Table 41. | Enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by grade and state: Fall 1997 |
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | Prekindergarten through grade 8 and elementary unclassified | Grades 9 through 12 and secondary unclassified | Total, |_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|____________________________________________________________________ State or other area | all levels | Total | Prekinder-| Kinder- | Grade | Grade | Grade | Grade | Grade | Grade | Grade | Grade | Elementary | Total | Grade | Grade | Grade | Grade | Secondary | | | garten\1\ | garten | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |unclassified| | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | unclassified ______________________|____________|___________|___________|__________|_____________|_____________|_____________|__________|__________|___________|__________|__________|____________|___________|__________|__________|__________|__________|____________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 ______________________|____________|___________|___________|__________|_____________|_____________|_____________|__________|__________|___________|__________|__________|____________|___________|__________|__________|__________|__________|____________ United States .....| 46,126,897 |33,073,110 | 695,120 |3,503,491 | 3,754,594 | 3,688,972 | 3,596,887 |3,507,457 |3,457,541 | 3,492,490 |3,519,805 |3,415,114 | 441,639 |13,053,787 |3,818,843 |3,376,462 |2,971,923 |2,672,932 | 213,627 |____________|___________|___________|__________|_____________|_____________|_____________|__________|__________|___________|__________|__________|____________|___________|__________|__________|__________|__________|____________ Alabama ..............| 749,207 | 541,059 |\2\ 9,886 | 58,326 | 63,553 | 60,682 | 58,969 | 57,431 | 57,360 | 57,154 | 59,488 | 58,210 | --- | 208,148 | 63,707 | 52,780 | 47,389 | 44,272 | --- Alaska ...............| 132,123 | 95,649 | 2,183 | 10,249 | 10,596 | 10,625 | 10,544 | 10,473 | 10,185 | 10,298 | 10,542 | 9,954 | --- | 36,474 | 10,671 | 9,561 | 8,471 | 7,771 | --- Arizona ..............| 814,113 | 595,969 | 4,674 | 63,857 | 70,928 | 68,478 | 66,045 | 65,170 | 63,429 | 64,243 | 64,019 | 60,138 | 4,988 | 218,144 | 66,357 | 58,472 | 48,676 | 44,259 | 380 Arkansas .............| 456,497 | 322,236 | 1,672 | 35,761 | 36,984 | 35,899 | 35,001 | 34,067 | 33,695 | 34,451 | 36,585 | 36,229 | 1,892 | 134,261 | 37,038 | 35,333 | 31,874 | 29,204 | 812 California ...........| 5,803,887 | 4,195,625 |\2\ 76,584 | 463,684 | 488,429 | 489,070 | 463,034 | 451,069 | 434,280 | 426,302 | 426,245 | 412,604 | 64,324 | 1,608,262 | 458,650 | 423,865 | 378,819 | 317,595 | 29,333 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Colorado .............| 687,167 | 494,463 | 12,861 | 51,408 | 55,035 | 54,437 | 53,710 | 53,023 | 53,377 | 54,004 | 53,406 | 52,632 | 570 | 192,704 | 56,644 | 50,972 | 45,380 | 39,263 | 445 Connecticut ..........| 535,164 | 394,290 | 9,680 | 42,382 | 45,440 | 44,701 | 44,276 | 43,175 | 41,935 | 41,267 | 40,650 | 39,089 | 1,695 | 140,874 | 41,713 | 36,746 | 32,753 | 29,660 | 2 Delaware .............| 111,960 | 78,772 | 572 | 8,039 | 9,114 | 8,707 | 8,441 | 8,758 | 8,405 | 8,746 | 9,085 | 8,905 | --- | 33,188 | 10,259 | 8,807 | 7,381 | 6,741 | --- District of Columbia .| 77,111 | 59,937 | 5,156 | 6,982 | 7,756 | 6,972 | 6,644 | 5,357 | 4,850 | 4,713 | 4,802 | 4,376 | 2,329 | 17,174 | 4,913 | 4,473 | 3,549 | 2,961 | 1,278 Florida ..............