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Buyer Map: SchooLinks

Prepared for Kevin McKeown | SchooLinks | October 2026

As of Oct 8, 2026. Counts from the federal public school district directory for the 2023-24 school year

This page sorts the US public school districts that teach the grades SchooLinks serves, by type and by enrollment, beside the roles that usually sign off on a college and career readiness platform. It covers the 50 states and DC. It says nothing about which of them SchooLinks already works with, or what any of them runs today.

Local districts teaching through grade 12

11,000

K-12 and high school districts with students reported, 2023-24.

Of those, districts with 5,000 or more students

1,800

They teach about 31 million of the 44 million students in districts that run through grade 12.

Counselor positions inside those larger districts

84,000

Full-time equivalent, as each district reports it, all grades.

Charter school agencies teaching high school

2,100

Each charter agency counts once, however many schools it runs. Some networks file as several agencies.

School districts by type and size

Public school agencies with students reported in 2023-24, by total enrollment.

Each agency sits in one row, so the rows can be read together. Size is the whole agency's enrollment across every grade it teaches. Elementary districts are shown for your K-5 work.
Type	Under 1,000 students	1,000 to 4,999	5,000 to 24,999	25,000 and over	All
K-12 districts (local districts running from grade 6 or below through 12)	4,500	4,500	1,500	280	11,000
High school districts (local districts starting at grade 7 or later)	230	150	about 40	under 10	420
Charter school agencies teaching high school	1,600	420	about 50	under 10	2,100
Career, technical and other specialized districts teaching high school	180	about 40	under 10	none	210
Elementary districts (local districts stopping at grade 8 or earlier)	1,600	380	about 90	under 10	2,100

Federal public school district directory, 2023-24, banded as in note 3 at the foot.

Where the students and counselors sit

Local districts teaching through grade 12 only (the first two rows above), by enrollment.

Counselor positions are full-time equivalents across every grade, as each district reports them. About 1,500 districts, nearly all under 1,000 students, report no counselor positions, so the smallest band runs low.
Enrollment	Districts	Students	Counselor positions
Under 1,000 students	4,700	2.2 million	6,100
1,000 to 4,999	4,600	11 million	30,000
5,000 to 24,999	1,500	16 million	41,000
25,000 and over	280	16 million	43,000

Federal public school district directory, 2023-24.

The ten states with the most districts teaching high school

K-12, high school, charter and specialized agencies teaching high school, by state.

State counts follow how each state organizes its districts, so a state with many small districts ranks high on count alone.
State	Agencies teaching high school	Of them, 5,000+ students	Of them, charter agencies
Texas	1,100	210	120
California	1,000	210	490
New York	800	100	120
Ohio	750	about 60	140
Michigan	720	about 50	150
Pennsylvania	650	about 70	about 90
Illinois	480	about 50	under 10
Missouri	460	about 40	about 20
Minnesota	430	about 40	about 80
Oklahoma	430	about 20	about 20

Federal public school district directory, 2023-24.

Who signs off

The roles that usually sign for a districtwide college and career readiness platform. Titles vary by state and district, and in a small district one person often holds several of them.

Size or type	Roles
Under 1,000 students	The superintendent, who often holds a second role, with the high school principal and counselor and the business manager. The school board usually approves the contract.
1,000 to 4,999 students	The superintendent or an assistant superintendent, the high school principals and lead counselor, and the technology director, who checks student data privacy and the link to the student information system. Board approval usually follows, depending on the district's spending limit.
5,000 to 24,999 students	An assistant superintendent for curriculum or secondary schools, a director of counseling or of college and career readiness, the CTE director and the technology director, with purchasing. The superintendent takes it to the board.
25,000 students and over	A chief academic officer, an executive director of college and career readiness or of counseling services, the CTE lead and the chief technology officer, who runs a data privacy and integration review. Purchases at this size often go through a formal request for proposals before the superintendent and the board sign off.
Charter school agencies	The executive director or CEO, the head of school and, at a network, a director of college counseling. The charter's own board approves larger contracts.
Regional service agencies	The executive director and a director of instructional or shared services. Member districts usually choose whether to join a shared service.

The usual sign-off roles at each size, not a list of named people.

What no public count reaches

Three questions this page cannot answer from a count, said in words rather than shown as numbers.

Which platform each district runs today, and when it comes up for renewal. The federal directory does not say it, so the rows above count every district of its type and size.

Students by grade. Enrollment here is the whole district, so a K-12 district's figure includes its elementary grades.

Private schools. They are not public agencies, so they are not in these counts.

Three openings

Where the counts point.

The larger districts.

About 1,800 local districts teaching through grade 12 have 5,000 or more students. They teach about 31 million of the 44 million students in those districts and hold about 84,000 counselor positions. Your superintendent guide says the platform decision now belongs on the superintendent's desk, and at this size a district office team usually runs the evaluation before it reaches the superintendent.

Regional service agencies and the small districts.

About 4,700 local districts teaching through grade 12 have fewer than 1,000 students. Your About page lists a press release on a partnership with a regional education service district, and an agency like that can bring several member districts in through one agreement.

Elementary districts.

About 2,100 local districts stop at grade 8 or earlier, about half of them in California, Illinois and New Jersey. Your platform page has a K-5 section, and these districts do not show up on a list built around high schools.

Denominators, definitions and sources

Counts are local education agencies in the federal public school district directory for the 2023-24 school year, in the 50 states and DC, with students reported. Territories, the federal school systems, state-run schools, supervisory union offices and other agencies such as juvenile justice and corrections programs are not counted. Charter and specialized agencies that stop below grade 9 are not counted.
Type follows the federal agency type and the grades each agency offers. K-12 districts are local districts whose lowest grade is 6 or below and whose highest is 9 or above; high school districts start at grade 7 or later; elementary districts stop at grade 8 or earlier; charter and specialized rows teach grade 9 or above.
Built from public federal education data, counts banded deliberately. Figures of 100 and over are rounded to two significant figures, figures from 10 to 99 to the nearest ten. Figures below 10 show as under 10.

Ben can take you through any row on a short call, and times are at cal.com/ecg. Prepared by Ben Beattie, ben@enquirerconsulting.com.

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