Welcome To Local School Directory

Thank you for visiting our public & private schools directory, where we have over 130,000 schools listed including pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, elementary schools, middle schools and high schools. We statistically break down school information at the state, city, zip, district and individual school levels. The information provided includes number of students, teachers, gender, race, grade levels, test scores and financial data. At the individual school level we provide even more in-depth information that is updated continuously from various sources including school administrators and state and federal departments of education.

Parents can read and submit their own reviews of schools, view upcoming school calendar of events, and much more... School administrators can update school events, post school news and information, as well as upload school photos.

To get started please follow the link that corresponds to the state the school is located in.

Nationwide Statistics

United States Education News

More Than $213 Million in Recovery Funds for New MexicoEducation Secretary Arne Duncan announced the availability of more than $213 million in recovery funds for New Mexico to save teaching jobs and drive education reform.
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More Than $509 Million in Recovery Funds for ColoradoEducation Secretary Arne Duncan announced the availability of more than $509 million in recovery funds for Colorado to save teaching jobs and drive education reform.
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Honest Answers About ReformsSecretary Duncan called on state officials and researchers to deliver honest answers about school reforms. Speaking at the annual Institute of Education Sciences conference, he said reforms should be judged by results backed up by research proving their effectiveness.
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$2.7 Billion for States EarlyMore than $2.7 billion is being made available early to help states as they face increasing budgetary pressures.
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General Information

    Public Schools

  • Number of Schools: 100,627
  • Number of Students: 48,755,772
  • Number of Teachers: 2,969,759
  • Student:Teacher Ratio: 16.42:1

    Private Schools

  • Number of Schools: 29,766
  • Number of Students: 5,376,604
  • Number of Teachers: 373,303
  • Student:Teacher Ratio:14.40:1

School Types

    Public Schools

  • Regular Schools: 90,427
  • Special Schools: 2,067
  • Vocational Schools: 1,140
  • Alternative Schools: 6,993
  • Magnet Schools: 2,246
  • Title 1 Schools: 57,813
  • Charter Schools: 4,112

    Private Schools

  • Regular Schools: 19,899
  • Montessori Schools: 2,198
  • Special Program Schools: 1,019
  • Special Education Schools: 1,531
  • Vocational Schools: 7
  • Alternative Schools: 757
  • Early Childhood Programs: 3,831

Administration Overview

    Administrators

  • LEA Administrators: 65,325
  • LEA Support Staff: 167,949
  • School Administrators: 169,269
  • School Support Staff: 257,903
  • Student Services: 213,025

    Instructional Staff

  • Pre-K Teachers: 47,649
  • Kindergarten Teachers: 208,651
  • Elementary Teachers: 1,508,899
  • Secondary Teachers: 1,146,894
  • Instructional Aides: 697,862

    Non-Instructional Staff

  • Elementary Counselors: 43,660
  • Secondary Counselors: 59,608
  • Librarians: 54,068
  • Library Support Staff: 44,400