Participation in Education

Elementary/Secondary Enrollment

Table A-3-2. Number and percent change in public school enrollment in grades prekindergarten (preK) through 12, by grade level, region, and state or jurisdiction: School years 1989–90 and 2010–11

[Numbers in thousands]
Region and state or jurisdiction	Grades preK–12			Grades preK–8			Grades 9–12
Region and state or jurisdiction	1989–90	2010–11	Percent change	1989–90	2010–11	Percent change	1989–90	2010–11	Percent change
United States	40,543	49,484	22.1	29,150	34,625	18.8	11,393	14,860	30.4

Northeast	7,200	8,071	12.1	5,076	5,540	9.1	2,124	2,531	19.2
Connecticut	462	561	21.4	338	387	14.5	123	173	40.5
Maine	214	189	-11.6	152	129	-15.3	62	60	-2.2
Massachusetts	826	956	15.7	590	666	12.9	235	289	22.9
New Hampshire	172	195	13.4	124	132	5.8	47	63	33.5
New Jersey	1,076	1,403	30.3	766	981	28.2	310	421	35.8
New York	2,566	2,735	6.6	1,790	1,869	4.4	776	866	11.5
Pennsylvania	1,655	1,793	8.3	1,148	1,210	5.4	507	584	15.0
Rhode Island	136	144	5.9	98	98	-0.7	37	46	23.4
Vermont	95	97	2.2	69	68	-1.6	26	29	12.4

Midwest	9,849	10,610	7.7	6,996	7,349	5.0	2,852	3,260	14.3
Illinois	1,797	2,092	16.4	1,280	1,455	13.7	517	637	23.1
Indiana	954	1,047	9.8	671	729	8.7	283	318	12.2
Iowa	478	496	3.6	338	348	2.9	140	148	5.4
Kansas	431	484	12.3	314	343	9.4	117	141	20.0
Michigan	1,577	1,587	0.7	1,128	1,076	-4.6	449	511	14.0
Minnesota	740	838	13.3	529	570	7.8	211	268	27.0
Missouri	808	919	13.7	576	643	11.6	232	276	19.0
Nebraska	271	299	10.2	194	210	8.3	77	88	15.0
North Dakota	118	96	-18.2	85	66	-22.2	33	30	-7.9
Ohio	1,764	1,754	-0.6	1,239	1,223	-1.3	525	531	1.1
South Dakota	127	126	-0.9	94	88	-6.0	34	38	13.2
Wisconsin	783	872	11.4	549	598	9.0	234	274	17.1

South	14,605	18,805	28.8	10,617	13,435	26.5	3,988	5,370	34.7
Alabama	724	756	4.4	526	534	1.5	198	222	12.1
Arkansas	435	482	10.8	311	346	11.2	124	136	10.0
Delaware	98	129	32.3	71	90	27.7	27	39	44.3
District of Columbia	81	71	-12.3	61	54	-11.7	21	18	-14.0
Florida	1,790	2,643	47.7	1,303	1,858	42.6	486	785	61.3
Georgia	1,127	1,677	48.9	828	1,202	45.2	298	475	59.2
Kentucky	631	673	6.7	452	480	6.3	179	193	7.8
Louisiana	783	697	-11.0	582	512	-11.9	201	184	-8.5
Maryland	699	852	22.0	507	588	16.0	192	264	37.6
Mississippi	502	491	-2.3	369	351	-5.0	133	140	5.4
North Carolina	1,081	1,491	37.9	770	1,058	37.5	311	432	39.0
Oklahoma	579	660	14.1	421	483	14.9	158	176	11.9
South Carolina	616	726	17.8	444	516	16.2	172	210	21.9
Tennessee	820	987	20.5	590	702	18.9	230	286	24.5
Texas	3,329	4,936	48.3	2,443	3,587	46.8	885	1,349	52.4
Virginia	985	1,251	27.0	712	871	22.3	273	380	39.2
West Virginia	328	283	-13.6	227	201	-11.4	100	81	-18.8

West	8,889	11,998	35.0	6,460	8,300	28.5	2,428	3,698	52.3
Alaska	109	132	20.9	82	92	12.6	28	40	45.4
Arizona	608	1,072	76.4	451	752	66.6	156	320	104.6
California	4,772	6,290	31.8	3,469	4,294	23.8	1,303	1,996	53.2
Colorado	563	843	49.9	408	601	47.5	155	242	56.0
Hawaii	169	180	6.0	123	128	3.3	46	52	13.2
Idaho	215	276	28.3	157	194	24.0	58	82	40.1
Montana	151	142	-6.3	110	98	-10.3	41	43	4.2
Nevada	187	437	134.0	137	307	123.6	49	130	163.0
New Mexico	296	338	14.2	203	239	17.8	93	99	6.3
Oregon	472	571	20.8	340	393	15.4	132	178	34.8
Utah	439	586	33.5	324	425	31.2	115	161	40.1
Washington	810	1,044	28.8	586	714	21.9	224	330	46.9
Wyoming	97	89	-8.4	70	63	-10.5	27	26	-3.0

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), “State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education,” 1989–90 and 2010–11.

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