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Table 38. Enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by level, grade, and state or jurisdiction: Fall 2009
State or jurisdiction Total, all grades Prekindergarten through grade 8 and elementary ungraded Grades 9 through 12 and secondary ungraded
Total Prekinder-garten Kinder-garten Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Elementary ungraded Total Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12 Secondary ungraded
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
United States 49,360,982 34,409,260 1,222,860 3,677,971 3,728,773 3,664,697 3,707,038 3,700,530 3,652,134 3,644,057 3,641,342 3,651,276 118,582 14,951,722 4,080,016 3,809,135 3,540,964 3,431,686 89,921
Alabama 748,889 529,394 7,774 57,019 57,821 56,628 58,608 59,512 58,656 58,231 58,118 57,027 0 219,495 63,338 57,794 50,199 48,164 0
Alaska 131,661 90,824 2,475 9,804 9,926 9,827 10,032 10,046 9,864 9,567 9,657 9,626 0 40,837 10,112 10,072 10,874 9,779 0
Arizona 1,077,831 760,420 9,175 84,191 85,725 84,033 84,060 83,686 83,193 81,987 82,050 82,163 157 317,411 82,461 80,281 75,372 79,283 14
Arkansas 480,559 344,209 13,504 38,115 37,665 36,934 36,903 36,479 36,489 35,958 36,113 35,715 334 136,350 37,556 35,523 32,567 30,567 137
California 6,263,438 4,264,022 71,783 471,058 470,783 459,334 459,813 465,866 460,248 461,373 466,893 472,856 4,015 1,999,416 524,681 506,192 487,688 478,503 2,352
                                       
Colorado 832,368 591,378 29,701 64,190 66,076 63,948 63,558 62,929 61,547 60,631 59,669 59,129 0 240,990 64,106 60,394 57,964 58,526 0
Connecticut 563,968 389,964 15,689 39,866 41,892 40,265 41,205 41,510 41,726 42,507 42,305 42,999 0 174,004 46,385 43,836 42,754 41,029 0
Delaware 126,801 87,710 755 9,537 10,160 9,794 9,740 9,672 9,511 9,562 9,460 9,519 0 39,091 11,726 10,321 8,727 8,317 0
District of Columbia 69,433 51,656 8,499 5,190 5,023 4,908 4,995 4,893 4,513 4,520 4,394 4,452 269 17,777 6,181 4,431 3,684 3,301 180
Florida 2,634,522 1,850,901 51,495 196,057 197,882 198,479 209,068 199,322 198,980 198,789 202,584 198,245 0 783,621 219,705 199,162 192,433 172,321 0
                                       
Georgia 1,667,685 1,194,751 41,940 131,325 128,857 128,712 132,515 130,091 128,457 126,060 122,710 124,084 0 472,934 144,918 122,022 108,215 97,779 0
Hawaii 180,196 127,477 1,547 15,970 14,684 14,298 13,619 14,249 13,681 13,287 13,076 12,967 99 52,719 15,327 14,223 12,459 10,621 89
Idaho 276,299 194,728 2,646 21,605 21,901 21,734 21,604 21,337 21,364 20,815 20,703 21,019 0 81,571 21,763 20,615 19,943 19,250 0
Illinois 2,104,175 1,463,713 84,727 148,097 152,352 152,042 155,488 154,405 152,701 154,420 154,478 155,003 0 640,462 176,457 170,612 146,917 146,476 0
Indiana 1,046,661 730,599 12,444 78,224 80,067 79,092 82,178 79,992 78,871 79,048 79,700 80,983 0 316,062 84,235 80,905 77,923 72,999 0
                                       
