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Table 42.Enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by grade and state: Fall 1994

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                      |            |                                      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
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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 .....| 44,111,482 |31,898,249 |    602,535 |3,444,276 |3,593,382 |3,439,828 |3,439,042 |3,425,951 |3,371,884 | 3,381,439 |3,403,550 |3,302,297 |    494,065 |12,213,233 |3,604,115 |3,131,234 |2,748,189 |2,487,552 |    242,143
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Alabama ..............|    736,531 |   535,246 |\2\   9,051 |   57,723 |   60,366 |   56,502 |   57,259 |   56,773 |   57,923 |    58,719 |   61,765 |   59,165 |        --- |   201,285 |   63,656 |   50,929 |   44,970 |   41,730 |        ---
Alaska ...............|    127,057 |    93,719 |      2,593 |   10,309 |   10,679 |   10,194 |   10,420 |   10,318 |   10,086 |     9,674 |    9,943 |    9,503 |        --- |    33,338 |    9,947 |    8,692 |    7,642 |    7,057 |        ---
Arizona ..............|    737,424 |   542,904 |      3,540 |   59,545 |   63,198 |   60,274 |   60,591 |   60,032 |   58,579 |    58,791 |   58,676 |   55,334 |      4,344 |   194,520 |   59,150 |   51,564 |   43,363 |   40,119 |        324
Arkansas .............|    447,565 |   319,282 |      1,652 |   35,620 |   35,359 |   33,615 |   33,626 |   34,488 |   34,620 |    35,024 |   36,795 |   36,437 |      2,046 |   128,283 |   36,689 |   34,158 |   29,429 |   27,161 |        846
California ...........|  5,407,475 | 3,955,868 |\2\  66,450 |  448,237 |  457,886 |  438,672 |  431,169 |  426,919 |  416,333 |   409,387 |  403,367 |  388,561 |     68,887 | 1,451,607 |  420,643 |  381,364 |  334,408 |  285,132 |     30,060
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Colorado .............|    640,521 |   469,755 |      9,853 |   48,673 |   51,634 |   51,229 |   52,191 |   51,877 |   51,311 |    51,775 |   51,103 |   49,332 |        777 |   170,766 |   50,078 |   44,702 |   39,956 |   35,464 |        566
Connecticut ..........|    506,824 |   375,638 |      7,601 |   43,511 |   44,869 |   42,023 |   41,225 |   40,737 |   39,693 |    38,110 |   37,577 |   35,665 |      4,627 |   131,186 |   38,001 |   33,780 |   30,760 |   28,640 |          5
Delaware .............|    106,813 |    76,819 |        618 |    7,523 |    9,097 |    8,450 |    8,595 |    8,367 |    8,402 |     8,416 |    8,788 |    8,563 |        --- |    29,994 |    9,469 |    7,979 |    6,681 |    5,865 |        ---
District of Columbia .|     80,450 |    62,126 |      5,508 |    7,628 |    7,184 |    6,515 |    6,365 |    5,783 |    5,457 |     4,978 |    5,244 |    5,031 |      2,433 |    18,324 |    4,923 |    4,904 |    3,920 |    3,203 |      1,374
Florida ..............|  2,111,188 | 1,569,666 |     47,993 |  172,135 |  175,106 |  169,651 |  170,632 |  173,297 |  170,397 |   169,061 |  165,542 |  155,852 |        --- |   541,522 |  172,947 |  147,942 |  119,913 |  100,720 |        ---
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Georgia ..............|  1,270,948 |   934,650 |     12,859 |  108,398 |  105,961 |  102,495 |  101,656 |  101,054 |  100,813 |   101,974 |  100,458 |   98,982 |        --- |   336,298 |  114,176 |   85,636 |   71,880 |   64,606 |        ---
Hawaii ...............|    183,795 |   133,675 |        631 |   15,678 |   15,696 |   15,208 |   15,052 |   14,572 |   14,828 |    14,540 |   13,832 |   13,592 |         46 |    50,120 |   15,597 |   11,979 |   12,034 |   10,473 |         37
