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 The Question:
On average, how old are the public schools in the United
States?
The Answer:
According to National Center for Education
Statistics (NCES), there are almost 90,000 public K-12 schools
in America. In 1998, the average public school building in the U.S.
was 42
years old. In 1995, 73 percent of the public schools that
reported to the center had undergone at least one major
renovation.
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