This report presents findings on the numbers and types of public
elementary and secondary schools in the United States and other
jurisdictions1 in the 2008–09 school year, using data from the
Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey of the Common
Core of Data (CCD) survey system. The CCD is an annual
collection of data that are reported by state education agencies
to the National Center for Education Statistics through the U.S.
Department of Education's EDFacts collection system. Because the
purpose of this report is to introduce new data through the
presentation of tables containing descriptive information, only
selected findings are presented. These findings have been chosen
to demonstrate the range of information available when using the
CCD rather than to discuss all of the observed differences, and
they are not meant to emphasize any particular issue. The Public
Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey reports the numbers
and types of schools. Information about schools includes the
type of s