Industry · NAICS 6111
Elementary and secondary schools
The United States has 23,201 employer establishments in elementary and secondary schools (0.7 per 10,000 residents), employing 1,176,824 people at an average annual pay of $48,283.
In the United States
- Establishments
- 23,201
- — nonemployers
- Per 10,000 residents
- 0.7
- Paid employees
- 1,176,824
- Average annual pay
- $48,283
Places ranked by residents per establishment
Places ranked by residents per establishment: more residents for each business, fewer competitors per resident. A count, not a measure of demand: retirement areas, low incomes or tourism change what a business needs.
| # | Place | vs US | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 368,327 | 5 | 73,665 | 0.1 | 0.20× | 144 | $32,417 | — |
| 2 | Visalia, CA | 480,816 | 7 | 68,688 | 0.1 | 0.21× | 517 | $41,002 | — |
| 3 | Tuscaloosa, AL | 279,756 | 5 | 55,951 | 0.2 | 0.26× | 336 | $27,482 | — |
| 4 | Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV | 305,789 | 7 | 43,684 | 0.2 | 0.33× | 313 | $32,636 | — |
| 5 | Johnson City, TN | 213,324 | 5 | 42,665 | 0.2 | 0.34× | 190 | $31,600 | — |
| 6 | Punta Gorda, FL | 206,814 | 5 | 41,363 | 0.2 | 0.35× | 207 | $38,551 | — |
| 7 | Joplin, MO-KS | 204,948 | 5 | 40,990 | 0.2 | 0.35× | 248 | $28,121 | — |
| 8 | Huntsville, AL | 528,226 | 13 | 40,633 | 0.2 | 0.36× | 732 | $37,762 | — |
| 9 | Auburn-Opelika, AL | 202,368 | 5 | 40,474 | 0.2 | 0.36× | 144 | $37,444 | — |
| 10 | Anchorage, AK | 401,959 | 10 | 40,196 | 0.2 | 0.36× | 323 | $37,297 | — |
| 11 | Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | 199,497 | 5 | 39,899 | 0.3 | 0.36× | 121 | $30,702 | — |
| 12 | Killeen-Temple, TX | 502,497 | 13 | 38,654 | 0.3 | 0.38× | 462 | $30,253 | — |
| 13 | Fort Smith, AR-OK | 230,965 | 6 | 38,494 | 0.3 | 0.38× | 191 | $30,618 | — |
| 14 | Bowling Green, KY | 189,968 | 5 | 37,994 | 0.3 | 0.38× | 219 | $38,968 | — |
| 15 | Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN | 227,275 | 6 | 37,879 | 0.3 | 0.38× | 571 | $33,953 | — |
| 16 | Corpus Christi, TX | 448,626 | 12 | 37,386 | 0.3 | 0.39× | 721 | $29,028 | — |
| 17 | Modesto, CA | 554,459 | 15 | 36,964 | 0.3 | 0.39× | 785 | $38,978 | — |
| 18 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 4,707,448 | 128 | 36,777 | 0.3 | 0.39× | 7,802 | $56,502 | — |
| 19 | Longview, TX | 294,161 | 8 | 36,770 | 0.3 | 0.39× | 241 | $32,859 | — |
| 20 | Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC | 398,699 | 11 | 36,245 | 0.3 | 0.40× | 311 | $30,968 | — |
| 21 | Kennewick-Richland, WA | 315,388 | 9 | 35,043 | 0.3 | 0.41× | 185 | $33,341 | — |
| 22 | Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA | 312,656 | 9 | 34,740 | 0.3 | 0.42× | 204 | $22,990 | — |
| 23 | Charleston, WV | 202,801 | 6 | 33,800 | 0.3 | 0.43× | 150 | $28,867 | — |
| 24 | Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC | 370,164 | 11 | 33,651 | 0.3 | 0.43× | 329 | $32,146 | — |
| 25 | East Stroudsburg, PA | 166,762 | 5 | 33,352 | 0.3 | 0.44× | 117 | $29,222 | — |
1–25 of 358 places
Sources: County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024).
- Residents per establishment is the place's population estimate for 2023 divided by its establishments; more residents per business means fewer competitors per resident. Places with fewer than the minimum establishments are left out because a handful of businesses makes the ratio jump around.
- Metro areas are made of whole counties and their figures are the exact sums of those counties'. A metro area is listed under its principal state.
- This compares counts of businesses with counts of residents. It does not measure demand, spending power, visitors, the size or quality of the businesses, or whether a market is open. Employment and payroll carry the Census Bureau's noise infusion.
- County Business Patterns 2023 uses NAICS 2017 codes; the nonemployer figures use NAICS 2022. Industries are matched by name between editions.
- Growth needs a second reference year of County Business Patterns in the same industry classification; only 2023 is loaded, so there is no growth column yet.
Federal contracts in this industry
Federal agencies obligated $43.1M on contracts under NAICS 6111 in fiscal year 2026, nationwide (23 awards, each counted once per county where it was performed).
Metro areas
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$20.8M48%2 awards
- Dover, DE$15M35%2 awards
- 1 award
- Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$183.5K0.4%2 awards
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$139.2K0.3%2 awards
- Jacksonville, FL$45K0.1%1 award
- Flagstaff, AZ$16K0.0%1 award
- Gallup, NM$11K0.0%1 award
- Tucson, AZ$11K0.0%1 award
- Columbus, OH$7,7340.0%1 award
Counties
- Middlesex County, MA$20.8M48%2 awards
- Kent County, DE$15M35%2 awards
- Orange County, NY$5.9M14%1 award
- Dewey County, SD$215.3K0.5%1 award
- Jefferson County, CO$183.5K0.4%2 awards
- Montgomery County, MD$139.2K0.3%2 awards
- Mitchell County, IA$47.6K0.1%1 award
- Clay County, FL$45K0.1%1 award
- Rolette County, ND$41.6K0.1%1 award
- Coconino County, AZ$16K0.0%1 award
Cities and towns
- West Point CDP, NY$3.8M8.9%1 award
- Highland Falls village, NY$774K1.8%1 award
- Camden town, DE$704.3K1.6%2 awards
- Fort Montgomery CDP, NY$612K1.4%1 award
- Rising Sun-Lebanon CDP, DE$396.5K0.9%2 awards
- Wyoming town, DE$321.7K0.7%2 awards
- Darnestown CDP, MD$133.8K0.3%1 award
- Germantown CDP, MD$124K0.3%1 award
- Fleming Island CDP, FL$45K0.1%1 award
- Golden city, CO$26.9K0.1%2 awards
Where the work was performed, as agencies report it (often the contractor's office). Metro areas are the exact sums of their counties. Cities are estimated: each action's county money split by the share of its ZIP code's land inside the city, so a city's figure is part of its county's.
USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS)