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

When You Visit ED.gov, What Do You Hope to Accomplish?When you visit ED.gov, why do you come -- what do you hope to accomplish? We are trying to identify the most important or popular tasks that people hope to accomplish at ED.gov, the main website of the U.S. Department of Education. Please help! Simply select the 5 tasks that are most important to you when you visit ED.gov.
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Spellings Speaks at Jobs for Graduates SymposiumSecretary Spellings delivered remarks at the Jobs for America's Graduates (JAG) symposium "Closing the Achievement Gap in Education and Employment Outcomes for At-Risk Minority Youth" at the Columbus Club at Union Station in Washington, D.C. The symposium, lead by Chair of the JAG Board of Directors and Maine Governor John Baldacci, provides a forum for policymakers and education experts to discuss proven solutions and advance efforts to close achievement gaps.
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Grant OpportunitiesNotices inviting applications have been issued recently under ED programs that include the following: Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR), and Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training (ARRT) Projects.
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Doing What Works: How to Organize Your TeachingVisitors to the U.S. Department of Education's "Doing What Works" Web site can find out the answers to these questions and much more. Enjoy an engaging and interactive experience with Psychology of Learning: How to Organize Your Teaching, the latest addition to the site, which will empower educators and administrators with research-based strategies to help instructors organize their teaching and improve student learning.
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General Information

    Public Schools

  • Number of Schools: 100,627
  • Number of Students: 48,985,888
  • Number of Teachers: 3,059,362
  • Student:Teacher Ratio: 15.49:1

    Private Schools

  • Number of Schools: 29,754
  • Number of Students: 5,375,897
  • Number of Teachers: 373,098
  • Student:Teacher Ratio:14.02:1

School Types

    Public Schools

  • Regular Schools: 90,025
  • Special Schools: 2,246
  • Vocational Schools: 1,254
  • Alternative Schools: 7,102
  • Magnet Schools: 2,750
  • Title 1 Schools: 54,208
  • Charter Schools: 4,056

    Private Schools

  • Regular Schools: 19,888
  • Montessori Schools: 2,196
  • Special Program Schools: 1,022
  • Special Education Schools: 1,530
  • Vocational Schools: 7
  • Alternative Schools: 756
  • Early Childhood Programs: 3,832

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