U.S. Department of Education 

Institute of Education Sciences 

NCES 2006-307 

Public 

Elementary and 

Secondary 

Students, Staff, 

Schools, and 

School Districts: 

School Year 

2003–04 

E.D. TAB 

 

U.S. Department of Education 

Institute of Education Sciences 

NCES 2006-307 

Public 

Elementary and 

Secondary 

Students, Staff, 

Schools, and 

School Districts: 

School Year 

2003–04 

E.D. TAB 

February 2006 

Lee Hoffman 

National Center for 

Education Statistics 

Jennifer Sable 

Education Statistics Services Institute 

Lee Hoffman 

Project Officer 

National Center for 

Education Statistics 
U.S. Department of Education 

Margaret Spellings 

Secretary 

Institute of Education Sciences 

Grover J. Whitehurst 

Director 

National Center for Education Statistics 

Mark Schneider 

Commissioner 

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the primary federal entity for collecting, analyzing, and reporting 

data related to education in the United States and other nations. It fulfills a congressional mandate to collect, collate, 

analyze, and report full and complete statistics on the condition of education in the United States; conduct and publish 

reports and specialized analyses of the meaning and significance of such statistics; assist state and local education 

agencies in improving their statistical systems; and review and report on education activities in foreign countries. 

NCES activities are designed to address high priority education data needs; provide consistent, reliable, complete, and 

accurate indicators of education status and trends; and report timely, useful, and high quality data to the U.S. 

Department of Education, the Congress, the states, other education policymakers, practitioners, data users, and the 

general public. 

We strive to make our products available in a variety of formats and in language that is appropriate to a variety of 

audiences. You, as our customer, are the best judge of our success in communicating information effectively. If you 

have any comments or suggestions about this or any other NCES product or report, we would like to hear from you. 

Please direct your comments to: 

 National Center for Education Statistics 

 Institute of Education Sciences 

 U.S. Department of Education 

 1990 K Street NW 

 Washington, DC 20006-5651 

February 2006 

The NCES World Wide Web Home Page address is http://nces.ed.gov

The NCES World Wide Web Electronic Catalog address is http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch

Suggested Citation: 

Hoffman, L., and Sable, J. (2006). Public Elementary and Secondary Students, Staff, Schools, and School Districts: School 

Year 2003–04 (NCES 2006-307). U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics. 

For ordering information on this report, write: 

 U.S. Department of Education 

 ED Pubs 

 PO Box 1398 

 Jessup, MD 20794-398 

Call toll free 1-877-4ED-PUBS or order online at www.edpubs.org

Content Contact: 

Lee Hoffman 

202-502-7356 

lee.hoffman@ed.gov
iii

Acknowledgments 

The Common Core of Data (CCD) files from which this report is drawn would not be possible without 

the voluntary, unremunerated support of CCD Coordinators in the 50 states, District of Columbia, 

Department of Defense and Bureau of Indian Affairs schools, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the 

Northern Marianas Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. These professionals belong at the top of any list 

acknowledging those who are responsible for the CCD. 

Stephen Ruffini of the General Education Development (GED) Testing Service has earned many thanks 

for providing the numbers of individuals passing the GED test that appear in this report. 

Marilyn Seastrom, John Sietsema, Stephen Broughman, and William Sonnenberg of NCES provided 

invaluable help in reviewing the document, as did Benjamin Dalton, Zeyu Xu, Jed Tank, and Nina 

Emerson of the Education Statistics Services Institute. Thanks are also due to Carol Rohr of Pinkerton 

Computer Consultants, who formatted the report. Copies of this and other CCD reports, files, and data 

tools can be found on the CCD website at http://nces.ed.gov/ccd. 
iv

Contents 

Acknowledgments........................................................................................................................................iii 

List of Tables ................................................................................................................................................ v 

Summary of Findings.................................................................................................................................... 1 

 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 1 

 Selected Findings ................................................................................................................................... 1 

Appendix A: Technical Notes...................................................................................................................A-1 

Appendix B: Key Terms ........................................................................................................................... B-1 

 Terms About Students ........................................................................................................................ B-1 

 Terms About Program Eligibility and Participation........................................................................... B-1 

 Terms About Staff .............................................................................................................................. B-1 

 Terms About Schools and Districts.................................................................................................... B-2 

Appendix C: Supplemental Data Tables................................................................................................... C-1 

Appendix D: Missing and Reported Data Tables .....................................................................................D-1 
v

List of Tables 

Table Page

 1. Number of public elementary and secondary schools with membership and percentage of 

students in membership, by type of school: United States and other jurisdictions, school year 

2003–04 ......................................................................................................................................... 3 

 2. Public school student membership and number of teachers: United States and other jurisdictions, 

school years 1993–94 and 2003–04............................................................................................... 5 

 3. Number and percentage of public school students participating in selected programs: United 

States and other jurisdictions, school year 2003–04...................................................................... 7 

 4. Number of public high school completers, by type of completion: United States and other 

jurisdictions, school year 2002–03 ................................................................................................ 9 

 5. Public school student/teacher ratio, student membership, and number of teachers, by level of 

instruction: United States and other jurisdictions, school year 2003–04..................................... 11 

 6. Number of staff employed by public elementary and secondary school systems and percentage 

of total staff, by category: United States and other jurisdictions, school year 2003–04.......... 13 

 7. Number and percentage distribution of public elementary and secondary schools and percentage 

distribution of students in membership, by instructional level: United States and other 

jurisdictions, school year 2003–04 .............................................................................................. 17 

 8. Average public school size (mean number of students per school), by instructional level: 

United States and other jurisdictions, school year 2003–04........................................................ 19 

 9. Distribution of public elementary and secondary schools, by locale code: United States and 

other jurisdictions, school year 2003–04 ..................................................................................... 21

 10. Number of Title I and magnet schools and percentage of students served: United States and 

other jurisdictions, school year 2003–04 ..................................................................................... 23

 11. Number of charter schools and percentage of students served, and number of districts with 

only charter schools and with both charter and noncharter schools: United States and other 

jurisdictions, school year 2003–04 .............................................................................................. 25 

 12. Number and percentage of public elementary and secondary education agencies, by type of 

agency: United States and other jurisdictions, school year 2003–04........................................... 27 

Appendix C: Supplemental Data Tables 

 C-1. Public school student membership, by grade: United States and other jurisdictions, school 

year 2003–04 ............................................................................................................................. C-3 

 C-2. Public school membership, by race/ethnicity: United States and other jurisdictions, school 

year 2003–04 ............................................................................................................................. C-7 

 C-3. Percentage distribution of public school membership, by race/ethnicity: United States and 

other jurisdictions, school year 2003–04 ................................................................................... C-9 

 C-4. Number and percentage distribution of students, by locale code: United States and other 

jurisdictions, school year 2003–04 .......................................................................................... C-11 

 C-5. Percentage of students who are of a race/ethnicity other than White, non-Hispanic, by 

community type: United States and other jurisdictions, school year 2003–04........................ C-15 
vi

Table 

 C-6. Number of public high school diploma recipients, by race/ethnicity: United States and other 

jurisdictions, school year 2002–03 .......................................................................................... C-17 

 C-7. Number of other public high school completers, by race/ethnicity: United States and other 

jurisdictions, school year 2002–03 .......................................................................................... C-19 

 C-8. Median public school student/teacher ratio, by instructional level: United States and other 

jurisdictions, school year 2003–04 .......................................................................................... C-21 

 C-9. Distribution of regular public elementary and secondary schools, by school size: United 

States and other jurisdictions, school year 2003–04................................................................ C-23 

 C-10. Percentage distribution of public elementary and secondary schools, by school size: United 

States and other jurisdictions, school year 2003–04................................................................ C-25 

 C-11. Percentage distribution of public elementary and secondary students, by school size: United 

States and other jurisdictions, school year 2003–04................................................................ C-27 

 C-12. Number of regular public school districts, by membership size: United States and other 

jurisdictions, school year 2003–04 .......................................................................................... C-29 

 C-13. Number of regular public school districts providing instruction and percentage distribution 

of students in membership, by grade span: United States and other jurisdictions, school year 

2003–04 ................................................................................................................................... C-33 

 C-14. Number of regular public school districts, by grade span: United States and other jurisdictions, 

school year 2003–04................................................................................................................ C-35 

 C-15. Distribution of regular public school districts and students, by district membership size: 

United States, school year 2003–04......................................................................................... C-37

 C-16. Distribution of regular public school districts providing instruction, by membership size: 

United States, school year 2003–04......................................................................................... C-38

Appendix D: Missing and Reported Data Tables 

 D-1. Extent of reported and missing selected school-level data: United States and other 

jurisdictions, school year 2003–04 ............................................................................................D-2 

 D-2. Extent of missing selected local education agency-level data: United States and other 

jurisdictions, school year 2003–04 ............................................................................................D-6 
1

Summary of Findings 

Introduction 

This report presents information about public elementary and secondary education for the 2003–04 school 

year. The data were provided by state education agencies through the Common Core of Data (CCD) 

survey system, a universe data collection that includes the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Bureau 

of Indian Affairs, Department of Defense (DoD) dependents schools (overseas and domestic), Puerto 

Rico, and the other jurisdictions of American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Marianas, and the U.S. Virgin 

Islands. The tables include data for all of these entities; however, the U.S. totals in the tables and the text 

discussion include only the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Data are collected through CCD on 

three levels: the school, local education agency, and state level. Data from all three levels are presented 

in this report. 

Sections of this report include Selected Findings, followed by four appendixes. The appendixes include 

technical notes (appendix A), definitions of key terms used in this report (appendix B), supplemental data 

tables (appendix C), and data tables that show the extent of missing and reported data items by state 

(appendix D.) 

Selected Findings 

More than 48.5 million students were enrolled in public schools in 2003–04 (table 1). Among the states 

with the largest number of students in membership were California (6.4 million); Texas (4.3 million); and 

Florida, Illinois, and New York, which each reported more than 2 million students. Total student 

membership increased by 5.1 million, or 12 percent, from 1993–94 to 2003–04 (table 2). 

Approximately 6.0 million students, or 14 percent of the total membership, had special education 

individualized education programs (IEPs) and received special education services in 2003–04 (table 3). 

English language learner (ELL) services were provided to 3.8 million students (11 percent of all 

students), and 17.5 million (36 percent) were eligible for free or reduced-price meals. 

A total of 2.7 million students were awarded a high school diploma in 2002–03, while almost 47,000 

received a certificate of completion or comparable credential (table 4). Almost 180,000 individuals age 

19 or under passed the General Education Development (GED) test. 

The average student/teacher ratio in 2003–04 was 15.9, or about 16 students for every teacher employed 

(table 5). This was a decrease from the student/teacher ratio of 17.4 in 1993–94 (derived from table 2).1

 In 

2003–04, Arizona, California, Oregon, and Utah had student/teacher ratios of more than 20 to 1.

Overall, public education employed almost 6 million full-time equivalent (FTE) positions in 2003–04 

(table 6). More than 3 million of these were teachers and 685,000 were teacher aides. These instructional 

staff persons accounted for almost 63 percent of the reported personnel. School and school district 

administrators accounted for almost 4 percent of all staff. 

About 93,000 public schools had students in membership during 2003–04 (table 7). Of these schools, 57 

percent were primary schools, 17 percent were middle schools, and 20 percent were high schools. An 

additional 6 percent of schools had some other grade configuration. 

 

1

 Student/teacher ratios were derived by dividing total student membership by number of teachers. 
2

In 2003–04, almost 13 percent of all public schools were in large cities (derived from table 9).2 Another 

31 percent were located in rural areas. The remaining 57 percent of schools were in mid-size cities, urban 

fringes, or towns. 

In 2003–04, the average number of students per school was 438 in primary schools, 616 in middle 

schools, and 758 in high schools (table 8). In Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, and Maryland, the average-sized 

high school enrolled 1,200 or more students. 

There were more than 50,000 Title I eligible schools in 2003–04, and these schools accounted for about 

50 percent of all students (table 10). There were nearly 3,200 charter schools (table 11). About 42 percent 

were administered directly by public school districts that also included noncharter schools, and 58 percent 

were administered by exclusively charter districts (derived from table 11).3

Not all local education agencies in 2003–04 were regular school districts (table 12). While 82 percent of 

local agencies were in this category, another 8 percent provided other services (e.g., administration, staff 

development) to local school districts. The remaining 9 percent of agencies were state or federally 

administered, or charter school, districts. 

 

2

 Percent of public schools by locale code was derived by dividing the number of schools with a specific locale code 

designation by the total number of schools. 

3

 Percent of charter schools by type of administrative district derived by dividing the number of charter schools 

within a specific type of administrative district by the total number of charter schools. 
Table 1.—Number of public elementary and secondary schools with membership and percentage of students in membership, by type of school: United States an

Table 1.—jurisdictions, school year 2003–04

Number of 

schools Regular Special education Vocational education 

having Total Number of Percentage Number of Percentage Number of Percentage 

State membership students schools of students schools of students schools of students  United States1 92,816 48,540,725 85,910 98.1 1,771 0.4 347 0.4 

Alabama 1,389 731,220 1,338 99.5 21 0.2 3 0.1 Alaska 500 133,933 476 97.8 3 0.4 0 0.0 Arizona 1,931 1,012,068 1,786 94.5 13 0.1 72 4.2 Arkansas 1,128 454,523 1,119 99.9 4 0.1 1 # California 9,222 6,413,862 2 7,908 96.8 127 0.5 0 0.0 

Colorado 1,658 757,693 1,578 98.5 8 0.1 2 # Connecticut 1,099 577,203 1,000 96.9 24 0.6 17 2.0 Delaware 200 117,668 173 92.5 13 1.3 5 4.9 District of Columbia 206 78,057 184 92.8 13 4.3 2 1.3 Florida 3,427 2,587,628 3,099 98.4 117 0.6 26 0.1 Georgia 2,032 1,522,611 2,002 99.6 4 0.1 0 0.0 Hawaii 284 183,609 280 99.9 3 0.1 0 0.0 Idaho 664 252,120 597 98.0 5 0.1 0 0.0 Illinois 4,267 2,100,961 3,910 98.1 234 1.2 0 0.0 Indiana 1,911 1,011,130 1,855 99.5 21 0.2 1 # Iowa 1,491 481,226 1,438 99.0 10 0.2 0 0.0 Kansas 1,410 470,490 1,401 99.9 4 # 0 0.0 Kentucky 1,370 663,885 1,227 98.9 9 0.1 1 # Louisiana 1,519 727,709 1,383 98.1 35 0.2 0 0.0 Maine 662 202,084 660 100.0 2 # 0 0.0 Maryland 1,366 869,113 1,258 97.0 48 0.9 11 1.0 Massachusetts 1,860 980,459 1,792 96.4 1 # 40 3.3 Michigan 3,869 1,757,604 3,473 96.9 163 1.6 16 0.1 Minnesota 2,187 842,854 1,616 96.6 240 1.4 1 # Mississippi 897 493,540 896 99.9 0 0.0 1 0.1 Missouri 2,260 905,941 2,186 99.6 13 0.2 0 0.0 Montana 858 148,356 853 99.9 2 # 0 0.0 Nebraska 1,228 285,542 1,187 99.3 41 0.7 0 0.0 Nevada 545 385,401 499 98.4 12 0.3 2 0.5 New Hampshire 473 207,417 473 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 New Jersey 2,428 1,380,753 2,292 97.6 79 0.7 40 1.2 New Mexico 814 323,066 741 97.3 16 0.7 1 0.1 New York 4,514 2,864,775 4,230 97.1 73 0.7 25 1.2 North Carolina 2,260 1,360,209 2,171 99.5 19 0.2 0 0.0 North Dakota 517 102,233 517 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 See notes at end of table.

Type of school

3
Table 1.—Number of public elementary and secondary schools with membership and percentage of students in membership, by type of school: United States an

Table 1.—jurisdictions, school year 2003–04—Continued

Number of 

schools Regular Special education Vocational education 

having Total Number of Percentage Number of Percentage Number of Percentage 

State membership students schools of students schools of students schools of students Ohio 3,836 1,845,428 3,783 99.7 40 0.3 10 0.1 Oklahoma 1,786 626,160 1,786 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 Oregon 1,225 551,273 1,166 98.4 2 # 0 0.0 Pennsylvania 3,189 1,821,146 3,149 98.3 12 1.0 15 0.7 Rhode Island 328 159,375 314 98.1 4 0.1 5 1.0 South Carolina 1,091 699,198 1,069 99.6 10 0.1 0 0.0 South Dakota 734 125,537 707 99.0 4 0.1 0 0.0 Tennessee 1,644 936,681 2 1,608 99.7 12 0.1 4 0.1 

Texas 7,843 4,331,751 6,852 98.2 118 0.1 30 0.1 Utah 886 495,981 753 98.1 41 0.4 2 # Vermont 358 99,103 316 98.4 40 1.6 0 0.0 Virginia 1,856 1,192,092 1,819 99.5 12 0.1 0 0.0 Washington 2,241 1,021,349 1,890 96.2 82 0.3 10 0.1 West Virginia 755 281,215 727 99.6 7 0.1 3 # Wisconsin 2,218 880,031 2,020 97.0 10 0.1 1 # Wyoming 380 87,462 353 97.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Other jurisdictions

DoDDS: DoDs Overseas3 154 71,053 154 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

DDESS: DoDs Domestic3 69 30,603 69 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 176 45,828 176 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 American Samoa 31 15,893 29 97.3 1 0.4 1 2.3 Guam 37 31,572 37 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 Northern Marianas 32 11,244 31 99.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 Puerto Rico 1,508 584,916 1,449 96.1 28 1.7 14 1.0 Virgin Islands 34 17,716 33 99.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 # Rounds to zero.

1 U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia.2 Prekindergarten data were imputed based on current year (fall 2003) data.3 DoDDS and DDESS are the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (overseas) and the Department of Defense Dependent Elementary and Secondary S

reported from the "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education." SOURCE: Data reported by states to the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public ElemenSurvey," 2003–04, Version 1a, and "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2003–04, Version 1a.

Type of school

NOTE: Table excludes 3,508 schools (28 of these in other juridictions) for which no students were reported in membership. Although type of school is a mutuacategory, many regular schools include special, vocational, or alternative education programs. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Total student m

4
Table 2.—Public school student membership and number of teachers: United States and other jurisdictions, school years 1993–94 

Table 2.—and 2003–04 

 United States1 43,464,916 48,540,725 11.7 2,503,901 3,048,549 21.8

Alabama 734,288 2 731,220 -0.4 43,003 58,070 35.0

Alaska 125,948 133,933 6.3 7,193 7,808 8.5

Arizona 709,453 1,012,068 42.7 37,493 47,507 26.7

Arkansas 444,271 454,523 2.3 26,014 30,876 18.7

California 5,327,231 2 6,413,862 3 20.4 221,787 304,311 4 37.2

Colorado 625,062 757,693 21.2 33,661 44,904 33.4

Connecticut 496,298 577,203 16.3 34,526 42,370 22.7

Delaware 105,547 117,668 11.5 6,380 7,749 21.5

District of Columbia 80,678 78,057 -3.2 6,056 5,676 -6.3

Florida 2,040,763 2,587,628 26.8 110,653 144,955 31.0

Georgia 1,235,304 1,522,611 23.3 74,172 97,150 31.0

Hawaii 180,410 2 183,609 1.8 10,111 11,129 10.1

Idaho 236,774 252,120 6.5 12,007 14,049 17.0

Illinois 1,893,078 2,100,961 11.0 110,874 127,669 15.1

Indiana 965,633 1,011,130 4.7 55,107 59,924 8.7

Iowa 498,519 481,226 -3.5 31,616 34,791 10.0

Kansas 457,614 470,490 2.8 30,283 32,589 7.6

Kentucky 655,265 663,885 1.3 37,324 41,201 10.4

Louisiana 800,560 727,709 -9.1 46,913 50,495 7.6

Maine 216,995 2 202,084 -6.9 15,344 17,621 14.8

Maryland 772,638 869,113 12.5 44,171 55,140 24.8

Massachusetts 877,726 2 980,459 11.7 58,766 72,062 22.6

Michigan 1,599,377 1,757,604 9.9 80,267 97,014 4 20.9

Minnesota 810,233 842,854 4.0 46,956 51,611 9.9

Mississippi 505,907 493,540 -2.4 28,376 32,591 14.9

Missouri 866,378 905,941 4.6 54,860 65,169 18.8

Montana 163,009 2 148,356 -9.0 9,950 10,301 3.5

Nebraska 285,097 2 285,542 0.2 19,616 20,921 6.7

Nevada 235,800 385,401 63.4 12,579 20,234 60.9

New Hampshire 185,360 207,417 11.9 11,972 15,112 26.2

New Jersey 1,151,307 1,380,753 19.9 84,564 109,077 31.0

New Mexico 322,292 323,066 0.2 18,404 21,569 10.1

New York 2,733,813 2,864,775 4.8 179,413 216,116 17.0

North Carolina 1,133,231 1,360,209 20.0 69,421 89,988 15.1

North Dakota 119,127 102,233 -14.2 7,755 8,037 8.7

See notes at end of table.

1993–94 2003–04

Percent change 

from 1993–94 to 

State 2003–04

Total student membership Number of teachers

1993–94 2003–04

Percent change 

from 1993–94 to 

2003–04

5
Table 2.—Public school student membership and number of teachers: United States and other jurisdictions, school years 1993–94 

Table 2.—and 2003–04—Continued

Ohio 1,807,319 1,845,428 2.1 107,444 121,735 13.3

Oklahoma 604,076 626,160 3.7 39,031 39,253 0.6

Oregon 516,611 551,273 6.7 26,488 26,732 0.9

Pennsylvania 1,744,082 2 1,821,146 4.4 101,301 119,889 18.3

Rhode Island 145,676 159,375 9.4 9,823 11,918 4 21.3

South Carolina 643,696 699,198 8.6 38,620 45,830 18.7

South Dakota 142,825 125,537 -12.1 9,557 9,245 -3.3

Tennessee 866,557 936,681 3 8.1 46,066 59,584 29.3

Texas 3,608,262 4,331,751 20.1 224,830 289,481 28.8

Utah 471,365 495,981 5.2 19,053 22,147 16.2

Vermont 102,755 99,103 -3.6 7,330 8,749 31.0

Virginia 1,045,471 2 1,192,092 14.0 70,859 90,573 10.1

Washington 915,952 1,021,349 11.5 45,524 52,824 17.0

West Virginia 314,383 281,215 -10.6 21,029 20,020 15.1

Wisconsin 844,001 880,031 4.3 52,822 58,216 8.7

Wyoming 100,899 87,462 -13.3 6,537 6,567 0.5

Other jurisdictions

DoDDS: DoDs Overseas5 — 71,053 — — 4,728 —

DDESS: DoDs Domestic5 — 30,603 — — 2,301 —

Bureau of Indian Affairs — 45,828 — — — —

American Samoa 14,484 15,893 9.7 656 988 31.0

Guam 30,920 31,572 2.1 1,644 1,760 10.1

Northern Marianas 8,188 11,244 37.3 431 550 17.0

Puerto Rico 631,460 584,916 -7.4 39,816 42,444 15.1

Virgin Islands 22,752 17,716 -22.1 1,570 1,512 8.7

— Not available.

1 U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

2 Prekindergarten data were imputed based on current year (fall 1993) data. 3 Prekindergarten data were imputed based on current year (fall 2003) data. 4 Prekindergarten counts were imputed for California. All teacher data were imputed for Michigan and Rhode Island. 5 DoDDS and DDESS are the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (overseas) and the Department of Defense 

Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools, respectively.

NOTE: Teacher counts are full-time-equivalency (FTE) counts. 

SOURCE: Data reported by states to the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, 

"State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 1993–94, Version 1b and "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public 

Elementary/Secondary Education," 2003–04, Version 1a.

