Share of children enrolled in low-enrolled schools, by school district boundaries, 2000–2013

Year Columbus, Ohio Washington, D.C. Philadelphia Newark, N.J. Detroit Kansas City, Mo.
2000 8.2% 10.2% 3.7% 8.3% 7.5% 11.5%
2001 6.5% 8.9% 4.1% 9.0% 5.3% 10.9%
2002 10.7% 13.4% 4.0% 10.7% 6.4% 8.2%
2003 11.5% 16.4% 4.4% 10.1% 5.3% 11.6%
2004 13.1% 19.7% 3.7% 10.8% 7.9% 11.7%
2005 15.4% 22.4% 3.7% 10.4% 8.7% 14.6%
2006 17.2% 26.2% 3.7% 9.3% 7.3% 14.3%
2007 14.9% 4.2% 8.9% 11.3% 14.3%
2008 16.0% 5.0% 8.7% 10.5% 16.1%
2009 16.5% 5.8% 10.4% 15.1% 18.3%
2010 17.7% 6.2% 9.7% 11.7% 15.2%
2011 15.4% 30.2% 4.6% 15.1% 11.0% 10.6%
2012 14.8% 24.4% 5.7% 9.5% 12.2% 9.4%
2013 13.6% 24.5% 5.5% 11.3% 11.4% 9.9%

Note: Low-enrolled schools are schools with less than 300 pupils. Years indicate the latter year of each school year, e.g., 2013 represents the school year from 2012 to 2013.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics' Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey Data

View the underlying data on epi.org.