Table 85. | Number of public school districts and public and private elementary and secondary schools: Selected years, 1869-70 to 2001-02 |
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | Public schools\2\ | Private schools\2,3\ | Regular |_______________________________________________|______________________________ School | public | Total, |Total, | Schools with | Schools | | Schools |Schools year | school | all |schools |elementary grades| with | | with | with |districts\1\|schools\4\| with |_________________|secondary| Total\4\|elementary|secondary | | |reported| Total | One- | grades | | grades | grades | | | grade | |teacher | | | | | | |spans\5\| | | | | | ___________|____________|__________|________|________|________|_________|_________|__________|_________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 ___________|____________|__________|________|________|________|_________|_________|__________|_________ 1869-70 ...| --- | 116,312| ---| --- | ---| ---| ---| ---| --- 1879-80 ...| --- | 178,122| ---| --- | ---| ---| ---| ---| --- 1889-90 ...| --- | 224,526| ---| --- | ---| ---| ---| ---| --- 1899-1900 .| --- | 248,279| ---| --- | ---| ---| ---| ---| --- 1909-10 ...| --- | 265,474| ---| --- | 212,448| ---| ---| ---| --- | | | ---| | | | | | 1919-20 ...| --- | 271,319| ---| --- | 187,948| ---| ---| ---| --- 1929-30 ...| --- | 248,117| ---| 238,306| 148,712| 23,930| ---| 9,275| 3,258 1931-32 ...| --- | 245,941| ---| --- | 143,445| ---| ---| ---| --- 1933-34 ...| --- | 242,929| ---| 236,236| 138,542| 24,714| ---| 9,992| 3,327 1935-36 ...| --- | 237,816| ---| --- | 130,708| ---| ---| ---| --- | | | ---| | | | | | 1937-38 ...| 119,001| 229,394| ---| 221,660| 121,178| 25,467| ---| 9,992| 3,327 1939-40 ...| 117,108| 226,762| ---| --- | 113,600| ---| ---| 11,306| 3,568 1941-42 ...| --- | 222,660| ---| --- | 107,692| ---| ---| ---| --- 1945-46 ...| 101,382| ---| ---| 160,227| 86,563| 24,314| ---| 9,863| 3,294 1947-48 ...| 94,926| ---| ---| 146,760| 75,096| 25,484| ---| 10,071| 3,292 | | | | | | | | | 1949-50 .. | 83,718| ---| ---| 128,225| 59,652| 24,542| ---| 10,375| 3,331 1951-52 ...| 71,094| ---| ---| 123,763| 50,742| 23,746| ---| 10,666| 3,322 1953-54 .. | 63,057| ---| ---| 110,875| 42,865| 25,637| ---| 11,739| 3,913 1955-56 ...| 54,859| ---| ---| 104,427| 34,964| 26,046| ---| 12,372| 3,887 1957-58 .. | 47,594| ---| ---| 95,446| 25,341| 25,507| ---| 13,065| 3,994 | | | | | | | | | 1959-60 ...| 40,520| ---| ---| 91,853| 20,213| 25,784| ---| 13,574| 4,061 1961-62 ...| 35,676| ---| ---| 81,910| 13,333| 25,350| ---| 14,762| 4,129 1963-64 ...| 31,705| ---| ---| 77,584| 9,895| 26,431| ---| ---| 4,451 1965-66 ...| 26,983| ---| ---| 73,216| 6,491| 26,597| 17,849| 15,340| 4,606 1967-68 ...| 22,010| ---| 94,197| 70,879| 4,146| 27,011| ---| ---| --- | | | | | | | | | 1970-71 ...| 17,995| ---| 89,372| 65,800| 1,815| 25,352| ---| 14,372| 3,770 1973-74 ...| 16,730| ---| 88,655| 65,070| 1,365| 25,906| ---| ---| --- 1975-76 ...