| 2,294,077 | 1,680,316 | 54,044 | 174,874 | 185,618 | 186,229 | 184,144 | 180,873 | 177,260 | 181,704 | 181,657 | 173,913 | --- | 613,761 | 203,561 | 168,060 | 133,774 | 108,366 | --- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Georgia ..............| 1,375,980 | 1,010,551 | 29,357 | 111,081 | 115,462 | 114,559 | 111,495 | 108,023 | 106,114 | 106,131 | 105,222 | 103,107 | --- | 365,429 | 121,511 | 94,881 | 79,682 | 69,355 | --- Hawaii ...............| 189,887 | 136,390 | 606 | 15,473 | 16,330 | 16,445 | 15,562 | 15,127 | 14,785 | 14,420 | 13,755 | 13,829 | 58 | 53,497 | 16,573 | 14,074 | 12,535 | 10,266 | 49 Idaho ................| 244,403 | 168,824 | 2,109 | 17,499 | 18,584 | 18,648 | 18,398 | 18,527 | 18,238 | 18,077 | 19,048 | 19,696 | --- | 75,579 | 20,431 | 19,957 | 18,171 | 17,020 | --- Illinois .............| 1,998,289 | 1,438,329 | 55,835 | 153,934 | 161,992 | 159,328 | 157,765 | 146,478 | 145,916 | 159,902 | 148,381 | 145,853 | 2,945 | 559,960 | 156,022 | 142,442 | 130,581 | 129,084 | 1,831 Indiana...............| 986,836 | 692,848 | 5,521 | 72,989 | 82,771 | 79,052 | 77,271 | 75,303 | 72,619 | 73,774 | 75,540 | 75,575 | 2,433 | 293,988 | 82,753 | 75,157 | 69,115 | 64,829 | 2,134 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Iowa .................| 501,054 | 338,454 | 4,757 | 36,486 | 35,982 | 36,314 | 35,521 | 34,950 | 34,921 | 36,680 | 38,136 | 37,631 | 7,076 | 162,600 | 40,806 | 39,679 | 38,235 | 36,808 | 7,072 Kansas ...............| 468,687 | 327,545 | 5,373 | 32,274 | 35,695 | 35,631 | 34,922 | 35,172 | 35,387 | 36,449 | 37,338 | 36,832 | 2,472 | 141,142 | 39,397 | 36,399 | 33,464 | 30,922 | 960 Kentucky .............| 669,322 | 474,325 | 22,065 | 48,324 |\3\ 51,964 |\3\ 50,882 |\3\ 49,716 | 47,241 | 47,589 | 48,502 | 50,740 | 50,385 | 6,917 | 194,997 | 57,537 | 49,963 | 44,440 | 40,153 | 2,904 Louisiana ............| 776,813 | 563,619 | 15,442 | 60,679 | 63,503 | 59,691 | 57,936 | 57,485 | 57,498 | 60,298 | 61,919 | 55,957 | 13,211 | 213,194 | 65,496 | 54,878 | 46,065 | 41,527 | 5,228 Maine ................| 212,579 | 153,476 | 969 | 15,543 | 16,433 | 16,550 | 16,596 | 16,834 | 16,553 | 17,437 | 17,651 | 17,218 | 1,692 | 59,103 | 16,623 | 15,088 | 14,012 | 12,820 | 560 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Maryland .............| 830,744 | 601,992 | 19,739 | 60,385 | 67,742 | 67,998 | 66,482 | 64,763 | 63,554 | 62,145 | 62,200 | 60,010 | 6,974 | 228,752 | 66,172 | 57,711 | 51,580 | 46,532 | 6,757 Massachusetts ........| 949,006 | 696,487 | 18,226 | 73,125 | 79,785 | 79,534 | 77,849 | 75,586 | 73,697 | 72,208 | 72,275 | 69,388 | 4,814 | 252,519 | 72,256 | 65,793 | 60,116 | 54,354 | --- Michigan .............| 1,702,717 | 1,236,204 | 22,468 | 133,202 | 137,352 | 136,096 | 128,797 | 123,229 | 122,669 | 122,917 | 125,368 | 119,473 | 64,633 | 466,513 | 129,251 | 116,471 | 102,991 | 92,690 | 25,110 Minnesota ............| 853,621 | 587,725 | 8,945 | 62,126 | 62,339 | 64,122 | 63,628 | 63,494 | 63,436 | 65,640 | 67,466 | 66,529 | --- | 265,896 | 68,770 | 68,472 | 64,927 | 63,727 | --- Mississippi ..........| 504,792 | 365,061 | 1,289 | 39,378 | 43,764 | 40,774 | 38,716 | 38,266 | 37,085 | 37,645 | 39,982 | 38,455 | 9,707 | 139,731 | 41,768 | 35,246 | 29,499 | 26,788 | 6,430 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Missouri..............