K-12 Schools, School Districts, Children's Demographics

 

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Related Web Sections:

   -- K-12 Public Schools Enrollment & Infrastructure Interactive Table

       .. http://proximityone.com/k12publicschools.htm

   -- School Districts/Local Education Agencies Enrollment & Infrastructure

       .. http://proximityone.com/sddmi.htm#table

   -- K-12 Private Schools Enrollment & Infrastructure Interactive Table

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       .. / http://proximityone.com/sdst0812.htm

 

In this section:

 

Overview

 

Schools

There were 98,456 operating public elementary and secondary schools in SY 2015–16; this number includes 1,253 new schools that opened for the first time. States reported that 1,160 schools had closed since SY 2014–15. Most operating schools were regular schools (89,644) that

were primarily responsible for instruction in the standard curriculum and other areas. An additional 2,011 schools focused primarily on special education services; 1,419 schools were identified as vocational schools; and 5,382 were identified as alternative education schools.

 

Local Education Agencies (LEAs)

There were 18,328 operating LEAs in SY 2015–16, including 274 new agencies that opened for the first time. States reported that 195 LEAs had closed since SY 2014–15. Most operating agencies were regular school districts (13,584) that were responsible for educating students residing within their jurisdiction. A total of 1,377 operating agencies were supervisory unions (218) or regional education service agencies (1,159) that typically provided services to other LEAs. A total of 2,964 were independent charter agencies in which all the associated schools were charter schools. An additional 403 agencies were operated by state (263) or federal and other agencies (140).

 

Students

In SY 2015–16, there were 50.33 million public elementary and secondary school students in membership, an increase of less than 0.1 percent from the 50.31 million students reported in SY 2014–15.

 

Teachers and Staff

In SY 2015–16, public elementary and secondary schools and LEAs employed a total of 3.2 million full-time-equivalent (FTE) teachers.

 

In SY 2015–16, the pupil/teacher ratio (i.e., the number of students for every FTE teacher) in public schools was 16.0, down from 16.1 in SY 2014–15. Among the 50 states and the District of Columbia, the pupil/teacher ratio in SY 2015–16 ranged from a high of 23.6 in California

to a low of 10.5 in Vermont.

 

Charter Schools

In SY 2015–16, across the 42 states (including the District of Columbia) that reported charter schools, there were a total of 6,857 charter schools. This is an increase of 1.6 percent from the 6,752 reported in SY 2014–15.

 

Locale

More schools (28,291) were in suburban locations than in any other locale in SY 2015–16. An additional 23,756 were in cities; 25,188 schools were in rural areas; and 11,582 were in towns. The largest percentage of students attended suburban schools (40 percent); schools in cities had the next largest percentage of students (30 percent), followed by schools in rural areas (19 percent) and towns (11 percent).