1993–94 2003–04

Percent change 

from 1993–94 to 

2003–04

State

Total student membership Number of teachers

1993–94 2003–04

Percent change 

from 1993–94 to 

2003–04

6
Table 3.—Number and percentage of public school students participating in selected programs: United States and other jurisdictions, school year 

Table 3.—2003–04

Number of Number 

Number of Percent students of students 

Number Percent students of students receiving migrant receiving eli

of students of students receiving receiving services during migrant services 

with IEPs with IEPs ELL services ELL services school year1 during summer 

 Reporting states2 6,015,545 13.6 3,829,284 10.6 582,711 312,812 

Alabama 122,698 16.8 10,825 1.6 5,265 5,532 Alaska 17,851 13.3 19,877 15.5 8,616 1,791 Arizona 109,477 11.3 155,840 17.1 2,589 9,130 Arkansas 57,793 13.0 17,174 4.8 10,961 2,110 California 680,831 10.9 1,598,366 25.5 232,266 160,546 Colorado 75,618 10.0 97,043 13.0 19,131 2,868 Connecticut 69,829 12.1 25,959 4.9 10,107 1,439 Delaware 17,171 14.7 3,956 3.5 281 198 District of Columbia 13,263 17.2 5,727 7.9 953 205 Florida 400,719 15.4 196,037 7.6 43,302 60,527 Georgia 186,342 12.2 65,876 4.5 11,403 3,875 Hawaii 22,533 12.3 12,850 7.0 1,395 431 Idaho 28,841 11.4 19,649 8.7 8,417 4,354 Illinois 316,733 15.2 (3) (3) 308 2,397 

Indiana 170,754 16.9 42,632 4.5 — — Iowa 63,886 13.3 15,238 4.2 5,057 847 Kansas 65,092 13.8 22,399 7.1 10,883 4,529 Kentucky 103,709 15.6 8,446 1.7 14,726 3,906 Louisiana 101,288 14.0 12,175 1.7 4,144 3,285 Maine 33,514 16.7 2,852 1.9 — 1,677 Maryland 108,141 12.4 27,695 3.2 — — Massachusetts 154,391 15.7 49,297 6.0 1,819 — Michigan 244,610 13.9 62,025 7.0 (3) 6,529 

Minnesota 113,828 13.5 53,507 7.3 1,208 664 Mississippi 66,727 13.5 2,916 0.8 2,487 1,004 Missouri 144,752 15.8 14,855 2.1 4,602 584 Montana 19,267 13.0 6,668 7.4 — — Nebraska 45,825 16.1 15,586 7.1 9,537 2,302 Nevada 45,825 11.7 69,896 18.3 569 22 New Hampshire 29,390 14.5 2,755 1.6 178 — New Jersey 223,144 15.5 58,349 4.3 787 2,199 New Mexico 63,727 19.7 54,528 17.2 2,150 188 New York ———— — —North Carolina 193,418 14.2 60,967 4.5 14,735 9,684 North Dakota 13,774 13.5 1,638 3.6 322 423 See notes at end of table.State

7
Table 3.—Number and percentage of public school students participating in selected programs: United States and other jurisdictions, school year 

Table 3.—2003–04—Continued

Number of Number 

Number of Percent students of students 

Number Percent students of students receiving migrant receiving eli

of students of students receiving receiving services during migrant services 

with IEPs with IEPs ELL services ELL services school year1 during summer 

Ohio 257,078 14.0 23,368 1.7 (3) — 

Oklahoma 93,047 14.9 40,042 7.3 5,459 388 Oregon 70,548 12.8 64,618 12.6 21,328 5,036 Pennsylvania 253,129 14.1 (3) (3) 9,628 8,147 

Rhode Island 33,443 21.0 9,723 6.5 — — South Carolina 109,561 15.7 10,653 1.5 — 1,109 South Dakota 17,130 13.6 4,477 4.7 853 227 Tennessee 171,594 18.8 (3) (3) — —

Texas 511,016 11.8 661,052 15.5 113,292 — Utah 57,745 11.8 49,556 10.2 — 2,289 Vermont 14,737 15.8 1,992 2.5 827 461 Virginia (3) (3) 60,301 5.2 1,406 907 

Washington 110,659 10.8 58,523 8.9 — — West Virginia 50,538 18.0 1,477 0.7 203 62 Wisconsin 127,129 14.5 26,424 6.6 1,286 471 Wyoming 13,430 15.5 3,475 4.2 231 469 

Other jurisdictions

DoDDS: DoDs Overseas4 6,121 8.6 5,871 8.3 — † 

DDESS: DoDs Domestic4 3,485 11.4 1,556 5.1 — † Bureau of Indian Affairs ———— — —American Samoa 969 6.1 13,425 84.5 — — Guam 2,594 8.2 13,860 43.9 10 — Northern Marianas 609 5.4 — — — — Puerto Rico 77,932 13.3 — — 13,725 1,357 Virgin Islands 1,573 8.9 — — — — — Not available.† Not applicable.notes.

3 Data were missing for more than 20 percent of schools or districts.4 DoDDS and DDESS are the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (overseas) and the Department of Defense Dependent Elementary and 

Secondary Schools, respectively.NOTE: IEP is the acronym for individualized education program. ELL is the acronym for English language learner. Percentages are based on schoolsoperation. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: Data reported by states to the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public ElUniverse Survey," 2003–04, Version 1a, and "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2003–04, Version 1a.State

2 Reporting states total includes the 50 states and the District of Columbia. It is suppressed if data were missing for 15 percent or more of all schools1 Migrant students include those who were enrolled at any time during the previous (2002–03) regular school year. They are reported for each

school in which they enrolled; because this is a duplicated count, the table does not show migrants as a percentage of all students. See technicalor agencies. State totals exclude states for which data were missing for 20 percent or more of the schools or agencies.and agencies reporting. Excludes 1,464 local education agencies without membership and 171 agencies that are planned to open but are not yet in

8
Table 4.—Number of public high school completers, by type of completion: United States and other jurisdictions, school year 2002–03

 Reporting states3 2,946,487 2,719,947 46,885 179,655

Alabama 43,366 36,741 2,691 3,934

Alaska 8,382 7,297 28 1,057

Arizona 53,516 49,986 774 2,756

Arkansas 30,840 27,555 97 3,188

California 350,148 341,097 † 9,051

Colorado 47,000 42,379 283 4,338

Connecticut 34,859 33,667 43 1,149

Delaware 7,075 6,817 114 144

District of Columbia 3,160 2,725 223 212

Florida 147,971 127,484 6,326 14,161

Georgia 82,692 66,890 7,545 8,257

Hawaii 10,878 10,013 177 688

Idaho 17,511 15,858 41 1,612

Illinois 123,713 117,507 † 6,206

Indiana 64,227 57,897 1,650 4,680

Iowa 36,647 34,860 84 1,703

Kansas 32,048 29,963 † 2,085

Kentucky 41,822 37,654 372 3,796

Louisiana 42,468 37,610 943 3,915

Maine 14,058 12,947 8 1,103

Maryland 55,149 51,864 573 2,712

Massachusetts 60,953 55,987 1,449 3,517

Michigan 106,196 100,301 1,114 4,781

Minnesota 62,146 59,432 † 2,714

Mississippi 29,157 23,810 1,803 3,544

Missouri 60,436 56,925 † 3,511

Montana 11,944 10,657 † 1,287

Nebraska 21,474 20,161 166 1,147

Nevada 19,178 16,378 888 1,912

New Hampshire 13,902 13,210 — 692

New Jersey 83,553 81,391 † 2,162

New Mexico 19,514 16,923 314 2,277

New York 159,696 143,818 5,038 10,840

North Carolina 74,993 69,696 1,445 3,852

North Dakota 8,689 8,169 † 520

General Education 

Development (GED) 

test passers2 State Total 

See notes at end of table.

Diploma recipients

Other high school 

completers1

9
Table 4.—Number of public high school completers, by type of completion: United States and other jurisdictions, school year 2002–03

Table 4.——Continued

Ohio 119,755 115,762 † 3,993

Oklahoma 39,666 36,694 † 2,972

Oregon 40,239 32,587 3,752 3,900

Pennsylvania 126,187 119,933 † 6,254

Rhode Island 9,878 9,318 28 532

South Carolina 37,642 32,482 2,642 2,518

South Dakota 9,648 8,999 † 649

Tennessee 53,887 44,113 4,230 5,544

Texas 252,811 238,111 † 14,700

Utah 32,166 29,527 196 2,443

Vermont 7,460 6,970 89 401

Virginia 80,223 72,943 1,622 5,658

Washington 65,922 60,435 92 5,395

West Virginia 18,962 17,287 1 1,674

Wisconsin — 63,272 — 2,801

Wyoming 6,607 5,845 44 718

Other jurisdictions

DoDDS: DoDs Overseas4 — 2,641 † —

DDESS: DoDs Domestic4 — 590 † —

Bureau of Indian Affairs — — † —

American Samoa 840 832 6 2

Guam 1,524 1,502 † 22

Northern Marianas 431 422 † 9

Puerto Rico — 31408 3,605 —

Virgin Islands 931 886 † 45

— Not available.

† Not applicable.

4 DoDDS and DDESS are the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (overseas) and the Department of Defense Dependent 

Elementary and Secondary Schools, respectively.

State

General Education 

Development (GED) 

test passers2

SOURCE: Data reported by states to the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, 

"State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2003–04, Version 1a, and General Education Development Testing 

Service (special 2002–03 tabulation).

1 Includes individuals who receive certificates of attendance or some other credential in lieu of diplomas. 

2 Includes individuals ages 19 or younger who met the passing score on the General Education Development (GED) test.

3 U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

NOTE: Total high school completers and General Education Development (GED) test passers may include students not included

in 12th-grade membership in the 2002–03 school year.

Total Diploma recipients

Other high school 

completers1

10
Table 5.—Public school student/teacher ratio, student membership, and number of teachers, by level of instruction: United States and other jurisdictions, scho

Total Total Teachers

student/ student Preteacher ratio membership Total kindergarten Kindergarten Elementary S

 Reporting states1 15.9 48,540,725 3,048,549 43,269 195,314 1,460,158 

Alabama 12.6 731,220 58,070 599 5,760 31,793 Alaska 17.2 133,933 7,808 32 373 5,074 Arizona 21.3 1,012,068 47,507 210 1,937 31,901 Arkansas 14.7 454,523 30,876 176 2,037 10,936 California 21.1 6,413,862 2 304,311 3 7,676 3 22,462 187,332 

Colorado 16.9 757,693 44,904 629 2,728 19,328 Connecticut 13.6 577,203 42,370 229 1,641 22,960 Delaware 15.2 117,668 7,749 34 235 3,578 District of Columbia 13.8 78,057 5,676 258 283 2,855 Florida 17.9 2,587,628 144,955 619 8,040 54,128 Georgia 15.7 1,522,611 97,150 2,261 6,011 48,085 Hawaii 16.5 183,609 11,129 202 492 4 5,104 

Idaho 17.9 252,120 14,049 132 509 6,631 Illinois 16.5 2,100,961 127,669 1,255 4,187 69,515 Indiana 16.9 1,011,130 59,924 498 2,701 28,180 Iowa 13.8 481,226 34,791 547 2,301 16,456 Kansas 14.4 470,490 32,589 374 1,244 12,760 Kentucky 16.1 663,885 41,201 656 935 15,845 Louisiana 14.4 727,709 50,495 862 2,553 31,997 Maine 11.5 202,084 17,621 279 4 1,036 4 10,746 

Maryland 15.8 869,113 55,140 526 2,130 30,037 Massachusetts 13.6 980,459 72,062 726 4 2,699 25,194 

Michigan 18.1 1,757,604 97,014 3 740 3 38,256 3 28,518 3 

Minnesota 16.3 842,854 51,611 896 2,064 23,088 Mississippi 15.1 493,540 32,591 301 1,780 12,815 Missouri 13.9 905,941 65,169 1,561 3,462 28,533 Montana 14.4 148,356 10,301 159 4 590 4 6,120 

Nebraska 13.6 285,542 20,921 299 4 1,110 4 11,512 

Nevada 19.0 385,401 20,234 341 617 9,101 New Hampshire 13.7 207,417 15,112 126 374 9,891 New Jersey 12.7 1,380,753 109,077 212 3,796 57,323 New Mexico 15.0 323,066 21,569 311 1,221 10,749 New York 13.3 2,864,775 216,116 4,784 11,303 76,137 North Carolina 15.1 1,360,209 89,988 1,026 6,123 46,413 North Dakota 12.7 102,233 8,037 124 277 4,387 See notes at end of table.State

11
Table 5.—Public school student/teacher ratio, student membership, and number of teachers, by level of instruction: United States and other jurisdictions, scho

Table 5.—Continued

Total Total Teachers

student/ student Preteacher ratio membership Total kindergarten Kindergarten Elementary S

Ohio 15.2 1,845,428 121,735 1,424 4,776 77,090 Oklahoma 16.0 626,160 39,253 865 1,636 15,768 Oregon 20.6 551,273 26,732 49 1,022 10,822 Pennsylvania 15.2 1,821,146 119,889 1,227 4 4,557 4 47,265 

Rhode Island 13.4 159,375 11,918 68 3 4,709 3 3,510 3 

South Carolina 15.3 699,198 45,830 671 2,103 29,183 South Dakota 13.6 125,537 9,245 120 392 5,113 Tennessee 15.7 936,681 2 59,584 397 3,904 38,108 

Texas 15.0 4,331,751 289,481 6,368 17,347 119,711 Utah 22.4 495,981 22,147 207 910 9,592 Vermont 11.3 99,103 8,749 76 321 3,032 Virginia 13.2 1,192,092 90,573 773 3,748 35,328 Washington 19.3 1,021,349 52,824 39 2,155 24,101 West Virginia 14.0 281,215 20,020 262 1,101 8,608 Wisconsin 15.1 880,031 58,216 1,044 3,131 35,081 Wyoming 13.3 87,462 6,567 19 235 2,824 

Other jurisdictions

DoDDS: DoDs Overseas5 15.0 71,053 4,728 73 286 1,687 

DDESS: DoDs Domestic5 13.3 30,603 2,301 87 168 858 Bureau of Indian Affairs — 45,828 — — — — American Samoa 16.1 15,893 988 130 43 494 Guam 17.9 31,572 1,760 10 127 782 Northern Marianas 20.4 11,244 550 4 24 273 Puerto Rico 13.8 584,916 42,444 20 1,206 22,423 Virgin Islands 12 17,716 1,512 — 58 688 — Not available.† Not applicable.

2 Prekindergarten data were imputed based on current year (fall 2003) data.3 Data were imputed based on current year (fall 2003) data.4 Data disaggregated from reported total.5 DoDDS and DDESS are the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (overseas) and the Department of Defense Dependent Elementary and Secondary 

SOURCE: Data reported by states to the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, "State Nonfiscal SurElementary/Secondary Education," 2003–04, Version 1a.State

1 Reporting states total includes the 50 states and the District of Columbia. 

grades included in these designations. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.NOTE: Teacher counts are full-time equivalency (FTE) counts. Elementary and secondary teacher counts are not directly comparable across states due to dif

12
Table 6.—Number of staff employed by public elementary and secondary school systems and percentage of total staff, by category: United 

Table 6.—States and other jurisdictions, school year 2003–04

Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent 

United States3 5,948,475 3,048,549 51.2 685,242 11.5 44,076 0.7 

Alabama 100,592 58,070 57.7 6,240 6.2 698 0.7 Alaska 16,550 7,808 47.2 2,118 12.8 160 1.0 4 

Arizona 96,341 47,507 49.3 13,438 13.9 183 0.2 Arkansas 64,693 30,876 47.7 6,623 10.2 621 1.0 California 572,835 304,311 53.1 4 69,201 12.1 6,589 1.2 

Colorado 89,530 44,904 50.2 10,216 11.4 963 1.1 Connecticut 85,367 42,370 49.6 11,567 13.5 367 0.4 Delaware 14,587 7,749 53.1 1,361 9.3 188 1.3 District of Columbia 10,608 5,676 53.5 1,269 12.0 68 0.6 Florida 295,775 144,955 49.0 29,616 10.0 696 0.2 Georgia 200,512 97,150 48.5 24,111 12.0 1,376 0.7 Hawaii 21,113 11,129 52.7 2,640 12.5 511 2.4 Idaho 25,133 14,049 55.9 2,637 10.5 268 1.1 Illinois 253,924 127,669 50.3 33,302 13.1 4 833 0.3 

Indiana 130,532 59,924 45.9 18,289 14.0 1,662 1.3 Iowa 68,137 34,791 51.1 9,095 13.3 472 0.7 Kansas 63,778 32,589 51.1 7,085 11.1 118 0.2 Kentucky 95,926 41,201 43.0 13,769 14.4 877 0.9 Louisiana 102,990 50,495 49.0 11,398 11.1 1,387 1.3 Maine 35,866 17,621 49.1 5,952 16.6 297 0.8 Maryland 102,525 55,140 53.8 9,878 9.6 1,195 1.2 Massachusetts 134,414 72,062 53.6 18,272 13.6 1,115 0.8 Michigan 206,034 97,014 47.1 4 25,170 12.2 3,457 1.7 

Minnesota 103,744 51,611 49.7 14,636 14.1 467 0.5 Mississippi 68,377 32,591 47.7 8,603 12.6 671 1.0 Missouri 125,783 65,169 51.8 10,906 8.7 952 0.8 Montana 18,641 10,301 55.3 1,870 10.0 182 1.0 Nebraska 40,573 20,921 51.6 4,722 11.6 427 1.1 Nevada 34,059 20,234 59.4 2,438 7.2 524 1.5 New Hampshire 30,830 15,112 49.0 6,380 20.7 185 0.6 5 

New Jersey 204,038 109,077 53.5 24,010 11.8 1,466 0.7 New Mexico 44,841 21,569 48.1 5,243 11.7 724 1.6 New York 394,178 216,116 54.8 53,423 13.6 2,083 0.5 North Carolina 172,193 89,988 52.3 27,852 16.2 852 0.5 North Dakota 15,066 8,037 53.3 1,811 12.0 134 0.9 See notes at end of table.State Total staff 

Teachers Instructional aides

Instructional coordinators and 

supervisors 

13
Table 6.—Number of staff employed by public elementary and secondary school systems and percentage of total staff, by category: United 

Table 6.—States and other jurisdictions, school year 2003–04—Continued

Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent 

Ohio 242,520 121,735 50.2 18,274 7.5 500 0.2 

Oklahoma 71,313 39,253 55.0 6,049 8.5 248 0.3 Oregon 54,272 26,732 49.3 8,466 15.6 406 0.7 Pennsylvania 233,269 119,889 51.4 24,897 10.7 1,424 0.6 Rhode Island 19,892 11,918 59.9 4 2,526 12.7 4 190 1.0 4 

South Carolina 62,910 45,830 72.9 2,311 3.7 678 1.1 South Dakota 19,039 9,245 48.6 3,337 17.5 380 2.0 Tennessee 116,118 59,584 51.3 14,430 12.4 1,130 1.0 5 

Texas 596,330 289,481 48.5 58,741 9.9 1,238 0.2 Utah 41,545 22,147 53.3 5,911 14.2 711 1.7 Vermont 18,701 8,749 46.8 4,208 22.5 318 1.7 Virginia 166,578 90,573 54.4 15,287 9.2 1,525 0.9 Washington 109,294 52,824 48.3 10,051 9.2 546 0.5 West Virginia 37,957 20,020 52.7 3,113 8.2 335 0.9 Wisconsin 104,531 58,216 55.7 10,632 10.2 1,527 1.5 Wyoming 14,121 6,567 46.5 1,868 13.2 152 1.1 

Other jurisdictions

DoDDS: DoDs Overseas6 7,282 4,728 64.9 280 3.8 50 0.7 

DDESS: DoDs Domestic6 4,157 2,301 55.4 428 10.3 42 1.0 Bureau of Indian Affairs — — — — — — — American Samoa 1,771 988 55.8 116 6.5 45 2.5 Guam 3,466 1,760 50.8 704 20.3 104 3.0 Northern Marianas 1,155 550 47.6 250 21.6 12 1.0 Puerto Rico 74,697 42,444 56.8 237 0.3 312 0.4 Virgin Islands 2,896 1,512 52.2 326 11.3 19 0.7 See notes at end of table.State Total staff 

Teachers Instructional aides

Instructional coordinators and 

supervisors 

14
Table 6.—Number of staff employed by public elementary and secondary school systems and percentage of total staff, by category: United States and 

Table 6.— year 2003–04—Continued

Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent 

 United States3 54,351 0.9 1,363,629 22.9 165,531 2.8 63,561 1.1 

Alabama 1,388 1.4 24,216 24.1 3,452 3.4 1,345 1.3 Alaska 152 0.9 3,548 21.4 675 4.1 413 2.5 Arizona 802 0.8 23,476 24.4 2,240 2.3 424 0.4 Arkansas 934 1.4 19,075 29.5 1,552 2.4 682 1.1 California 1,218 0.2 113,514 19.8 5 13,340 2.3 2,766 0.5 

Colorado 845 0.9 21,374 23.9 2,382 2.7 974 1.1 Connecticut 789 0.9 20,723 24.3 2,193 2.6 1,333 1.6 Delaware 129 0.9 3,461 23.7 370 2.5 288 2.0 District of Columbia 40 0.4 2,559 24.1 408 3.8 96 0.9 Florida 2,710 0.9 73,998 25.0 6,946 2.3 1,819 0.6 Georgia 2,170 1.1 55,021 27.4 5,063 2.5 1,913 1.0 Hawaii 290 1.4 3,892 18.4 504 2.4 188 0.9 Idaho 170 0.7 5,239 20.8 726 2.9 116 0.5 Illinois 2,200 0.9 58,858 23.2 4 6,422 2.5 4,061 1.6 

Indiana 1,004 0.8 36,060 27.6 2,985 2.3 1,080 0.8 Iowa 589 0.9 14,917 21.9 2,111 3.1 928 1.4 Kansas 923 1.4 15,955 25.0 1,709 2.7 1,239 1.9 Kentucky 1,147 1.2 24,627 25.7 2,527 2.6 1,011 1.1 Louisiana 1,233 1.2 26,217 25.5 2,694 2.6 330 0.3 Maine 251 0.7 7,493 20.9 967 2.7 625 1.7 Maryland 1,118 1.1 24,289 23.7 3,149 3.1 836 0.8 Massachusetts 946 0.7 24,783 18.4 4 3,666 2.7 1,751 1.3 

Michigan 1,405 0.7 53,652 26.0 4,937 2.4 3,304 1.6 Minnesota 942 0.9 21,969 21.2 2,190 2.1 1,030 1.0 Mississippi 969 1.4 17,778 26.0 1,757 2.6 986 1.4 Missouri 1,621 1.3 31,219 24.8 3,044 2.4 1,308 1.0 Montana 357 1.9 3,614 19.4 4 504 2.7 145 0.8 

Nebraska 557 1.4 9,548 23.5 998 2.5 574 1.4 Nevada 324 1.0 6,168 18.1 1,079 3.2 263 0.8 New Hampshire 296 1.0 5,771 18.7 5 537 1.7 5 538 1.7 

New Jersey 1,871 0.9 40,725 20.0 4,917 2.4 1,832 0.9 New Mexico 298 0.7 10,873 24.2 995 2.2 858 1.9 New York 3,318 0.8 70,466 17.9 7,823 2.0 2,844 0.7 North Carolina 2,335 1.4 31,589 18.3 4,777 2.8 1,609 0.9 North Dakota 198 1.3 3,295 21.9 395 2.6 436 2.9 See notes at end of table.State

Librarians

 Student/other support 

staff1 School administrators

School district 

administrators

15
Table 6.—Number of staff employed by public elementary and secondary school systems and percentage of total staff, by category: United States and 

Table 6.—year 2003–04—Continued

Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent 

Ohio 1,669 0.7 56,962 23.5 6,499 2.7 6,214 2.6 Oklahoma 996 1.4 15,481 21.7 1,932 2.7 710 1.0 Oregon 461 0.8 10,330 19.0 1,539 2.8 613 1.1 Pennsylvania 2,217 1.0 58,248 25.0 4,630 2.0 1,667 0.7 Rhode Island 215 1.1 4 2,674 13.4 557 2.8 4 164 0.8 4 

South Carolina 1,135 1.8 1,900 3.0 3,224 5.1 299 0.5 

South Dakota 146 0.8 3,955 20.8 402 2.1 445 2.3 Tennessee 1,545 1.3 23,940 20.6 5,080 4.4 1,239 1.1 Texas 4,864 0.8 164,991 27.7 5 29,621 5.0 7,833 1.3 

Utah 279 0.7 7,821 18.8 5 1,012 2.4 156 0.4 

Vermont 226 1.2 3,168 16.9 441 2.4 147 0.8 Virginia 1,986 1.2 38,058 22.8 3,924 2.4 1,556 0.9 Washington 1,309 1.2 32,326 29.6 2,747 2.5 915 0.8 West Virginia 386 1.0 9,827 25.9 1,044 2.8 421 1.1 Wisconsin 1,247 1.2 20,596 19.7 2,512 2.4 932 0.9 Wyoming 131 0.9 3,390 24.0 333 2.4 305 2.2 

Other jurisdictions

DoDDS: DoDs Overseas6 155 2.1 768 10.5 271 3.7 34 0.5 DDESS: DoDs Domestic6 69 1.7 752 18.1 108 2.6 28 0.7 

Bureau of Indian Affairs — — — — — — — — American Samoa 6 0.3 276 15.6 73 4.1 39 2.2 Guam 23 0.7 310 8.9 58 1.7 18 0.5 Northern Marianas 1 0.1 157 13.6 32 2.8 7 0.6 Puerto Rico 1,080 1.4 21,888 29.3 1,512 2.0 1,611 2.2 Virgin Islands 38 1.3 570 19.7 84 2.9 67 2.3 — Not available.

1 Student/other support services include library support staff, student support services staff, and all other non-administrative support staff.2 Administrative support staff includes district and school level administrative support staff.3 U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia.4 Data imputed based on current year (fall 2003) data.5 Data disaggregated from reported total.6 DoDDS and DDESS are the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (overseas) and the Department of Defense Dependent Elementary and Sec

respectively.NOTE: All staff counts are full-time-equivalency (FTE) counts. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.State

Librarians

SOURCE: Data reported by states to the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, "State NonfisElementary/Secondary Education," 2003–04, Version 1a.

