Historical Statistics of the United States Millennial Edition Online

		Bc1²^,³	Bc2⁴^,⁵	Bc3	Bc4⁴^,⁵	Bc5	Bc6⁶^,⁷
		Public school districts	Schools
		Elementary		Secondary		One-teacher public schools
		Total	Public	Total	Public
Row	School Year ending	Number	Number	Number	Number	Number	Number
1	1916	----	----	----	----	----	200,100
2	1918	----	----	----	----	----	196,000
3	1920	----	----	----	----	----	190,700
4	1922	----	----	----	----	----	180,800
5	1924	----	----	----	----	----	169,700

6	1926	----	----	----	----	----	162,800
7	1928	----	----	----	----	----	156,100
8	1930	----	247,581	238,306	27,188	23,930	149,282
9	1932	127,531	242,484	232,750	29,698	26,409	143,391
10	1934	----	246,228	236,236	28,041	24,714	139,166

11	1936	----	242,166	232,174	28,979	25,652	131,101
12	1938	119,001	231,652	221,660	28,794	25,467	121,178
13	1940	117,108	----	----	----	----	113,600
14	1942	115,493	193,397	183,112	28,134	25,123	107,692
15	1944	111,383	180,190	169,905	31,984	28,973	96,302

16	1946	101,382	170,090	160,227	27,608	24,314	86,563
17	1948	94,926	156,831	146,760	28,776	25,484	75,096
18	1950	83,718	138,600	128,225	27,873	24,542	59,652
19	1952	71,094	134,429	123,763	27,068	23,746	50,742
20	1954	63,057	122,614	110,875	29,550	25,637	42,865

21	1956	54,859	116,799	104,427	29,933	26,046	34,964
22	1958	47,594	108,511	95,446	29,501	25,507	25,341
23	1960	40,520	105,427	91,853	29,845	25,784	20,213
24	1962	35,676	96,672	81,910	29,479	25,350	13,333
25	1964	31,705	----	77,584	30,882	26,431	9,895

26	1966	26,983	88,556	73,216	31,203	26,597	6,491
27	1968	22,010	85,779	70,879	31,311	27,011	4,146
28	1971	17,995	80,172	65,800	29,122	25,352	1,815
29	1974	16,730	----	65,070	----	25,906	1,365
30	1976	16,376	----	63,242	----	25,330	1,166

31	1977	16,271	79,029	62,644	31,282	25,378	1,111
32	1979	16,014	78,079	61,982	30,270	24,504	1,056
33	1981	15,912	77,861	61,069	30,040	24,362	921
34	1983	15,824	----	59,656	----	23,988	798
35	1984	15,747	79,954	59,082	31,809	23,947	838

36	1985	----	----	58,827	----	23,916	825
37	1987	15,713	----	60,784	----	23,389	763
38	1988	15,577	82,704	59,754	32,259	23,841	729
39	1989	15,376	----	60,176	----	23,638	583
40	1990	15,367	----	60,699	----	23,461	630

41	1991	15,358	83,563	61,340	32,449	23,460	617
42	1992	15,173	85,262	61,739	32,530	23,248	569
43	1993	15,025	----	62,225	----	23,220	430
44	1994	14,881	86,269	62,726	33,934	23,379	442
45	1995	14,772	----	63,572	----	23,668	458

46	1996	14,883	----	63,961	----	23,793	474