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Table 41. Enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by grade and state: Fall 1997

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                      |            |                                     Prekindergarten through grade 8 and elementary unclassified                                                 |         Grades 9 through 12 and secondary unclassified
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 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
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          1           |     2      |     3     |      4    |    5     |       6     |       7     |       8     |    9     |    10    |    11     |    12    |    13    |     14     |    15     |    16    |    17    |    18    |    19    |     20
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   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
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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
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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 |        ---
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 |        ---
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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
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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
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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
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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
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---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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