Out of curiosity, how many high schools are there in America? Tried Googling but got some conflicting answers. Anyone has a reliable source?
According to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), there were approximately 24,000 public high schools in the U.S. in the 2020-2021 academic year. Additionally, the Private School Universe Survey from NCES states that there were about 8,000 private high schools across the country during the same year. So together, the total number of public and private high schools in the U.S. is roughly 32,000. Please note these numbers might differ slightly based on individual sources and their methods of calculation, but they do provide a general idea of the landscape of high schools in the U.S.
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