Public schools
Public schools, from NCES’s directory and the Department of Education: who they serve, how students fare, and what each school reported.
100,212 public schools on the record, in 56 states. From NCES’s yearly directory of Jul 1, 2026.
What the count covers
The 100,212 public schools in NCES’s Common Core of Data. Private schools are a kind of their own, from each state’s own list.
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56 states, A to Z- Alabama 1,537 public schools
- Alaska 482 public schools
- American Samoa 28 public schools
- Arizona 2,473 public schools
- Arkansas 1,096 public schools
- California 10,288 public schools
- Colorado 1,890 public schools
- Connecticut 1,005 public schools
- Delaware 233 public schools
- District of Columbia 243 public schools
- Florida 4,191 public schools
- Georgia 2,322 public schools
- Guam 43 public schools
- Hawaii 298 public schools
- Idaho 798 public schools
- Illinois 4,494 public schools
- Indiana 1,938 public schools
- Iowa 1,322 public schools
- Kansas 1,355 public schools
- Kentucky 1,542 public schools
- Louisiana 1,279 public schools
- Maine 584 public schools
- Maryland 1,408 public schools
- Massachusetts 1,808 public schools
- Michigan 3,469 public schools
- Minnesota 2,735 public schools
- Mississippi 1,025 public schools
- Missouri 2,469 public schools
- Montana 848 public schools
- Nebraska 1,098 public schools
- Nevada 738 public schools
- New Hampshire 505 public schools
- New Jersey 2,552 public schools
- New Mexico 923 public schools
- New York 4,804 public schools
- North Carolina 2,713 public schools
- North Dakota 528 public schools
- Northern Mariana Islands 35 public schools
- Ohio 3,546 public schools
- Oklahoma 1,791 public schools
- Oregon 1,293 public schools
- Pennsylvania 2,920 public schools
- Puerto Rico 864 public schools
- Rhode Island 312 public schools
- South Carolina 1,282 public schools
- South Dakota 703 public schools
- Tennessee 1,895 public schools
- Texas 9,248 public schools
- US Virgin Islands 20 public schools
- Utah 1,105 public schools
- Vermont 301 public schools
- Virginia 2,136 public schools
- Washington 2,498 public schools
- West Virginia 663 public schools
- Wisconsin 2,178 public schools
- Wyoming 358 public schools
Source:
NCES, school directory, 2025-26 (preliminary). Released Jul 1, 2026. Updated yearly.