Public elementary and secondary school enrollment, number of schools, and other selected characteristics, by locale: Fall 2012, fall 2021, and fall 2022

Table 214.40.Public elementary and secondary school enrollment, number of schools, and other selected characteristics, by locale: Fall 2012, fall 2021, and fall 2022
Enrollment, number of schools, and other characteristics	Total	City	Suburban	Town	Rural	Locale unknown
Fall 2012
Enrollment (in thousands)	49,520	15,026	7,977	3,371	3,678	19,661	16,868	1,810	983	5,681	1,436	2,504	1,741	9,152	5,193	2,920	1,039	†
Percentage distribution of enrollment, by race/ethnicity	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	†
American Indian/Alaska Native	1.1	0.7	0.8	0.6	0.9	0.5	0.4	0.7	0.7	2.2	1.2	1.7	3.7	2.2	1.1	2.1	7.4	†
Asian	4.8	6.7	7.5	5.4	5.9	5.9	6.4	3.0	3.2	1.3	1.5	1.0	1.5	1.4	2.1	0.5	0.5	†
Black	15.6	24.1	26.8	24.8	17.9	13.6	14.3	10.3	8.4	10.2	7.2	11.8	10.5	9.4	10.8	7.6	7.1	†
Hispanic	24.3	34.6	41.1	31.8	23.3	24.2	25.0	19.6	19.0	17.8	17.8	16.4	19.9	11.6	14.5	7.4	9.0	†
Pacific Islander	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.1	0.9	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.3	†
White	51.1	30.4	20.9	33.6	48.1	52.4	50.6	62.3	65.7	65.4	69.2	66.4	61.0	73.1	68.7	80.5	73.9	†
Two or more races	2.8	3.0	2.5	3.5	3.6	3.0	2.9	3.6	2.8	2.6	2.7	2.6	2.5	2.2	2.5	1.9	1.8	†
Number of English learner (EL) students (in thousands)^1,2	4,494	2,132	1,346	440	345	1,777	1,603	109	64	336	76	148	113	250	155	59	36	†
EL students as a percent of enrollment^1,2	9.0	13.6	16.1	12.2	9.3	8.5	8.8	5.8	6.8	5.9	5.9	5.8	6.1	3.4	4.3	2.1	3.6	†
Number of students with disabilities as defined by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) (in thousands)¹	6,398	1,987	1,070	435	482	2,661	2,295	244	122	760	168	346	247	990	473	375	142	†
Students with disabilities as a percent of enrollment¹	12.9	12.7	12.8	12.1	13.0	12.7	12.6	13.0	12.9	13.4	13.0	13.7	13.4	13.5	13.2	13.6	14.1	†
Schools	98,454	26,545	13,873	5,916	6,756	30,922	25,780	3,226	1,916	13,530	2,973	5,916	4,641	27,457	10,368	10,545	6,544	†
Average school size³	522	587	589	601	571	655	674	579	534	444	500	447	404	346	522	285	165	†
Pupil/teacher ratio⁴	16.4	16.9	17.2	17.0	16.3	16.8	16.8	16.6	16.9	15.9	16.6	15.7	15.5	14.9	15.9	14.3	12.6	†
Enrollment (percentage distribution)	100.0	30.3	16.1	6.8	7.4	39.7	34.1	3.7	2.0	11.5	2.9	5.1	3.5	18.5	10.5	5.9	2.1	†
Schools (percentage distribution)	100.0	27.0	14.1	6.0	6.9	31.4	26.2	3.3	1.9	13.7	3.0	6.0	4.7	27.9	10.5	10.7	6.6	†
Fall 2021
Enrollment (in thousands)	49,104	14,741	8,090	3,233	3,418	19,172	16,439	1,775	958	5,325	1,382	2,508	1,435	9,867	6,152	2,738	977	†
Percentage distribution of enrollment, by race/ethnicity	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	†
American Indian/Alaska Native	0.9	0.7	0.7	0.5	0.7	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.6	1.9	0.9	1.3	3.8	1.8	0.9	1.8	7.2	†
Asian	5.4	7.0	7.9	5.7	6.3	7.0	7.5	3.4	3.4	1.3	1.5	1.0	1.4	2.1	3.1	0.5	0.5	†
Black	14.9	22.1	23.8	23.4	16.9	13.9	14.6	10.9	8.8	9.4	7.1	10.7	9.2	9.2	11.0	6.5	5.7	†
Hispanic	28.4	38.0	43.7	34.1	28.0	28.9	29.7	25.6	23.1	22.2	22.8	20.7	24.1	16.4	20.1	10.4	10.8	†
Pacific Islander	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.9	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.3	†
White	45.3	26.9	19.2	30.6	41.6	44.5	42.7	53.4	58.6	60.3	62.5	61.5	56.1	66.1	60.2	77.2	72.3	†
Two or more races	4.7	4.9	4.2	5.2	6.1	5.0	4.9	5.7	5.3	4.6	4.7	4.6	4.4	4.1	4.5	3.5	3.2	†
Number of English learner (EL) students (in thousands)^1,2	3,836	1,508	725	425	358	1,586	1,380	133	73	386	93	173	119	356	241	77	38	†
EL students as a percent of enrollment^1,2	8.0	9.8	8.5	12.4	10.6	7.9	7.9	7.1	7.9	7.5	7.6	7.0	8.3	4.8	6.0	3.1	4.2	†
Number of students with disabilities as defined by IDEA (in thousands)¹	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	†
Students with disabilities as a percent of enrollment¹	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	†
