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	"Search Help" Note that this is a web site search and will not search our databases ("Directory of Organizations", "In-Process Abstracts", the ERIC Database, "Publications").	Trends and Issues: By the Numbers Discussion Links School Districts Total number of public elementary and secondary education agencies, including regular school districts, regional education service agencies, state-operated agencies, federally operated agencies, and other agencies during 1997-98 school year 1      16,394 Number of regular public elementary and secondary school districts during 1997-99 school year 2      14,805 Percentage of regular public elementary and secondary school districts having more than 10,000 students during 1997-99 school year 3      5.5% Percentage of students in regular public elementary and secondary school districts having more than 10,000 students during 1997-99 school year 4      50.1% Percentage of regular public elementary and secondary school districts having fewer than 1,000 students during 1997-99 school year 5    49.7%  Percentage of students in regular public elementary and secondary school districts having fewer than 1,000 students during 1997-99 school year 6      6.1% Number of regular public elementary and secondary school districts having grades prekindergarten through 12 during 1997-99 school year 7    10,547 Number of regular public elementary and secondary school districts having grades prekindergarten through 8 during 1997-99 school year 8     2,285 1.  National Center for Education Statistics. Directory of Public Elementary and Secondary Education Agencies 1997-98. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Education, August 2000. 2. National Center for Education Statistics. Directory of Public Elementary and Secondary Education Agencies 1997-98. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Education, August 2000.   3. National Center for Education Statistics. Directory of Public Elementary and Secondary Education Agencies 1997-98. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Education, August 2000.   4. National Center for Education Statistics. Directory of Public Elementary and Secondary Education Agencies 1997-98. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Education, August 2000.   5. National Center for Education Statistics. Directory of Public Elementary and Secondary Education Agencies 1997-98. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Education, August 2000.   6. National Center for Education Statistics. Directory of Public Elementary and Secondary Education Agencies 1997-98. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Education, August 2000.   7. National Center for Education Statistics. Directory of Public Elementary and Secondary Education Agencies 1997-98. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Education, August 2000.   8. National Center for Education Statistics. Directory of Public Elementary and Secondary Education Agencies 1997-98. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Education, August 2000.