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Highest high schools by state

High schools.

This measure has no better end. The order describes the states, it does not rank them — see the other direction.

NCES's own definition: lowest grade 7 or above and highest grade 12 or below. Schools spanning a wider range, K–12 most often, are counted separately rather than forced into a band.

  1. 1California1968
  2. 2Texas1800
  3. 3New York1018
  4. 4Ohio829
  5. 5Michigan738
  6. 6Illinois673
  7. 7Pennsylvania665
  8. 8Minnesota650
  9. 9Florida619
  10. 10Washington527
  11. 11Arizona474
  12. 12Wisconsin468
  13. 13Missouri462
  14. 14Oklahoma461
  15. 15North Carolina427
  16. 16New Jersey425
  17. 17Georgia406
  18. 18Indiana363
  19. 19Colorado340
  20. 20Massachusetts339
  21. 21Tennessee332
  22. 22Virginia312
  23. 23Iowa294
  24. 24Kansas286
  25. 25Arkansas285
  26. 26Alabama277
  27. 27Nebraska271
  28. 28Kentucky247
  29. 29Oregon240
  30. 30South Carolina222
  31. 31Louisiana212
  32. 32Maryland212
  33. 33New Mexico186
  34. 34Connecticut185
  35. 35Montana185
  36. 36South Dakota171
  37. 37Utah168
  38. 38Idaho162
  39. 39North Dakota156
  40. 40Mississippi127
  41. 41Nevada120
  42. 42West Virginia106
  43. 43Maine103
  44. 44Wyoming81
  45. 45New Hampshire76
  46. 46Rhode Island59
  47. 47Alaska56
  48. 48Hawaii42
  49. 49Vermont40
  50. 50District of Columbia37
  51. 51Delaware37
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Source: NCES via Urban Institute. · How this is built