| 910,613 | 649,862 | 16,384 | 71,575 | 71,536 | 70,179 | 68,958 | 67,790 | 67,873 | 69,558 | 70,541 | 68,190 | 7,278 | 260,751 | 74,706 | 66,849 | 60,854 | 55,673 | 2,669 Montana ..............| 162,335 | 111,951 |\4\ 484 | 11,553 | 12,092 | 12,030 | 11,866 | 12,165 | 12,417 | 12,867 | 13,196 | 13,035 | 246 | 50,384 | 13,753 | 13,094 | 12,140 | 11,301 | 96 Nebraska .............| 292,681 | 201,684 | 4,514 | 21,436 | 21,646 | 22,048 | 21,342 | 21,168 | 21,461 | 22,128 | 22,751 | 23,190 | --- | 90,997 | 24,559 | 23,457 | 22,069 | 20,912 | --- Nevada ...............| 296,621 | 218,802 | 1,902 | 23,809 | 26,377 | 26,083 | 24,963 | 23,936 | 23,476 | 23,072 | 22,643 | 21,910 | 631 | 77,819 | 22,037 | 21,344 | 18,638 | 15,782 | 18 New Hampshire ........| 201,629 | 145,256 | 1,577 | 8,763 | 17,514 | 17,087 | 16,883 | 16,688 | 16,802 | 16,480 | 16,785 | 15,967 | 710 | 56,373 | 16,336 | 14,955 | 13,354 | 11,656 | 72 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | New Jersey ...........| 1,250,276 | 921,374 | 10,220 | 92,171 | 103,003 | 100,961 | 98,719 | 94,806 | 91,352 | 89,004 | 88,214 | 83,985 | 68,939 | 328,902 | 86,192 | 79,314 | 72,813 | 68,008 | 22,575 New Mexico ...........| 331,673 | 235,593 | 4,131 | 24,346 | 26,715 | 25,996 | 25,756 | 25,521 | 25,887 | 25,713 | 26,003 | 25,525 | --- | 96,080 | 29,843 | 26,201 | 21,956 | 18,080 | --- New York .............| 2,861,823 | 2,011,243 | 32,086 | 206,548 | 229,133 | 227,572 | 219,229 | 210,379 | 203,511 | 201,678 | 203,038 | 197,148 | 80,921 | 850,580 | 245,320 | 215,097 | 168,983 | 146,818 | 74,362 North Carolina .......| 1,236,083 | 906,436 | 8,195 | 102,951 | 107,437 | 104,724 | 102,937 | 98,688 | 96,086 | 95,917 | 96,266 | 93,033 | 202 | 329,647 | 106,559 | 87,549 | 72,987 | 62,552 | --- North Dakota .........| 118,572 | 80,330 | 713 | 8,373 | 8,548 | 8,442 | 8,640 | 8,678 | 8,697 | 9,099 | 9,585 | 9,555 | --- | 38,242 | 10,053 | 9,935 | 9,439 | 8,815 | --- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ohio .................| 1,847,114 | 1,299,249 | 20,795 | 137,372 | 148,820 | 143,618 | 141,822 | 138,301 | 137,722 | 140,447 | 143,870 | 138,635 | 7,847 | 547,865 | 156,861 | 140,663 | 130,271 | 120,070 | --- Oklahoma .............| 623,681 | 444,774 | 2,494 | 54,203 | 54,161 | 47,604 | 46,659 | 46,397 | 46,425 | 47,820 | 48,639 | 48,030 | 2,342 | 178,907 | 51,060 | 47,758 | 41,543 | 37,568 | 978 Oregon ...............| 541,346 | 381,107 | 781 | 38,976 | 42,742 | 42,938 | 42,547 | 41,710 | 41,663 | 42,548 | 42,917 | 42,466 | 1,819 | 160,239 | 45,211 | 42,477 | 37,452 | 34,419 | 680 Pennsylvania .........| 1,815,151 | 1,266,419 | 2,979 | 129,198 | 146,168 | 141,752 | 139,156 | 138,585 | 137,087 | 139,804 | 139,877 | 135,882 | 15,931 | 548,732 | 151,930 | 139,180 | 126,527 | 117,432 | 13,663 Rhode Island .........| 153,321 | 111,773 | 629 | 11,397 | 12,831 | 12,839 | 12,382 | 12,083 | 11,814 | 11,595 | 11,735 | 11,272 | 3,196 | 41,548 | 12,362 | 10,971 | 9,407 | 8,633 | 175 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | South Carolina .......| 659,273 | 472,681 |\2\ 8,699 | 46,748 | 55,479 | 48,638 | 53,744 | 51,992 | 51,195 | 52,427 | 52,984 | 50,775 | --- | 186,592 | 62,018 | 48,576 | 39,422 | 36,576 | --- South Dakota .........| 142,443 | 97,930 | 924 | 10,465 | 10,265 | 10,382 | 10,395 | 10,375 | 10,735 | 11,076 | 11,415 | 11,370 | 528 | 44,513 | 12,352 | 11,431 | 10,578 | 9,939 | 213 Tennessee ............