Iowa 491,842 341,333 21,804 38,956 35,222 34,823 34,992 35,225 35,006 34,939 35,127 35,239 0 150,509 37,359 37,494 36,971 38,685 0
Kansas 474,489 332,997 10,509 36,461 36,524 35,617 35,853 35,782 35,336 34,978 34,161 34,596 3,180 141,492 37,450 35,672 33,596 33,522 1,252
Kentucky 680,089 484,466 27,909 51,276 52,066 50,541 53,071 51,027 50,075 49,934 49,005 49,298 264 195,623 54,798 50,703 46,917 43,097 108
Louisiana 690,915 509,883 29,447 53,763 55,612 54,189 53,922 59,998 49,658 51,348 49,128 52,818 0 181,032 56,163 45,587 40,454 38,828 0
Maine 189,225 128,646 3,783 13,704 13,451 13,372 13,653 13,769 13,888 14,239 14,349 14,438 0 60,579 15,259 15,324 14,750 15,246 0
                                       
Maryland 848,412 581,785 28,626 61,428 62,691 62,079 60,064 61,183 60,168 61,292 61,664 62,590 0 266,627 74,731 68,025 62,598 61,273 0
Massachusetts 957,053 666,551 27,871 68,369 70,941 70,025 70,700 71,078 71,052 72,201 71,399 72,093 822 290,502 78,771 73,298 70,460 67,973 0
Michigan 1,649,082 1,114,611 29,850 126,313 116,606 115,054 117,622 118,702 118,082 119,934 120,994 121,463 9,991 534,471 140,781 136,697 125,872 126,181 4,940
Minnesota 837,053 564,661 13,933 63,111 61,983 60,407 61,343 60,640 60,257 60,207 61,499 61,281 0 272,392 65,006 65,871 66,983 74,532 0
Mississippi 492,481 351,652 3,607 39,148 38,903 38,512 38,833 39,651 37,798 36,802 37,125 36,577 4,696 140,829 40,164 36,215 32,189 28,943 3,318
                                       
Missouri 917,982 638,082 25,584 69,016 68,133 67,357 68,045 68,730 67,901 68,577 67,309 67,430 0 279,900 74,943 70,126 67,577 67,254 0
Montana 141,807 97,868 1,209 10,960 10,848 10,691 10,707 10,499 10,674 10,635 10,734 10,911 0 43,939 11,563 11,072 10,741 10,563 0
Nebraska 295,368 206,860 11,954 23,577 22,483 22,088 21,831 21,517 21,047 20,776 20,753 20,834 0 88,508 22,765 22,073 21,404 22,266 0
Nevada 428,947 305,512 3,953 32,038 33,759 33,698 33,935 33,664 33,635 33,778 33,298 33,291 463 123,435 33,735 34,330 29,420 25,935 15
New Hampshire 197,140 132,768 2,987 11,969 14,165 14,215 14,246 14,560 14,682 15,082 15,345 15,517 0 64,372 17,108 16,277 15,399 15,588 0
                                       
New Jersey 1,396,029 968,332 33,937 95,251 100,792 98,370 100,138 99,911 100,675 100,866 101,248 100,749 36,395 427,697 108,577 104,572 100,966 98,733 14,849
New Mexico 334,419 235,343 7,406 26,266 26,165 25,985 25,781 25,358 25,406 24,473 24,377 24,126 0 99,076 29,715 26,763 22,448 20,150 0
New York 2,766,052 1,847,003 51,251 190,741 197,592 192,032 191,006 193,473 190,719 192,170 194,440 198,690 54,889 919,049 238,626 234,375 196,709 188,377 60,962
North Carolina 1,483,397 1,053,801 26,688 104,954 118,565 117,054 120,190 116,876 115,079 112,838 111,155 109,864 538 429,596 128,454 111,955 100,204 88,983 0
North Dakota 95,073 64,576 1,285 7,472 7,149 6,727 6,841 6,547 6,905 7,092 7,250 7,308 0 30,497 7,588 7,701 7,571 7,637 0
                                       