 Student/other support 

staff1 School administrators

School district 

administrators

16
Table 7.—Number and percentage distribution of public elementary and secondary schools and percentage distribution of students 

Table 7.—in membership, by instructional level: United States and other jurisdictions, school year 2003–04

Primary Middle High Other

Schools Students Schools Students Schools Students Schools Students

 United States1 92,816 56.9 47.9 17.4 20.6 19.5 28.4 6.2 3.2

Alabama 1,389 51.7 44.2 17.8 19.7 20.2 26.1 10.4 10.1

Alaska 500 35.0 40.9 6.8 12.7 12.6 24.0 45.6 22.5

Arizona 1,931 55.5 52.7 13.0 15.2 23.6 29.2 7.9 2.9

Arkansas 1,128 50.4 45.2 17.7 21.3 29.0 28.5 2.8 5.0

California 9,222 60.5 49.6 14.5 19.3 19.9 28.4 5.0 2.7

Colorado 1,658 58.3 48.6 17.4 20.1 20.0 28.1 4.3 3.1

Connecticut 1,099 60.3 48.1 17.5 21.7 18.4 28.9 3.8 1.4

Delaware 200 52.5 43.4 21.5 24.7 16.0 29.0 10.0 2.9

District of Columbia 206 59.2 55.6 14.1 15.0 16.0 18.2 10.7 11.3

Florida 3,427 54.3 47.1 15.1 20.7 13.1 26.8 17.5 5.4

Georgia 2,032 60.2 48.2 21.1 23.6 16.5 26.5 2.1 1.7

Hawaii 284 64.4 51.1 12.7 17.0 14.8 29.5 8.1 2.4

Idaho 664 52.1 46.6 16.6 21.8 25.5 28.2 5.9 3.4

Illinois 4,267 61.0 53.3 17.4 17.0 17.8 28.3 3.7 1.5

Indiana 1,911 60.3 47.9 17.5 20.5 17.6 28.8 4.5 2.9

Iowa 1,491 53.0 45.2 19.5 20.6 24.5 32.1 3.0 2.1

Kansas 1,410 55.9 48.4 18.3 20.1 25.5 31.4 0.4 0.2

Kentucky 1,370 56.1 48.0 17.1 21.7 21.0 29.3 5.8 1.1

Louisiana 1,519 52.7 48.5 18.9 20.0 16.2 25.0 12.2 6.4

Maine 662 62.2 44.9 18.3 22.7 16.6 30.7 2.9 1.7

Maryland 1,366 64.3 47.6 17.4 22.0 15.4 29.3 2.9 1.1

Massachusetts 1,860 62.9 47.1 17.6 21.3 15.9 27.4 3.6 4.2

Michigan 3,869 55.3 45.7 16.8 20.9 18.7 28.5 9.1 4.9

Minnesota 2,187 47.8 45.5 13.3 19.0 32.0 33.2 6.9 2.3

Mississippi 897 49.7 44.5 21.0 21.6 21.0 25.3 8.4 8.5

Missouri 2,260 54.6 46.7 16.8 20.9 21.9 29.8 6.6 2.6

Montana 858 51.4 45.6 28.0 21.6 20.4 32.1 0.2 0.7

Nebraska 1,228 64.9 49.4 8.6 15.4 24.5 34.8 2.0 0.3

Nevada 545 61.3 49.5 15.8 22.6 18.2 26.0 4.8 1.9

New Hampshire 473 63.0 44.8 20.3 24.1 16.5 30.6 0.2 0.5

New Jersey 2,428 62.9 49.5 17.9 20.0 15.2 28.9 4.1 1.6

New Mexico 814 54.7 46.7 20.1 21.3 19.9 28.5 5.3 3.4

New York 4,514 55.9 46.9 17.3 20.5 17.8 28.1 9.0 4.5

North Carolina 2,260 58.9 47.8 20.6 23.1 16.1 27.6 4.5 1.5

North Dakota 517 57.6 48.3 7.4 13.7 34.2 35.6 0.8 2.4

Ohio 3,836 56.9 45.0 19.3 20.8 19.3 30.0 4.4 4.1

Oklahoma 1,786 54.1 52.2 18.4 20.3 26.0 25.0 1.4 2.5

Oregon 1,225 59.3 46.3 18.3 21.8 19.0 30.6 3.3 1.3

Pennsylvania 3,189 60.1 44.2 17.9 21.0 19.4 31.7 2.5 3.1

Rhode Island 328 65.5 45.4 17.4 23.8 14.3 29.7 2.7 1.1

South Carolina 1,091 56.6 47.4 22.9 23.3 18.2 27.8 2.3 1.5

South Dakota 734 49.5 46.7 23.6 21.6 25.2 31.4 1.8 0.3

Tennessee 1,644 59.5 48.9 18.6 20.9 17.9 27.5 4.0 2.7

Texas 7,843 50.8 48.3 20.2 22.6 18.1 25.8 10.9 3.3

Utah 886 56.8 52.4 16.0 20.8 21.1 24.4 6.1 2.4

See notes at end of table.

State

Number of 

schools 

having 

membership

Percentage distribution by instructional level

17
Table 7.—Number and percentage distribution of public elementary and secondary schools and percentage distribution of students 

Table 7.—in membership, by instructional level: United States and other jurisdictions, school year 2003–04—Continued

Primary Middle High Other

Schools Students Schools Students Schools Students Schools Students

Vermont 358 71.2 50.3 7.0 9.1 13.1 32.9 8.7 7.6

Virginia 1,856 63.1 47.2 18.3 22.2 16.8 29.7 1.7 0.9

Washington 2,241 53.0 46.4 15.9 20.6 20.5 28.8 10.6 4.2

West Virginia 755 63.4 48.5 16.8 21.4 16.4 29.0 3.3 1.2

Wisconsin 2,218 55.9 45.9 17.4 19.6 23.1 32.2 3.6 2.3

Wyoming 380 55.3 45.1 20.0 24.1 20.0 28.7 4.7 2.1

Other jurisdictions

DoDDS: DoDs Overseas2 154 55.8 57.3 13.6 13.9 24.0 24.0 6.5 4.9

DDESS: DoDs Domestic2 69 68.1 69.0 17.4 15.8 7.2 8.3 7.2 6.8

Bureau of Indian Affairs 176 55.7 46.1 2.3 1.8 11.4 16.3 30.7 35.8

American Samoa 31 74.2 69.1 3.2 5.0 19.4 25.5 3.2 0.4

Guam 37 70.3 47.8 18.9 23.6 10.8 28.6 0.0 0.0

Northern Marianas 32 68.8 56.5 9.4 14.7 15.6 28.1 6.3 0.7

Puerto Rico 1,508 55.2 42.5 13.5 16.3 11.3 19.8 20.0 21.5

Virgin Islands 34 67.6 51.3 17.6 18.8 11.8 28.3 2.9 1.5

— Not available.

1 U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

2 DoDDS and DDESS are the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (overseas) and the Department of Defense Dependent 

Elementary and Secondary Schools, respectively.

NOTE: Instructional levels are primary (low grade prekindergarten to 3, high grade up to 8); middle (low grade 4 to 7, high grade

4 to 9); high (low grade 7 to 12, high grade 12 only); and other (any configuration not falling within the previous three, including

State

Number of 

schools 

having 

membership

Percentage distribution by instructional level

ungraded schools). For states that did not provide a grade span, grade span was determined by the highest and lowest grades in

which students were reported. Table excludes 3,508 schools (28 in outlying areas) for which no students were reported in 

membership. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: Data reported by states to the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data 

(CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2003–04, Version 1a.

18
Table 8.—Average public school size (mean number of students per school), by instructional level: United States and other

Table 8.—jurisdictions, school year 2003–04

Primary Middle High Other

 United States1 92,816 438 616 758 266

Alabama 1,389 450 582 681 512

Alaska 500 313 500 510 132

Arizona 1,931 498 614 649 192

Arkansas 1,128 361 484 396 713

California 9,222 560 905 972 370

Colorado 1,658 381 527 641 334

Connecticut 1,099 416 648 821 188

Delaware 200 486 676 1,065 174

District of Columbia 206 356 403 430 400

Florida 3,427 654 1,038 1,548 232

Georgia 2,032 600 839 1,200 602

Hawaii 284 513 869 1,288 192

Idaho 664 339 499 420 223

Illinois 4,267 429 479 783 198

Indiana 1,911 420 617 863 340

Iowa 1,491 275 341 421 233

Kansas 1,410 288 365 410 152

Kentucky 1,370 394 585 641 86

Louisiana 1,519 441 508 740 252

Maine 662 220 378 562 182

Maryland 1,366 471 802 1,215 235

Massachusetts 1,860 395 638 908 610

Michigan 3,869 372 562 685 244

Minnesota 2,187 367 549 400 131

Mississippi 897 493 567 665 562

Missouri 2,260 347 505 550 159

Montana 858 153 134 272 508

Nebraska 1,228 177 419 331 37

Nevada 545 572 1,012 1,012 278

New Hampshire 473 312 522 813 1,073

New Jersey 2,428 448 636 1,084 220

New Mexico 814 339 420 568 259

New York 4,514 535 758 1,008 319

North Carolina 2,260 488 675 1,035 205

North Dakota 517 166 369 206 617

Ohio 3,836 379 517 745 448

Oklahoma 1,786 338 387 336 628

Oregon 1,225 346 530 713 176

Pennsylvania 3,189 419 670 933 698

Rhode Island 328 333 656 995 186

South Carolina 1,091 538 653 975 412

South Dakota 734 162 157 213 28

Tennessee 1,644 456 623 854 372

Texas 7,843 525 615 789 169

Utah 886 512 718 641 219

See notes at end of table.

State

Schools having 

membership

Mean number of students per school

Instructional level

19
Table 8.—Average public school size (mean number of students per school), by instructional level: United States and other

Table 8.—jurisdictions, school year 2003–04—Continued

Primary Middle High Other

Vermont 358 196 361 694 244

Virginia 1,856 480 777 1,135 345

Washington 2,241 400 590 639 179

West Virginia 755 285 473 657 131

Wisconsin 2,218 326 445 553 255

Wyoming 380 184 271 324 100

Other jurisdictions

DoDDS: DoDs Overseas2 154 473 469 462 345

DDESS: DoDs Domestic2 69 449 404 510 418

Bureau of Indian Affairs 176 215 212 373 304

American Samoa 31 477 795 676 64

Guam 37 581 1,063 2,256 0

Northern Marianas 32 289 551 632 39

Puerto Rico 1,508 298 469 676 417

Virgin Islands 34 395 556 1,254 269

1 U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

2 DoDDS and DDESS are the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (overseas) and the Department of Defense 

Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools, respectively.

NOTE: Instructional levels are primary (low grade prekindergarten to 3, high grade up to 8); middle (low grade 4 to 7, high

State

Schools having 

membership

Mean number of students per school

Instructional level

grade 4 to 9); high (low grade 7 to 12, high grade 12 only); and other (any configuration not falling within the previous three,

including ungraded schools). For states that did not provide a grade span, grade span was determined by the highest and

lowest grades in which students were reported. 

SOURCE: Data reported by states to the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data 

(CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2003–04, Version 1a.

20
Table 9.—Distribution of public elementary and secondary schools, by locale code: United States and other jurisdictions, school year 2003–04

Urban fringe Urban fringe Rural

Total of a of a mid- outside 

schools Large city Mid-size city large city size city Large town Small town CBSA 

 United States1 96,324 12,140 13,067 21,128 10,333 1,182 8,806 17,040 

Alabama 1,526 82 276 120 156 0 189 339 Alaska 521 90 14 28 12 13 57 282 Arizona 2,031 761 189 413 73 35 176 175 Arkansas 1,150 0 218 18 112 8 196 402 California 9,237 1,806 1,843 3,061 963 13 222 473 Colorado 1,672 334 162 424 117 0 160 288 Connecticut 1,250 0 274 0 681 31 32 54 Delaware 205 0 40 78 22 0 22 25 District of Columbia 207 206 0 0 0 0 0 0 Florida 3,529 348 695 947 833 11 137 195 Georgia 2,458 109 394 687 145 6 355 295 Hawaii 284 75 0 104 0 15 38 48 Idaho 691 0 144 0 99 12 128 197 Illinois 4,416 636 458 1,547 227 51 407 632 Indiana 1,986 190 321 354 174 24 220 318 Iowa 1,495 0 237 9 137 47 265 565 Kansas 1,413 87 140 194 22 65 193 494 Kentucky 1,438 76 115 217 92 31 227 493 Louisiana 1,551 134 315 142 199 15 213 307 Maine 694 0 46 0 89 0 109 304 Maryland 1,408 190 78 799 44 0 22 76 Massachusetts 1,867 153 386 782 287 6 29 35 Michigan 4,008 320 684 833 646 31 310 634 Minnesota 2,568 325 247 747 97 26 335 542 Mississippi 1,051 0 114 34 91 64 238 368 Missouri 2,372 267 158 546 91 11 305 614 Montana 867 0 66 0 13 33 94 575 Nebraska 1,248 119 65 82 11 43 156 673 Nevada 558 103 118 136 17 0 72 71 New Hampshire 475 0 56 71 30 14 62 166 New Jersey 2,468 89 161 1,834 160 0 3 0 New Mexico 824 116 77 65 45 76 152 213 New York 4,531 1,390 295 1,103 624 31 219 405 North Carolina 2,268 166 387 134 259 20 269 567 North Dakota 556 0 62 0 21 16 61 346 See notes at end of table.State

21
Table 9.—Distribution of public elementary and secondary schools, by locale code: United States and other jurisdictions, school year 2003–04—Continued

Urban fringe Urban fringe Rural

Total of a of a mid- outside 

schools Large city Mid-size city large city size city Large town Small town CBSA 

Ohio 4,131 566 392 1,001 555 50 373 628 Oklahoma 1,786 220 32 295 13 68 218 665 Oregon 1,239 125 199 210 131 14 167 230 Pennsylvania 3,267 410 210 897 583 17 253 416 Rhode Island 341 0 118 0 187 0 0 0 South Carolina 1,162 0 163 33 333 4 156 191 South Dakota 741 0 69 0 20 0 85 468 Tennessee 1,677 294 202 152 171 18 192 342 Texas 8,114 1,889 1,297 1,658 402 103 753 956 Utah 894 0 180 0 466 0 72 129 Vermont 393 0 13 0 37 0 78 242 Virginia 2,074 86 423 455 259 0 123 310 Washington 2,251 132 461 644 298 14 157 284 West Virginia 799 0 100 7 0 126 126 279 Wisconsin 2,252 246 323 267 285 10 273 541 Wyoming 380 0 50 0 4 10 107 188 

Other jurisdictions

DoDDS: DoDs Overseas2 154 †††††††

DDESS: DoDs Domestic2 69 0 17 7 25 0 3 2 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 189 2 6 4 13 0 32 107 American Samoa 31 †††††††

Guam 37 †††††††Northern Marianas 32 †††††††Puerto Rico 1,532 †††††††

Virgin Islands 35 †††††††

† Not applicable. Locale codes cannot be assigned to schools outside the United States.

1 U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia.2 DoDDS and DDESS are the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (overseas) and the Department of Defense Dependent Elementary and Second

Schools, respectively.StateNOTE: See Appendix B: Key Terms for definitions of locale codes. CBSA is the acronym for core based statistical area. Table includes all schools, both thoSOURCE: Data reported by states to the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public EleUniverse Survey," 2003–04, Version 1a.with, and those without, membership.

22
Table 10.—Number of Title I and magnet schools and percentage of students served: United States and other jurisdictions, 

Table 10.—school year 2003–04

Number

Number of Percent of all of Title I Percent of all Number of Percent of all 

Title I eligible students in schoolwide students in magnet students in 

 schools1 these schools schools these schools schools these schools

 Reporting states2 50,260 49.7 26,528 27.9 1,811 3.0

Alabama 832 53.5 655 40.6 39 2.8

Alaska 345 50.0 107 17.2 19 3.5

Arizona 1,100 53.8 653 35.0 † †

Arkansas 824 66.3 468 34.5 7 1.0

California 5,458 60.5 2,924 36.2 457 9.3

Colorado 868 44.2 327 17.3 4 0.2

Connecticut 487 40.8 134 11.5 38 2.6

Delaware 103 46.4 58 25.4 2 1.0

District of Columbia 169 86.1 159 80.9 3 1.5

Florida 1,428 37.7 1,352 35.6 — —

Georgia 1,079 45.2 862 34.7 59 3.6

Hawaii 205 66.7 181 59.1 † †

Idaho 480 63.0 80 10.2 † †

Illinois 2,344 56.3 1,014 26.6 376 13.1

Indiana 1,065 48.1 181 7.5 26 1.4

Iowa 694 37.5 128 8.2 † †

Kansas 466 27.8 241 17.1 32 2.9

Kentucky 901 61.0 785 51.6 36 4.7

Louisiana 951 56.6 797 47.2 70 5.7

Maine 517 65.6 49 4.5 1 #

Maryland 401 21.8 320 16.9 — —

Massachusetts 1,145 56.3 452 21.7 5 0.3

Michigan (

3

) † (

3

) † (

3

) †

Minnesota 1,005 41.2 235 8.2 62 3.2

Mississippi 688 70.2 629 63.7 6 0.5

Missouri 1,277 48.7 370 13.9 45 2.2

Montana 717 82.0 154 17.4 † †

Nebraska 491 35.7 172 14.9 † †

Nevada 228 38.6 96 15.1 9 1.3

New Hampshire 248 44.2 27 4.2 † † 

New Jersey 1,366 53.3 256 10.4 3 0.1

New Mexico 518 54.5 369 40.3 1 #

New York 2,820 58.7 947 21.2 31 0.7

North Carolina 1,146 39.1 888 29.3 133 7.1

North Dakota 367 58.2 63 10.4 † †

See notes at end of table.

State

Title I eligible schools Title I schoolwide schools Magnet schools

23
Table 10.—Number of Title I and magnet schools and percentage of students served: United States and other jurisdictions, 

Table 10.—school year 2003–04—Continued

Number

Number of Percent of all of Title I Percent of all Number of Percent of all 

Title I eligible students in schoolwide students in magnet students in 

 schools1 these schools schools these schools schools these schools

Ohio 2,659 61.8 1,000 20.9 † †

Oklahoma 1,236 61.0 881 40.7 † †

Oregon 586 38.5 317 21.5 6 0.2

Pennsylvania 2,135 61.9 497 14.6 35 1.3

Rhode Island 146 39.5 56 17.8 17 7.1

South Carolina 551 41.2 502 37.2 60 6.6

South Dakota 336 42.9 123 14.6 † †

Tennessee 899 46.2 714 37.2 30 1.5

Texas 5,010 62.0 4,567 56.7 † † 

Utah 220 19.2 160 13.8 7 0.1

Vermont 210 53.2 82 22.2 † †

Virginia 800 29.4 301 10.6 192 12.1

Washington 1,016 41.3 486 20.2 † †

West Virginia 432 43.2 350 32.5 † †

Wisconsin 1,097 46.0 302 14.8 † †

Wyoming 194 41.7 57 14.6 † †

Other jurisdictions

DoDDS: DoDs Overseas4 † † 0 0.0 † †

DDESS: DoDs Domestic4 † † 0 0.0 † †

Bureau of Indian Affairs 189 100.0 189 100.0 † †

American Samoa † † 0 0.0 † †

Guam † † 0 0.0 † †

Northern Marianas † † 0 0.0 † †

Puerto Rico 1,501 99.2 1,397 91.5 32 1.6

Virgin Islands 35 100.0 † † † †

— Not available.

† Not applicable.

# Rounds to zero.

3 Data were missing for more than 20 percent of schools. 4 DoDDS and DDESS are the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (overseas) and the Department of Defense 

Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools, respectively.

Title I schoolwide schools

1 Number of Title I eligible schools includes those with and without schoolwide Title I programs.

2 Reporting states total includes the 50 states and the District of Columbia. It is suppressed if data were missing for 15 percent 

SOURCE: Data reported by states to the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data 

(CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2003–04, Version 1a.

NOTE: Percentages are based on all schools reporting in a state. Numbers of schools include those not reporting students in 

membership. 

Magnet schools

State

Title I eligible schools

or more of all schools or agencies. State totals exclude states for which data were missing for 20 percent or more of the 

schools or agencies. See technical notes.

24
Table 11.—Number of charter schools and percentage of students served, and number of districts with only charter schools and

Table 11.—with both charter and noncharter schools: United States and other jurisdictions, school year 2003–04

Percent Number Number of Number

of all Number of charter districts with of charter

Number of students of charter schools charter and schools

charter in these school in these noncharter in these

schools schools districts districts schools districts

 Reporting states3 3,181 1.7 1,610 1,841 508 1,340

Alabama † † † † † †

Alaska 19 2.6 0 † 10 19

Arizona 506 8.1 341 460 7 46

Arkansas 13 0.6 5 6 7 7

California 446 2.6 10 17 205 429

Colorado 96 4.2 0 † 41 96

Connecticut 12 0.4 12 12 0 †

Delaware 13 5.3 13 13 0 †

District of Columbia 37 16.6 37 37 0 †

Florida 260 2.6 1 2 39 258

Georgia 51 1.8 1 1 14 50

Hawaii 26 2.5 0 † 1 26

Idaho 17 1.9 0 † 12 17

Illinois 28 0.6 1 1 5 27

Indiana 17 0.3 17 17 0 †

Iowa 0 4 ††† ††

Kansas 17 0.3 0 † 13 17

Kentucky † † † † † †

Louisiana 16 0.6 8 8 5 8

Maine † † † † † †

Maryland 1 # 0 † 1 1

Massachusetts 51 1.8 51 51 0 †

Michigan 212 4.1 173 204 7 8

Minnesota 124 1.7 108 124 0 †

Mississippi 1 0.1 0 † 1 1

Missouri 26 1.1 0 † 2 26

Montana † † † † † †

Nebraska † † † † † †

Nevada 15 1.0 0 † 3 15

New Hampshire 0 4 ††† ††

New Jersey 52 0.9 52 52 0 †

New Mexico 34 1.9 0 † 13 34

New York 50 0.5 50 50 0 †

North Carolina 93 1.6 93 93 0 †

North Dakota † † † † † †

See notes at end of table.

State

Charter and noncharter

Charter school districts1 school districts2

25
Table 11.—Number of charter schools and percentage of students served, and number of districts with only charter schools and

Table 11.—with both charter and noncharter schools: United States and other jurisdictions, school year 2003–04—Continued

Percent Number Number of Number

of all Number of charter districts with of charter

Number of students of charter schools charter and schools

charter in these school in these noncharter in these

schools schools districts districts schools districts

Ohio 309 2.5 309 309 0 †

Oklahoma 12 0.6 0 † 2 12

Oregon 24 0.5 0 † 16 24

Pennsylvania 102 2.3 102 102 0 †

Rhode Island 8 0.7 7 7 1 1

South Carolina 18 0.5 0 † 11 18

South Dakota † † 0 † 0 †

Tennessee 4 # 0 † 2 4

Texas 274 1.4 181 237 9 37

Utah 26 0.7 25 25 1 1

Vermont † † 0 † 0 †

Virginia 7 # 0 † 6 7

Washington † † 0 † 0 †

West Virginia † † 0 † 0 †

Wisconsin 163 2.4 13 13 73 150

Wyoming 1 0.2 0 † 1 1

Other jurisdictions

DoDDS: DoDs Overseas5 † †0† 0†

DDESS: DoDs Domestic5 † †0† 0†

Bureau of Indian Affairs — — — — — —

American Samoa † † 0 † 0 †

Guam † † 0 † 0 †

Northern Marianas † † 0 † 0 †

Puerto Rico 120 8.6 0 † 1 120

Virgin Islands † † 0 † 0 †

— Not available.

combination of charter and noncharter schools.

5 DoDDS and DDESS are the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (overseas) and the Department of Defense 

Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools, respectively.

NOTE: Percentages are based on all schools reporting in a state. Numbers of schools include those not reporting 

students in membership.

State

Charter and noncharter

Charter school districts1 school districts2

SOURCE: Data reported by states to the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of 

Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2003–04, Version 1a.

† Not applicable. The state has no charter school legislation.

for 20 percent or more of the schools or agencies. See technical notes.

4 Zero indicates that charter schools were authorized but none were operating.

3 Reporting states total includes the 50 states and the District of Columbia. State totals exclude states for which data were missing

2 Charter and noncharter school districts are those districts in which the schools in the district are a 

1 Charter school districts are those districts in which all of the schools in the district are charter schools. 

The majority of these districts are one-school districts reported for the purpose of the CCD.

