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| Table 40. | Enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by level and state: Fall 1981 to fall 1996 |
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| Fall 1981 | Fall 1982 | Fall 1983 | Fall 1984 | Fall 1985 | Fall 1986 | Fall 1987 | Fall 1988 | Fall 1989 | Fall 1990 | Fall 1991 | Fall 1992 | Fall 1993 | Fall 1994 | Fall 1995 | Estimated
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State or other area | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Kindergar- | | |Kindergar- | | |Kindergar- | |_______________
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | ten to | Grades | Total | ten to | Grades | Total | ten to | Grades |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | grade 8\2\ | 9 to 12 | | grade 8\2\| 9 to 12 | | grade 8\2\| 9 to 12 | Total
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23
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United States .....|40,044,093 |39,565,610 |39,252,308 |39,208,252 |39,421,961 |39,753,172 |40,008,213 |40,188,690 |40,542,707 |41,216,683 |42,046,878 |42,823,312 |43,464,916 | 31,504,032 |11,960,884 |44,111,482 |31,898,249 | 12,213,233 |44,840,481 |32,340,501 |12,499,980 | 45,228,526
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Alabama ..............| 743,448 | 724,037 | 721,901 | 712,586 | 730,460 | 733,735 | 729,234 | 724,751 | 723,743 | 721,806 | 722,004 | 731,634 | 734,288 | 535,637 | 198,651 | 736,531 | 535,246 | 201,285 | 746,149 | 539,309 | 206,840 | 741,933
Alaska\3\ ............| 90,858 | 89,413 | 98,206 | 104,599 | 107,345 | 107,848 | 106,869 | 106,481 | 109,280 | 113,903 | 118,680 | 122,487 | 125,948 | 93,601 | 32,347 | 127,057 | 93,719 | 33,338 | 127,618 | 93,434 | 34,184 | 126,015
Arizona ..............| 507,199 | 510,296 | 506,682 | 530,062 | 548,252 | 534,538 | 572,421 | 574,890 | 607,615 | 639,853 | 656,980 | 673,477 | 709,453 | 526,412 | 183,041 | 737,424 | 542,904 | 194,520 | 743,566 | 548,526 | 195,040 |\4\ 749,759
Arkansas .............| 437,121 | 432,565 | 432,120 | 432,668 | 433,410 | 437,438 | 437,036 | 436,387 | 434,960 | 436,286 | 438,518 | 441,490 | 444,271 | 317,713 | 126,558 | 447,565 | 319,282 | 128,283 | 453,257 | 322,440 | 130,817 | 457,076
California ...........| 4,046,156 | 4,065,486 | 4,089,017 | 4,151,110 | 4,255,554 | 4,377,989 | 4,488,398 | 4,618,120 | 4,771,978 | 4,950,474 | 5,107,145 | 5,254,844 | 5,327,231 | 3,903,137 | 1,424,094 | 5,407,475 | 3,955,868 | 1,451,607 | 5,536,406 | 4,041,224 | 1,495,182 | 5,535,312
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Colorado .............| 544,174 | 545,209 | 542,196 | 545,427 | 550,642 | 558,415 | 560,236 | 560,081 | 562,755 | 574,213 | 593,030 | 612,635 | 625,062 | 459,930 | 165,132 | 640,521 | 469,755 | 170,766 | 656,279 | 478,881 | 177,398 | 673,438
Connecticut\5\ .......| 505,386 | 486,470 | 477,585 | 468,145 | 462,026 | 468,847 | 465,465 | 460,637 | 461,560 | 469,123 | 481,050 | 488,476 | 496,298 | 368,632 | 127,666 | 506,824 | 375,638 | 131,186 | 517,935 | 384,274 | 133,661 | 523,054
Delaware .............| 95,072 | 92,646 | 91,406 | 91,767 | 92,901 | 94,410 | 95,659 | 96,678 | 97,808 | 99,658 | 102,196 | 104,321 | 105,547 | 76,617 | 28,930 | 106,813 | 76,819 | 29,994 | 108,461 | 77,028 | 31,433 |\6\ 110,549