Schools	99,239	27,186	14,941	5,876	6,369	31,167	26,079	3,204	1,884	13,062	2,925	6,165	3,972	27,824	11,608	10,035	6,181	†
Average school size³	512	559	553	571	564	634	650	570	531	433	488	435	387	366	549	281	163	†
Pupil/teacher ratio^4,5	15.4	15.7	15.5	16.1	15.6	15.6	15.6	15.8	16.4	15.1	15.6	15.0	14.8	14.5	15.5	13.6	12.2	†
Enrollment (percentage distribution)	100.0	30.0	16.5	6.6	7.0	39.0	33.5	3.6	2.0	10.8	2.8	5.1	2.9	20.1	12.5	5.6	2.0	†
Schools (percentage distribution)	100.0	27.4	15.1	5.9	6.4	31.4	26.3	3.2	1.9	13.2	2.9	6.2	4.0	28.0	11.7	10.1	6.2	†
Fall 2022
Enrollment (in thousands)	49,308	14,656	8,020	3,220	3,417	19,179	16,433	1,786	960	5,306	1,386	2,498	1,423	9,994	6,260	2,752	983	172
Percentage distribution of enrollment, by race/ethnicity	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
American Indian/Alaska Native	0.9	0.7	0.7	0.5	0.7	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.6	1.9	0.9	1.3	3.8	1.8	0.9	1.8	7.4	0.8
Asian	5.5	7.0	8.0	5.6	6.2	7.1	7.7	3.5	3.5	1.3	1.6	1.0	1.4	2.3	3.4	0.5	0.5	3.4
Black	15.0	22.2	24.2	23.2	16.8	14.0	14.6	11.1	8.9	9.3	7.3	10.5	9.1	9.3	11.1	6.5	5.5	21.8
Hispanic	28.5	37.7	42.9	34.8	28.5	29.3	30.0	26.3	23.6	22.6	23.2	21.2	24.3	17.0	20.7	10.8	10.9	27.6
Pacific Islander	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.9	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.3
White	44.8	26.8	19.2	29.9	40.9	43.6	41.8	52.2	57.6	59.7	61.7	60.9	55.8	65.1	58.9	76.6	71.9	41.7
Two or more races	5.0	5.2	4.5	5.5	6.3	5.2	5.1	5.9	5.5	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.7	4.3	4.8	3.7	3.4	4.4
Number of English learner (EL) students (in thousands)^1,2	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
EL students as a percent of enrollment^1,2	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Number of students with disabilities as defined by IDEA (in thousands)¹	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Students with disabilities as a percent of enrollment¹	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Schools	99,388	27,008	14,849	5,832	6,327	30,998	25,919	3,199	1,880	12,894	2,883	6,089	3,922	27,688	11,578	9,952	6,158	800
Average school size³	514	560	551	573	567	638	654	575	534	436	496	438	388	372	560	285	164	265
Pupil/teacher ratio⁴	15.4	15.8	15.7	16.1	15.7	15.7	15.6	15.8	16.2	15.1	15.6	15.0	14.8	14.6	15.5	13.6	12.2	15.6
Enrollment (percentage distribution)	100.0	29.7	16.3	6.5	6.9	38.9	33.3	3.6	1.9	10.8	2.8	5.1	2.9	20.3	12.7	5.6	2.0	0.3
Schools (percentage distribution)	100.0	27.2	14.9	5.9	6.4	31.2	26.1	3.2	1.9	13.0	2.9	6.1	3.9	27.9	11.6	10.0	6.2	0.8
---Not available.
†Not applicable.
¹Data are based on locales of school districts rather than locales of schools as in the rest of the table.
²Data on ELs and ELs as a percent of enrollment exclude students who are enrolled in prekindergarten.
³Average for schools reporting enrollment. Enrollment data were available for 94,859 out of 98,454 schools in 2012-13; 95,841 out of 99,239 schools in 2021-22; and 95,879 out of 99,388 schools in 2022-23.
⁴Ratio for schools reporting both full-time-equivalent teachers and fall enrollment data.
⁵Teacher data for fall 2021 are missing for Nevada.
NOTE: Data in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. For all data years in this table, total enrollment is based on the sum of known race/ethnicity totals. Enrollment and ratios are based on data reported by schools and may differ from data reported in other tables that reflect aggregate totals reported by states.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2012-13, 2021-22, and 2022-23; CCD, "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2012-13, 2021-22, and 2022-23; EDFacts file 141, Data Group 678, 2021-22; Education Demographic and Geographic Estimates (EDGE), "Public School File," 2012-13 and 2021-22; and EDGE, "Public District File," 2012-13 and 2021-22. (This table was prepared December 2023.)