Idaho ................|    240,448 |   168,887 |      1,501 |   17,260 |   18,324 |   17,665 |   17,326 |   18,361 |   19,116 |    19,478 |   20,176 |   19,680 |        --- |    71,561 |   19,777 |   19,098 |   16,906 |   15,780 |        ---
Illinois .............|  1,916,172 | 1,368,041 |     42,938 |  146,314 |  152,229 |  143,486 |  143,029 |  143,030 |  138,902 |   133,142 |  134,518 |  135,134 |     55,319 |   548,131 |  148,944 |  135,955 |  119,266 |  109,360 |     34,606
Indiana...............|    969,022 |   678,970 |      4,660 |   71,594 |   78,458 |   71,276 |   71,895 |   72,408 |   73,176 |    75,453 |   78,378 |   77,799 |      3,873 |   290,052 |   83,147 |   73,567 |   67,198 |   62,727 |      3,413
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Iowa .................|    500,440 |   345,865 |      5,901 |   37,402 |   35,301 |   34,775 |   36,326 |   36,960 |   36,540 |    38,036 |   38,459 |   39,039 |      7,126 |   154,575 |   40,593 |   37,874 |   35,400 |   34,078 |      6,630
Kansas ...............|    460,838 |   329,211 |      2,640 |   33,445 |   36,070 |   35,191 |   35,915 |   36,488 |   36,115 |    36,981 |   37,116 |   36,757 |      2,493 |   131,627 |   38,007 |   33,574 |   30,338 |   28,811 |        897
Kentucky .............|    657,642 |   467,005 |     17,934 |   44,191 |   45,866 |   46,173 |   55,697 |   48,233 |   48,778 |    49,973 |   51,190 |   50,562 |      8,408 |   190,637 |   55,758 |   48,521 |   43,371 |   39,482 |      3,505
Louisiana ............|    797,933 |   583,892 |     19,292 |   60,705 |   63,448 |   60,476 |   61,849 |   62,461 |   60,139 |    62,011 |   63,214 |   57,747 |     12,550 |   214,041 |   68,599 |   54,796 |   45,167 |   40,666 |      4,813
Maine ................|    212,601 |   155,903 |      1,006 |   16,569 |   17,524 |   16,583 |   17,351 |   17,397 |   17,154 |    17,112 |   16,867 |   16,571 |      1,769 |    56,698 |   15,503 |   14,674 |   13,434 |   12,534 |        553
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Maryland .............|    790,938 |   580,903 |     18,834 |   62,341 |   65,377 |   64,160 |   62,270 |   61,982 |   61,010 |    60,953 |   60,049 |   57,222 |      6,705 |   210,035 |   63,067 |   51,978 |   45,585 |   43,223 |      6,182
Massachusetts ........|    893,727 |   658,507 |     13,982 |   77,777 |   77,583 |   73,836 |   71,606 |   71,131 |   68,837 |    66,869 |   66,447 |   64,097 |      6,342 |   235,220 |   66,707 |   60,669 |   56,226 |   51,618 |        ---
Michigan .............|  1,614,784 | 1,170,251 |      4,409 |  136,353 |  129,951 |  125,664 |  123,321 |  123,829 |  119,821 |   118,795 |  120,642 |  117,380 |     50,086 |   444,533 |  128,383 |  109,751 |   98,671 |   88,136 |     19,592
Minnesota ............|    821,693 |   581,426 |      8,060 |   62,908 |   62,446 |   61,956 |   63,873 |   64,605 |   63,660 |    63,918 |   65,393 |   64,607 |        --- |   240,267 |   65,149 |   61,728 |   57,408 |   55,982 |        ---
Mississippi ..........|    505,962 |   366,846 |      1,146 |   38,528 |   41,762 |   37,940 |   38,135 |   38,606 |   39,004 |    39,174 |   42,294 |   39,970 |     10,287 |   139,116 |   43,434 |   33,918 |   28,584 |   26,436 |      6,744
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Missouri..............|    878,541 |   628,286 |     16,002 |   66,607 |   67,874 |   66,607 |   67,802 |   68,457 |   67,020 |    68,357 |   66,705 |   66,025 |      6,830 |   250,255 |   72,584 |   65,084 |   57,447 |   52,654 |      2,486
Montana ..............|    164,341 |   116,748 |        483 |   11,820 |   12,852 |   12,391 |   12,845 |   13,009 |   13,113 |    13,194 |   13,329 |   13,229 |        483 |    47,593 |   13,309 |   12,148 |   11,286 |   10,681 |        169