26
Table 12.—Number and percentage of public elementary and secondary education agencies, by type of agency: United States and

Table 12.—other jurisdictions, school year 2003–04

Regular school union administrative

Total districts1

agencies Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent

 United States3 17,468 14,383 82.3 1,443 8.3 174 1.0 1,466 8.4

Alabama 133 130 97.7 0 0.0 3 2.3 0 0.0

Alaska 55 53 96.4 0 0.0 2 3.6 0 0.0

Arizona 589 313 53.1 10 1.7 2 0.3 264 44.8

Arkansas 341 309 90.6 15 4.4 3 0.9 14 4.1

California 1,131 989 87.4 130 11.5 12 1.1 0 0.0

Colorado 200 178 89.0 21 10.5 1 0.5 0 0.0

Connecticut 195 166 85.1 6 3.1 7 3.6 16 8.2

Delaware 33 19 57.6 1 3.0 0 0.0 13 39.4

District of Columbia 38 1 2.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 37 97.4

Florida 74 67 90.5 0 0.0 2 2.7 5 6.8

Georgia 198 180 90.9 18 9.1 0 0.0 0 0.0

Hawaii 1 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

Idaho 115 114 99.1 0 0.0 1 0.9 0 0.0

Illinois 1,101 887 80.6 209 19.0 5 0.5 0 0.0

Indiana 354 294 83.1 29 8.2 4 1.1 27 7.6

Iowa 382 370 96.9 12 3.1 0 0.0 0 0.0

Kansas 308 302 98.1 0 0.0 6 1.9 0 0.0

Kentucky 196 176 89.8 18 9.2 2 1.0 0 0.0

Louisiana 86 68 79.1 0 0.0 8 9.3 10 11.6

Maine 328 283 86.3 40 12.2 4 1.2 1 0.3

Maryland 24 24 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

Massachusetts 487 350 71.9 86 17.7 1 0.2 50 10.3

Michigan 807 553 68.5 57 7.1 6 0.7 191 23.7

Minnesota 519 348 67.1 74 14.3 5 1.0 92 17.7

Mississippi 163 152 93.3 0 0.0 11 6.7 0 0.0

Missouri 532 524 98.5 0 0.0 4 0.8 4 0.8

Montana 517 438 84.7 77 14.6 2 0.4 0 0.0

Nebraska 540 518 95.9 18 3.3 4 0.7 0 0.0

Nevada 18 17 94.4 0 0.0 1 5.6 0 0.0

New Hampshire 258 178 69.0 80 31.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

New Jersey 668 598 89.5 19 2.8 0 0.0 51 7.6

New Mexico 89 89 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

New York 814 726 89.2 38 4.7 0 0.0 50 6.1

North Carolina 212 117 55.2 0 0.0 2 0.9 93 43.9

North Dakota 253 213 84.2 37 14.6 3 1.2 0 0.0

Ohio 895 613 68.5 109 12.2 4 0.4 169 18.9

Oklahoma 603 541 89.7 0 0.0 3 0.5 59 9.8

Oregon 221 199 90.0 20 9.0 2 0.9 0 0.0

Pennsylvania 722 501 69.4 103 14.3 15 2.1 103 14.3

Rhode Island 48 38 79.2 0 0.0 3 6.3 7 14.6

South Carolina 102 89 87.3 13 12.7 0 0.0 0 0.0

South Dakota 192 172 89.6 17 8.9 3 1.6 0 0.0

Tennessee 136 136 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

Texas 1,265 1,040 82.2 20 1.6 13 1.0 192 15.2

Utah 60 40 66.7 0 0.0 2 3.3 18 30.0

See notes at end of table.

Other agencies2

State-operated 

State

Regional

centers agencies

education service

 supervisory

agencies and

27
Table 12.—Number and percentage of public elementary and secondary education agencies, by type of agency: United States and

Table 12.—other jurisdictions, school year 2003–04—Continued

Regular school union administrative

Total districts1

agencies Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent

Vermont 360 299 83.1 60 16.7 1 0.3 0 0.0

Virginia 226 134 59.3 68 30.1 22 9.7 0 0.0

Washington 306 296 96.7 10 3.3 0 0.0 0 0.0

West Virginia 57 55 96.5 0 0.0 2 3.5 0 0.0

Wisconsin 457 437 95.6 17 3.7 3 0.7 0 0.0

Wyoming 59 48 81.4 11 18.6 0 0.0 0 0.0

Other jurisdictions

DoDDS: DoDs Overseas4 9 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 9 100.0

DDESS: DoDs Domestic4 7 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 7 100.0

Bureau of Indian Affairs 23 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 23 100.0

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

1 Regular school districts include those that are components of supervisory unions. 2 DoD and BIA agencies are federal agencies. Charter school agencies make up 91 percent of the other agencies. For example, 

3 U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

4 DoDDS and DDESS are the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (overseas) and the Department of Defense Dependent 

Elementary and Secondary Schools, respectively.

the District of Columbia reports each charter school as a separate agency.

State

Regional

education service

agencies and

Other agencies2

SOURCE: Data reported by states to the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data 

(CCD), "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2003–04, Version 1a.

State-operated 

centers agencies

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. 

 supervisory

28
A-1

Appendix A: Technical Notes 

The State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary and Secondary Education, Local Education Agency 

Universe Survey, and Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey are the nonfiscal components 

of the Common Core of Data (CCD) survey system. Together, these three surveys provide an annual 

picture of the numbers of public school staff, students in grades prekindergarten through 12, and high 

school completers and dropouts, as well as the numbers and types of public schools and education 

agencies, selected characteristics of students, and programs offered. The surveys include directory 

information such as school and agency names, addresses, and telephone numbers. The data are collected 

from state education agencies (SEAs), processed and edited by the U.S. Bureau of the Census, and then 

verified by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). 

Starting in 1999–2000, CCD data file names were changed to include a two-digit version number. The 

first two characters of the file name indicate the type of file (SC = School Universe, AG = Agency 

Universe, ST = State), the third and fourth characters indicate the file year (03 = 2003–04 CCD 

collection), and the fifth and sixth characters indicate the version number (1 = Public File, A = first 

version). Note that the preliminary files are identified by a version number beginning with 0 (zero). The 

final files are assigned a version number beginning with 1 (one). All data files used in this publication are 

version “1a,” the first public file version. 

Approximately 1 year after the release of the 1a files, NCES will release a revised data file. The purpose 

of the revised data file is to allow State Education Agencies to resubmit any corrections to their data. The 

revised file will be labeled 1b, unless another revision of the original file has occurred sometime in that 

year due to an NCES error found on the file. 

Totals. Totals reported on the tables are limited to the 50 states and the District of Columbia. They do not 

include data from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of Defense (DoD) dependents schools 

(overseas and domestic), Puerto Rico or the other jurisdictions of American Samoa, Guam, the Northern 

Marianas Islands, or the U.S. Virgin Islands. 

Enrollments. Because some students may receive a public education outside a local school district or 

school (for example, they may attend a state-operated residential school), the numbers of students 

reported on the CCD school or local education agency surveys are not used as the official state totals in 

CCD publications. The total numbers of students shown in this publication are those reported on the 

2003–04 State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education. However, the percentages of 

students shown in the tables may be based on the School, Agency, or State Nonfiscal Survey, depending 

upon the source of the tabulated data. 

Some tables show all schools or local education agencies, while others are limited to those with students 

in membership. Schools and local education agencies can be reported legitimately with no student 

enrollment. Students who are dually enrolled in a regular school and a vocational school, for example, can 

only be reported among the membership of one of these schools. For this reason, some tables exclude a 

number of vocational schools for which enrollment is attributed to a regular school. There are other 

conditions under which a school or local education agency would be reported without students. A school 

may be temporarily closed for renovations; a school district that is too small to support a school may send 

students to a neighboring district; or a “future” school or agency (one planned to begin operation in the 
A-2

next year) could be reported with no data. In 2003–04, a total of 3,508 schools in the United States and 28 

in other jurisdictions reported no students in membership.1

 Some 1,634 local education agencies in the 

United States and 1 in the other jurisdictions reported no students in membership. 

High school completers. The type of high school completion credentials available to students varies by 

state policies. For example, in some states the only type of completion available is a regular diploma, 

while in other states there are a variety of completion categories available, from regular diploma to a 

certificate of attendance. For this reason, caution should be used in comparing state totals for diploma 

recipients. 

“Not applicable” was accepted as a valid response for other high school completers for the 2002–03 

school year, as some states do not offer this credential. 

Suppression of high school completer data. Under some conditions, it could be possible to identify a 

student who was enrolled in the 12th grade in 2002–03 and who failed to receive a regular diploma at the 

conclusion of that school year. For example, if a school district had one 12th-grade student in 2002–03 

and no diploma recipients in 2002–03, it might be assumed that this student failed to graduate. (This 

would have to be an assumption, because the CCD cannot distinguish students who fail to graduate from 

those who transfer out of the school district.) 

The reported 2002–03 high school completion data were modified to prevent the identification of any 

12th-grade student who failed to receive a regular diploma. This was done by either changing some 

completion data to missing or increasing the reported number of diploma recipients. These changes 

resulted in a minimal loss of data from the local education agency universe file. 

General Education Development (GED) test passers. The GED Testing Service was the source for the 

numbers of individuals 19 or younger who passed the GED examination between October 1, 2002 and 

September 30, 2003. GED Testing Service data are published here because they are available for every 

state and are comparable from state to state. However, these numbers are an approximation of the number 

of high school equivalencies awarded in that year. Not every individual who meets the GED Testing 

Service’s passing score applies for and is awarded an equivalency diploma. A state may also grant an 

equivalency diploma on the basis of some test other than the GED, and those degrees would not be 

reflected in this count. Also, the state or jurisdiction in which an individual takes the GED is not 

necessarily the state in which he or she was last enrolled in school. 

Staff counts. All staff counts (including teachers) are reported in full-time equivalency units. This is the 

amount of time required to perform an assignment stated as a proportion of a full-time position. It is 

computed by dividing the amount of time an individual is employed by the time normally required for a 

full-time position. 

State agencies vary in their staff data collection and reporting systems, with resulting variations across 

states. Several states collapsed two or more categories of staff into one. In these cases, for the State 

Nonfiscal data only, NCES disaggregated this number by distributing the reported number of staff across 

the several categories based on the average distribution of these staff in the reporting states. Staff counts 

were not disaggregated and redistributed in data from the Local Education Agency or School surveys. 

Locale codes. These codes, ranging from “large city” to “rural,” are assigned on the basis of a school’s 

reported physical address. NCES uses information about the population characteristics associated with 

this location to assign a locale code. The 2002–03 school year was the first year in which data from the 

 

1

 The count of schools with no students in membership includes operational schools (i.e., schools that are reported to 

be open) in the 50 states and District of Columbia only. Number of schools without student membership calculated 

from U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 

"Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2003–04, Version 1a. 
A-3

2000 decennial Census were used in assigning locale codes. Thus, comparisons of 2002–03 or 2003–04 

locale codes with years preceding 2002–03 will likely result in differences among the frequencies of 

locale codes than was typical in past years. 

Data quality. Staff at NCES and its collection agent, the Bureau of the Census, edit all CCD data 

submissions and ask state CCD Coordinators to correct or confirm any numbers that appear out of range 

when compared with other states or with the state’s reports in previous years. Tables include footnote 

explanations for any seemingly anomalous numbers. 

Additional follow-up checks were carried out for several items. States were asked to reconfirm any 

missing or not applicable entries for Title I school or magnet school status. Each state that was contacted 

provided the requested confirmation or correction. The U.S. Charter Schools website, which identifies 

states with legislation authorizing charter schools, was used to confirm missing and not applicable 

responses on charter school status. 

Missing data. Not all states collect and report all of the data items requested on the CCD surveys. NCES 

imputes (replaces a nonresponse with an estimated value) some missing items on the State Nonfiscal 

Survey. (See below for imputation methods.) Imputations were not used in this report for the School and 

Agency Surveys. 

Missing information is treated differently within individual states than it is across all states as a whole. An 

individual state is considered to have missing data if an item is reported by less than 80 percent of its 

schools or agencies. However, when information is missing for no more than 15 percent of cases across 

the United States, NCES calculates totals and identifies them as totals for “reporting states,” rather than 

for the United States, and column headings are labeled accordingly. For example, Kentucky, New York, 

and Tennessee did not report the number of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch (table 3). 

These states represented 9.2 percent of the total United States membership,2

 and so a total for all 

reporting states, rather than for the United States, is shown on table 3. 

Tables C-6 and C-7 report the numbers of diploma recipients and other high school completers in each of 

five racial/ethnic categories. For these tables, the determination of whether missing data warranted 

suppression of the reporting states’ total was based on 12th-grade membership in 2002–03. The 12thgrade membership in states missing race/ethnicity detail for diploma recipients and other high school 

completers did not exceed 15 percent of the U.S. total 12th-grade membership, and the total for all 

reporting states is shown on tables C-6 and C-7. Charter, Title I, and Magnet school identification were 

considered missing if the school did not have a “yes/no” flag indicating its status in relation to these 

characteristics. Title I flags were missing for all but 19 percent of the schools in Michigan; the statistic 

was not published in this report for that state, but Michigan represented only 4.2 percent of all schools 

with membership.3

 Arizona, Florida, and Maryland did not assign any schools a magnet school flag; this 

flag was missing from all but 18 percent of the schools in Michigan. These states include 11.4 percent of 

all schools with membership (table D-1, and derived from table 10). The extent of missing data for 

selected items is shown in tables D-1 and D-2. 

Imputation procedures. As noted, values were imputed for some missing items on the State Nonfiscal 

Survey. Data for prekindergarten students and staff that were missing and not reported on the Local 

Education Agency or School Surveys (and thus could not be aggregated to the state level) were also 

imputed. These items were noted as imputed in the report tables. Imputations on all states missing a 

specific data item were done such that imputed values were not used in the imputation of another value. 

 

2

 Percent of total student membership derived from table 1 by summing total students in Kentucky, New York, and 

Tennessee, and dividing sum by total students. 

3

 Percent of total student membership for Michigan derived from table 1. 
A-4

Imputation was only done on the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Totals and subtotals are noted in 

the tables when one or more items included in the total were imputed or adjusted. 

In 2003–04, California and Tennessee did not report prekindergarten students. Prekindergarten counts 

were imputed for these states (at the state level only) by calculating the ratio of prekindergarten 

enrollment to K–12 and ungraded enrollment for all states reporting prekindergarten students. The total 

K–12 and ungraded enrollments for California and Tennessee were then multiplied by the resulting ratio. 

Rhode Island did not report several of the staff data categories for 2003–04. These missing data were 

imputed by calculating the average ratio of each staff count to total student membership among states that 

reported staff data. The ratio was then applied to Rhode Island’s student membership counts to produce 

imputed staff counts. 
B-1

Appendix B: Key Terms 

Terms About Students 

Membership is the annual headcount of students enrolled in school on October 1 or the school day closest 

to that date. In any given year, some small schools will not have any pupils. In reporting to the CCD, 

states assign students who attend more than one school to a single school rather than prorating students 

across all the schools they attend. 

The race/ethnicity categories used in the CCD are American Indian/Alaskan Native; Asian/Pacific 

Islander; Black, non-Hispanic; Hispanic; and White, non-Hispanic. These categories are mutually 

exclusive. 

Diploma recipients are those graduates who received diplomas during the previous school year and 

subsequent summer school. A diploma recognizes that the recipient has successfully completed a state’s 

prescribed course of studies and any additional requirements at the secondary school level. 

Other high school completers are individuals who received certificates of attendance or other certificates 

of completion in lieu of diplomas during the previous school year and subsequent summer school. 

Terms About Program Eligibility and Participation 

Instructional levels are calculated from the lowest and highest grades for which students are reported in a 

school. Primary schools are those with a low grade of prekindergarten through grade 3 and a high grade 

of up to 8. Middle schools contain a low grade of 4 to 7 and a high grade ranging from 4 to 9. (A 4thgrade center would be counted as a middle school.) High schools have a low grade of 7 to 12 and must 

extend through grade 12. All other grade configurations, including schools that are completely ungraded, 

are grouped under the heading of “other.” 

Prekindergarten is a group or class that is part of a public school program and is taught during the year or 

years preceding kindergarten. 

Ungraded students are assigned to programs or classes without standard grade designation. States are 

requested to report teachers of ungraded classes even if all students are assigned a grade level of record 

(for example, in Florida). In many states, ungraded students are special education students. 

IEP counts are reported at the school district level and reflect the numbers of students with individualized 

education programs under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)—Part B. 

Free or reduced-price meal eligibility reports the number of students in a school who indicate that they 

are eligible to receive free or reduced-price meals under the National School Lunch Act. 

English language learner students are those served in appropriate programs of language assistance (e.g., 

English as a Second Language, High Intensity Language Training, bilingual education). This category 

does not include students enrolled in programs to learn a language other than English. 

Migrant students, who qualify for migrant education services, are those whose parents or guardians are 

employed on a seasonal or temporary basis for agricultural or fishery work, and who have established a 

temporary residence for this purpose. 

Terms About Staff 

Administrative support staff consist of staff members who provide direct support to local education 

agency and school administrators. They include secretarial and other clerical staff, and persons whose 

activities are concerned with support of the teaching and administrative duties of the office of the 

principal or department chairpersons, or central office administrators. 
B-2

Elementary and secondary teachers are designated as such in the state’s report. The elementary and 

secondary categories do not reflect the same grades in all states. 

Student/other support staff include library and media support staff, professional and supervisory staff 

(e.g., school psychologists, social workers, attendance officers) providing non-instructional services to 

students, and support services staff not reported in other categories (e.g., data processing, health, building 

and equipment maintenance, bus drivers, security, and food service workers). This grouping combines the 

categories of library/media support staff, student support services staff, and other support staff that are 

reported on the Common Core of Data surveys. 

Teachers of ungraded classes include teachers of classes or programs without a standard grade 

designation. 

Terms About Schools and Districts 

A public school provides educational services to students, has an assigned administrator, receives public 

funds as its primary support, and is operated by an education agency. A single school may operate at 

multiple locations (for example, an urban “storefront school” for potential dropouts with a single principal 

responsible for programs at several addresses). Multiple schools may operate at the same location, as is 

the case when a kindergarten through grade 12 building has both an elementary and a high school 

principal. 

Regular schools do not focus primarily on special, vocational, or alternative education, although they may 

offer these programs in addition to the regular curriculum. A special education school focuses primarily 

on special education, with materials and instructional approaches adapted to meet the students’ needs. A 

vocational education school focuses primarily on vocational, technical, or career education and provides 

education or training in at least one semiskilled or technical occupation. An alternative education school

addresses the needs of students that typically cannot be met in the regular school setting, and provides 

nontraditional education. 

Title I schools are designated as eligible for participation in programs authorized by Title I of Public Law 

103–382. A Title I school is one in which the percentage of children from low-income families is at least 

as high as the percentage of children from low-income families served by the LEA as a whole, or that the 

LEA has designated as Title I-eligible because 35 percent or more of the children are from low-income 

families. Those with school-wide programs are schools in which all students have been designated by 

state and federal regulations as eligible for participation in Title I programs. 

Magnet schools are those designed to attract students of different racial/ethnic backgrounds for the 

purpose of reducing racial isolation, or to provide an academic or social focus on a specific theme (e.g., 

performing arts). 

Charter schools provide free public elementary/secondary education under a charter granted by the state 

legislature or other appropriate authority. 

School locale code is assigned on the basis of the school’s physical address, or mailing address, if the 

former is not reported. The locale code categories are 

Large City: A central city of a Core Based Statistical Area (CBSA) or Combined Statistical Area 

(CSA), with the city having a population greater than or equal to 250,000. 

Mid-size City: A central city of a CBSA or CSA, with the city having a population less than 

250,000. 

Urban Fringe of a Large City: Any incorporated place, Census designated place, or non-place 

territory within a CBSA or CSA of a Large City and defined as urban by the Census Bureau. 
B-3

Urban Fringe of a Mid-size City: Any incorporated place, Census designated place, or nonplace territory within a CBSA or CSA of a Mid-size City and defined as urban by the Census 

Bureau. 

Large Town: An incorporated place or Census designated place with a population greater than or 

equal to 25,000 and located outside a CBSA or CSA. 

Small Town: An incorporated place or Census designated place with a population less than 

25,000 and greater than or equal to 2,500 and located outside a CBSA or CSA. 

Rural, outside CBSA: Any incorporated place, Census designated place, or non-place territory 

not within a CBSA or CSA of a Large or Mid-size City and defined as rural by the Census 

Bureau. 

Rural, inside CBSA: Any incorporated place, Census designated place, or non-place territory 

within a CBSA or CSA of a Large or Mid-size City and defined as rural by the Census Bureau. 

Regular school districts are agencies responsible for providing free public education for school-age 

children residing within their jurisdiction. This category excludes local supervisory unions that provide 

management services for a group of associated school districts, although it includes the “component”

districts that receive these services. The category also excludes regional education service agencies that 

typically provide school districts with research, testing, or data processing services; state and federally 

operated school districts; and other agencies that do not fall into these groupings. Most states reported 

any education agencies that administered only charter schools as other agencies. 

C-1

Appendix C: Supplemental Data Tables 

Tables C-1 through C-16 provide additional detail for data from the 2003–04 CCD Nonfiscal surveys. 

They supplement the basic tables that are discussed in the Summary of Findings. 
C-2
Table C-1.—Public school student membership, by grade: United States and other jurisdictions, school year 2003–04

Total

student Pre-kinder- Kindermembership garten garten Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 

 United States1 48,540,725 949,643 3,503,280 3,612,509 3,543,781 3,611,041 3,619,089 3,684,539

Alabama 731,220 1,852 56,541 58,064 54,935 56,429 57,323 58,853

Alaska 133,933 1,883 9,475 9,675 9,501 9,735 10,115 10,169

Arizona 1,012,068 9,376 76,365 77,612 76,617 75,422 76,207 75,757

Arkansas 454,523 2,573 36,391 35,615 34,242 33,642 34,070 34,265

California 6,413,862 2 114,934 2 456,941 481,035 482,626 489,642 493,415 492,523

Colorado 757,693 19,993 55,913 57,030 56,188 55,840 56,437 57,662

Connecticut 577,203 11,823 42,310 43,250 43,102 43,124 43,494 44,259

Delaware 117,668 642 7,904 9,051 8,712 8,898 9,097 9,204

District of Columbia 78,057 5,168 5,659 5,804 5,723 5,611 5,920 6,030

Florida 2,587,628 49,588 191,986 194,449 188,585 210,301 178,109 199,035

Georgia 1,522,611 36,486 118,849 117,282 113,706 115,849 117,201 118,777

Hawaii 183,609 1,175 13,779 13,852 14,305 14,291 14,538 14,610

Idaho 252,120 2,672 18,590 18,805 18,924 18,531 18,710 19,197

Illinois 2,100,961 67,148 146,803 155,142 154,191 161,329 160,246 158,367

Indiana 1,011,130 5,561 72,315 79,406 78,267 77,281 77,484 79,582

Iowa 481,226 6,907 35,295 33,296 33,330 33,326 34,290 35,539

Kansas 470,490 2,446 33,677 33,314 32,964 33,436 33,799 34,358

Kentucky 663,885 32,034 48,182 51,999 46,957 46,957 47,890 48,640

Louisiana 727,709 23,187 56,629 57,028 53,021 55,554 59,928 53,646

Maine 202,084 1,797 14,021 14,117 14,073 14,350 14,841 15,499

Maryland 869,113 21,391 55,485 62,341 61,767 63,195 65,119 66,227

Massachusetts 980,459 22,533 69,704 72,667 71,840 73,614 73,478 74,842

Michigan 1,757,604 21,724 130,527 124,238 122,469 125,417 127,659 130,524

Minnesota 842,854 10,876 59,330 58,055 57,610 58,720 60,045 62,175

Mississippi 493,540 2,208 38,340 39,300 37,396 38,053 38,752 39,468

Missouri 905,941 11,215 66,509 65,711 65,061 65,507 66,927 70,059

Montana 148,356 664 10,147 10,295 10,319 10,416 10,779 11,102

Nebraska 285,542 5,920 20,719 20,249 20,145 20,279 20,480 21,109

Nevada 385,401 2,778 28,596 30,595 30,518 31,175 30,653 30,928

New Hampshire 207,417 2,221 9,989 15,364 14,951 15,403 15,810 16,045

New Jersey 1,380,753 22,746 93,201 99,969 98,078 100,088 99,937 102,102

New Mexico 323,066 3,976 23,636 24,165 23,518 23,769 24,382 25,258

New York 2,864,775 41,456 188,638 201,645 201,482 205,635 206,912 210,704

North Carolina 1,360,209 11,686 109,336 107,376 103,063 103,725 105,411 105,026

North Dakota 102,233 752 6,891 7,139 7,053 7,041 7,219 7,603

See notes at end of table.