District of Columbia .| 94,975 | 91,105 | 88,843 | 87,397 | 87,092 | 85,612 | 86,435 | 84,792 | 81,301 | 80,694 | 80,618 | 80,937 | 80,678 | 61,434 | 19,244 | 80,450 | 62,126 | 18,324 | 79,802 | 61,836 | 17,966 |\4\ 79,159
Florida ..............| 1,487,721 | 1,484,734 | 1,495,543 | 1,524,107 | 1,562,283 | 1,607,320 | 1,664,774 | 1,720,930 | 1,789,925 | 1,861,592 | 1,932,131 | 1,981,407 | 2,040,763 | 1,515,194 | 525,569 | 2,111,188 | 1,569,666 | 541,522 | 2,176,222 | 1,613,510 | 562,712 |\6\ 2,240,283
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Georgia ..............| 1,056,117 | 1,053,689 | 1,050,859 | 1,062,315 | 1,079,594 | 1,096,425 | 1,110,947 | 1,107,994 | 1,126,535 | 1,151,687 | 1,177,569 | 1,207,186 | 1,235,304 | 910,425 | 324,879 | 1,270,948 | 934,650 | 336,298 | 1,311,126 | 965,707 | 345,419 | 1,321,239
Hawaii ...............| 162,805 | 162,024 | 162,241 | 163,860 | 164,169 | 164,640 | 166,160 | 167,488 | 169,493 | 171,708 | 174,747 | 177,448 | 180,410 | 131,638 | 48,772 | 183,795 | 133,675 | 50,120 | 187,180 | 135,671 | 51,509 | 188,485
Idaho ................| 204,524 | 202,973 | 206,352 | 208,080 | 208,669 | 208,391 | 212,444 | 214,615 | 214,932 | 220,840 | 225,680 | 231,668 | 236,774 | 166,999 | 69,775 | 240,448 | 168,887 | 71,561 | 243,097 | 169,556 | 73,541 |\6\ 245,252
Illinois .............| 1,924,084 | 1,880,289 | 1,853,316 | 1,834,355 | 1,826,478 | 1,825,185 | 1,811,446 | 1,794,916 | 1,797,355 | 1,821,407 | 1,848,166 | 1,873,567 | 1,893,078 | 1,356,329 | 536,749 | 1,916,172 | 1,368,041 | 548,131 | 1,943,623 | 1,390,475 | 553,148 | 1,961,299
Indiana...............| 1,025,172 | 999,542 | 984,384 | 972,659 | 966,106 | 966,780 | 964,129 | 960,994 | 954,165 | 954,525 | 956,988 | 960,630 | 965,633 | 679,066 | 286,567 | 969,022 | 678,970 | 290,052 | 977,263 | 684,348 | 292,915 | 984,610
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Iowa .................| 516,216 | 504,983 | 497,287 | 491,011 | 485,332 | 481,286 | 480,826 | 478,200 | 478,486 | 483,652 | 491,363 | 494,839 | 498,519 | 348,006 | 150,513 | 500,440 | 345,865 | 154,575 | 502,343 | 343,997 | 158,346 | 504,511
Kansas ...............| 409,909 | 407,074 | 405,222 | 405,347 | 410,229 | 416,091 | 421,112 | 426,596 | 430,864 | 437,034 | 445,390 | 451,536 | 457,614 | 329,708 | 127,906 | 460,838 | 329,211 | 131,627 | 463,008 | 328,701 | 134,307 | 465,140
Kentucky .............| 658,350 | 651,084 | 647,414 | 644,421 | 643,833 | 642,778 | 642,696 | 637,627 | 630,688 | 636,401 | 646,024 | 655,041 | 655,265 | 467,315 | 187,950 | 657,642 | 467,005 | 190,637 | 659,821 | 468,242 | 191,579 | 663,071
Louisiana ............| 782,053 | 784,027 | 800,193 | 800,941 | 788,349 | 795,188 | 793,093 | 786,683 | 783,025 | 784,757 | 794,128 | 797,985 | 800,560 | 587,490 | 213,070 | 797,933 | 583,892 | 214,041 | 797,366 | 580,348 | 217,018 |\6\ 777,570
Maine ................| 216,293 | 211,986 | 209,753 | 207,537 | 206,101 | 211,752 | 211,817 | 212,902 | 213,775 | 215,149 | 216,400 | 216,453 | 216,995 | 156,528 | 60,467 | 212,601 | 155,903 | 56,698 | 213,569 | 156,016 | 57,553 |\6\ 218,560