Table 214.40.Public elementary and secondary school enrollment, number of schools, and other selected characteristics, by locale: Fall 2012, fall 2021, and fall 2022

Enrollment, number of schools, and other characteristics

Total

City

Suburban

Town

Rural

Locale unknown

Total

Large

Mid-
size

Klein

Total

Large

Mid-
size

Klein

Total

Fringe

Distant

Remote

Total

Fringe

Distant

Remote

Fall 2012

Enrollment (in thousands)

49,520

15,026

7,977

3,371

3,678

19,661

16,868

1,810

983

5,681

1,436

2,504

1,741

9,152

5,193

2,920

1,039

†

Percentage distribution of enrollment,
by race/ethnicity

100.0

†

American Indian/Alaska Native

1.1

0.7

0.8

0.6

0.9

0.5

0.4

0.7

2.2

1.2

1.7

3.7

2.2

1.1

2.1

7.4

†

Asian

4.8

6.7

7.5

5.4

5.9

6.4

3.0

3.2

1.3

1.5

1.0

1.5

1.4

2.1

0.5

†

Black

15.6

24.1

26.8

24.8

17.9

13.6

14.3

10.3

8.4

10.2

7.2

11.8

10.5

9.4

10.8

7.6

7.1

†

Hispanic

24.3

34.6

41.1

31.8

23.3

24.2

25.0

19.6

19.0

17.8

16.4

19.9

11.6

14.5

7.4

9.0

†

Pacific Islander

0.4

0.5

0.2

0.4

0.5

0.1

0.9

0.2

0.1

0.3

†

White

51.1

30.4

20.9

33.6

48.1

52.4

50.6

62.3

65.7

65.4

69.2

66.4

61.0

73.1

68.7

80.5

73.9

†

Two or more races

2.8

3.0

2.5

3.5

3.6

3.0

2.9

3.6

2.8

2.6

2.7

2.6

2.5

2.2

2.5

1.9

1.8

†

Number of English learner (EL) students
(in thousands)^1,2

4,494

2,132

1,346

440

345

1,777

1,603

109

336

148

113

250

155

†

EL students as a percent of enrollment^1,2

9.0

13.6

16.1

12.2

9.3

8.5

8.8

5.8

6.8

5.9

5.8

6.1

3.4

4.3

2.1

3.6

†

Number of students with disabilities as defined
by the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (IDEA) (in thousands)¹

