All school districts in the state are individual governments. The state does not have K-12 school systems dependent on another layer of government.[1]
History
In the 1998-1999 school year, the state had 221 school districts with 113,300 students. In January 2007, the number of school districts had declined to 195, and these districts had a total of 95,600 students. The eight largest school districts, which had 48,900 of those students, had their combined enrollment decline by 8% from 1998-1999 to 2006-2007. The remaining districts lost 23% of their students from 1998-1999 to 2006-2007.[2]