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

TV Show: Recovery ActThis month's ED TV show looks at the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The show airs live on March 17 at 8:00 pm ET.
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President Discusses Plan for EducationPresident Obama described his plan for improving education in remarks to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
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$44 Billion Available for Reforms, Teaching JobsSecretary Arne Duncan announced that $44 billion for states and schools is now available under the Recovery Act. This funding will drive education reforms and help save hundreds of thousands of teaching jobs.
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Secretary Testifies on ED BudgetSecretary Arne Duncan testified before the House Budget Committee on the FY 2010 budget request for ED.
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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