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Maryland .............| 721,841 | 699,201 | 683,491 | 673,840 | 671,560 | 675,747 | 683,797 | 688,947 | 698,806 | 715,176 | 736,238 | 751,850 | 772,638 | 569,497 | 203,141 | 790,938 | 580,903 | 210,035 | 805,544 | 590,155 | 215,389 | 818,947
Massachusetts ........| 947,037 | 908,984 | 878,844 | 859,391 | 844,330 | 833,918 | 825,320 | 823,428 | 825,588 | 834,314 | 846,155 | 859,948 | 877,726 | 645,518 | 232,208 | 893,727 | 658,507 | 235,220 | 915,007 | 674,588 | 240,419 |\4\ 936,794
Michigan .............| 1,724,787 | 1,674,697 | 1,635,963 | 1,609,448 | 1,602,747 | 1,597,154 | 1,589,287 | 1,582,785 | 1,576,785 | 1,584,431 | 1,593,561 | 1,603,610 | 1,599,377 | 1,159,968 | 439,409 | 1,614,784 | 1,170,251 | 444,533 | 1,641,456 | 1,191,671 | 449,785 | 1,662,100
Minnesota ............| 733,741 | 715,190 | 705,236 | 701,697 | 705,140 | 711,134 | 721,481 | 726,950 | 739,553 | 756,374 | 773,571 | 793,724 | 810,233 | 576,980 | 233,253 | 821,693 | 581,426 | 240,267 | 835,166 | 586,080 | 249,086 | 836,700
Mississippi ..........| 471,615 | 468,294 | 467,744 | 466,058 | 471,195 | 498,639 | 505,550 | 503,326 | 502,020 | 502,417 | 504,127 | 506,668 | 505,907 | 368,688 | 137,219 | 505,962 | 366,846 | 139,116 | 506,272 | 366,186 | 140,086 |\6\ 504,168
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Missouri..............| 818,705 | 802,535 | 795,453 | 793,793 | 795,107 | 800,606 | 802,060 | 806,639 | 807,934 | 816,558 | 842,965 | 859,357 | 866,378 | 622,171 | 244,207 | 878,541 | 628,286 | 250,255 | 889,881 | 635,771 | 254,110 | 883,327
Montana ..............| 153,435 | 152,335 | 153,646 | 154,412 | 153,869 | 153,327 | 152,207 | 152,191 | 151,265 | 152,974 | 155,779 | 160,011 | 163,009 | 116,668 | 46,341 | 164,341 | 116,748 | 47,593 | 165,547 | 116,403 | 49,144 | 166,909
Nebraska .............| 273,340 | 269,009 | 266,998 | 265,599 | 265,819 | 267,139 | 268,100 | 269,434 | 270,920 | 274,081 | 279,552 | 282,414 | 285,097 | 203,426 | 81,671 | 287,100 | 203,055 | 84,045 | 289,744 | 203,022 | 86,722 | 292,121
Nevada ...............| 151,339 | 151,104 | 150,442 | 151,633 | 154,948 | 161,239 | 168,353 | 176,474 | 186,834 | 201,316 | 211,810 | 222,974 | 235,800 | 175,054 | 60,746 | 250,747 | 185,336 | 65,411 | 265,041 | 195,892 | 69,149 |\6\ 282,131
New Hampshire ........| 163,827 | 160,197 | 159,030 | 158,614 | 160,974 | 163,717 | 166,045 | 169,413 | 171,696 | 172,785 | 177,138 | 181,247 | 185,360 | 136,211 | 49,149 | 189,319 | 138,851 | 50,468 | 194,171 | 141,721 | 52,450 |\6\ 194,581
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New Jersey ...........| 1,199,643 | 1,172,520 | 1,147,841 | 1,129,223 | 1,116,194 | 1,107,467 | 1,092,982 | 1,080,871 | 1,076,005 | 1,089,646 | 1,109,796 | 1,130,560 | 1,151,307 | 843,526 | 307,781 | 1,174,206 | 862,331 | 311,875 | 1,197,381 | 880,350 | 317,031 |\4\ 1,221,013
New Mexico ...........| 268,091 | 268,632 | 269,711 | 272,478 | 277,551 | 281,943 | 287,229 | 292,425 | 296,057 | 301,881 | 308,667 | 315,668 | 322,292 | 226,287 | 96,005 | 327,248 | 229,168 | 98,080 | 329,640 | 229,239 | 100,401 | 330,522
New York .............| 2,783,017 | 2,718,678 | 2,674,818 | 2,645,811 | 2,621,378 | 2,607,719 | 2,594,070 | 2,573,715 | 2,565,841 | 2,598,337 | 2,643,993 | 2,689,686 | 2,733,813 | 1,920,609 | 813,204 | 2,766,208 | 1,949,245 | 816,963 | 2,813,230 | 1,980,208 | 833,022 | 2,825,000