Nebraska .............|    287,100 |   203,055 |      3,985 |   21,752 |   21,275 |   21,223 |   21,705 |   22,144 |   22,496 |    22,511 |   22,927 |   23,037 |        --- |    84,045 |   23,281 |   21,958 |   19,662 |   19,144 |        ---
Nevada ...............|    250,747 |   185,336 |      1,424 |   20,462 |   21,827 |   21,062 |   20,941 |   20,573 |   20,048 |    19,920 |   19,524 |   18,881 |        674 |    65,411 |   18,685 |   17,463 |   15,586 |   13,659 |         18
New Hampshire ........|    189,319 |   138,851 |      1,210 |    8,325 |   18,014 |   16,411 |   16,185 |   16,352 |   15,678 |    15,732 |   15,473 |   14,926 |        545 |    50,468 |   14,564 |   12,969 |   11,965 |   10,919 |         51
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New Jersey ...........|  1,174,206 |   862,331 |     10,283 |   92,316 |   99,907 |   92,142 |   89,159 |   87,374 |   85,007 |    83,410 |   83,350 |   80,901 |     58,482 |   311,875 |   83,256 |   74,858 |   68,708 |   65,662 |     19,391
New Mexico ...........|    327,248 |   229,168 |      4,174 |   24,055 |   25,770 |   24,912 |   24,554 |   24,294 |   24,033 |    25,831 |   26,102 |   25,443 |        --- |    98,080 |   28,547 |   23,885 |   20,114 |   16,925 |      8,609
New York .............|  2,766,208 | 1,949,245 |     32,227 |  212,239 |  225,269 |  212,486 |  205,740 |  202,024 |  196,405 |   197,222 |  197,519 |  191,181 |     76,933 |   816,963 |  227,040 |  202,906 |  172,751 |  144,139 |     70,127
North Carolina .......|  1,156,767 |   847,463 |      8,949 |   97,508 |   97,339 |   91,560 |   90,471 |   89,492 |   87,139 |    87,733 |   88,336 |   86,344 |     22,592 |   309,304 |   97,534 |   81,618 |   67,828 |   62,324 |        ---
North Dakota .........|    119,288 |    83,419 |        639 |    8,677 |    8,893 |    8,634 |    8,966 |    9,236 |    9,292 |     9,526 |    9,862 |    9,694 |        --- |    35,869 |    9,564 |    9,091 |    8,796 |    8,418 |        ---
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Ohio .................|  1,814,290 | 1,295,289 |     17,505 |  141,284 |  144,280 |  141,064 |  141,329 |  136,834 |  138,552 |   141,349 |  146,443 |  142,132 |      4,517 |   519,001 |  151,879 |  132,103 |  122,753 |  112,266 |        ---
Oklahoma .............|    609,718 |   442,607 |      5,367 |   46,355 |   53,654 |   46,476 |   47,234 |   47,929 |   48,221 |    49,524 |   49,377 |   47,149 |      1,321 |   167,111 |   48,838 |   43,273 |   38,583 |   35,899 |        518
Oregon ...............|    521,945 |   371,967 |      1,069 |   38,930 |   40,710 |   40,348 |   41,248 |   41,739 |   41,623 |    42,276 |   41,973 |   40,473 |      1,578 |   149,978 |   41,301 |   39,088 |   35,667 |   33,356 |        566
Pennsylvania .........|  1,764,946 | 1,243,983 |      3,583 |  132,132 |  146,636 |  137,635 |  137,533 |  135,061 |  131,944 |   134,201 |  136,184 |  132,994 |     16,080 |   520,963 |  147,352 |  131,606 |  119,008 |  109,673 |     13,324
Rhode Island .........|    147,487 |   107,913 |        469 |   10,701 |   13,721 |   12,154 |   11,707 |   11,549 |   11,504 |    11,114 |   11,324 |   10,747 |      2,923 |    39,574 |   11,534 |   10,318 |    9,124 |    8,440 |        158
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South Carolina .......|    648,725 |   468,850 |\2\   7,972 |   46,859 |   54,602 |   50,731 |   51,139 |   51,268 |   50,585 |    51,743 |   53,152 |   50,799 |        --- |   179,875 |   60,058 |   46,796 |   37,645 |   35,376 |        ---
South Dakota .........|    143,482 |   101,805 |      1,244 |   10,618 |   10,615 |   10,649 |   10,917 |   11,116 |   11,138 |    11,226 |   11,800 |   11,604 |        878 |    41,677 |   12,077 |   10,794 |    9,560 |    8,925 |        321