State

C-3
Table C-1.—Public school student membership, by grade: United States and other jurisdictions, school year 2003–04—Continued

Total

student Pre-kinder- Kindermembership garten garten Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 

Ohio 1,845,428 26,151 134,036 134,611 131,269 134,403 136,776 141,935

Oklahoma 626,160 30,203 46,542 49,434 44,076 44,272 44,829 45,738

Oregon 551,273 399 38,785 40,400 40,749 40,864 40,903 41,681

Pennsylvania 1,821,146 2,588 118,647 127,988 128,030 131,904 135,765 140,412

Rhode Island 159,375 1,473 10,702 11,891 11,745 11,770 12,429 12,362

South Carolina 699,198 20,107 50,985 52,555 50,539 51,634 52,715 54,801

South Dakota 125,537 2,132 9,201 8,869 8,818 8,762 9,140 9,430

Tennessee 936,681 2 16,785 2 73,202 71,581 68,746 69,911 70,446 71,876

Texas 4,331,751 194,150 323,502 338,727 325,943 323,373 321,788 324,047

Utah 495,981 8,598 39,348 38,485 37,380 36,935 36,064 35,566

Vermont 99,103 3,027 6,078 6,517 6,558 6,767 7,049 7,239

Virginia 1,192,092 16,524 86,374 87,674 87,430 88,870 90,729 91,882

Washington 1,021,349 11,352 70,663 73,989 72,558 74,394 75,108 77,856

West Virginia 281,215 7,911 20,946 20,446 19,846 20,559 20,753 21,164

Wisconsin 880,031 26,668 59,372 58,368 58,877 59,196 61,744 62,970

Wyoming 87,462 2,184 6,224 6,039 5,978 5,842 6,174 6,436

Other jurisdictions

DoDDS: DoDs Overseas 71,053 2,018 6,516 6,610 6,595 6,327 6,126 5,926

DDESS: DoDs Domestic 30,603 3,164 3,623 3,478 3,251 3,037 2,816 2,598

Bureau of Indian Affairs 45,828 — 4,266 3,756 3,432 3,466 3,614 3,685

American Samoa 15,893 1,420 1,028 1,140 1,114 1,162 1,215 1,250

Guam 31,572 430 2,343 2,443 2,549 2,569 2,193 2,581

Northern Marianas 11,244 585 672 897 970 883 841 875

Puerto Rico 584,916 232 40,441 45,977 44,647 44,741 46,101 46,175

Virgin Islands 17,716 — 1,002 1,173 1,091 1,259 1,482 1,549

See notes at end of table.

State

C-4
Table C-1.—Public school student membership, by grade: United States and other jurisdictions, school year 2003–04—Continued

Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12 Ungraded 

 United States1 3,771,934 3,840,514 3,809,431 4,190,636 3,675,312 3,277,253 3,046,516 405,247

Alabama 59,799 61,854 59,663 62,718 53,695 47,489 42,005 †

Alaska 10,907 11,095 11,140 11,803 10,623 9,161 8,651 †

Arizona 77,508 77,943 76,376 87,576 79,320 71,561 68,815 5,613

Arkansas 35,831 37,165 37,004 37,301 35,343 31,228 28,840 1,013

California 490,081 500,404 500,143 528,564 490,214 440,546 395,194 57,600

Colorado 59,013 59,352 58,897 63,312 56,844 52,288 48,924 †

Connecticut 45,245 45,333 45,854 48,643 43,547 39,990 37,229 †

Delaware 9,439 9,729 10,222 11,009 8,782 7,687 7,292 †

District of Columbia 5,834 5,626 5,158 5,656 4,585 3,616 2,971 4,696

Florida 205,864 209,016 205,443 253,565 191,640 165,283 144,764 †

Georgia 121,716 122,621 120,694 135,091 109,851 93,107 81,381 †

Hawaii 14,444 14,477 14,543 16,459 13,529 12,904 10,627 76

Idaho 19,816 20,088 20,091 20,771 19,963 18,500 17,462 †

Illinois 163,901 162,933 160,271 174,343 155,848 139,504 136,974 3,961

Indiana 81,080 83,447 81,494 85,025 76,648 68,227 63,632 1,681

Iowa 36,701 37,919 38,428 40,486 38,451 36,794 36,834 3,630

Kansas 35,440 36,025 36,602 38,684 36,652 34,404 33,819 14,870

Kentucky 50,255 51,344 50,186 55,129 47,708 42,419 38,859 5,326

Louisiana 58,268 59,116 60,013 58,514 48,397 43,138 41,270 0

Maine 16,510 16,878 17,321 16,891 16,105 15,125 14,538 18

Maryland 69,007 70,013 68,967 78,690 66,269 59,670 55,897 5,075

Massachusetts 76,945 77,872 78,635 83,759 73,967 68,214 62,389 †

Michigan 135,570 140,088 139,797 153,567 132,565 119,881 108,688 44,890

Minnesota 63,653 65,676 67,909 69,744 68,895 67,558 72,608 †

Mississippi 39,761 41,101 38,231 39,536 33,563 28,316 25,918 13,597

Missouri 73,628 74,188 72,806 77,175 70,278 64,387 61,626 864

Montana 11,839 11,944 12,409 12,915 12,252 11,667 11,258 350

Nebraska 21,531 22,193 22,792 24,374 22,372 21,507 21,872 †

Nevada 31,642 31,884 31,392 34,779 28,685 22,486 18,700 590

New Hampshire 16,889 17,166 17,703 18,286 16,715 15,879 14,445 551

New Jersey 103,266 104,426 103,603 108,480 99,843 90,048 84,539 70,427

New Mexico 25,428 26,043 25,857 29,840 25,622 22,067 19,505 †

New York 214,819 221,138 219,335 257,475 224,166 175,475 163,362 132,533

North Carolina 109,682 109,997 108,717 122,508 100,658 87,106 75,918 †

North Dakota 7,829 8,098 8,245 8,952 8,659 8,439 8,313 †

See notes at end of table.

State

C-5
Table C-1.—Public school student membership, by grade: United States and other jurisdictions, school year 2003–04—Continued

Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12 Ungraded 

Ohio 143,406 148,551 147,064 160,873 144,353 134,007 127,993 †

Oklahoma 47,522 47,511 47,258 49,529 45,189 41,333 38,601 4,123

Oregon 43,168 44,384 44,711 46,213 43,984 41,476 40,702 2,854

Pennsylvania 145,421 151,157 150,652 162,097 150,643 138,685 131,199 5,958

Rhode Island 12,720 13,099 13,018 14,188 12,676 11,345 9,957 †

South Carolina 56,563 57,460 53,384 69,415 51,238 39,529 38,273 †

South Dakota 9,825 9,756 10,082 10,375 9,996 9,585 9,566 †

Tennessee 73,218 74,812 72,505 79,195 68,430 59,665 54,115 12,194

Texas 327,094 329,579 324,381 377,912 309,851 267,914 243,490 †

Utah 36,526 36,457 36,386 36,028 36,479 35,004 34,629 12,096

Vermont 7,579 7,820 8,098 8,422 8,218 7,837 7,614 280

Virginia 95,158 96,661 95,586 107,033 90,009 81,313 76,477 372

Washington 80,054 81,000 82,274 88,869 82,120 76,774 74,338 †

West Virginia 22,066 22,885 22,255 23,723 20,659 19,439 18,554 9

Wisconsin 65,762 68,192 68,663 77,798 72,043 70,989 69,389 †

Wyoming 6,711 6,998 7,173 7,346 7,170 6,687 6,500 †

Other jurisdictions

DoDDS: DoDs Overseas3 5,731 5,347 5,030 4,784 3,945 3,332 2,766 †

DDESS: DoDs Domestic3 2,386 1,651 1,496 1,044 815 660 584 †

Bureau of Indian Affairs 3,890 3,855 3,707 3,932 3,410 2,509 2,306 †

American Samoa 1,211 1,125 1,107 1,142 1,037 983 895 64

Guam 2,472 2,491 2,480 3,122 2,687 1,815 1,397 †

Northern Marianas 807 808 776 929 802 725 596 78

Puerto Rico 44,871 46,529 45,866 45,479 43,889 37,885 32,824 19,259

Virgin Islands 1,490 1,956 1,388 1,735 1,218 1,081 944 348

— Not available.

† Not applicable.

1 U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

2 Prekindergarten data were imputed based on current year (fall 2003) data. 3 DoDDS and DDESS are the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (overseas) and the Department of Defense Dependent 

Elementary and Secondary Schools, respectively.

SOURCE: Data reported by states to the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, 

"State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2003–04, Version 1a.

State

C-6
Table C-2.—Public school membership, by race/ethnicity: United States and other jurisdictions, school year 2003–04

American

Students Indian/ Asian/Pacific Black non- White non-

 reported1 Alaska Native Islander Hispanic Hispanic Hispanic

 United States2 48,123,966 590,374 2,118,576 8,902,337 8,240,184 28,272,495

Alabama 729,823 5,777 6,646 15,148 265,444 436,808

Alaska 133,933 34,874 8,719 5,200 6,259 78,881

Arizona 1,012,068 66,906 22,307 376,230 48,970 497,655

Arkansas 454,523 2,541 5,165 24,125 104,816 317,876

California 6,212,692 52,706 704,678 2,898,328 510,697 2,046,283

Colorado 756,912 8,977 23,548 191,763 44,063 488,561

Connecticut 574,058 1,909 18,248 83,603 78,276 392,022

Delaware 117,668 366 3,092 9,286 37,508 67,416

District of Columbia — — — — — —

Florida 2,587,628 7,679 52,986 571,148 629,123 1,326,692

Georgia 1,522,611 2,386 38,487 105,776 582,569 793,393

Hawaii 183,609 931 132,969 8,259 4,381 37,069

Idaho 252,037 4,019 3,710 30,249 2,182 211,877

Illinois 2,100,961 4,082 75,865 370,942 444,290 1,205,782

Indiana 1,011,070 2,476 10,921 48,249 125,108 824,316

Iowa 481,226 2,835 8,702 23,661 21,687 424,341

Kansas 463,343 6,678 10,639 50,869 41,022 354,135

Kentucky 631,851 1,498 5,256 9,711 65,849 549,537

Louisiana 727,709 5,098 9,555 13,016 347,430 352,610

Maine 201,730 1,052 2,464 1,516 3,440 193,258

Maryland 869,113 3,372 42,215 55,550 329,526 438,450

Massachusetts 980,459 3,168 46,285 113,059 86,636 731,311

Michigan 1,754,304 17,536 37,985 71,241 352,193 1,275,349

Minnesota 842,854 17,641 45,178 38,643 65,488 675,904

Mississippi 493,540 844 3,688 5,408 250,329 233,271

Missouri 905,941 3,222 12,311 23,492 162,645 704,271

Montana 148,356 16,340 1,548 3,094 1,080 126,294

Nebraska 285,542 4,545 4,831 28,712 20,411 227,043

Nevada 385,401 6,599 25,848 116,212 41,062 195,680

New Hampshire 207,417 551 3,467 4,973 2,947 195,479

New Jersey 1,380,753 2,419 96,895 237,262 245,015 799,162

New Mexico 323,066 36,124 3,833 169,453 7,833 105,823

New York 2,864,775 13,838 187,777 555,189 565,041 1,542,930

North Carolina 1,360,209 20,031 27,270 90,542 429,325 793,041

North Dakota 102,233 8,713 862 1,463 1,233 89,962

See notes at end of table.

State

C-7
Table C-2.—Public school membership, by race/ethnicity: United States and other jurisdictions, school year 2003–04—Continued

American

Students Indian/ Asian/Pacific Black non- White non-

 reported1 Alaska Native Islander Hispanic Hispanic Hispanic

Ohio 1,808,267 2,529 23,207 38,676 307,994 1,435,861

Oklahoma 626,160 115,772 9,396 47,828 68,315 384,849

Oregon 540,305 12,640 23,981 73,548 16,499 413,637

Pennsylvania 1,821,146 2,443 41,097 100,938 287,033 1,389,635

Rhode Island 158,143 930 5,081 25,965 13,499 112,668

South Carolina 695,466 1,970 7,853 21,963 287,026 376,654

South Dakota 125,537 13,418 1,310 2,268 1,903 106,638

Tennessee 919,896 1,631 11,753 26,032 230,125 650,355

Texas 4,331,751 13,801 127,107 1,895,492 617,301 1,678,050

Utah 494,797 7,661 14,328 54,436 5,497 412,875

Vermont 98,681 564 1,487 818 1,221 94,591

Virginia 1,174,345 5,867 55,589 77,567 314,938 720,384

Washington 1,021,349 27,306 80,253 125,396 58,182 730,212

West Virginia 281,215 328 1,675 1,536 13,024 264,652

Wisconsin 880,031 12,748 29,662 51,302 92,552 693,767

Wyoming 87,462 3,033 847 7,200 1,197 75,185

Other jurisdictions

DoDDS: DoDs Overseas3 59,388 514 6,238 8,027 11,853 32,756

DDESS: DoDs Domestic3 27,013 274 1,123 6,132 6,363 13,121

Bureau of Indian Affairs4 45,828 45,828 0 0 0 0

American Samoa4 15,893 0 15,893 0 0 0

Guam 31,572 16 30,976 70 85 425

Northern Marianas 11,244 0 11,198 0 3 43

Puerto Rico4 584,916 0 0 584,916 0 0

Virgin Islands 17,716 31 43 2,563 14,943 136

— Not available.

1 Totals exclude students for whom race/ethnicity was not reported. See technical notes. 2 U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

3 DoDDS and DDESS are the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (overseas) and the Department of Defense Dependent 

Elementary and Secondary Schools, respectively.

4 American Samoa, Puerto Rico, and the BIA reported all of their students in one category of race/ethnicity.

State

SOURCE: Data reported by states to the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of 

Data, "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2003–04, Version 1a.

C-8
Table C-3.—Percentage distribution of public school membership, by race/ethnicity: United States and other jurisdictions, school

Table C-3.—year 2003–04

American

Indian/ Asian/Pacific Black non- White nonAlaska Native Islander Hispanic Hispanic Hispanic

 United States1 1.2 4.4 18.5 17.1 58.7

Alabama 0.8 0.9 2.1 36.4 59.9

Alaska 26.0 6.5 3.9 4.7 58.9

Arizona 6.6 2.2 37.2 4.8 49.2

Arkansas 0.6 1.1 5.3 23.1 69.9

California 0.8 11.3 46.7 8.2 32.9

Colorado 1.2 3.1 25.3 5.8 64.5

Connecticut 0.3 3.2 14.6 13.6 68.3

Delaware 0.3 2.6 7.9 31.9 57.3

District of Columbia — — — — —

Florida 0.3 2.0 22.1 24.3 51.3

Georgia 0.2 2.5 6.9 38.3 52.1

Hawaii 0.5 72.4 4.5 2.4 20.2

Idaho 1.6 1.5 12.0 0.9 84.1

Illinois 0.2 3.6 17.7 21.1 57.4

Indiana 0.2 1.1 4.8 12.4 81.5

Iowa 0.6 1.8 4.9 4.5 88.2

Kansas 1.4 2.3 11.0 8.9 76.4

Kentucky 0.2 0.8 1.5 10.4 87.0

Louisiana 0.7 1.3 1.8 47.7 48.5

Maine 0.5 1.2 0.8 1.7 95.8

Maryland 0.4 4.9 6.4 37.9 50.4

Massachusetts 0.3 4.7 11.5 8.8 74.6

Michigan 1.0 2.2 4.1 20.1 72.7

Minnesota 2.1 5.4 4.6 7.8 80.2

Mississippi 0.2 0.7 1.1 50.7 47.3

Missouri 0.4 1.4 2.6 18.0 77.7

Montana 11.0 1.0 2.1 0.7 85.1

Nebraska 1.6 1.7 10.1 7.1 79.5

Nevada 1.7 6.7 30.2 10.7 50.8

New Hampshire 0.3 1.7 2.4 1.4 94.2

New Jersey 0.2 7.0 17.2 17.7 57.9

New Mexico 11.2 1.2 52.5 2.4 32.8

New York 0.5 6.6 19.4 19.7 53.9

North Carolina 1.5 2.0 6.7 31.6 58.3

North Dakota 8.5 0.8 1.4 1.2 88.0

See notes at end of table.

State

C-9
Table C-3.—Percentage distribution of public school membership, by race/ethnicity: United States and other jurisdictions, school

Table C-3.—year 2003–04

American

Indian/ Asian/Pacific Black non- White nonAlaska Native Islander Hispanic Hispanic Hispanic

Ohio 0.1 1.3 2.1 17.0 79.4

Oklahoma 18.5 1.5 7.6 10.9 61.5

Oregon 2.3 4.4 13.6 3.1 76.6

Pennsylvania 0.1 2.3 5.5 15.8 76.3

Rhode Island 0.6 3.2 16.4 8.5 71.2

South Carolina 0.3 1.1 3.2 41.3 54.2

South Dakota 10.7 1.0 1.8 1.5 84.9

Tennessee 0.2 1.3 2.8 25.0 70.7

Texas 0.3 2.9 43.8 14.3 38.7

Utah 1.5 2.9 11.0 1.1 83.4

Vermont 0.6 1.5 0.8 1.2 95.9

Virginia 0.5 4.7 6.6 26.8 61.3

Washington 2.7 7.9 12.3 5.7 71.5

West Virginia 0.1 0.6 0.5 4.6 94.1

Wisconsin 1.4 3.4 5.8 10.5 78.8

Wyoming 3.5 1.0 8.2 1.4 86.0

Other jurisdictions

DoDDS: DoDs Overseas2 0.9 10.5 13.5 20.0 55.2

DDESS: DoDs Domestic2 1.0 4.2 22.7 23.6 48.6

Bureau of Indian Affairs3 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

American Samoa3 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Guam 0.1 98.1 0.2 0.3 1.3

Northern Marianas 0.0 99.6 0.0 0.0 0.4

Puerto Rico3 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0

Virgin Islands 0.2 0.2 14.5 84.3 0.8

— Not available.

1 U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

2 DoDDS and DDESS are the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (overseas) and the Department of Defense Dependent 

Elementary and Secondary Schools, respectively.

3 American Samoa, Puerto Rico, and the BIA reported all of their students in one category of race/ethnicity.

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

State

SOURCE: Data reported by states to the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of 

Data, "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2003–04, Version 1a.

C-10
Table C-4.—Number and percentage distribution of students, by locale code: United States and other jurisdictions, school year 2003–04

Total Number of Percent of Number of Percent of Number of Percent of 

students1 students students students students students students 

United States2 48,540,725 7,616,203 15.8 7,330,395 15.2 13,711,000 28.4 

Alabama 731,220 34,478 4.7 136,763 18.7 69,774 9.5 Alaska 133,933 47,291 35.3 9,317 7.0 12,106 9.0 Arizona 1,012,068 420,446 41.5 96,125 9.5 258,192 25.5 Arkansas 454,523 0 0.0 114,156 25.1 9,257 2.0 California 6,413,862 1,510,239 24.0 1,369,327 21.7 2,395,390 38.0 Colorado 757,693 188,149 24.9 82,168 10.9 251,685 33.3 Connecticut 577,203 0 0.0 140,834 24.5 0 0.0 Delaware 117,668 0 0.0 20,066 17.1 51,698 43.9 District of Columbia 78,057 77,893 99.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 Florida 2,587,628 229,617 8.9 450,450 17.4 887,025 34.3 Georgia 1,522,611 50,355 3.3 190,999 12.5 574,521 37.7 Hawaii 183,609 44,330 24.1 0 0.0 81,592 44.4 Idaho 252,120 0 0.0 71,746 28.5 0 0.0 Illinois 2,100,961 433,744 20.7 242,590 11.5 903,756 43.0 Indiana 1,011,130 111,161 11.0 165,966 16.4 213,837 21.2 Iowa 481,226 0 0.0 121,637 25.3 3,237 0.7 Kansas 470,490 45,633 9.7 70,800 15.1 94,541 20.2 Kentucky 663,885 33,741 5.3 55,727 8.8 121,131 19.2 Louisiana 727,709 69,491 9.6 165,214 22.7 87,868 12.1 Maine 202,084 0 0.0 19,151 9.5 0 0.0 Maryland 869,113 94,049 10.8 48,114 5.5 550,800 63.4 Massachusetts 980,459 64,385 6.6 209,755 21.4 444,277 45.3 Michigan 1,757,604 173,632 9.9 299,599 17.2 433,386 24.8 Minnesota 842,854 94,602 11.2 89,328 10.6 300,629 35.7 Mississippi 493,540 0 0.0 54,608 11.1 25,291 5.1 Missouri 905,941 108,350 11.8 69,706 7.6 311,852 34.0 Montana 148,356 0 0.0 34,509 23.3 0 0.0 Nebraska 285,542 61,982 21.7 31,494 11.0 37,986 13.3 Nevada 385,401 93,902 24.4 80,653 20.9 135,021 35.0 New Hampshire 207,417 0 0.0 38,517 18.6 48,482 23.4 New Jersey 1,380,753 46,722 3.4 94,414 6.8 1,033,451 74.8 New Mexico 323,066 72,520 22.4 37,793 11.7 36,363 11.3 New York 2,864,775 1,091,368 37.9 172,756 6.0 744,937 25.8 North Carolina 1,360,209 119,681 8.8 226,508 16.7 106,717 7.8 North Dakota 102,233 0 0.0 27,380 26.8 0 0.0 See notes at end of table.State

Locale code

Large city Mid-size city Urban fringe of a large city 

C-11
Table C-4.—Number and percentage distribution of students, by locale code: United States and other jurisdictions, school year 2003–04—Continued

Total Number of Percent of Number of Percent of Number of Percent of 

students1 students students students students students students 

Ohio 1,845,428 252,444 13.7 155,084 8.4 545,654 29.6 Oklahoma 626,160 119,018 19.0 15,099 2.4 165,923 26.5 Oregon 551,273 60,021 11.0 111,337 20.5 128,714 23.7 Pennsylvania 1,821,146 248,326 13.6 142,793 7.8 556,786 30.6 Rhode Island 159,375 0 0.0 57,362 36.5 0 0.0 South Carolina 699,198 0 0.0 101,267 14.5 21,898 3.1 South Dakota 125,537 0 0.0 31,648 25.2 0 0.0 Tennessee 936,681 170,562 18.7 113,777 12.5 107,379 11.8 Texas 4,331,751 1,223,324 28.3 785,143 18.1 1,098,927 25.4 Utah 495,981 0 0.0 95,210 19.4 0 0.0 Vermont 99,103 0 0.0 3,818 3.9 0 0.0 Virginia 1,192,092 76,009 6.4 224,560 18.8 341,151 28.6 Washington 1,021,349 47,901 4.7 238,532 23.4 366,276 35.9 West Virginia 281,215 0 0.0 39,615 14.1 3,114 1.1 Wisconsin 880,031 100,837 11.5 155,843 17.7 150,376 17.1 Wyoming 87,462 0 0.0 21,137 24.7 0 0.0 

Other jurisdictions

DoDDS: DoDs Overseas3 71,053 † † † † † † 

DDESS: DoDs Domestic3 30,603 0 0.0 7,573 24.7 1,930 6.3 Bureau of Indian Affairs 45,828 746 1.6 1,264 2.8 1,405 3.1 American Samoa 15,893 † † † † † † Guam 31,572 † † † † † † Northern Marianas 11,244 † † † † † † Puerto Rico 584,916 † † † † † † Virgin Islands 17,716 † † † † † † See notes at end of table.State

Locale code

Large city Mid-size city Urban fringe of a large city 

C-12
Table C-4.—Number and percentage distribution of students, by locale code: United States and other jurisdictions, school year 2003–04—Continued

Number of Percent of Number of Percent of Number of Percent of Number of Percent o

students students students students students students students students 

 United States2 488,031 1.0 3,511,117 7.3 4,366,186 9.0 5,605,420 11.6 

Alabama 0 0.0 88,259 12.1 131,658 18.0 182,754 25.0 Alaska 5,499 4.1 15,161 11.3 29,465 22.0 8,631 6.4 Arizona 19,448 1.9 65,666 6.5 39,649 3.9 80,242 7.9 Arkansas 4,556 1.0 85,478 18.8 105,952 23.3 73,387 16.1 California 4,242 0.1 68,471 1.1 66,740 1.1 332,778 5.3 Colorado 0 0.0 55,983 7.4 48,102 6.4 67,845 9.0 Connecticut 17,140 3.0 12,316 2.1 11,759 2.0 64,998 11.3 Delaware 0 0.0 10,159 8.6 13,997 11.9 11,449 9.7 District of Columbia 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 164 0.2 Florida 6,511 0.3 63,584 2.5 87,723 3.4 261,230 10.1 Georgia 3,065 0.2 161,822 10.6 142,152 9.3 309,312 20.3 Hawaii 8,329 4.5 27,216 14.8 20,858 11.4 1,284 0.7 Idaho 6,497 2.6 45,188 18.0 40,774 16.2 34,815 13.8 Illinois 18,722 0.9 133,418 6.4 126,153 6.0 149,495 7.1 Indiana 10,004 1.0 99,243 9.8 127,638 12.6 186,297 18.4 Iowa 21,307 4.4 88,197 18.3 114,768 23.8 70,665 14.7 Kansas 35,836 7.6 60,967 13.0 82,542 17.6 71,018 15.2 Kentucky 14,437 2.3 103,269 16.4 174,225 27.6 83,026 13.2 Louisiana 6,588 0.9 83,818 11.5 110,377 15.2 98,511 13.5 Maine 0 0.0 35,658 17.7 63,872 31.7 47,637 23.6 Maryland 0 0.0 13,550 1.6 31,531 3.6 112,372 12.9 Massachusetts 3,503 0.4 9,024 0.9 9,814 1.0 98,744 10.1 Michigan 14,948 0.9 114,884 6.6 187,476 10.7 218,000 12.5 Minnesota 8,040 1.0 102,072 12.1 119,544 14.2 93,495 11.1 Mississippi 27,814 5.6 98,219 19.9 155,755 31.6 76,087 15.4 Missouri 3,830 0.4 118,128 12.9 133,953 14.6 131,437 14.3 Montana 16,469 11.1 32,193 21.7 49,939 33.7 10,735 7.2 Nebraska 16,092 5.6 44,936 15.7 69,700 24.4 18,901 6.6 Nevada 0 0.0 30,834 8.0 12,683 3.3 20,840 5.4 New Hampshire 7,379 3.6 23,612 11.4 41,804 20.2 30,926 14.9 New Jersey 0 0.0 536 0.0 0 0.0 119,531 8.7 New Mexico 32,708 10.1 53,421 16.5 33,854 10.5 35,695 11.0 New York 16,777 0.6 93,131 3.2 148,177 5.1 240,423 8.3 North Carolina 10,151 0.7 146,904 10.8 281,519 20.7 305,950 22.5 North Dakota 5,864 5.7 14,447 14.1 37,680 36.9 7,182 7.0 See notes at end of table.