6,398

1,987

1,070

435

482

2,661

2,295

244

122

760

168

346

247

990

473

375

142

†

Students with disabilities as a percent of
enrollment¹

12.9

12.7

12.8

12.1

13.0

12.7

12.6

13.0

12.9

13.4

13.0

13.7

13.4

13.5

13.2

13.6

14.1

†

Schools

98,454

26,545

13,873

5,916

6,756

30,922

25,780

3,226

1,916

13,530

2,973

5,916

4,641

27,457

10,368

10,545

6,544

†

Average school size³

522

587

589

601

571

655

674

579

534

444

500

447

404

346

522

285

165

†

Pupil/teacher ratio⁴

16.4

16.9

17.2

17.0

16.3

16.8

16.6

16.9

15.9

16.6

15.7

15.5

14.9

15.9

14.3

12.6

†

Enrollment (percentage distribution)

100.0

30.3

16.1

6.8

7.4

39.7

34.1

3.7

2.0

11.5

2.9

5.1

3.5

18.5

10.5

5.9

2.1

†

Schools (percentage distribution)

100.0

27.0

14.1

6.0

6.9

31.4

26.2

3.3

1.9

13.7

3.0

6.0

4.7

27.9

10.5

10.7

6.6

†

Fall 2021

Enrollment (in thousands)

49,104

14,741

8,090

3,233

3,418

19,172

16,439

1,775

958

5,325

1,382

2,508

1,435

9,867

6,152

2,738

977

†

Percentage distribution of enrollment,
by race/ethnicity

100.0

†

American Indian/Alaska Native

0.9

0.7

0.5

0.7

0.4

0.5

0.6

1.9

0.9

1.3

3.8

1.8

0.9

1.8

7.2

†

Asian

5.4

7.0

7.9

5.7

6.3

7.0

7.5

3.4

1.3

1.5

1.0

1.4

2.1

3.1

0.5

†

Black

14.9

22.1

23.8

23.4

16.9

13.9

14.6

10.9

8.8

9.4

7.1

10.7

9.2

11.0

6.5

5.7

†

Hispanic

28.4

38.0

43.7

34.1

28.0

28.9

29.7

25.6

23.1

22.2

22.8

20.7

24.1

16.4

20.1

10.4

10.8

†

Pacific Islander

0.4

0.5

0.4

0.2

0.4

0.2

0.9

0.2

0.3

0.1

0.3

†

White

45.3

26.9

19.2

30.6

41.6

44.5

42.7

53.4

58.6

60.3

62.5

61.5

56.1

66.1

60.2

77.2

72.3

†

Two or more races

4.7

4.9

4.2

5.2

6.1

5.0

4.9

5.7

5.3

4.6

4.7

4.6

4.4

4.1

4.5

3.5

3.2

†

Number of English learner (EL) students
(in thousands)^1,2

3,836

1,508

725

425

358

1,586

1,380

133

386

173

119

356

241

†

EL students as a percent of enrollment^1,2

8.0

9.8

8.5

12.4

10.6

7.9

7.1

7.9

7.5

7.6

7.0

8.3

4.8

6.0

3.1

4.2

†

Number of students with disabilities as defined
by IDEA (in thousands)¹

---

†

Students with disabilities as a percent of
enrollment¹

---

†

Schools

99,239

27,186

14,941

5,876

6,369

31,167

26,079

3,204

1,884

13,062

2,925

6,165

3,972

27,824

11,608

10,035

6,181

†

Average school size³

512

559

553

571

564

634

650

570

531

433

488

435

387

366

549

281

163

†

Pupil/teacher ratio^4,5

15.4

15.7

15.5

16.1

15.6

15.8

16.4

15.1

15.6

15.0

14.8

14.5

15.5

13.6

12.2

†

Enrollment (percentage distribution)

100.0

30.0

16.5

6.6

7.0

39.0

33.5

3.6

2.0

10.8

2.8

5.1

2.9

20.1

12.5

5.6

2.0

†

Schools (percentage distribution)