Ohio 1,764,297 1,225,346 29,329 131,114 132,572 131,009 133,405 133,751 132,768 133,678 133,551 134,169 0 538,951 156,711 139,964 123,404 118,872 0
Oklahoma 654,802 476,962 39,784 51,037 52,447 49,167 48,601 48,457 47,633 47,472 45,886 45,268 1,210 177,840 48,847 45,882 42,591 40,046 474
Oregon 582,839 404,451 21,143 40,563 42,439 41,881 42,660 43,059 43,181 43,425 42,839 43,261 0 178,388 44,788 44,090 43,422 46,088 0
Pennsylvania 1,785,993 1,200,446 15,239 128,947 128,565 127,268 130,380 132,213 132,528 132,538 134,436 137,072 1,260 585,547 151,739 149,834 141,898 140,845 1,231
Rhode Island 145,118 98,184 2,109 10,254 10,817 10,789 10,873 10,188 9,803 11,083 10,993 11,275 0 46,934 13,137 12,245 10,855 10,697 0
                                       
South Carolina 723,143 512,124 24,425 53,615 54,538 54,158 55,491 55,671 54,346 53,869 53,300 52,711 0 211,019 62,997 55,250 48,408 44,364 0
South Dakota 123,713 85,745 1,367 10,560 9,518 9,234 9,062 9,245 9,172 9,117 9,219 9,251 0 37,968 10,286 9,767 9,174 8,741 0
Tennessee 972,549 686,668 16,506 76,745 76,356 74,825 75,705 75,052 74,810 73,420 72,199 71,050 0 285,881 77,576 73,927 68,012 66,366 0
Texas 4,850,210 3,520,348 239,030 369,433 383,572 374,560 373,653 368,175 361,413 352,562 351,426 346,524 0 1,329,862 393,182 335,262 310,288 291,130 0
Utah 571,586 413,343 8,225 47,684 48,033 46,514 45,972 45,610 44,706 43,534 42,068 40,997 0 158,243 40,782 39,775 38,691 38,995 0
                                       
Vermont 91,451 62,186 4,837 6,216 6,207 6,159 6,256 6,237 6,465 6,551 6,611 6,647 0 29,265 7,379 7,419 7,139 7,328 0
Virginia 1,245,340 864,020 30,600 92,281 93,977 93,141 93,366 93,708 91,852 92,014 91,006 92,075 0 381,320 104,717 97,969 90,795 87,839 0
Washington 1,035,347 705,387 11,037 74,547 77,266 75,912 77,707 78,270 78,158 77,666 77,618 77,206 0 329,960 85,551 81,220 79,585 83,604 0
West Virginia 282,662 200,313 13,894 21,454 20,741 20,885 20,394 20,790 20,347 20,793 20,499 20,516 0 82,349 23,702 20,696 19,263 18,688 0
Wisconsin 872,436 593,436 47,054 61,094 60,197 59,557 60,661 61,242 60,413 60,656 60,814 61,748 0 279,000 69,323 68,291 70,144 71,242 0
Wyoming 88,155 61,825 534 7,406 7,064 6,774 6,693 6,683 6,695 6,763 6,607 6,606 0 26,330 6,792 7,031 6,347 6,160 0
                                       
Bureau of Indian                                      
Education 41,351 31,381 91 4,528 3,941 3,711 3,484 3,423 3,192 3,157 2,994 2,860 0 9,970 2,818 2,749 2,215 2,188 0
                                       
DoD, overseas
DoD, domestic
                                       
Other jurisdictions                                      
American Samoa
Guam
Northern Marianas 10,961 7,743 462 632 766 813 839 862 819 891 782 823 54 3,218 976 827 780 635 0
Puerto Rico 493,393 347,638 270 31,976 36,254 35,389 37,306 38,583 38,452 38,553 41,773 39,143 9,939 145,755 38,831 38,853 33,727 29,374 4,970
U.S. Virgin Islands 15,493 10,409 1,006 1,048 1,162 1,150 1,212 1,209 1,160 1,359 1,103 0 5,084 1,685 1,242 1,133 1,024 0
—Not available.
NOTE: DoD = Department of Defense. The total ungraded counts of students were prorated to the elementary and secondary levels based on prior reports. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2009-10. (This table was prepared May 2012.)

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