Large town Small town Rural, outside CBSA Rural, inside CBSA 

State

Locale code

C-13
Table C-4.—Number and percentage distribution of students, by locale code: United States and other jurisdictions, school year 2003–04—Continued

Number of Percent of Number of Percent of Number of Percent of Number of Percent o

students students students students students students students students 

Ohio 15,937 0.9 151,400 8.2 215,354 11.7 236,424 12.8 Oklahoma 33,686 5.4 78,296 12.5 128,624 20.5 79,734 12.7 Oregon 6,819 1.3 74,363 13.7 47,864 8.8 48,524 8.9 Pennsylvania 7,992 0.4 131,699 7.2 162,054 8.9 234,370 12.9 Rhode Island 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 16,245 10.3 South Carolina 5,786 0.8 91,415 13.1 80,734 11.5 159,490 22.8 South Dakota 0 0.0 29,194 23.3 40,919 32.6 15,992 12.7 Tennessee 11,320 1.2 100,497 11.0 140,961 15.5 168,108 18.4 Texas 47,728 1.1 298,949 6.9 212,559 4.9 461,620 10.7 Utah 0 0.0 31,110 6.3 29,240 6.0 21,192 4.3 Vermont 0 0.0 26,049 26.3 46,056 46.5 7,697 7.8 Virginia 0 0.0 49,364 4.1 113,381 9.5 234,822 19.7 Washington 4,333 0.4 61,993 6.1 58,772 5.8 105,241 10.3 West Virginia 0 0.0 48,699 17.3 83,975 29.9 54,058 19.2 Wisconsin 5,329 0.6 103,847 11.8 131,811 15.0 102,628 11.7 Wyoming 3,345 3.9 34,478 40.2 22,049 25.7 3,419 4.0 

Other jurisdictions

DoDDS: DoDs Overseas3 † † † † † † † † 

DDESS: DoDs Domestic3 0 0.0 1,361 4.4 829 2.7 1,580 5.2 Bureau of Indian Affairs 0 0.0 7,622 16.6 27,022 59.0 5,047 11.0 American Samoa † † † † † † † † Guam † † † † † † † † Northern Marianas † † † † † † † † Puerto Rico † † † † † † † † Virgin Islands † † † † † † † † † Not applicable. Locale codes cannot be assigned to schools outside the United States.locale code. 

3 DoDDS and DDESS are the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (overseas) and the Department of Defense Dependent Elementary and Secondar

respectively.NOTE: See Appendix B: Key Terms for definitions of locale codes. CBSA is the acronym for core based statistical area. State

Locale code

Large town Small town Rural, outside CBSA

SOURCE: Data reported by states to the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public ElemUniverse Survey," 2003–04, Version 1a, and "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2003–04, Version 1a.

Rural, inside CBSA 

1 Total student membership is reported from the "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education" and may differ from the sum of the stude2 U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

C-14
Table C-5.—Percentage of students who are of a race/ethnicity other than White, non-Hispanic, by community type: United States

Table C-5.—and other jurisdictions, school year 2003–04

Number of

students of a

race/ethnicity

other

Total than White, City, large and Urban fringe Small town

students1 non-Hispanic1 mid-size of city Large town or rural

 Reporting states 48,540,725 19,926,161 48.2 35.8 0.9 15.2

Alabama 731,220 293,015 41.1 17.5 0.0 41.4

Alaska 133,933 55,052 40.2 6.0 3.8 49.9

Arizona 1,012,068 514,413 55.7 23.5 1.3 19.4

Arkansas 454,523 136,647 40.4 12.0 0.6 47.0

California 6,413,862 4,166,409 51.3 43.8 # 4.8

Colorado 757,693 268,351 51.1 32.3 0.0 16.6

Connecticut 577,203 182,036 55.5 35.8 3.9 4.8

Delaware 117,668 50,252 25.7 51.9 0.0 22.4

District of Columbia 78,057 74,690 2 99.8 0.0 0.0 0.2 3

Florida 2,587,628 1,260,936 29.2 60.6 0.2 10.0

Georgia 1,522,611 729,218 24.9 46.4 0.2 28.5

Hawaii 183,609 146,540 24.5 44.7 4.7 26.1

Idaho 252,120 40,160 25.1 20.4 2.3 52.2

Illinois 2,100,961 895,179 56.0 39.0 0.5 4.5

Indiana 1,011,130 186,754 62.6 25.3 1.2 10.9

Iowa 481,226 56,885 54.1 9.9 7.0 29.0

Kansas 470,490 109,208 47.5 13.3 12.7 26.4

Kentucky 663,885 82,314 35.7 40.0 3.6 20.8

Louisiana 727,709 375,099 46.7 20.3 0.9 32.0

Maine 202,084 8,472 33.0 16.3 0.0 50.7

Maryland 869,113 430,663 23.9 68.1 0.0 7.9

Massachusetts 980,459 249,148 64.5 32.2 0.5 2.9

Michigan 1,757,604 478,955 62.7 28.0 0.3 9.0

Minnesota 842,854 166,950 50.7 31.0 0.6 17.7

Mississippi 493,540 260,269 16.4 11.8 8.2 63.6

Missouri 905,941 201,670 44.2 41.1 0.5 14.2

Montana 148,356 22,062 21.2 1.6 6.5 70.7

Nebraska 285,542 58,499 51.7 12.2 6.5 29.6

Nevada 385,401 189,721 49.2 40.9 0.0 9.9

New Hampshire 207,417 11,938 50.7 23.3 3.6 22.4

New Jersey 1,380,753 581,591 18.8 77.5 0.0 3.7

New Mexico 323,066 217,243 32.8 18.5 8.5 40.3

New York 2,864,775 1,321,845 76.4 20.5 0.2 3.0

North Carolina 1,360,209 567,168 36.1 16.7 1.3 45.9

North Dakota 102,233 12,271 21.0 7.5 5.1 66.5

See notes at end of table.

State

Percent of students of a race/ethnicity other than

White, non-Hispanic by community type

C-15
Table C-5.—Percentage of students who are of a race/ethnicity other than White, non-Hispanic, by community type: United States

Table C-5.—and other jurisdictions, school year 2003–04—Continued

Number of

students of a

race/ethnicity

other

Total than White, City, large and Urban fringe Small town

students1 non-Hispanic1 mid-size of city Large town or rural

Ohio 1,845,428 372,406 61.6 31.6 0.5 6.3

Oklahoma 626,160 241,311 31.1 20.0 4.7 44.2

Oregon 551,273 126,668 39.7 34.9 0.8 24.6

Pennsylvania 1,821,146 431,511 62.8 29.9 0.3 6.9

Rhode Island 159,375 45,475 72.4 26.5 0.0 1.1

South Carolina 699,198 318,812 18.7 31.3 0.8 49.2

South Dakota 125,537 18,899 30.9 3.3 0.0 65.8

Tennessee 936,681 269,541 ————

Texas 4,331,751 2,653,701 57.9 24.8 1.1 16.2

Utah 495,981 81,922 36.0 51.9 0.0 12.1

Vermont 99,103 4,090 13.2 24.7 0.0 62.1

Virginia 1,192,092 453,961 38.3 40.6 0.0 21.1

Washington 1,021,349 291,137 36.8 46.2 0.5 16.5

West Virginia 281,215 16,563 32.9 19.0 0.0 48.1

Wisconsin 880,031 186,264 66.5 19.2 0.5 13.8

Wyoming 87,462 12,277 26.5 1.9 5.5 66.0

Other jurisdictions

DoDDS: DoDs Overseas4 71,053 26,632 ††††

DDESS: DoDs Domestic4 30,603 13,892 31.3 54.9 0.0 13.8

Bureau of Indian Affairs 45,828 45,828 4.4 9.0 0.0 86.6

American Samoa 15,893 15,893 ††††

Guam 31,572 31,147 ††††

Northern Marianas 11,244 11,201 ††††

Puerto Rico 584,916 584,916 ††††

Virgin Islands 17,716 17,580 ††††

— Not available.

# Rounds to zero.

4 DoDDS and DDESS are the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (overseas) and the Department of Defense Dependent 

Elementary and Secondary Schools, respectively.

1 Student membership is reported from the "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education." Total includes 

2 Student count derived from the "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey."

State

Percent of students of a race/ethnicity other than

White, non-Hispanic by community type

SOURCE: Data reported by states to the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data 

(CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2003–04, Version 1a, and "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public 

Elementary/Secondary Education," 2003–04, Version 1a.

† Not applicable. Locale codes cannot be assigned to schools outside the United States.

3 Represents one school located in a small town locale outside the District of Columbia.

NOTE: Community types classify the location of a school relative to populous areas and are based on locale codes. See Appendix 

students for whom race/ethnicity was not reported.

B: Key Terms for definitions of locale codes. Percentages are based on schools reporting. 

C-16
Table C-6.—Number of public high school diploma recipients, by race/ethnicity: United States and other jurisdictions, school 

Table C-6.—year 2002–03

Total American

reported by Indian/ Asian/Pacific Black White

race/ethnicity1 Alaska Native Islander Hispanic non-Hispanic non-Hispanic

 Reporting states2 2,669,840 27,639 134,524 337,750 345,941 1,823,986

Alabama 36,741 417 384 313 11,500 24,127

Alaska 7,297 1,343 468 194 268 5,024

Arizona 49,986 2,693 1,392 13,622 2,240 30,039

Arkansas 27,555 129 332 788 5,747 20,559

California 338,091 3,120 48,728 116,724 24,855 144,664

Colorado 42,379 368 1,397 6,270 1,849 32,495

Connecticut 33,667 87 1,070 3,250 3,952 25,308

Delaware 6,816 15 215 269 1,760 4,557

District of Columbia 2,725 2 75 199 2,339 110

Florida 127,484 363 3,354 22,041 25,835 75,891

Georgia 66,890 81 2,177 1,867 21,266 41,499

Hawaii 10,013 35 7,385 477 192 1,924

Idaho 15,858 151 243 1,135 80 14,249

Illinois 117,507 234 5,177 13,098 15,886 83,112

Indiana 57,897 110 724 1,474 4,669 50,920

Iowa 34,860 124 656 748 857 32,475

Kansas 29,907 319 687 1,680 1,948 25,273

Kentucky 37,654 45 328 385 3,124 33,772

Louisiana 37,610 231 625 534 14,827 21,393

Maine 12,947 78 148 74 149 12,498

Maryland 51,861 158 2,860 2,075 16,586 30,182

Massachusetts 55,987 137 2,712 3,676 4,089 45,373

Michigan 100,301 881 2,233 2,246 12,197 82,744

Minnesota 59,432 736 2,699 1,139 2,495 52,363

Mississippi 23,810 31 216 131 11,023 12,409

Missouri 56,925 153 800 867 7,536 47,569

Montana 10,657 660 122 159 44 9,672

Nebraska 20,161 182 302 822 892 17,963

Nevada 16,378 276 1,139 2,595 1,626 10,742

New Hampshire — — — — — —

New Jersey 81,391 161 6,128 11,016 12,284 51,802

New Mexico 16,923 1,802 236 7,572 319 6,994

New York 143,818 475 10,404 15,693 20,399 96,847

North Carolina 69,696 760 1,583 1,926 18,600 46,827

North Dakota 8,169 421 68 73 54 7,553

See notes at end of table.

State

C-17
Table C-6.—Number of public high school diploma recipients, by race/ethnicity: United States and other jurisdictions, school 

Table C-6.—year 2002–03—Continued

Total American

reported by Indian/ Asian/Pacific Black White

race/ethnicity1 Alaska Native Islander Hispanic non-Hispanic non-Hispanic

Ohio 115,115 117 1,533 1,654 12,902 98,909

Oklahoma 36,694 6,124 655 1,584 3,355 24,976

Oregon 32,260 506 1,470 2,380 697 27,207

Pennsylvania 119,933 105 2,789 3,566 13,143 100,330

Rhode Island 9,318 33 322 892 684 7,387

South Carolina — — — — — —

South Dakota 8,999 426 91 78 85 8,319

Tennessee 44,113 84 648 553 8,309 34,519

Texas 238,111 670 8,045 80,777 31,801 116,818

Utah 29,496 340 808 1,590 203 26,555

Vermont 6,970 43 133 46 59 6,689

Virginia 72,599 488 3,716 2,894 16,896 48,605

Washington 60,435 1,162 5,179 4,373 2,388 47,333

West Virginia 17,287 13 156 64 674 16,380

Wisconsin 63,272 668 1,859 1,870 3,196 55,679

Wyoming 5,845 82 53 297 62 5,351

Other jurisdictions

DoDDS: DoDs Overseas3 2,277 19 299 237 386 1,336

DDESS: DoDs Domestic3 561 1 25 218 122 195

Bureau of Indian Affairs — — — — — —

American Samoa 832 0 832 0 0 0

Guam 1,502 1 1,465 4 3 29

Northern Marianas 422 0 419 0 0 3

Puerto Rico 31,408 0 0 31,408 0 0

Virgin Islands 886 1 1 93 788 3

— Not available.

1 Total excludes students for whom race/ethnicity was not reported. 2 Total of reporting states. U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia. 3 DoDDS and DDESS are the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (overseas) and the Department of Defense Dependent 

Elementary and Secondary Schools, respectively.

State

SOURCE: Data reported by states to the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of 

Data, "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2003–04, Version 1a.

C-18
Table C-7.—Number of other public high school completers, by race/ethnicity: United States and other jurisdictions, school year

Table C-7.—2002–03

Total American

reported by Indian/ Asian/Pacific Black White

race/ethnicity1 Alaska Native Islander Hispanic non-Hispanic non-Hispanic

 Reporting states2 44,201 410 1,160 5,853 17,063 19,715

Alabama 2,691 23 16 37 1,565 1,050

Alaska 28 5 2 0 3 18

Arizona 774 46 16 309 51 352

Arkansas 97 1 0 2 24 70

California † † † † † †

Colorado 283 4 8 60 2 209

Connecticut 43 0 1 12 13 17

Delaware 114 0 5 11 41 57

District of Columbia 223 0 0 2 217 4

Florida 6,326 8 144 1,950 3,115 1,109

Georgia 7,545 7 209 385 4,672 2,272

Hawaii 177 0 143 8 4 22

Idaho 41 1 4 7 0 29

Illinois † † † † † †

Indiana 1,650 1 29 97 363 1,160

Iowa 84 0 3 1 3 77

Kansas † † † † † †

Kentucky 372 0 0 1 19 352

Louisiana 943 4 3 5 636 295

Maine 8 0 0 0 0 8

Maryland 573 3 18 26 276 250

Massachusetts 1,449 1 40 457 216 735

Michigan 1,114 21 21 46 110 916

Minnesota † † † † † †

Mississippi 1,803 1 4 7 1,123 668

Missouri † † † † † †

Montana † † † † † †

Nebraska 166 3 3 10 9 141

Nevada 888 11 69 331 230 247

New Hampshire — — — — — —

New Jersey † † † † † †

New Mexico 314 86 5 214 9 0

New York 5,038 28 139 1,101 1,437 2,333

North Carolina 1,445 33 24 48 706 634

North Dakota † † † † † †

See notes at end of table.

State

C-19
Table C-7.—Number of other public high school completers, by race/ethnicity: United States and other jurisdictions, school year

Table C-7.—2002–03—Continued

Total American

reported by Indian/ Asian/Pacific Black White

race/ethnicity1 Alaska Native Islander Hispanic non-Hispanic non-Hispanic

Ohio † † † † † †

Oklahoma † † † † † †

Oregon 3,711 101 157 551 163 2,739

Pennsylvania † † † † † †

Rhode Island 28 0 1 2 2 23

South Carolina — — — — — —

South Dakota † † † † † †

Tennessee 4,230 8 42 80 1,581 2,519

Texas † † † † † †

Utah 196 5 12 19 2 158

Vermont 89 0 1 3 3 82

Virginia 1,621 2 35 58 460 1,066

Washington 92 4 4 11 8 65

West Virginia 1 0 0 0 0 1

Wisconsin — — — — — —

Wyoming 44 3 2 2 0 37

Other jurisdictions

DoDDS: DoDs Overseas3 † † †† † †

DDESS: DoDs Domestic3 † † †† † †

Bureau of Indian Affairs † † † † † †

American Samoa 6 0 6 0 0 0

Guam † † † † † †

Northern Marianas † † † † † †

Puerto Rico 3,605 0 0 3,605 0 0

Virgin Islands † † † † † †

— Not available.

† Not applicable. State does not issue this type of credential.

1 Total excludes students for whom race/ethnicity was not reported. 2 Total of reporting states. U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia. 3 DoDDS and DDESS are the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (overseas) and the Department of Defense 

Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools, respectively.

in lieu of diplomas. 

State

NOTE: Other high school completers includes individuals who receive certificates of attendance or some other credential 

SOURCE: Data reported by states to the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, 

"State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2003–04, Version 1a.

C-20
Table C-8.—Median public school student/teacher ratio, by instructional level: United States and other jurisdictions, school year

Table C-9.—2003–04

State Primary Middle High Other

 Reporting states1 15.9 15.8 15.4 12.3

Alabama 14.1 17.5 16.6 15.5

Alaska 16.4 17.0 16.8 11.9

Arizona 18.4 18.7 19.4 16.6

Arkansas 15.0 14.9 12.8 15.2

California 20.0 23.5 21.8 19.0

Colorado 16.3 16.2 15.5 13.7

Connecticut 14.1 12.7 12.6 7.5

Delaware 15.6 16.6 15.4 6.4

District of Columbia 13.4 14.4 13.3 6.7

Florida 16.5 18.9 19.4 12.5

Georgia 15.7 15.6 16.6 15.0

Hawaii 16.5 16.6 16.7 13.8

Idaho 18.2 18.1 16.1 11.9

Illinois 17.1 16.0 15.2 8.5

Indiana 17.4 17.4 17.6 13.8

Iowa 13.1 13.6 12.5 10.7

Kansas 14.3 14.0 12.2 11.4

Kentucky 15.5 16.7 16.5 8.8

Louisiana 14.5 14.9 15.0 12.4

Maine 13.0 13.7 13.5 9.9

Maryland 15.8 15.8 17.3 6.6

Massachusetts 13.9 13.6 13.4 11.9

Michigan 18.1 17.9 19.1 14.6

Minnesota 15.4 16.8 14.6 8.1

Mississippi 16.5 14.6 15.3 15.8

Missouri 13.8 15.2 13.7 6.6

Montana 12.5 12.8 11.1 18.1

Nebraska 12.3 14.0 11.9 7.5

Nevada 16.3 19.2 17.7 9.7

New Hampshire 13.2 13.2 13.2 15.8

New Jersey 13.9 12.9 12.8 7.3

New Mexico 14.3 14.5 14.1 15.3

New York

2 ————

North Carolina 14.4 14.7 15.4 6.3

North Dakota 11.4 14.5 11.3 15.1

See notes at end of table.

C-21
Table C-8.—Median public school student/teacher ratio, by instructional level: United States and other jurisdictions, school year

Table C-9.—2003–04—Continued

State Primary Middle High Other

Ohio 16.8 15.9 17.0 15.3

Oklahoma 17.3 18.2 17.0 19.8

Oregon 20.4 20.7 20.4 14.3

Pennsylvania 15.9 15.5 15.5 14.6

Rhode Island 16.1 12.4 13.0 17.0

South Carolina 15.2 15.7 16.3 13.6

South Dakota 12.0 13.5 10.8 7.5

Tennessee ————

Texas 15.2 14.6 13.2 10.3

Utah 22.1 21.6 19.4 14.0

Vermont 11.4 11.9 11.1 10.6

Virginia 12.9 13.7 13.9 8.3

Washington 18.6 19.8 20.5 18.7

West Virginia 14.4 14.9 14.9 10.0

Wisconsin 14.1 14.4 14.7 12.6

Wyoming 12.5 13.0 10.9 7.3

Other jurisdictions

DoDDS: DoDs Overseas3 15.8 15.2 12.7 11.1

DDESS: DoDs Domestic3 13.8 13.1 12.3 10.9

Bureau of Indian Affairs ————

American Samoa 15.2 24.8 13.5 3.2

Guam 15.4 15.6 21.3 0.0

Northern Marianas 23.7 17.2 21.4 25.4

Puerto Rico 12.8 14.8 17.0 12.8

Virgin Islands 11.9 12.3 12.0 7.5

— Not available.

2 Data were missing for New York City Public Schools, which comprise more than 20 percent of schools in the state. 3 DoDDS and DDESS are the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (overseas) and the Department of Defense 

Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools, respectively.

1 Reporting states total includes the 50 states and the District of Columbia. It is suppressed if data were missing for 15 percent 

student/teacher ratio of less than 14.1.

SOURCE: Data reported by states to the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of 

Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2003–04, Version 1a.

or more of all schools or agencies. State totals exclude states for which data were missing for 20 percent or more of the 

schools or agencies.

NOTE: Instructional levels are primary (low grade prekindergarten to 3, high grade up to 8); middle (low grade 4 to 7, high

grade 4 to 9); high (low grade 7 to 12, high grade 12 only); and other (any configuration not falling within the previous three, 

including ungraded schools). For states that did not provide a grade span, grade span was determined by the highest and 

lowest grades in which students were reported. If all schools were ranked by student/teacher ratio from smallest to the 

largest, half of the schools would fall below the median. For example, half the primary schools in Alabama had a 

C-22
Table C-9.—Distribution of regular public elementary and secondary schools, by school size: United States and other

Table C-9.—jurisdictions, school year 2003–04

Regular

schools

having 10th 25th 75th 90th

membership Mean Minimum percentile percentile Median percentile percentile Maximum

 United States1 85,910 552 1 137 280 455 683 1,023 5,299

Alabama 1,338 543 7 250 349 489 657 907 2,369

Alaska 476 275 1 17 55 172 408 549 3,769

Arizona 1,786 535 3 53 160 456 741 1,045 3,156

Arkansas 1,119 406 15 140 230 359 518 710 2,660

California 7,908 771 1 214 418 618 899 1,462 5,299

Colorado 1,578 473 1 96 234 396 578 860 3,545

Connecticut 1,000 556 8 243 340 469 658 978 2,969

Delaware 173 629 35 312 422 552 734 1,042 2,229

District of Columbia 184 394 52 141 250 357 486 618 3,017

Florida 3,099 822 2 103 449 714 1,025 1,589 4,655

Georgia 2,002 757 38 368 478 644 915 1,287 3,556

Hawaii 280 655 3 153 357 579 829 1,247 2,424

Idaho 597 413 5 93 183 347 540 782 1,913

Illinois 3,910 527 27 152 261 405 622 950 4,527

Indiana 1,855 542 15 243 329 464 622 893 3,675

Iowa 1,438 331 12 108 176 275 397 590 2,231

Kansas 1,401 334 2 80 148 266 424 616 2,286

Kentucky 1,227 509 56 208 304 456 624 871 2,156

Louisiana 1,383 516 41 230 323 454 627 844 2,906

Maine 660 305 1 65 136 255 391 638 1,470

Maryland 1,258 670 25 309 407 547 776 1,198 3,293

Massachusetts 1,792 528 2 180 290 446 653 961 4,233

Michigan 3,473 487 1 191 291 408 575 840 2,700

Minnesota 1,616 504 1 118 236 419 630 921 3,354

Mississippi 896 550 13 257 355 499 674 957 1,877

Missouri 2,186 418 5 111 206 344 509 784 2,754

Montana 853 174 1 12 30 80 249 423 2,115

Nebraska 1,187 239 1 13 64 157 312 521 2,448

Nevada 499 760 7 110 413 658 904 1,519 3,509

New Hampshire 473 439 14 93 179 361 548 853 3,378

New Jersey 2,292 588 16 231 333 482 704 1,084 5,299

New Mexico 741 424 6 75 176 350 523 784 2,788

New York 4,230 662 1 264 381 537 787 1,195 4,718

North Carolina 2,171 623 1 254 387 552 764 1,074 2,729

North Dakota 517 198 1 31 64 130 239 449 1,585

Ohio 3,783 485 2 196 294 410 579 826 5,213

Oklahoma 1,786 351 7 90 157 292 452 641 2,237

Oregon 1,166 459 3 118 240 393 547 817 2,569

Pennsylvania 3,149 568 4 205 314 478 691 1,033 3,993

Rhode Island 314 492 4 196 270 385 594 933 2,040

South Carolina 1,069 651 11 297 418 579 779 1,039 3,255

South Dakota 707 176 2 19 40 93 219 432 2,276

Tennessee 1,608 565 1 229 350 492 697 1,003 2,461

Texas 6,852 621 1 186 331 529 757 1,054 4,778

Utah 753 640 6 145 393 574 788 1,182 2,521

See notes at end of table.