North Carolina .......| 1,108,960 | 1,096,815 | 1,089,606 | 1,088,724 | 1,086,165 | 1,085,248 | 1,085,976 | 1,083,156 | 1,080,744 | 1,086,871 | 1,097,598 | 1,114,083 | 1,133,231 | 828,171 | 305,060 | 1,156,767 | 847,463 | 309,304 | 1,183,090 | 871,320 | 311,770 |\6\ 1,199,962
North Dakota .........| 117,708 | 117,078 | 117,213 | 118,711 | 118,570 | 118,703 | 119,004 | 118,809 | 117,816 | 117,825 | 118,376 | 118,734 | 119,127 | 84,127 | 35,000 | 119,288 | 83,419 | 35,869 | 119,100 | 82,333 | 36,767 |\6\ 118,427
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Ohio .................| 1,898,501 | 1,860,245 | 1,827,300 | 1,805,440 | 1,793,965 | 1,793,508 | 1,793,431 | 1,778,544 | 1,764,410 | 1,771,089 | 1,783,767 | 1,795,199 | 1,807,319 | 1,290,197 | 517,122 | 1,814,290 | 1,295,289 | 519,001 | 1,836,015 | 1,297,313 | 538,702 | 1,841,095
Oklahoma .............| 582,572 | 593,825 | 591,389 | 589,690 | 592,327 | 593,183 | 584,212 | 580,426 | 578,580 | 579,087 | 588,263 | 597,096 | 604,076 | 441,094 | 162,982 | 609,718 | 442,607 | 167,111 | 616,393 | 445,780 | 170,613 | 620,379
Oregon ...............| 457,165 | 448,184 | 447,109 | 446,884 | 447,527 | 449,307 | 455,895 | 461,752 | 472,394 | 472,394 | 498,614 | 510,122 | 516,611 | 368,141 | 148,470 | 521,945 | 371,967 | 149,978 | 527,914 | 375,966 | 151,948 |\6\ 537,783
Pennsylvania .........| 1,839,015 | 1,783,969 | 1,737,952 | 1,701,880 | 1,683,221 | 1,674,161 | 1,668,542 | 1,659,714 | 1,655,279 | 1,667,834 | 1,692,797 | 1,717,613 | 1,744,082 | 1,233,113 | 510,969 | 1,764,946 | 1,243,983 | 520,963 | 1,787,533 | 1,256,621 | 530,912 | 1,807,250
Rhode Island .........| 143,414 | 139,959 | 136,412 | 134,610 | 133,949 | 134,690 | 134,800 | 133,585 | 135,729 | 138,813 | 142,144 | 143,798 | 145,676 | 107,047 | 38,629 | 147,487 | 107,913 | 39,574 | 149,799 | 109,815 | 39,984 | 151,181
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South Carolina .......| 609,158 | 608,518 | 604,553 | 602,718 | 606,643 | 611,629 | 614,921 | 615,774 | 616,177 | 622,112 | 627,470 | 640,464 | 643,696 | 466,951 | 176,745 | 648,725 | 468,850 | 179,875 | 645,586 | 463,305 | 182,281 | 648,980
South Dakota .........| 125,657 | 123,897 | 123,060 | 123,314 | 124,291 | 125,458 | 126,817 | 126,910 | 127,329 | 129,164 | 131,576 | 134,573 | 142,825 | 102,281 | 40,544 | 143,482 | 101,805 | 41,677 | 144,685 | 101,491 | 43,194 |\6\ 142,910
Tennessee ............| 838,297 | 828,264 | 822,057 | 817,212 | 813,753 | 818,073 | 823,783 | 821,580 | 819,660 | 824,595 | 833,651 | 855,231 | 866,557 | 630,015 | 236,542 | 881,425 | 640,604 | 240,821 | 893,770 | 650,601 | 243,169 | 891,101
Texas ................| 2,935,547 | 2,985,659 | 2,989,796 | 3,040,305 | 3,131,705 | 3,209,515 | 3,236,787 | 3,283,707 | 3,328,514 | 3,382,887 | 3,464,371 | 3,541,769 | 3,608,262 | 2,681,053 | 927,209 | 3,677,171 | 2,720,623 | 956,548 | 3,748,167 | 2,757,273 | 990,894 | 3,809,186
Utah .................| 355,554 | 370,183 | 378,208 | 390,141 | 403,305 | 415,994 | 423,386 | 431,119 | 438,554 | 446,652 | 456,430 | 463,870 | 471,365 | 329,926 | 141,439 | 474,675 | 328,482 | 146,193 | 477,121 | 327,790 | 149,331 |\6\ 478,085
