The SIC code for elementary and secondary schools is 8211, "Elementary and Secondary Schools." It covers K-12 academic schools, including public, private, parochial, boarding, preparatory, and military schools. Colleges are classified separately under SIC 8221 or 8222.
Every business in our file is tagged with its SIC code. Pick a state to see how many SIC 8211 school records we hold with a verified phone number.
SIC 8211 maps directly to one 2022 NAICS code: 611110, Elementary and Secondary Schools. The nearby codes below matter when the institution is a college, junior college, technical institute, or child care provider rather than a K-12 academic school.
| SIC | SIC description | NAICS | NAICS description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8211 | Elementary and Secondary Schools | 611110 | Elementary and Secondary Schools |
| 8221 | Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools | 611310 | Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools |
| 8222 | Junior Colleges and Technical Institutes | 611210 | Junior Colleges |
| 8351 | Child Day Care Services | 624410 | Child Care Services |
MCC 8211 is used in card payment processing for elementary and secondary schools. It happens to use the same number and a closely matching school category as SIC 8211, but MCC and SIC are separate classification systems. This page covers the SIC code used for industry classification and prospecting data.
These school types use the same four-digit SIC code when their primary activity is elementary or secondary academic instruction. The 2022 NAICS system also keeps them together under 611110.
Public grade schools and elementary schools furnishing academic instruction at the elementary level, including kindergartens operated as part of the academic school system.
Public or private secondary schools, including junior high, middle school, and high school programs that provide academic courses through grade 12.
Independent and religious elementary or secondary schools use 8211 when their main activity is K-12 academic instruction.
Boarding schools and preparatory academies are included when they furnish elementary or secondary academic courses rather than college-level instruction.
Military academies and schools serving students with disabilities are included when they provide elementary or secondary academic instruction.
Programs primarily engaged in child care or prekindergarten education are classified under SIC 8351. Kindergarten that is part of an elementary academic school can fall under SIC 8211.
Most people searching for the elementary or secondary school SIC code are filling out a form or building a prospect list. If it is the second one, SIC 8211 is the starting filter.
In our portal, SIC 8211 narrows the business file to elementary and secondary school records. From there you can layer on employee count, annual revenue, state, city, county, zip, or area code, plus contact name where available. The output is a CSV with the school name, phone number, address, SIC code, and the demographic fields you selected, ready to load into a dialer or CRM.
Common buyer combinations include education technology vendors filtering K-12 schools by geography and employee count, facility and janitorial vendors targeting larger school locations in selected metros, and school photography or fundraising vendors building territory lists by state, county, and city.
Elementary and secondary schools generally turn over more slowly than restaurants or many small retail businesses, but campuses open and close, districts reorganize, and phone or administrative contact details change. Our US business data is refreshed quarterly, Canada is refreshed annually, and we estimate roughly 90% accuracy on business records. Check refresh timing before using any large school file.
These are the SIC 8211 school records we hold with a verified phone number, broken out by state and jurisdiction. Every count below is available as a filtered download, and you can narrow further by city, county, zip, employee count, or revenue inside the portal.
| State | Code | Schools | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | AL | 2,545 | 1.5% |
| Alaska | AK | 424 | 0.3% |
| Arizona | AZ | 3,119 | 1.8% |
| Arkansas | AR | 1,677 | 1.0% |
| California | CA | 19,468 | 11.5% |
| Colorado | CO | 3,081 | 1.8% |
| Connecticut | CT | 2,040 | 1.2% |
| Delaware | DE | 486 | 0.3% |
| District of Columbia | DC | 502 | 0.3% |
| Florida | FL | 9,295 | 5.5% |
| Georgia | GA | 5,323 | 3.2% |
| Hawaii | HI | 571 | 0.3% |
| Idaho | ID | 1,021 | 0.6% |
| Illinois | IL | 7,336 | 4.3% |
| Indiana | IN | 3,284 | 1.9% |
| Iowa | IA | 1,948 | 1.2% |
| Kansas | KS | 2,060 | 1.2% |
| Kentucky | KY | 2,382 | 1.4% |
| Louisiana | LA | 2,561 | 1.5% |
| Maine | ME | 1,021 | 0.6% |
| Maryland | MD | 2,678 | 1.6% |
| Massachusetts | MA | 3,924 | 2.3% |
| Michigan | MI | 5,864 | 3.5% |
| Minnesota | MN | 3,146 | 1.9% |
| Mississippi | MS | 1,701 | 1.0% |
| Missouri | MO | 3,567 | 2.1% |
| Montana | MT | 812 | 0.5% |
| Nebraska | NE | 1,350 | 0.8% |
| Nevada | NV | 983 | 0.6% |
| New Hampshire | NH | 912 | 0.5% |
| New Jersey | NJ | 5,251 | 3.1% |
| New Mexico | NM | 1,084 | 0.6% |
| New York | NY | 9,621 | 5.7% |
| North Carolina | NC | 4,817 | 2.9% |
| North Dakota | ND | 501 | 0.3% |
| Ohio | OH | 6,445 | 3.8% |
| Oklahoma | OK | 2,245 | 1.3% |
| Oregon | OR | 2,112 | 1.3% |
| Pennsylvania | PA | 6,349 | 3.8% |
| Puerto Rico | PR | 37 | 0.0% |
| Rhode Island | RI | 591 | 0.4% |
| South Carolina | SC | 2,549 | 1.5% |
| South Dakota | SD | 593 | 0.4% |
| Tennessee | TN | 3,288 | 1.9% |
| Texas | TX | 13,684 | 8.1% |
| Utah | UT | 1,554 | 0.9% |
| Vermont | VT | 542 | 0.3% |
| Virginia | VA | 3,887 | 2.3% |
| Washington | WA | 3,849 | 2.3% |
| West Virginia | WV | 842 | 0.5% |
| Wisconsin | WI | 3,331 | 2.0% |
| Wyoming | WY | 418 | 0.2% |
| United States total | US | 168,671 | 100% |
California has 19,468 SIC 8211 records, followed by Texas with 13,684, New York with 9,621, and Florida with 9,295. A complete US state file is $549 as a one-time purchase, and a complete Canadian province file is $299. Portal plans start at $99 a month.
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