Education Working Paper No. 9 April 2005The Effect of Residential School Choice on Public High School Graduation Rates
Table 1: Average Square Miles/District by State
State
1993-94
1994-95
1995-96
1996-97
1997-98
1998-99
1999-00
2000-01
Alabama
400
396
Alaska
10213
10399
10792
Arizona
498
501
376
345
309
275
277
Arkansas
165
166
167
168
California
156
157
158
Colorado
589
Connecticut
29
Delaware
103
Florida
805
Georgia
320
322
Hawaii
6423
Idaho
732
739
726
720
Illinois
60
61
59
62
Indiana
122
Iowa
141
143
145
147
148
149
Kansas
269
Kentucky
226
Louisiana
660
622
581
558
Maine
109
108
Maryland
407
Massachusetts
22
Michigan
102
90
85
84
78
77
Minnesota
197
201
205
208
210
203
196
192
Mississippi
315
307
Missouri
127
129
130
131
Montana
294
303
308
316
317
321
Nebraska
111
113
115
117
120
133
Nevada
6460
New Hampshire
50
New Jersey
12
New Mexico
1379
1364
New York
66
67
North Carolina
403
409
416
406
North Dakota
265
284
290
292
296
299
300
Ohio
58
Oklahoma
124
125
126
Oregon
343
387
410
438
485
487
Pennsylvania
89
Rhode Island
South Dakota
426
429
431
South Carolina
335
Tennessee
297
Texas
250
251
252
Utah
2054
Vermont
32
33
Virginia
281
293
Washington
225
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
1982
2023
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