US Public Schools:
Number of School Districts
and Schools from 1930

School Year School Districts Schools with Elementary Schools with Secondary
1929-30 ... --- 238,306 23,930
1937-38 ... 119,001 221,660 25,467
1939-40 .... 117,108 --- ---
1947-48 ...... 94,926 146,760 25,484
1949-50 .. 83,718 128,225 24,542
1951-52 .... 71,094 123,763 23,746
1953-54 .. 63,057 110,875 25,637
1955-56 .... 54,859 104,427 26,046
1957-58 .. 47,594 95,446 25,507
1959-60 .... 40,520 91,853 25,784
1961-62 ... 35,676 81,910 25,350
1963-64 ... 31,705 77,584 26,431
1965-66 .... 26,983 73,216 26,597
1967-68 ... 22,010 70,879 27,011
1970-71 ... 17,995 65,800 25,352
1973-74 ... 16,730 65,070 25,906
1975-76 ... 16,376 63,242 25,330
1976-77 .. 16,271 62,644 25,378
1978-79 .. 16,014 61,982 24,504
1980-81 ...... 15,912 61,069 24,362
1982-83 ...... 15,824 59,656 23,988
1983-84 ....... 15,747 59,082 23,947
1986-87 .... 15,713 60,784 23,389
1987-88 .... 15,577 59,754 23,841
1988-89 ... 15,376 60,176 23,638
1989-90 ... 15,367 60,699 23,461
1990-91 ... 15,358 61,340 23,460
1991-92 ... 15,173 61,739 23,248
1992-93 ... 15,025 62,225 23,220
1993-94 ... 14,881 62,726 23,379
1994-95 ... 14,772 63,572 23,668
1995-96 ... 14,766 63,961 23,793
1996-97 ... 14,841 64,785 24,287

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