Daily Almanac for
Aug 29, 2008
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The Question:

What is the total number of public schools in the 50 states?

The Answer:

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, there were 95,726 public schools during the 2003-04 school year.

That's up from the 85,393 public schools that were around a decade earlier.

For more information, see other U.S. education facts.

—The Editors

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