U.S. school directory
by state.
124,521 schools across 56 states and territories. Browse public, charter, and private schools by state below, then by school district. Free profiles show identity, level, and grade span; detailed metrics remain licensed.
This is the K12 Atlas directory: government-reported facts with sources showing. Facts, not scores.
Every state, one directory.
Pick a state to see its school districts, elementary / middle / high school counts, and city listings.
1817 schools Alaska
531 schools American Samoa
29 schools Arizona
2933 schools Arkansas
1234 schools California
12859 schools Colorado
2199 schools Connecticut
1271 schools Delaware
315 schools District of Columbia
307 schools Florida
6249 schools Georgia
2960 schools Guam
45 schools Hawaii
403 schools Idaho
942 schools Illinois
5407 schools Indiana
2523 schools Iowa
1521 schools Kansas
1513 schools Kentucky
1829 schools Louisiana
1614 schools Maine
700 schools Maryland
1937 schools Massachusetts
2351 schools Michigan
4070 schools Minnesota
3268 schools Mississippi
1207 schools Missouri
2976 schools Montana
961 schools Nebraska
1289 schools Nevada
848 schools New Hampshire
667 schools New Jersey
3359 schools New Mexico
1056 schools New York
6082 schools North Carolina
3308 schools North Dakota
583 schools Northern Mariana Islands
35 schools Ohio
4589 schools Oklahoma
1924 schools Oregon
1563 schools Pennsylvania
4493 schools Puerto Rico
865 schools Rhode Island
402 schools South Carolina
1572 schools South Dakota
809 schools Tennessee
2342 schools Texas
11083 schools U.S. Virgin Islands
21 schools Utah
1242 schools Vermont
399 schools Virginia
2818 schools Washington
3073 schools West Virginia
794 schools Wisconsin
2940 schools Wyoming
394 schools
Counts are from v2026.07 K12 Atlas school profiles (2024). District and school pages inside each state link up, down, and across by feeder and proximity so the directory is fully navigable.
Elementary, middle, and high schools.
Elementary and primary schools
52,812 U.S. public elementary schools organized by state and district; detailed metrics remain licensed.
Middle schools
16,254 U.S. middle schools, plus the feeder relationships that connect them to elementary and high schools.
High schools
23,829 U.S. high schools with graduation rate, math/ELA proficiency, and staffing facts.
Private schools
22,345 private schools, listed separately from public and charter schools in each state directory.
About this directory.
How many schools are in the United States?
K12 Atlas profiles 124,521 U.S. public, charter, and private schools across 56 states and territories in release v2026.07. The count comes from official NCES CCD and PSS files.
How do I find schools in a specific state or district?
Start on this page, pick a state, then choose a school district. Free pages list school identity, level, and grade span, with links to related directory pages.
Does the free directory publish enrollment or state ratings?
No. Enrollment, ratings, staffing, spending, programs, relationship data, bulk rows, and API access remain licensed.
Can I download the full directory or get an API?
The directory pages are free. Full school rows, the complete dataset, and programmatic access are paid and key-gated — see API access.
Need the full dataset, not just the directory?
Every field on these pages is one of 122 documented per-school fields, each tied to a source and vintage. Licensed access returns the complete rows.