How many public schools are there in the United States?
USA medium Data from 2023
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The answer
98,000 schools
Roughly 98K.
There are roughly 98,000 public K-12 schools in the United States, run by around 13,000 separate school districts. That decentralisation is why American education policy is so hard to change nationally: there is no single system to change.
Where this number comes from
| Source | National Center for Education Statistics |
|---|---|
| Figure refers to | 2023 |
| Last checked | |
| Unit | schools |
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