State

Distribution of schools by membership size

C-23
Table C-9.—Distribution of regular public elementary and secondary schools, by school size: United States and other

Table C-9.—jurisdictions, school year 2003–04—Continued

Regular

schools

having 10th 25th 75th 90th

membership Mean Minimum percentile percentile Median percentile percentile Maximum

Vermont 316 308 6 68 126 235 390 671 1,596

Virginia 1,819 652 14 239 375 542 770 1,187 4,378

Washington 1,890 520 1 121 308 453 621 919 2,542

West Virginia 727 385 23 132 209 313 488 708 2,121

Wisconsin 2,020 423 5 116 221 355 506 775 2,352

Wyoming 353 237 1 17 80 179 302 484 1,576

Other jurisdictions

DoDDS: DoDs Overseas2 154 461 28 169 271 408 651 768 1,316

DDESS: DoDs Domestic2 69 444 129 228 317 442 539 617 959

Bureau of Indian Affairs 176 260 8 72 122 203 354 514 1,063

American Samoa 29 533 89 95 111 303 925 1,217 1,432

Guam 37 853 88 284 529 682 911 1,850 2,619

Northern Marianas 31 361 20 40 60 268 596 778 1,154

Puerto Rico 1,449 388 4 130 209 343 513 704 1,859

Virgin Islands 33 535 67 171 326 490 612 930 1,594

1 U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia. 

2 DoDDS and DDESS are the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (overseas) and the Department of Defense 

Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools, respectively.

NOTE: Table excludes regular schools for which no students were reported in membership. The mean is the average. If all 

schools were ranked by size from the smallest to largest, half of the schools would fall below the median. For example, dividing 

the total number of students by the total number of schools yields an average school the United States have 455 or fewer

students (median). To interpret percentiles, understand that 10 percent of the schools have fewer than 137 students, 25 

percent have fewer than 280 students, and so forth.

SOURCE: Data reported by states to the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data 

(CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2003–04, Version 1a.

State

Distribution of schools by membership size

C-24
Table C-10.—Percentage distribution of public elementary and secondary schools, by school size: United States and other

Table C-11.—jurisdictions, school year 2003–04

Number

of schools

having 750 to 1,500 and

membership 1 to 99 100 to 299 300 to 749 1,499 above

 United States1 92,816 11.0 21.3 48.5 15.3 3.8

Alabama 1,389 3.4 16.8 61.7 16.8 1.2

Alaska 500 38.6 27.8 28.6 3.4 1.6

Arizona 1,931 18.7 19.9 38.0 19.1 4.4

Arkansas 1,128 5.0 33.5 53.6 7.2 0.7

California 9,222 12.9 12.2 43.5 23.0 8.4

Colorado 1,658 12.5 23.9 51.1 9.1 3.4

Connecticut 1,099 7.7 14.6 60.9 14.3 2.5

Delaware 200 6.0 10.0 60.0 21.0 3.0

District of Columbia 206 8.7 33.0 52.4 4.9 1.0

Florida 3,427 14.2 10.7 33.6 31.0 10.5

Georgia 2,032 1.0 5.0 56.7 31.2 6.1

Hawaii 284 5.3 16.2 47.5 24.6 6.3

Idaho 664 17.9 29.2 42.8 9.0 1.1

Illinois 4,267 8.9 27.7 47.8 11.5 4.1

Indiana 1,911 3.0 19.0 63.7 11.0 3.2

Iowa 1,491 10.3 47.5 37.3 3.9 1.1

Kansas 1,410 15.2 41.1 37.4 4.5 1.6

Kentucky 1,370 10.1 21.8 55.0 11.9 1.1

Louisiana 1,519 6.7 20.4 59.2 12.2 1.4

Maine 662 17.1 42.9 34.1 5.9 0.0

Maryland 1,366 4.2 10.2 60.1 19.3 6.1

Massachusetts 1,860 3.8 23.4 54.6 15.9 2.2

Michigan 3,869 9.0 24.5 54.3 9.9 2.3

Minnesota 2,187 27.5 23.2 36.4 10.1 2.8

Mississippi 897 1.7 14.9 64.7 17.8 0.9

Missouri 2,260 10.7 33.3 45.0 9.2 1.8

Montana 858 55.4 26.1 16.2 1.3 1.0

Nebraska 1,228 37.7 36.2 21.7 3.2 1.2

Nevada 545 13.2 13.9 36.9 26.1 9.9

New Hampshire 473 11.2 31.3 45.0 9.7 2.7

New Jersey 2,428 3.9 18.9 56.0 17.5 3.7

New Mexico 814 18.9 28.0 42.5 7.4 3.2

New York 4,514 4.3 12.7 56.8 21.4 4.8

North Carolina 2,260 4.4 13.2 57.5 21.7 3.2

North Dakota 517 39.7 42.4 14.1 3.5 0.4

Ohio 3,836 3.3 24.1 60.1 10.4 2.1

Oklahoma 1,786 12.6 38.8 42.1 5.4 1.1

Oregon 1,225 9.6 26.7 52.2 8.4 3.1

Pennsylvania 3,189 2.3 20.9 55.7 18.0 3.2

Rhode Island 328 4.6 32.0 47.0 13.7 2.7

South Carolina 1,091 2.4 9.3 61.6 22.7 3.9

South Dakota 734 54.0 28.1 15.4 1.9 0.7

Tennessee 1,644 4.3 15.2 59.7 18.7 2.1

Texas 7,843 11.8 18.9 46.7 18.2 4.4

Utah 886 17.7 11.3 47.0 20.2 3.8

See notes at end of table.

State

School size

C-25
Table C-10.—Percentage distribution of public elementary and secondary schools, by school size: United States and other

Table C-11.—jurisdictions, school year 2003–04—Continued

Number

of schools

having 750 to 1,500 and

membership 1 to 99 100 to 299 300 to 749 1,499 above

Vermont 358 27.4 40.5 24.9 7.0 0.3

Virginia 1,856 1.9 14.7 57.5 19.9 5.9

Washington 2,241 17.4 17.0 51.7 10.7 3.2

West Virginia 755 6.8 42.6 42.9 7.0 0.7

Wisconsin 2,218 12.4 30.4 47.2 8.0 1.9

Wyoming 380 33.2 42.6 19.2 4.7 0.3

Other jurisdictions

DoDDS: DoDs Overseas2 154 4.5 26.6 56.5 12.3 0.0

DDESS: DoDs Domestic2 69 0.0 17.4 78.3 4.3 0.0

Bureau of Indian Affairs 176 18.2 52.8 26.7 2.3 0.0

American Samoa 31 16.1 32.3 19.4 32.3 0.0

Guam 37 2.7 10.8 37.8 35.1 13.5

Northern Marianas 32 34.4 18.8 31.3 15.6 0.0

Puerto Rico 1,508 4.6 36.2 51.5 7.5 0.1

Virgin Islands 34 5.9 20.6 58.8 11.8 2.9

1 U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia. 

2 DoDDS and DDESS are the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (overseas) and the Department of Defense 

Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools, respectively.

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Table excludes schools for which no students were reported

 in membership.

SOURCE: Data reported by states to the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core 

of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2003–04, Version 1a.

State

School size

C-26
Table C-11.—Percentage distribution of public elementary and secondary students, by school size: United States and other 

Table C-12.—jurisdictions, school year 2003–04

Total 750 to 1,500 and

students 1 to 99 100 to 299 300 to 749 1,499 above

 United States1 48,540,725 1.0 8.5 46.6 29.6 15.7

Alabama 731,220 0.2 7.3 56.9 30.7 4.0

Alaska 133,933 6.0 19.4 48.3 12.3 13.6

Arizona 1,012,068 1.8 7.7 41.7 38.9 19.6

Arkansas 454,523 0.8 17.3 62.4 17.4 3.2

California 6,413,862 0.8 3.6 34.0 33.5 29.0

Colorado 757,693 1.5 10.9 54.4 21.0 14.2

Connecticut 577,203 0.6 6.3 56.8 27.7 9.3

Delaware 117,668 0.4 3.4 52.0 36.7 9.3

District of Columbia 78,057 1.3 19.3 63.8 12.5 6.7

Florida 2,587,628 0.9 2.5 25.9 42.9 31.3

Georgia 1,522,611 0.1 1.6 41.8 43.6 16.5

Hawaii 183,609 0.4 5.0 38.2 37.4 18.5

Idaho 252,120 2.3 15.4 54.5 24.9 5.0

Illinois 2,100,961 1.0 11.7 46.8 23.3 18.6

Indiana 1,011,130 0.3 8.4 59.7 20.9 12.2

Iowa 481,226 1.9 29.6 49.5 12.4 5.7

Kansas 470,490 3.0 24.4 49.8 13.6 8.8

Kentucky 663,885 0.8 9.9 57.0 24.8 4.1

Louisiana 727,709 0.7 9.4 59.7 24.3 5.4

Maine 202,084 3.1 27.6 48.9 18.6 0.0

Maryland 869,113 0.4 3.5 48.3 30.4 18.5

Massachusetts 980,459 0.4 9.8 51.5 30.8 8.3

Michigan 1,757,604 1.0 11.8 56.4 22.0 9.7

Minnesota 842,854 2.6 11.4 45.8 25.1 14.0

Mississippi 493,540 0.2 6.2 58.7 32.2 2.7

Missouri 905,941 1.3 16.9 51.4 22.8 8.4

Montana 148,356 11.9 28.7 39.0 7.5 10.6

Nebraska 285,542 6.5 29.0 40.9 13.8 9.8

Nevada 385,401 0.8 4.0 32.1 38.8 32.4

New Hampshire 207,417 1.6 14.0 49.4 22.7 12.6

New Jersey 1,380,753 0.4 7.6 49.3 32.1 13.5

New Mexico 323,066 2.6 14.0 50.4 17.6 16.4

New York 2,864,775 0.3 4.5 44.7 34.3 16.6

North Carolina 1,360,209 0.4 4.8 51.1 36.8 10.2

North Dakota 102,233 10.0 36.4 30.1 16.9 3.0

Ohio 1,845,428 0.4 11.3 59.1 21.3 8.4

Oklahoma 626,160 2.5 21.8 55.1 15.0 6.2

Oregon 551,273 1.2 11.9 54.1 18.9 12.5

Pennsylvania 1,821,146 0.3 7.9 48.3 31.5 12.0

Rhode Island 159,375 0.5 15.3 45.2 28.6 9.9

South Carolina 699,198 0.2 3.3 50.7 34.9 12.0

South Dakota 125,537 13.7 27.3 39.5 10.4 7.6

Tennessee 936,681 0.3 5.9 52.3 33.2 6.9

Texas 4,331,751 0.7 7.1 45.3 32.6 18.2

Utah 495,981 1.0 3.9 45.5 37.7 13.2

See notes at end of table.

State

School size

C-27
Table C-11.—Percentage distribution of public elementary and secondary students, by school size: United States and other 

Table C-12.—jurisdictions, school year 2003–04—Continued

Total 750 to 1,500 and

students 1 to 99 100 to 299 300 to 749 1,499 above

Vermont 99,103 4.7 27.6 39.3 24.7 1.6

Virginia 1,192,092 0.2 5.1 46.7 31.6 19.0

Washington 1,021,349 1.6 7.8 55.6 23.4 12.8

West Virginia 281,215 0.9 23.1 53.6 18.7 3.2

Wisconsin 880,031 1.5 15.5 53.7 20.6 8.7

Wyoming 87,462 5.4 35.7 33.9 20.3 1.8

Other jurisdictions

DoDDS: DoDs Overseas2 71,053 0.5 12.6 60.0 23.9 0.0

DDESS: DoDs Domestic2 30,603 0.0 8.4 76.6 8.2 0.0

Bureau of Indian Affairs 45,828 4.5 37.9 47.9 8.3 0.0

American Samoa 15,893 2.8 10.4 18.3 68.5 0.0

Guam 31,572 0.3 3.3 23.3 38.4 33.4

Northern Marianas 11,244 5.0 11.8 47.8 42.7 0.0

Puerto Rico 584,916 0.8 18.0 60.5 16.9 0.6

Virgin Islands 17,716 0.6 7.0 55.0 23.2 8.5

1 U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia. 

2 DoDDS and DDESS are the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (overseas) and the Department of 

Defense Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools, respectively.

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: Data reported by states to the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of 

Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2003–04, Version 1a, and "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public 

Elementary/Secondary Education," 2003–04, Version 1a.

State

School size

C-28
Table C-12.—Number of regular public school districts, by membership size: United States and other jurisdictions, school year 

Table C-13.—2003–04

Total 100,000 25,000 to 10,000 to 7,500 to 5,000 to 2,500 to 2,000 to 1,500 to

districts or more 99,999 24,999 9,999 7,499 4,999 2,499 1,999

 United States1 14,383 26 230 594 344 714 2,031 811 1,045

Alabama 130 0 4 8 14 11 48 14 14

Alaska 53 0 1 2 1 1 3 4 2

Arizona 313 0 8 17 4 17 29 10 6

Arkansas 309 0 1 4 5 5 28 11 25

California 989 2 44 111 53 75 132 52 49

Colorado 178 0 8 10 4 7 15 3 12

Connecticut 166 0 0 7 10 19 39 15 12

Delaware 19 0 0 4 1 3 6 1 1

District of Columbia 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Florida 67 7 19 10 4 8 9 5 0

Georgia 180 2 10 22 10 19 54 13 23

Hawaii 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Idaho 114 0 2 3 2 4 14 6 6

Illinois 887 1 3 20 11 32 106 45 74

Indiana 294 0 2 21 5 26 53 32 54

Iowa 370 0 1 7 1 2 21 13 23

Kansas 302 0 2 5 2 7 18 12 14

Kentucky 176 0 2 9 3 13 54 25 17

Louisiana 68 0 7 11 8 8 20 7 5

Maine 283 0 0 0 1 0 23 12 11

Maryland 24 3 7 5 2 2 5 0 0

Massachusetts 350 0 3 7 6 24 77 27 16

Michigan 553 1 1 24 13 37 115 52 59

Minnesota 348 0 4 12 8 11 37 12 28

Mississippi 152 0 1 3 4 12 51 15 27

Missouri 524 0 2 15 6 12 46 26 25

Montana 438 0 0 1 0 3 7 1 6

Nebraska 518 0 2 1 3 1 11 2 7

Nevada 17 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 0

New Hampshire 178 0 0 2 0 3 16 8 14

New Jersey 598 0 3 17 16 37 86 47 60

New Mexico 89 0 1 6 4 4 13 4 5

New York 726 1 3 14 24 47 140 61 78

North Carolina 117 2 6 28 15 15 34 3 7

North Dakota 213 0 0 2 1 2 2 2 3

Ohio 613 0 5 10 18 37 138 69 95

Oklahoma 541 0 2 8 1 9 19 17 22

Oregon 199 0 3 9 4 14 23 13 11

Pennsylvania 501 1 1 14 14 47 159 50 73

Rhode Island 38 0 1 2 1 4 16 4 3

South Carolina 89 0 6 14 11 11 22 4 5

South Dakota 172 0 0 2 0 0 9 3 0

Tennessee 136 1 5 10 6 18 45 9 7

Texas 1,040 2 38 47 24 46 117 41 70

Utah 40 0 5 8 0 4 8 2 2

See notes at end of table.

State

District membership size

C-29
Table C-12.—Number of regular public school districts, by membership size: United States and other jurisdictions, school year 

Table C-13.—2003–04—Continued

Total 100,000 25,000 to 10,000 to 7,500 to 5,000 to 2,500 to 2,000 to 1,500 to

districts or more 99,999 24,999 9,999 7,499 4,999 2,499 1,999

Vermont 299 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 5

Virginia 134 1 9 17 5 16 37 15 7

Washington 296 0 4 27 9 17 34 18 16

West Virginia 55 0 1 6 3 8 20 4 5

Wisconsin 437 0 1 10 4 13 60 19 36

Wyoming 48 0 0 2 0 1 7 2 5

Other jurisdictions

DoDDS: DoDs Overseas2,3 9 0 0 4 2 1 10 0

DDESS: DoDs Domestic2,3 7 0 0 0 1 1 40 1

Bureau of Indian Affairs2 23 0 0 0 0 1 6 3 4

American Samoa 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Guam 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Northern Marianas 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Puerto Rico 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Virgin Islands 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

See notes at end of table.

State

District membership size

C-30
Table C-12.—Number of regular public school districts, by membership size: United States and other jurisdictions, school year 

Table C-13.—2003–04—Continued

1,000 800 600 450 300 150 Size not

to 1,499 to 999 to 799 to 599 to 449 to 299 1 to 149 Zero reported

United States1 1,565 745 983 882 1,099 1,407 1,587 51 269

Alabama 14 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0

Alaska 3 2 4 4 10 9 7 0 0

Arizona 28 2 11 17 28 52 69 15 0

Arkansas 39 21 40 38 43 42 6 1 0

California 60 39 44 46 63 78 141 0 0

Colorado 13 8 15 9 26 27 21 0 0

Connecticut 18 8 5 10 10 10 3 0 0

Delaware 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

District of Columbia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Florida 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Georgia 15 1 5 1 3 2 0 0 0

Hawaii 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Idaho 17 5 6 12 11 16 10 0 0

Illinois 129 64 96 89 80 82 55 0 0

Indiana 53 25 14 2 0 4 1 0 2

Iowa 46 32 63 59 54 33 14 0 1

Kansas 29 23 34 39 50 52 15 0 0

Kentucky 19 12 10 6 3 3 0 0 0

Louisiana 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Maine 21 15 15 9 23 40 54 0 59

Maryland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Massachusetts 21 4 11 9 9 17 13 0 106

Michigan 93 32 30 19 26 17 34 0 0

Minnesota 57 29 41 33 33 27 13 0 3

Mississippi 18 8 6 3 2 2 0 0 0

Missouri 52 30 58 44 63 86 58 1 0

Montana 12 8 12 19 36 72 261 0 0

Nebraska 9 13 18 31 55 90 252 6 17

Nevada 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0

New Hampshire 21 8 9 20 13 22 28 0 14

New Jersey 65 39 43 41 48 41 31 24 0

New Mexico 4 2 8 9 8 13 8 0 0

New York 135 41 50 36 40 27 27 1 1

North Carolina 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

North Dakota 1 3 8 9 32 60 86 0 2

Ohio 125 49 38 18 5 1 4 0 1

Oklahoma 54 21 42 51 92 126 77 0 0

Oregon 14 13 12 11 9 28 34 0 1

Pennsylvania 84 29 17 6 4 1 0 0 1

Rhode Island 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 1

South Carolina 10 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0

South Dakota 10 8 9 13 30 61 24 1 2

Tennessee 18 4 7 1 4 0 1 0 0

Texas 106 62 96 85 83 135 86 2 0

Utah 4 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 0

See notes at end of table.

State

District membership size

C-31
Table C-12.—Number of regular public school districts, by membership size: United States and other jurisdictions, school year 

Table C-13.—2003–04—Continued

1,000 800 600 450 300 150 Size not

to 1,499 to 999 to 799 to 599 to 449 to 299 1 to 149 Zero reported

Vermont 14 12 15 15 29 60 91 0 54

Virginia 12 4 4 2 0 1 0 0 4

Washington 24 15 18 17 12 38 47 0 0

West Virginia 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Wisconsin 69 42 54 43 51 24 11 0 0

Wyoming 4 3 11 1 6 3 3 0 0

Other jurisdictions

DoDDS: DoDs Overseas2,3 0 0 0 0 1 0 00 0

DDESS: DoDs Domestic2,3 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 0

Bureau of Indian Affairs2 3 3 1 0 1 0 00 1

American Samoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Guam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Northern Marianas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Puerto Rico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Virgin Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia. 

3 DoDDS and DDESS are the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (overseas) and the Department of Defense Dependent 

Elementary and Secondary Schools, respectively.

NOTE: Table includes districts for which no students were reported in membership.

State

District membership size

2 Table includes 16 Department of Defense and 23 Bureau of Indian Affairs school districts that are technically federally-operated 

SOURCE: Data reported by states to the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data 

(CCD), "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2003–04, Version 1a.

agencies; this is in order to report data for these agencies in the table.

C-32
Table C-13.—Number of regular public school districts providing instruction and percentage distribution of students in membership, 

Table C-14.—by grade span: United States and other jurisdictions, school year 2003–04

Total Number of Percent of Number of Percent of Number of Percent of Number of Percent of

districts districts students districts students districts students districts students

 United States1 14,063 2,846 5.4 10,670 92.3 505 2.2 42 0.1

Alabama 130 0 0.0 129 100.0 1 # 0 0.0

Alaska 53 0 0.0 53 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

Arizona 298 128 25.8 125 64.4 39 9.1 6 0.6

Arkansas 308 0 0.0 308 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

California 989 528 18.5 374 73.4 83 7.7 4 0.4

Colorado 178 0 0.0 178 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

Connecticut 166 0 0.0 166 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

Delaware 19 0 0.0 15 93.9 3 5.2 1 1.0

District of Columbia 1 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

Florida 67 0 0.0 67 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

Georgia 180 5 0.1 175 99.9 0 0.0 0 0.0

Hawaii 1 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

Idaho 114 6 0.1 108 99.9 0 0.0 0 0.0

Illinois 887 386 25.8 400 62.6 100 11.5 1 0.1

Indiana 292 1 # 291 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

Iowa 369 22 0.7 347 99.3 0 0.0 0 0.0

Kansas 302 1 # 301 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

Kentucky 176 5 0.3 171 99.7 0 0.0 0 0.0

Louisiana 68 0 0.0 68 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

Maine 224 104 10.8 113 87.5 5 1.2 2 0.5

Maryland 24 0 0.0 24 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

Massachusetts 244 67 5.0 175 95.0 2 0.1 0 0.0

Michigan 553 28 0.1 525 99.9 0 0.0 0 0.0

Minnesota 345 12 0.3 328 99.6 3 0.1 2 #

Mississippi 152 1 # 148 99.7 3 0.2 0 0.0

Missouri 523 75 1.2 448 98.8 0 0.0 0 0.0

Montana 438 273 59.8 55 11.9 110 28.3 0 0.0

Nebraska 495 234 2.9 243 95.9 18 1.2 0 0.0

Nevada 17 1 # 16 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

New Hampshire 164 88 18.8 65 74.4 9 4.8 2 2.0

New Jersey 574 286 17.7 218 74.0 67 8.2 3 0.1

New Mexico 89 0 0.0 89 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

New York 724 49 1.3 650 97.7 13 0.8 12 0.2

North Carolina 117 0 0.0 117 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

North Dakota 211 44 2.2 162 97.2 4 0.5 1 0.2

Ohio 612 0 0.0 611 100.0 0 0.0 1 #

Oklahoma 541 111 3.5 429 96.4 0 0.0 1 #

Oregon 198 18 0.1 179 99.9 1 # 0 0.0

Pennsylvania 500 2 0.1 498 99.9 0 0.0 0 0.0

Rhode Island 37 4 1.3 31 97.5 1 0.1 1 1.1

South Carolina 89 1 # 86 99.6 1 0.1 1 0.2

South Dakota 169 6 1.0 163 99.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

Tennessee 136 13 2.3 123 97.7 0 0.0 0 0.0

Texas 1,038 62 0.2 974 99.7 0 0.0 2 #

Utah 40 0 0.0 40 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

See notes at end of table.