Tennessee ............|    881,425 |   640,604 |\2\  10,831 |   71,413 |   73,170 |   66,964 |   67,349 |   67,339 |   65,872 |    66,194 |   68,508 |   65,598 |     17,366 |   240,821 |   72,593 |   63,757 |   55,070 |   49,401 |        ---
Texas ................|  3,677,171 | 2,720,623 |    128,736 |  272,065 |  300,731 |  290,911 |  289,548 |  291,604 |  286,219 |   288,987 |  290,713 |  281,109 |        --- |   956,548 |  323,162 |  243,914 |  205,735 |  183,737 |        ---
Utah .................|    474,675 |   328,482 |      3,273 |   33,750 |   34,790 |   33,734 |   34,515 |   34,837 |   35,668 |    36,499 |   38,163 |   37,519 |      5,734 |   146,193 |   38,356 |   37,318 |   32,978 |   33,337 |      4,204
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Vermont ..............|    104,533 |    75,590 |      1,903 |    8,040 |    8,176 |    8,183 |    8,224 |    8,396 |    8,430 |     8,349 |    8,063 |    7,826 |        --- |    28,943 |    7,993 |    7,311 |    6,669 |    6,458 |        512
Virginia .............|  1,060,809 |   774,319 |      3,115 |   85,160 |   84,678 |   82,663 |   82,990 |   84,103 |   81,212 |    81,313 |   81,795 |   79,929 |     27,361 |   286,490 |   84,447 |   73,958 |   65,077 |   62,899 |        109
Washington ...........|    938,314 |   673,107 |      6,155 |   71,637 |   73,594 |   73,187 |   74,642 |   75,299 |   74,861 |    75,442 |   75,308 |   72,982 |        --- |   265,207 |   75,684 |   69,532 |   61,841 |   58,150 |        ---
West Virginia.........|    310,511 |   212,808 |      2,754 |   22,377 |   22,186 |   22,123 |   22,210 |   22,236 |   22,651 |    23,904 |   25,517 |   25,200 |      1,650 |    97,703 |   26,766 |   24,415 |   23,031 |   22,058 |      1,433
Wisconsin ............|    860,581 |   601,215 |     18,531 |   61,898 |   64,040 |   64,247 |   65,127 |   65,996 |   64,380 |    65,362 |   65,844 |   65,790 |        --- |   259,366 |   73,063 |   67,229 |   61,667 |   57,407 |        ---
Wyoming ..............|    100,314 |    70,130 |         ---|    6,929 |    7,405 |    7,322 |    7,588 |    7,982 |    8,099 |     8,176 |    8,426 |    8,203 |        --- |    30,184 |    8,304 |    8,110 |    7,128 |    6,642 |        ---
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American Samoa .......|     14,445 |    11,054 |      1,570 |    1,126 |    1,173 |    1,184 |    1,094 |    1,071 |    1,045 |       945 |      943 |      903 |        --- |     3,391 |      885 |      869 |      829 |      746 |         62
Guam .................|     32,185 |    24,189 |        465 |    2,931 |    2,981 |    2,835 |    2,753 |    2,587 |    2,531 |     2,396 |    2,433 |    2,275 |          2 |     7,996 |    2,795 |    2,266 |    1,666 |    1,262 |          7
Northern Marianas ....|      8,429 |     6,559 |        510 |      556 |      793 |      805 |      695 |      681 |      630 |       647 |      692 |      550 |        --- |     1,870 |      625 |      429 |      410 |      406 |        ---
Puerto Rico ..........|    621,121 |   455,653 |        143 |   39,962 |   53,773 |   49,955 |   48,958 |   50,311 |   49,778 |    49,129 |   54,180 |   49,774 |      9,690 |   165,468 |   45,789 |   44,240 |   38,239 |   32,935 |      4,265
Virgin Islands .......|     23,126 |    16,659 |         ---|    1,487 |    1,816 |    1,837 |    1,732 |    1,745 |    1,702 |     1,715 |    2,197 |    1,585 |        843 |     6,467 |    1,935 |    1,553 |    1,210 |    1,140 |        629
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\1\Data include imputations for nonrespondents.

\2\Includes imputations for underreporting.

---Data not reported or not applicable.

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 survey. (This table was prepared April 1997.)



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