100.0

27.4

15.1

5.9

6.4

31.4

26.3

3.2

1.9

13.2

2.9

6.2

4.0

28.0

11.7

10.1

6.2

†

Fall 2022

Enrollment (in thousands)

49,308

14,656

8,020

3,220

3,417

19,179

16,433

1,786

960

5,306

1,386

2,498

1,423

9,994

6,260

2,752

983

172

Percentage distribution of enrollment,
by race/ethnicity

100.0

American Indian/Alaska Native

0.9

0.7

0.5

0.7

0.4

0.5

0.6

1.9

0.9

1.3

3.8

1.8

0.9

1.8

7.4

0.8

Asian

5.5

7.0

8.0

5.6

6.2

7.1

7.7

3.5

1.3

1.6

1.0

1.4

2.3

3.4

0.5

3.4

Black

15.0

22.2

24.2

23.2

16.8

14.0

14.6

11.1

8.9

9.3

7.3

10.5

9.1

9.3

11.1

6.5

5.5

21.8

Hispanic

28.5

37.7

42.9

34.8

28.5

29.3

30.0

26.3

23.6

22.6

23.2

21.2

24.3

17.0

20.7

10.8

10.9

27.6

Pacific Islander

0.4

0.5

0.4

0.2

0.4

0.2

0.9

0.2

0.3

0.1

0.3

White

44.8

26.8

19.2

29.9

40.9

43.6

41.8

52.2

57.6

59.7

61.7

60.9

55.8

65.1

58.9

76.6

71.9

41.7

Two or more races

5.0

5.2

4.5

5.5

6.3

5.2

5.1

5.9

5.5

4.8

4.9

4.7

4.3

4.8

3.7

3.4

4.4

Number of English learner (EL) students
(in thousands)^1,2

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EL students as a percent of enrollment^1,2

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Number of students with disabilities as defined
by IDEA (in thousands)¹

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Students with disabilities as a percent of
enrollment¹

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Schools

99,388

27,008

14,849

5,832

6,327

30,998

25,919

3,199

1,880

12,894

2,883

6,089

3,922

27,688

11,578

9,952

6,158

800

Average school size³

514

560

551

573

567

638

654

575

534

436

496

438

388

372

560

285

164

265

Pupil/teacher ratio⁴

15.4

15.8

15.7

16.1

15.7

15.6

15.8

16.2

15.1

15.6

15.0

14.8

14.6

15.5

13.6

12.2

15.6

Enrollment (percentage distribution)

100.0

29.7

16.3

6.5

6.9

38.9

33.3

3.6

1.9

10.8

2.8

5.1

2.9

20.3

12.7

5.6

2.0

0.3

Schools (percentage distribution)

100.0

27.2

14.9

5.9

6.4

31.2

26.1

3.2

1.9

13.0

2.9

6.1

3.9

27.9

11.6

10.0

6.2

0.8

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†Not applicable.

¹Data are based on locales of school districts rather than locales of schools as in the rest of the table.

²Data on ELs and ELs as a percent of enrollment exclude students who are enrolled in prekindergarten.

³Average for schools reporting enrollment. Enrollment data were available for 94,859 out of 98,454 schools in 2012-13; 95,841 out of 99,239 schools in 2021-22; and 95,879 out of 99,388 schools in 2022-23.

⁴Ratio for schools reporting both full-time-equivalent teachers and fall enrollment data.

⁵Teacher data for fall 2021 are missing for Nevada.

NOTE: Data in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. For all data years in this table, total enrollment is based on the sum of known race/ethnicity totals. Enrollment and ratios are based on data reported by schools and may differ from data reported in other tables that reflect aggregate totals reported by states.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2012-13, 2021-22, and 2022-23; CCD, "Local Education Agency Universe Survey," 2012-13, 2021-22, and 2022-23; EDFacts file 141, Data Group 678, 2021-22; Education Demographic and Geographic Estimates (EDGE), "Public School File," 2012-13 and 2021-22; and EDGE, "Public District File," 2012-13 and 2021-22. (This table was prepared December 2023.)