[Libs-Or] NCES Updates Numbers and Types of Public Elementary and Secondary Local Education Agencies

[Ann Reed]

[Institute of Education Sciences - Newsflash]

NCES Updates Numbers and Types of Public Elementary and Secondary Local Education Agencies

This First Look, Numbers and Types of Public Elementary and Secondary Local Education Agencies From the Common Core of Data: School Year 2010-11, presents findings on the numbers and types of public elementary and secondary local education agencies in the United States and the territories in the 2010-11 school year. Findings include:

* There were 17,911 operating local education agencies in the 2010-11 school year, and among those agencies, 13,592 were regular school districts.

* Twenty-six of the 13,592 active regular school districts enrolled 100,000 or more students.

* Approximately 953,000 students were enrolled in the 2,359 independent charter agencies, districts in which all schools were charter schools.

The Common Core of Data and this report are products of the National Center for Education Statistics at the Institute of Education Sciences.

To view the full First Look report please visit
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2012326


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