,116| 113| 324| 404| 56| 206| 173|| 405| 448 Mississippi ...........| 587| 587| 81| 111| 130| 43| 127| 95|| 523| 523 | | | | | | | | || | Missouri...............| 1,567| 1,555| 122| 516| 335| 105| 297| 192|| 379| 380 Montana ...............| 509| 506| 18| 67| 224| 120| 50| 30|| 173| 174 Nebraska ..............| 903| 890| 0| 0| 558| 251| 68| 26|| 187| 189 Nevada ................| 386| 379| 7| 179| 98| 21| 62| 19|| 658| 666 New Hampshire .........| 377| 377| 51| 112| 51| 47| 75| 41|| 368| 368 | | | | | | | | || | New Jersey ............| 1,883| 1,869| 273| 532| 221| 258| 346| 253|| 483| 484 New Mexico ............| 557| 548| 30| 208| 140| 10| 111| 58|| 369| 372 New York ..............| 3,119| 3,114| 245| 1,150| 580| 114| 620| 410|| 601| 601 North Carolina ........| 1,749| 1,740| 63| 976| 66| 109| 419| 116|| 534| 536 North Dakota ..........| 331| 331| 9| 40| 197| 49| 22| 14|| 177| 177 | | | | | | | | || | Ohio ..................| 2,716| 2,699| 398| 811| 605| 127| 516| 259|| 411| 413 Oklahoma ..............| 1,223| 1,223| 64| 332| 184| 303| 223| 117|| 341| 341 Oregon ................| 962| 937| 2| 496| 186| 78| 188| 12|| 383| 389 Pennsylvania ..........| 2,388| 2,388| 294| 867| 518| 84| 447| 178|| 473| 473 Rhode Island ..........| 265| 264| 27| 108| 43| 4| 45| 38|| 405| 405 | | | | | | | | || | South Carolina ........| 844| 843| 66| 396| 81| 23| 220| 58|| 562| 562 South Dakota ..........| 461| 458| 19| 111| 102| 117| 82| 30|| 178| 179 Tennessee .............| 1,223| 1,218| 138| 419| 136| 194| 245| 91|| 503| 505 Texas .................| 5,077| 4,994| 533| 1,945| 770| 108| 1,126| 595|| 541| 548 Utah ..................| 510| 510| 19| 100| 332| 4| 40| 15|| 532| 532 | | | | | | | | || | Vermont ...............| 277| 241| 14| 24| 111| 66| 15| 47|| 216| 240 Virginia ..............| 1,482| 1,469| 46| 814| 154| 13| 305| 150|| 538| 541 Washington ............| 1,413| 1,338| 74| 509| 435| 60| 225| 110|| 437| 454 West Virginia..........| 597| 594| 83| 192| 146| 40| 102| 34|| 310| 312 Wisconsin .............| 1,558| 1,507| 120| 656| 238| 100| 308| 136|| 356| 360 Wyoming ...............| 263| 262| 14| 61| 108| 22| 40| 18|| 190| 191 |_______|__________|_____________|____________|____________|____________|_______|______||_________|___________ Bureau of Indian | | | | | | | | || | Affairs ..............| 106| 106| 7| 4| 23| 64| 3| 5|| 227| 227 Department of Defense | | | | | | | | || | dependents schools: | | | | | | | | || | Domestic schools ...| 58| 58| 14| 17| 4| 2| 11| 10|| 462| 462 Overseas schools ...| 105| 105| 8| 18| 51| 9| 17| 2|| 481| 481 |=======|==========|=============|============|============|============|=======|======||=========|=========== Outlying areas | | | | | | | | || | American Samoa ........| 24| 24| 1| 0| 0| 21| 1| 1|| 496| 496 Guam ..................| 34| 34| 0| 24| 0| 0| 7| 3|| 680| 680 Northern Marianas .....| 24| 24| 0| 0| 12| 0| 1| 11|| 271| 271 Puerto Rico ...........| 917| 885| 6| 1| 873| 0| 27| 10|| 306| 305 Virgin Islands ........| 24| 24| 0| 1| 22| 0| 1| 0|| 441| 441 _______________________|_______|__________|_____________|____________|____________|____________|_______|______||_________|___________ |
\1\Excludes special education and alternative schools. NOTE: Includes schools beginning with grade 6 or below and with no grade higher than 8. Excludes schools not reported by grade level, such as some special education schools for the disabled. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, The NCES Common Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2001-02. (This table was prepared April 2003.)
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