NAEP Technical DocumentationDistribution of Fourth- and Eighth-Grade Schools and Enrollment in the Public School Sampling Frame

The following table displays (by jurisdiction) the number of fourth- and eighth-grade public schools and their enrollment, as contained in the 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.

Number of schools and enrollment in public school sampling frame, state assessment, by grade and jurisdiction: 2003
Jurisdiction	Fourth grade		Eighth grade
Jurisdiction	Schools	Enrollment	Schools	Enrollment
Total	52,326	3,805,719	27,771	3,716,751
Alabama	815	60,347	580	58,323
Alaska	378	10,568	298	10,701
Arizona	974	74,863	629	71,827
Arkansas	547	36,992	364	35,980
California	5,541	498,354	2,441	455,673
Colorado	895	57,044	438	57,376
Connecticut	606	45,044	250	42,512
Delaware	90	9,929	52	9,170
Florida	1,789	191,759	1,017	193,254
Georgia	1,119	117,452	449	112,799
Hawaii	183	15,130	59	13,512
Idaho	343	19,188	192	20,014
Illinois	2,355	160,441	1,586	156,745
Indiana	1,140	82,487	489	78,507
Iowa	735	36,354	416	37,367
Kansas	778	35,434	421	35,918
Kentucky	785	48,768	438	48,854
Louisiana	865	63,450	687	64,669
Maine	385	16,043	239	17,129
Maryland	831	66,876	287	65,442
Massachusetts	1,052	76,982	446	74,793
Michigan	2,067	134,238	980	132,424
Minnesota	951	63,972	655	66,630
Mississippi	468	40,718	344	38,080
Missouri	1,131	70,421	658	70,074
Montana	454	11,842	340	12,642
Nebraska	891	23,971	612	24,105
Nevada	305	28,900	123	26,572
New Hampshire	264	16,907	134	17,007
New Jersey	1,343	102,639	693	96,641
New Mexico	404	25,727	196	26,284
New York	2,300	219,449	1,117	207,796
North Carolina	1,267	105,990	619	101,625
North Dakota	305	8,012	225	8,854
Ohio	2,125	144,831	1,044	153,212
Oklahoma	916	47,800	602	47,038
Oregon	766	41,954	374	41,969
Pennsylvania	1,827	139,778	802	144,005
Rhode Island	193	12,643	57	12,202
South Carolina	578	53,236	286	56,382
South Dakota	370	9,689	307	10,471
Tennessee	959	73,236	555	67,572
Texas	3,839	321,545	2,315	312,652
Utah	463	36,144	175	35,775
Vermont	232	7,769	132	7,881
Virgin Islands	24	1,495	8	1,618
Virginia	1,112	91,642	401	89,599
Washington	1,188	78,273	600	80,832
West Virginia	488	22,898	218	23,815
Wisconsin	1,162	64,034	619	70,862
Wyoming	222	6,740	112	7,413
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	22	1,210	22	1,179
Bureau of Indian Affairs	153	4,398	131	4,059
District of Columbia	119	6,294	38	3,442
DDESS	41	3,219	15	1,797
DoDDS	98	6,869	63	5,287
Guam	25	2,624	7	2,482
Northern Mariana Islands	12	860	3	722
Puerto Rico	1,036	50,247	411	45,186
Virgin Islands	24	1,495	8	1,618
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2003.

Last updated 24 October 2008 (DB)

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