State

Grade span

PK, K, 1 to 8 or below PK, K, 1 to 9–12 7, 8, 9 to 7–12 Other

C-33
Table C-13.—Number of regular public school districts providing instruction and percentage distribution of students in membership, 

Table C-14.—by grade span: United States and other jurisdictions, school year 2003–04—Continued

Total Number of Percent of Number of Percent of Number of Percent of Number of Percent of

districts districts students districts students districts students districts students

Vermont 245 178 40.6 35 32.0 31 25.4 1 2.0

Virginia 130 0 0.0 130 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

Washington 296 47 0.8 248 99.2 0 0.0 1 #

West Virginia 55 0 0.0 55 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

Wisconsin 437 58 3.2 368 95.4 11 1.4 0 0.0

Wyoming 48 2 0.7 46 99.3 0 0.0 0 0.0

Other jurisdictions

DoDDS: DoDs Overseas2,3 9 0 0.0 9 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

DDESS: DoDs Domestic2,3 7 2 26.6 5 73.4 0 0.0 0 0.0

Bureau of Indian Affairs2 23 0 0.0 22 100.0 0 0.0 1 0.0

American Samoa 1 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

Guam 1 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

Northern Marianas 1 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

Puerto Rico 1 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

Virgin Islands 1 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

# Rounds to zero.

1 U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia. 

3 DoDDS and DDESS are the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (overseas) and the Department of Defense Dependent 

Elementary and Secondary Schools, respectively.

ungraded districts. Table excludes 320 regular school districts for which no students were reported in membership. Detail may not

2 Table includes 16 Department of Defense and 23 Bureau of Indian Affairs school districts that are technically federally-operated

agencies; this is in order to report data for these agencies in the table.

NOTE: For states that did not provide a grade span, grade span was determined by the highest and lowest grades served among all

schools associated with the district. "Other" includes all grade configurations not reported in the specified categories and includes

SOURCE: Data reported by states to the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data 

(CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2003–04, Version 1a, and "Local Education Agency Universe Survey,"

2003–04, Version 1a.

sum to totals because of rounding. "PK" = Prekindergarten and "K" = Kindergarten.

State

Grade span

PK, K, 1 to 8 or below PK, K, 1 to 9–12 7, 8, 9 to 7–12 Other

C-34
Table C-14.—Number of regular public school districts, by grade span: United States and other jurisdictions, school year 2003–04 

Total PK,K, PK,K, PK,K, PK,K, Grades not

districts 1 to 6 1 to 8 1 to 9 1 to 12 7 to 12 9 to 12 Other reported1

 United States2 14,383 451 2,344 15 10,666 84 410 167 246

Alabama 130 0 0 0 129 1000

Alaska 53 0 0 0 53 0000

Arizona 313 5 132 3 124 5 33 11 0

Arkansas 309 0 0 0 309 0000

California 989 57 470 0 370 19 63 10 0

Colorado 178 0 0 0 178 0000

Connecticut 166 0 0 0 166 0000

Delaware 19 0 0 0 15 0040

District of Columbia 100010000

Florida 67 0 0 0 67 0000

Georgia 180 0 4 0 175 0010

Hawaii 100010000

Idaho 114 0 6 0 108 0000

Illinois 887 2 384 1 397 0 98 5 0

Indiana 294 0 1 0 291 0002

Iowa 370 9 13 0 347 0001

Kansas 302 1 0 1 300 0000

Kentucky 176 0 5 0 171 0000

Louisiana 68 0 0 0 68 0000

Maine 283 7 87 0 112 0 5 13 59

Maryland 24 0 0 0 24 0000

Massachusetts 350 42 16 0 175 0 2 9 106

Michigan 553 7 19 0 524 0030

Minnesota 348 5 6 0 327 2143

Mississippi 152 1 0 0 148 0300

Missouri 524 0 75 0 449 0000

Montana 438 24 248 0 55 0 110 1 0

Nebraska 518 23 217 0 260 6 12 0 0

Nevada 17 0 1 0 16 0000

New Hampshire 178 24 53 0 65 3 6 13 14

New Jersey 598 61 225 0 218 16 52 26 0

New Mexico 89 0 0 0 89 0000

New York 726 28 16 6 639 9 0 28 0

North Carolina 117 0 0 0 117 0000

North Dakota 213 13 30 0 162 3122

Ohio 613 0 0 0 611 0011

Oklahoma 541 9 102 0 428 0020

Oregon 199 0 18 0 179 0101

Pennsylvania 501 0 2 0 498 0001

Rhode Island 38 0 2 0 31 0140

South Carolina 89 0 1 0 86 0110

South Dakota 172 2 5 0 163 0002

Tennessee 136 3 9 3 120 0010

Texas 1,040 14 43 1 974 0080

Utah 40 0 0 0 40 0000

State

Grade span

See notes at end of table.

C-35
Table C-14.—Number of regular public school districts, by grade span: United States and other jurisdictions, school year 2003–04—

Table C-15.—Continued

Total PK,K, PK,K, PK,K, PK,K, Grades not

districts 1 to 6 1 to 8 1 to 9 1 to 12 7 to 12 9 to 12 Other reported1

Vermont 299 99 70 0 35 19 11 11 54

Virginia 134 0 0 0 134 0000

Washington 296 14 29 0 248 0050

West Virginia 55 0 0 0 55 0000

Wisconsin 437 1 53 0 368 1 10 4 0

Wyoming 48 0 2 0 46 0000

Other jurisdictions

DoDDS: DoDs Overseas3,4 900090000

DDESS: DoDs Domestic3,4 711050000

Bureau of Indian Affairs3 23 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 1

American Samoa 100010000

Guam 100010000

Northern Marianas 100010000

Puerto Rico 100010000

Virgin Islands 100010000 1 "Grades not reported" includes 00-00 (no students). 2 U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia. 

4 DoDDS and DDESS are the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (overseas) and the Department of Defense Dependent Elementary 

and Secondary Schools, respectively.

specified categories and includes ungraded schools. "PK" = Prekindergarten and "K" = Kindergarten.

SOURCE: Data reported by states to the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 

"Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2003–04, Version 1a.

3 Table includes 16 Department of Defense and 23 Bureau of Indian Affairs school districts that are technically federally-operated agencies; this is i

State

Grade span

in order to report data for these agencies in the table.

NOTE: Table includes districts for which no students were reported in membership. "Other" includes grade configurations not reported in the

C-36
Table C-15.—Distribution of regular public school districts and students, by district membership size: United States, school year

Table C-16.—2003–04

District membership size Number of districts Percent of districts Percentage of students

 United States 14,063 100.0 100.0

100,000 or more 26 0.2 12.7

25,000 to 99,999 230 1.6 20.8

10,000 to 24,999 594 4.2 19.0

7,500 to 9,999 344 2.4 6.2

5,000 to 7,499 714 5.1 9.2

2,500 to 4,999 2,031 14.4 15.0

2,000 to 2,499 811 5.8 3.8

1,500 to 1,999 1,045 7.4 3.8

1,000 to 1,499 1,565 11.1 4.0

800 to 999 745 5.3 1.4

600 to 799 983 7.0 1.4

450 to 599 882 6.3 1.0

300 to 449 1,099 7.8 0.9

150 to 299 1,407 10.0 0.7

1 to 149 1,587 11.3 0.2

NOTE: Table includes the 50 states and the District of Columbia, and excludes 320 regular school districts for which no students 

SOURCE: Data reported by states to the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data 

(CCD), "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2003–04, Version 1a.

were reported in membership. Detail may not sum to total because of rounding.

C-37
Table C-16.—Distribution of regular public school districts providing instruction, by membership size: United States and other

Table C-17.—jurisdictions, school year 2003–04

Districts

having

student 10th 25th 75th 90th

membership Mean percentile percentile Median percentile percentile

 United States1 14,063 3,391 131 365 1,085 2,835 6,588 1,023,674

Alabama 130 5,621 1,385 2,083 3,156 5,740 9,531 64,774

Alaska 53 2,512 110 213 478 1,524 3,990 49,722

Arizona 298 3,095 73 165 447 2,513 6,719 75,401

Arkansas 308 1,472 246 407 722 1,556 3,053 25,346

California 989 6,296 111 366 1,816 6,250 15,522 747,009

Colorado 178 4,249 122 279 645 2,454 8,660 87,172

Connecticut 166 3,328 336 902 2,345 4,277 7,177 22,828

Delaware 19 5,869 1,146 2,008 3,795 6,608 10,601 19,407

District of Columbia 1 65,099 † † † † † 65,099

Florida 67 38,701 2,150 4,606 12,241 40,157 84,135 371,785

Georgia 180 8,458 1,328 1,869 3,407 7,270 19,880 129,014

Hawaii 1 183,609 † † † † † 183,609

Idaho 114 2,211 163 312 887 2,390 4,944 26,987

Illinois 887 2,344 208 454 923 1,920 4,017 434,419

Indiana 292 3,444 855 1,286 1,945 3,815 7,144 39,989

Iowa 369 1,304 264 427 671 1,235 2,234 31,086

Kansas 302 1,556 199 322 571 1,164 3,017 48,894

Kentucky 176 3,772 716 1,225 2,370 3,837 7,037 95,582

Louisiana 68 10,609 1,841 2,914 5,060 12,197 22,646 67,922

Maine 224 898 57 153 425 1,225 2,611 7,555

Maryland 24 36,213 2,951 6,092 16,949 44,017 108,523 139,201

Massachusetts 244 3,360 231 824 2,382 4,219 6,395 60,150

Michigan 553 3,005 310 887 1,675 3,282 6,095 153,034

Minnesota 345 2,383 278 514 983 1,928 5,146 43,397

Mississippi 152 3,241 852 1,414 2,274 3,702 6,243 31,640

Missouri 523 1,752 130 269 639 1,501 3,863 40,827

Montana 438 338 10 34 106 294 689 10,136

Nebraska 495 574 6 15 143 363 797 46,035

Nevada 17 22,671 220 743 3,523 7,678 9,582 270,529

New Hampshire 164 1,265 79 204 590 1,544 2,904 17,655

New Jersey 574 2,482 249 530 1,329 2,803 5,875 46,825

New Mexico 89 3,630 152 300 740 3,299 8,237 90,537

New York 724 3,932 375 827 1,519 3,133 5,698 1,023,674

North Carolina 117 11,430 1,854 3,250 6,472 12,288 21,860 114,071

North Dakota 211 483 25 80 191 335 646 11,214

See notes at end of table.

Maximum State

Distribution of districts by membership size

C-38
Table C-16.—Distribution of regular public school districts providing instruction, by membership size: United States and other

Table C-17.—jurisdictions, school year 2003–04—Continued

Districts 

having

student 10th 25th 75th 90th

membership Mean percentile percentile Median percentile percentile

Ohio 612 2,937 764 1,142 1,841 3,096 5,561 69,655

Oklahoma 541 1,157 121 226 413 952 2,039 42,280

Oregon 198 2,774 66 232 832 2,897 6,324 48,344

Pennsylvania 500 3,512 953 1,409 2,353 3,845 6,224 189,779

Rhode Island 37 4,247 369 1,817 3,285 4,174 6,928 27,900

South Carolina 89 7,856 1,069 2,008 3,999 9,522 18,137 64,245

South Dakota 169 741 120 189 299 584 1,203 20,053

Tennessee 136 6,703 900 1,496 3,314 6,023 11,141 116,224

Texas 1,038 4,111 164 355 923 2,774 7,695 211,499

Utah 40 12,183 484 1,481 3,961 13,054 39,718 74,761

Vermont 245 398 58 103 212 505 970 3,621

Virginia 130 9,073 1,128 2,043 3,733 7,384 20,617 164,235

Washington 296 3,449 73 263 1,034 3,463 10,010 47,588

West Virginia 55 5,101 1,268 2,031 4,202 5,451 11,583 28,306

Wisconsin 437 2,009 317 537 948 1,918 3,716 97,359

Wyoming 48 1,811 270 460 821 2,105 3,135 13,344

Other jurisdictions

DoDDS: DoDs Overseas2,3 9 7,887 374 3,776 8,494 10,777 11,004 11,207

DDESS: DoDs Domestic2,3 7 4,372 1,779 2,569 3,305 4,846 7,050 7,786

Bureau of Indian Affairs2 22 2,083 739 1,132 1,876 2,647 3,494 5,141

American Samoa 1 15,893 † † † † † 15,893

Guam 1 31,572 † † † † † 31,572

Northern Marianas 1 11,244 † † † † † 11,244

Puerto Rico 1 584,916 † † † † † 584,916

Virgin Islands 1 17,716 † † † † † 17,716

† Not applicable.

1 U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia. 

3 DoDDS and DDESS are the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (overseas) and the Department of Defense Dependent 

Elementary and Secondary Schools, respectively.

or fewer students (median). The percentile indicates what percent of cases a value exceeds; for example, 10 percent of districts

NOTE: Distributions cannot be calculated for states and outlying areas that have a single district. Table excludes 320 regular school

districts for which no students were reported in membership. The mean is the average. If all districts were ranked by size from

smallest to largest, half of the districts would fall below the median. For example, dividing the total number of students by the total

number of districts yields an average district size of 3,391 students (mean), while half of the districts in the United States have 1,085 

 have fewer than 131 students.

2 Table includes 16 Department of Defense and 23 Bureau of Indian Affairs school districts that are technically federally-operated 

SOURCE: Data reported by states to the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data 

(CCD), "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2003–04, Version 1a.

State

Distribution of districts by membership size

Maximum

agencies; this is in order to report data for these agencies in the table.

C-39

D-1 

Appendix D: Missing and Reported Data Tables 

Tables D-1 and D-2 report the extent of missing and reported data on selected items. These tables allow 

the reader to see the item response rates that determined whether a value was presented or suppressed in 

this report. 
Table D-1.—Extent of reported and missing selected school-level data: United States and other jurisdictions, school year 2003–04

School- 

Percent of wide Title I Percent of Magnet Percent of 

Percent of Title I schools schools schools schools schools s

schools schools reporting with reporting with reporting 

Total Total reporting with missing school- missing magnet missing charter m

schools students1 Title I membership wide Title I membership flag membership flag mem

 United States3 95,696 48,353,523 96.2 2 53.3 0 92.2 1 100.0 

Alabama 1,518 730,875 100.0 1 54.8 0 100.0 0 100.0 Alaska 520 133,933 97.5 0 66.3 0 100.0 0 100.0 Arizona 2,016 1,012,068 94.4 0 54.6 0 100.0 0 100.0 Arkansas 1,150 454,523 100.0 0 71.7 0 100.0 0 100.0 California 9,223 6,298,928 100.0 0 59.2 0 100.0 0 100.0 Colorado 1,672 756,912 96.7 0 51.9 0 100.0 0 100.0 Connecticut 1,247 574,012 100.0 0 39.1 0 100.0 0 100.0 Delaware 204 117,668 100.0 0 50.5 0 100.0 0 100.0 District of Columbia 206 78,057 100.0 0 82.0 0 100.0 0 100.0 Florida 3,427 2,587,554 100.0 0 41.7 0 0.0 0 100.0 Georgia 2,458 1,522,611 100.0 0 43.9 0 100.0 0 100.0 Hawaii 284 183,609 100.0 0 72.2 0 100.0 0 100.0 Idaho 685 251,712 100.0 0 70.1 0 100.0 0 100.0 Illinois 4,416 2,100,403 100.0 0 53.1 0 100.0 0 100.0 Indiana 1,986 1,010,811 100.0 0 53.6 0 100.0 0 100.0 Iowa 1,493 481,226 100.0 0 46.5 0 100.0 0 100.0 Kansas 1,413 468,510 100.0 0 33.0 0 100.0 0 100.0 Kentucky 1,436 631,334 100.0 0 62.7 0 100.0 0 100.0 Louisiana 1,544 727,594 100.0 0 61.6 0 100.0 0 100.0 Maine 694 201,651 97.3 1 74.5 0 100.0 1 100.0 Maryland 1,408 869,113 100.0 0 28.5 0 0.0 0 100.0 Massachusetts 1,867 980,459 97.8 0 61.3 0 100.0 0 100.0 Michigan 4,000 1,745,308 19.2 0 19.2 0 18.4 0 100.0 Minnesota 2,545 842,854 93.3 0 39.5 0 100.0 0 100.0 Mississippi 1,051 493,540 100.0 0 65.5 0 100.0 0 100.0 Missouri 2,372 916,842 100.0 0 53.8 0 100.0 0 100.0 Montana 859 148,356 100.0 0 83.5 0 100.0 0 100.0 Nebraska 1,248 285,542 100.0 0 39.3 0 100.0 0 100.0 Nevada 558 385,492 100.0 0 40.9 0 100.0 0 100.0 New Hampshire 473 207,417 100.0 0 52.4 0 100.0 0 100.0 See notes at end of table.State

Schoolwide 

Title I schools Title I schools Magnet schools Charter schoo

D-2
Table D-1.—Extent of reported and missing selected school-level data: United States and other jurisdictions, school year 2003–04—Continued

School- 

Percent of wide Title I Percent of Magnet Percent of 

Percent of Title I schools schools schools schools schools s

schools schools reporting with reporting with reporting 

Total Total reporting with missing school- missing magnet missing charter m

schools students1 Title I membership wide Title I membership flag membership flag mem

New Jersey 2,467 1,380,753 100.0 0 55.4 0 100.0 0 100.0 New Mexico 814 323,066 100.0 0 63.6 0 100.0 0 100.0 New York 4,531 2,882,218 100.0 0 62.2 0 100.0 0 100.0 North Carolina 2,268 1,360,209 100.0 0 50.5 0 100.0 0 100.0 North Dakota 556 102,233 100.0 0 66.0 0 100.0 0 100.0 Ohio 3,942 1,840,390 100.0 0 67.5 0 100.0 0 100.0 Oklahoma 1,786 626,159 100.0 0 69.2 0 100.0 0 100.0 Oregon 1,238 543,800 100.0 0 46.8 0 100.0 0 100.0 Pennsylvania 3,259 1,821,146 100.0 0 65.5 0 100.0 0 100.0 Rhode Island 341 157,362 100.0 0 42.8 0 100.0 0 100.0 South Carolina 1,161 699,198 100.0 0 47.5 0 100.0 0 100.0 South Dakota 740 125,537 100.0 0 45.4 0 100.0 0 100.0 Tennessee 1,677 912,124 100.0 0 53.6 0 100.0 0 100.0 Texas 7,978 4,329,841 100.0 0 62.8 0 100.0 0 100.0 Utah 886 491,206 100.0 0 24.8 0 100.0 0 100.0 Vermont 363 99,103 100.0 0 53.4 0 100.0 0 100.0 Virginia 2,070 1,192,205 100.0 0 38.6 0 100.0 0 100.0 Washington 2,251 1,021,349 100.0 0 45.1 0 100.0 0 100.0 West Virginia 793 281,215 100.0 0 54.5 0 100.0 0 100.0 Wisconsin 2,222 879,825 100.0 0 49.4 0 100.0 0 100.0 Wyoming 380 85,670 100.0 0 51.1 0 100.0 0 100.0 

Other jurisdictions

DoDDS: DoDs Overseas4 154 71,053 100.0 0 0.0 0 100.0 0 100.0 

DDESS: DoDs Domestic4 69 30,603 100.0 0 0.0 0 100.0 0 100.0 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 189 45,828 100.0 0 100.0 0 100.0 0 0.0 American Samoa 31 15,893 100.0 0 0.0 0 100.0 0 100.0 Guam 37 31,562 100.0 0 0.0 0 100.0 0 100.0 Northern Marianas 32 11,244 100.0 0 0.0 0 100.0 0 100.0 Puerto Rico 1,522 584,916 100.0 1 98.6 4 100.0 4 100.0 Virgin Islands 35 17,716 100.0 0 100.0 0 100.0 0 100.0 See notes at end of table.State

Schoolwide 

Title I schools Title I schools Magnet schools Charter schoo

D-3
Table D-1.—Extent of reported and missing selected school-level data: United States and other jurisdictions, school year 2003–04—Continued

Percent of Percent of 

schools reporting schools reporting Schools with 

school year student membership membership missing 

migrant students by race/ethnicity race/ethnicity 

 United States3 75.7 98.3 1,645 

Alabama 100.0 100.0 0 Alaska 99.6 100.0 0 Arizona 100.0 100.0 0 Arkansas 100.0 100.0 0 California 100.0 100.0 0 Colorado 100.0 100.0 

Connecticut 100.0 100.0 0 Delaware 100.0 100.0 0 District of Columbia 100.0 100.0 0 Florida 100.0 100.0 0 Georgia 100.0 100.0 0 Hawaii 100.0 100.0 0 Idaho 100.0 99.8 1 Illinois 100.0 100.0 0 Indiana 0.0 100.0 0 Iowa 100.0 100.0 0 Kansas 100.0 100.0 0 Kentucky 100.0 100.0 0 Louisiana 100.0 100.0 0 Maine 0.0 100.0 0 Maryland 0.0 100.0 0 Massachusetts 100.0 100.0 0 Michigan 8.3 100.0 0 Minnesota 100.0 100.0 0 Mississippi 100.0 100.0 0 Missouri 100.0 100.0 0 Montana 0.0 100.0 0 Nebraska 100.0 100.0 0 Nevada 100.0 100.0 0 New Hampshire 100.0 100.0 0 See notes at end of table.State

Membership, by race/ethnicity

D-4
Table D-1.—Extent of reported and missing selected school-level data: United States and other jurisdictions, school year 2003–04—Continued

Percent of Percent of 

schools reporting schools reporting Schools with 

school year student membership membership missing 

migrant students by race/ethnicity race/ethnicity 

New Jersey 100.0 100.0 0 New Mexico 100.0 100.0 0 New York 0.0 100.0 0 North Carolina 100.0 100.0 0 North Dakota 100.0 100.0 0 Ohio 7.2 100.0 0 Oklahoma 100.0 100.0 0 Oregon 100.0 100.0 0 Pennsylvania 99.9 100.0 0 Rhode Island 0.0 100.0 0 South Carolina 0.1 100.0 0 South Dakota 100.0 100.0 0 Tennessee 0.0 0.0 1,644 Texas 100.0 100.0 0 Utah 0.0 100.0 0 Vermont 100.0 100.0 0 Virginia 100.0 100.0 0 Washington 0.0 100.0 0 West Virginia 100.0 100.0 0 Wisconsin 100.0 100.0 0 Wyoming 100.0 100.0 0 

Other jurisdictions

DoDDS: DoDs Overseas4 100.0 100.0 0 

DDESS: DoDs Domestic4 100.0 100.0 0 Bureau of Indian Affairs 0.0 100.0 0 American Samoa 0.0 100.0 0 Guam 100.0 100.0 0 Northern Marianas 0.0 100.0 0 Puerto Rico 100.0 100.0 0 Virgin Islands 0.0 100.0 0 — Not available.

1 Total student membership is taken from the school universe and may differ from totals reported in other tables.2 Includes the following racial/ethnic groups: American Indian/Alaskan Native, Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, and Black, non-Hispanic.3 U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia. 4 DoDDS and DDESS are the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (overseas) and the Department of Defense Dependent Elementary and Secondary Sch

NOTE: Percentages are based on all schools reporting in a state. Numbers of schools include those not reporting students in membership. SOURCE: Data reported by states to the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public ElementaSurvey," 2003–04, Version 1a.State

Membership, by race/ethnicity

D-5
Table D-2.—Extent of missing selected local education agency-level data: United States and other jurisdictions, school year 2003–04

Agencies with missing Agencies with missing 

counts of Individualized counts of English Language 

Total agencies Education Programs (IEPs) Learner students (ELL) s

 United States1 17,468 978 2,784 

Alabama 133 1 1 Alaska 55 0 0 Arizona 589 0 0 Arkansas 341 0 0 California 1,131 0 0 Colorado 200 1 1 Connecticut 195 0 0 Delaware 33 0 0 District of Columbia 38 0 0 Florida 74 0 0 Georgia 198 0 0 Hawaii 100Idaho 115 0 0 Illinois 1,101 0 1,101 Indiana 354 0 0 Iowa 382 0 0 Kansas 308 0 0 Kentucky 196 0 0 Louisiana 86 0 1 Maine 328 0 0 Maryland 24 0 0 Massachusetts 487 0 0 Michigan 807 0 0 Minnesota 519 0 0 Mississippi 163 0 0 Missouri 532 0 0 Montana 517 0 0 Nebraska 540 0 0 Nevada 18 0 1 New Hampshire 258 0 0 New Jersey 668 0 0 New Mexico 89 0 0 New York 814 813 814 North Carolina 212 0 0 North Dakota 253 0 0 See notes at end of table.State

D-6
Table D-2.—Extent of missing selected local education agency-level data: United States and other jurisdictions, school year 2003–04—Continued

Agencies with missing Agencies with missing 

counts of Individualized counts of English Language 

Total agencies Education Programs (IEPs) Learner students (ELL) s

Ohio 895 22 6 Oklahoma 603 0 0 Oregon 221 0 0 Pennsylvania 722 35 722 Rhode Island 48 2 0 South Carolina 102 0 0 South Dakota 192 0 0 Tennessee 136 0 136 Texas 1,265 0 0 Utah 60 0 0 Vermont 360 0 0 Virginia 226 92 0 Washington 306 1 1 West Virginia 57 0 0 Wisconsin 457 0 0 Wyoming 59 11 0 

Other jurisdictions

DoDDS: DoDs Overseas2 900

DDESS: DoDs Domestic2 700Bureau of Indian Affairs 23 22 23 American Samoa 100Guam 100Northern Marianas 101Puerto Rico 101Virgin Islands 101

1 U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia. 2 DoDDS and DDESS are the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (overseas) and the Department of Defense Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools

StateSOURCE: Data reported by states to the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Local Education Agen2003–04, Version 1a.

D-7