| 16,376| 88,597| 87,034| 63,242| 1,166| 25,330| ---| ---| --- 1976-77 .. | 16,271| ---| 86,501| 62,644| 1,111| 25,378| 19,910| 16,385| 5,904 1978-79 .. | 16,014| ---| 84,816| 61,982| 1,056| 24,504| 19,489| 16,097| 5,766 | | | | | | | | | 1979-80 ...| 15,929| 87,004| ---| --- | ---| ---| ---| ---| --- 1980-81 ...| 15,912| 85,982| 83,688| 61,069| 921| 24,362| 20,764| 16,792| 5,678 1982-83 ...| 15,824| 84,740| 82,039| 59,656| 798| 23,988| ---| ---| --- 1983-84 ...| 15,747| 84,178| 81,418| 59,082| 838| 23,947|\6\27,694|\6\ 20,872|\6\ 7,862 1984-85 | ---| 84,007| 81,147| 58,827| 825| 23,916| ---| ---| --- | | | | | | | | | 1985-86 ...| ---| --- | ---| --- | ---| --- |\6\25,616|\6\ 20,252|\6\ 7,387 1986-87 ...|\7\ 15,713| 83,455| 82,190| 60,784| 763| 23,389| ---| ---| --- 1987-88 ...|\7\ 15,577| 83,248| 81,416| 59,754| 729| 23,841|\6\26,807|\6\ 22,959|\6\ 8,418 1988-89 ...|\7\ 15,376| 83,165| 81,579| 60,176| 583| 23,638| ---| ---| --- 1989-90 ...|\7\ 15,367| 83,425| 81,880| 60,699| 630| 23,461| ---| ---| --- | | | | | | | | | 1990-91 ...|\7\ 15,358| 84,538| 82,475| 61,340| 617| 23,460|\6\24,690|\6\ 22,223|\6\ 8,989 1991-92 ...|\7\ 15,173| 84,578| 82,506| 61,739| 569| 23,248|\6\25,998|\6\ 23,523|\6\ 9,282 1992-93 ...|\7\ 15,025| 84,497| 82,896| 62,225| 430| 23,220| ---| ---| --- 1993-94 ...|\7\ 14,881| 85,393| 83,431| 62,726| 442| 23,379|\6\26,093|\6\ 23,543|\6\10,555 1994-95 ...|\7\ 14,772| 86,221| 84,476| 63,572| 458| 23,668| ---| ---| --- | | | | | | | | | 1995-96 ...|\7\ 14,766| 87,125| 84,958| 63,961| 474| 23,793| 27,686| 25,153| 10,942 1996-97 ...|\7\ 14,841| 88,223| 86,092| 64,785| 487| 24,287| ---| ---| --- 1997-98 ...|\7\ 14,805| 89,508| 87,541| 65,859| 476| 24,802| 27,402| 24,915| 10,779 1998-99 ...|\7\ 14,891| 90,874| 89,259| 67,183| 463| 25,797| ---| ---| --- 1999-2000 .|\7\ 14,928| 92,012| 90,538| 68,173| 423| 26,407| 27,223| 24,685| 10,693 | | | | | | | | | 2000-01 ...|\7\ 14,859| 93,273| 91,691| 69,697| 411| 27,090| ---| ---| --- 2001-02 ...|\7\ 14,559| 94,112| 92,696| 70,516| 408| 27,468| ---| ---| --- 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---Not available. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Annual Reports of the Commissioner of Education, 1870 through 1910; Biennial Survey of Education in the United States, 1919-20 through 1949-50; Statistics of State School Systems, 1959-60 through 1967-68; Statistics of Public Elementary and Secondary School Systems, 1970-71 through 1980-81; Statistics of Nonpublic Elementary and Secondary Schools, 1970-71 through 1979-80; Private Schools in American Education; Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Private School Questionnaire," 1987-88 and 1990-91; Private School Universe Survey, 1991-92 through 1999-2000; and The NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), 1982-83 through 2001-02. (This table was prepared July 2003.)
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