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Vermont ..............| 93,183 | 91,454 | 90,416 | 90,089 | 90,157 | 92,112 | 92,755 | 93,381 | 94,779 | 95,762 | 97,137 | 98,558 | 102,755 | 74,828 | 27,927 | 104,533 | 75,590 | 28,943 | 105,565 | 75,227 | 30,338 | 106,607
Virginia .............| 989,548 | 975,727 | 966,110 | 965,222 | 968,104 | 975,135 | 979,417 | 982,393 | 985,346 | 998,601 | 1,016,204 | 1,031,925 | 1,045,471 | 767,347 | 278,124 | 1,060,809 | 774,319 | 286,490 | 1,079,854 | 787,945 | 291,909 |\6\ 1,096,093
Washington ...........| 750,188 | 739,215 | 736,239 | 741,177 | 749,706 | 761,428 | 775,755 | 790,918 | 810,232 | 839,709 | 869,327 | 896,475 | 915,952 | 660,424 | 255,528 | 938,314 | 673,107 | 265,207 | 956,572 | 680,009 | 276,563 |\6\ 971,903
West Virginia.........| 377,772 | 375,115 | 371,251 | 362,941 | 357,923 | 351,837 | 344,236 | 335,912 | 327,540 | 322,389 | 320,249 | 318,296 | 314,383 | 215,784 | 98,599 | 310,511 | 212,808 | 97,703 | 307,112 | 211,008 | 96,104 |\6\ 303,441
Wisconsin ............| 804,262 | 784,830 | 774,646 | 767,542 | 768,234 | 767,819 | 772,363 | 774,857 | 782,905 | 797,621 | 814,671 | 829,415 | 844,001 | 595,717 | 248,284 | 860,581 | 601,215 | 259,366 | 870,175 | 602,964 | 267,211 |\6\ 884,738
Wyoming ..............| 99,541 | 101,665 | 99,254 | 101,261 | 102,779 | 100,955 | 98,455 | 97,793 | 97,172 | 98,226 | 102,074 | 100,313 | 100,899 | 71,402 | 29,497 | 100,314 | 70,130 | 30,184 | 99,859 | 68,931 | 30,928 |\6\ 98,777
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American Samoa .......| 9,896 | ---| 10,124 | ---| ---| 11,055 | 11,248 | 11,764 | 12,258 | 12,463 | 13,365 | 13,994 | 14,484 | 10,974 | 3,510 | 14,445 | 11,054 | 3,391 | 14,576 | 11,207 | 3,369 |\4\ 14,708
Guam .................| 25,084 | 25,676 | 26,249 | ---| 26,043 | 25,676 | 25,936 | 26,041 | 26,493 | 26,391 | 28,334 | 30,077 | 30,920 | 23,153 | 7,767 | 32,185 | 24,189 | 7,996 | 32,960 | 24,877 | 8,083 |\4\ 33,754
Northern Marianas ....| 5,300 | ---| 4,499 | 4,841 | ---| --- | 5,819 | 6,079 | 6,101 | 6,449 | 7,096 | 8,086 | 8,188 | 6,380 | 1,808 | 8,429 | 6,559 | 1,870 | 8,809 | 6,825 | 1,984 |\6\ 8,253
Puerto Rico ..........| 721,419 | 708,794 | 701,925 | 692,923 | 686,914 | 679,489 | 672,837 | 661,693 | 651,225 | 644,734 | 642,392 | 637,034 | 631,460 | 464,117 | 167,343 | 621,121 | 455,653 | 165,468 | 627,620 | 460,585 | 167,035 | 613,009
Virgin Islands .......| 25,525 | 25,699 | 26,126 | 26,122 | 25,448 | 24,435 | 24,020 | 23,492 | 21,193 | 21,750 | 22,346 | 22,887 | 22,752 | 16,706 | 6,046 | 23,126 | 16,659 | 6,467 | 22,737 | 16,342 | 6,395 | 22,146
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\1\Data estimated by state education agencies. \2\Includes a relatively small number of prekindergarten students. \3\Beginning in 1983, data include students enrolled in public schools on federal bases and other special arrangements. \4\Data estimated by the National Center for Education Statistics. \5\Beginning in 1986, data include state vocational/technical schools. \6\Actual data. ---Data not available. NOTE.--Some data have been revised from previously published figures. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data surveys. (This table was prepared April 1997.)
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