| 893,044 | 653,385 |\2\ 11,784 | 74,912 | 77,627 | 72,040 | 69,187 | 67,196 | 67,462 | 66,654 | 67,096 | 64,518 | 14,909 | 239,659 | 73,477 | 63,496 | 53,805 | 48,881 | --- Texas ................| 3,891,877 | 2,832,461 | 135,616 | 289,683 | 313,192 | 307,106 | 299,984 | 296,894 | 296,071 | 297,957 | 303,310 | 292,648 | --- | 1,059,416 | 347,951 | 270,516 | 234,021 | 206,928 | --- Utah .................| 482,957 | 328,978 | 3,806 | 35,310 | 36,057 | 35,880 | 35,045 | 35,306 | 34,308 | 35,098 | 35,634 | 36,365 | 6,169 | 153,979 | 37,254 | 38,787 | 37,286 | 35,900 | 4,752 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Vermont ..............| 105,984 | 73,693 | 1,222 | 7,281 | 7,882 | 8,063 | 8,198 | 8,029 | 8,116 | 8,237 | 8,290 | 8,375 | --- | 32,291 | 8,827 | 7,908 | 7,270 | 6,831 | 1,455 Virginia .............| 1,110,815 | 807,160 | 4,036 | 85,729 | 90,271 | 89,801 | 87,396 | 83,447 | 82,557 | 84,696 | 85,913 | 82,753 | 30,561 | 303,655 | 88,374 | 78,960 | 69,767 | 66,430 | 124 Washington ...........| 991,235 | 694,491 | 6,671 | 72,922 | 77,762 | 78,135 | 76,876 | 75,322 | 75,660 | 76,684 | 77,795 | 76,664 | --- | 296,744 | 83,616 | 78,155 | 70,242 | 64,731 | --- West Virginia.........| 301,419 | 207,011 | 4,838 | 22,282 | 23,169 | 22,346 | 21,877 | 21,405 | 21,926 | 22,509 | 23,200 | 23,002 | 457 | 94,408 | 25,119 | 24,521 | 22,607 | 21,765 | 396 Wisconsin ............| 881,780 | 603,708 | 19,627 | 60,932 | 64,114 | 64,297 | 64,031 | 63,661 | 65,120 | 66,745 | 68,580 | 66,601 | --- | 278,072 | 75,862 | 71,522 | 67,500 | 63,188 | --- Wyoming ..............| 97,115 | 65,613 | (\5\) | 6,496 | 6,902 | 6,987 | 6,833 | 7,061 | 7,281 | 7,570 | 8,028 | 8,232 | 223 | 31,502 | 8,332 | 8,466 | 7,513 | 7,077 | 114 |============|===========|===========|==========|=============|=============|=============|==========|==========|===========|==========|==========|============|===========|==========|==========|==========|==========|============ Outlying areas | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | American Samoa .......| 15,214 | 11,764 | 1,515 | 1,205 | 1,218 | 1,205 | 1,205 | 1,152 | 1,164 | 1,065 | 1,026 | 1,009 | --- | 3,450 | 960 | 946 | 804 | 704 | 36 Guam .................| 32,444 | 23,976 | 463 | 2,765 | 2,809 | 2,919 | 2,761 | 2,697 | 2,549 | 2,559 | 2,281 | 2,173 | --- | 8,468 | 3,310 | 2,321 | 1,528 | 1,309 | --- Northern Marianas ....| 9,246 | 7,184 | 588 | 566 | 872 | 850 | 781 | 799 | 816 | 671 | 656 | 585 | --- | 2,062 | 581 | 555 | 426 | 500 | --- Puerto Rico ..........| 617,157 | 453,539 | 358 | 43,961 | 51,639 | 51,352 | 51,192 | 50,314 | 49,830 | 47,950 | 51,240 | 46,044 | 9,659 | 163,618 | 44,019 | 44,844 | 38,100 | 32,432 | 4,223 Virgin Islands .......| 22,136 | 15,835 | (\5\) | 1,518 | 1,823 | 1,710 | 1,595 | 1,655 | 1,690 | 1,576 | 2,110 | 1,577 | 581 | 6,301 | 2,015 | 1,539 | 1,102 | 1,193 | 452 ______________________|____________|___________|___________|__________|_____________|_____________|_____________|__________|__________|___________|__________|__________|____________|___________|__________|__________|__________|__________|____________ |
---Not Available. \1\Data include imputations for nonrespondents. \2\Includes imputations for underreporting. \3\Data disaggregated from reported data. \4\Some prekindergarten pupils reported with kindergarten enrollment. \5\No prekindergarten pupils reported. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data survey. (This table was prepared March 2000.)
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