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NAEP Technical DocumentationDistribution of Fourth- and Eighth-Grade Public Schools and Enrollments in the 2002 State Sampling Frame

The following table shows the distribution of fourth- and eighth-grade schools and enrollment within schools in the public school sampling frame. Grade-specific enrollment was estimated for each school as the quotient of total school enrollment and the number of grades in the school.

Additional tables of percentages of Black, Hispanic, Asian, and Native American students; mean values of median income and type of location for the 2002 public school frame; and comparisons to the 2000 NAEP public school frame (which corresponds to the 1997–1998 school year) are available in Comparisons of 2000 and 2002 State Sampling Frames.

Number of schools and student enrollment in the public school sampling frame, by grade, national main assessment: By participating jurisdiction, 2002 

Jurisdiction	Fourth-grade schools		Eighth-grade schools
	Number	Enrollment	Number	Enrollment
Total	52,900	3,752,000	28,100	3,599,000
Alabama	810	59,500	580	56,300
Alaska	380	10,600	300	11,100
Arizona	950	70,200	610	66,200
Arkansas	540	36,000	370	35,700
California	5,600	481,000	2,490	439,000
Colorado	880	56,100	420	55,400
Connecticut	620	44,900	260	41,100
Delaware	90	9,800	50	8,900
Florida	1,800	189,000	1,100	186,000
Georgia	1,100	115,000	440	108,000
Hawaii	180	15,300	60	12,800
Idaho	340	18,800	190	18,900
Illinois	2,400	159,000	1,600	154,000
Indiana	1,100	79,600	500	76,000
Iowa	730	36,400	410	37,500
Kansas	780	35,700	430	36,300
Kentucky	790	48,700	460	48,700
Louisiana	830	59,600	520	58,400
Maine	390	16,400	240	17,000
Maryland	850	67,300	300	63,500
Massachusetts	1,100	79,100	450	73,200
Michigan	2,100	134,000	970	130,000
Minnesota	1,000	64,200	740	67,300
Mississippi	480	40,900	340	38,300
Missouri	1,100	70,900	700	70,500
Montana	460	12,000	340	13,000
Nebraska	840	21,900	480	22,600
Nevada	300	27,600	130	25,100
New Hampshire	260	17,100	130	16,800
New Jersey	1,300	100,000	680	92,900
New Mexico	410	25,400	190	25,600
New York	2,400	221,000	1,200	203,000
North Carolina	1,300	106,000	640	98,700
North Dakota	310	8,300	230	9,100
Ohio	2,100	144,000	1,000	152,000
Oklahoma	920	48,000	610	48,400
Oregon	760	42,900	360	42,200
Pennsylvania	1,800	140,000	780	140,000
Rhode Island	190	12,400	60	11,800
South Carolina	590	53,200	290	53,600
South Dakota	380	9,700	310	10,600
Tennessee	950	72,900	560	65,400
Texas	3,670	313,000	2,200	307,000
Utah	460	36,100	180	36,200
Vermont	240	8,000	130	8,100
Virginia	1,100	90,900	440	87,400
Washington	1,300	79,500	680	80,200
West Virginia	520	22,700	230	22,700
Wisconsin	1,200	63,600	580	65,900
Wyoming	220	6,800	100	7,700
Other jurisdictions
District of Columbia	110	6,300	40	3,900
DDESS1	40	3,200	20	1,800
1 Department of Defense Domestic Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools. NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2002.

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