Open data: U.S. public schools by state
One CSV with a row for each of the 51 states and D.C.: public schools open in 2024-25, their students, students per teacher and the share eligible for free meals, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Individual school and district figures are on their record pages.
Fields
| Field | What it holds |
|---|---|
| state_name, state_abbr | The state or D.C. |
| total_schools | Public schools open in 2024-25 |
| total_enrollment | Fall 2024 membership of those schools |
| avg_student_teacher_ratio | Mean of school students-per-teacher ratios, same-year teacher counts, ratios 3 to 99; empty where the state reported none |
| avg_free_lunch_pct | Mean of school free-meal shares, 2024-25 lunch file, reporting schools |
Use and license
The upstream federal files are public. PlainSchools' joins and derived figures are licensed CC BY-SA 4.0: cite PlainSchools and the NCES Common Core of Data with the year. The file describes enrollment and resources, not school quality. How each figure is computed: methodology; the national figures: statistics.