Participation in Education

Elementary/Secondary Enrollment

Table A-3-3. Actual and projected number and projected percent change in public school enrollment in grades prekindergarten (preK) through 12, by grade level, region, and state or jurisdiction: School years 2010–11 and 2021–22

[Numbers in thousands]
Region and state or jurisdiction	Grades preK–12			Grades preK–8			Grades 9–12
Region and state or jurisdiction	Actual enrollment 2010–11	Projected enrollment 2021–22	Projected percent change	Actual enrollment 2010–11	Projected enrollment 2021–22	Projected percent change	Actual enrollment 2010–11	Projected enrollment 2021–22	Projected percent change
United States	49,484	53,113	7.3	34,625	37,598	8.6	14,860	15,515	4.4

Northeast	8,071	8,248	2.2	5,540	5,703	2.9	2,531	2,545	0.6
Connecticut	561	551	-1.7	387	396	2.1	173	155	-10.2
Maine	189	190	0.5	129	134	4.3	60	56	-7.5
Massachusetts	956	944	-1.2	666	666	-0.1	289	278	-3.8
New Hampshire	195	199	2.0	132	141	7.5	63	57	-9.4
New Jersey	1,403	1,394	-0.6	981	991	1.0	421	403	-4.2
New York	2,735	2,815	2.9	1,869	1,887	1.0	866	928	7.2
Pennsylvania	1,793	1,903	6.1	1,210	1,306	7.9	584	598	2.4
Rhode Island	144	151	4.9	98	107	9.4	46	44	-4.7
Vermont	97	101	4.0	68	75	10.6	29	25	-11.7

Midwest	10,610	10,868	2.4	7,349	7,629	3.8	3,260	3,240	-0.6
Illinois	2,092	2,109	0.8	1,455	1,485	2.1	637	624	-2.0
Indiana	1,047	1,077	2.9	729	756	3.6	318	322	1.2
Iowa	496	500	0.9	348	350	0.6	148	150	1.6
Kansas	484	512	5.8	343	359	4.8	141	152	8.3
Michigan	1,587	1,551	-2.2	1,076	1,092	1.6	511	459	-10.3
Minnesota	838	965	15.1	570	672	17.9	268	293	9.3
Missouri	919	946	3.0	643	667	3.8	276	279	1.0
Nebraska	299	323	8.1	210	223	5.9	88	100	13.2
North Dakota	96	104	8.4	66	71	6.9	30	34	11.9
Ohio	1,754	1,718	-2.1	1,223	1,210	-1.0	531	507	-4.5
South Dakota	126	134	6.2	88	93	6.1	38	41	6.5
Wisconsin	872	929	6.5	598	650	8.6	274	279	1.7

South	18,805	20,481	8.9	13,435	14,689	9.3	5,370	5,792	7.8
Alabama	756	751	-0.6	534	528	-1.1	222	223	0.6
Arkansas	482	494	2.5	346	351	1.5	136	143	5.0
Delaware	129	143	10.3	90	100	11.1	39	42	8.4
District of Columbia	71	60	-15.2	54	46	-13.2	18	14	-21.2
Florida	2,643	2,936	11.1	1,858	2,122	14.2	785	814	3.7
Georgia	1,677	1,828	9.0	1,202	1,320	9.8	475	508	7.1
Kentucky	673	660	-1.9	480	469	-2.3	193	191	-0.8
Louisiana	697	685	-1.6	512	496	-3.2	184	189	2.6
Maryland	852	972	14.0	588	693	17.8	264	279	5.6
Mississippi	491	465	-5.2	351	331	-5.8	140	134	-3.8
North Carolina	1,491	1,555	4.3	1,058	1,120	5.8	432	435	0.6
Oklahoma	660	692	4.9	483	498	3.1	176	194	10.0
South Carolina	726	768	5.8	516	543	5.2	210	225	7.1
Tennessee	987	1,046	5.9	702	751	7.0	286	295	3.1
Texas	4,936	5,782	17.2	3,587	4,162	16.0	1,349	1,621	20.1
Virginia	1,251	1,384	10.6	871	980	12.4	380	405	6.5
West Virginia	283	259	-8.3	201	180	-10.7	81	79	-2.5

West	11,998	13,516	12.7	8,300	9,577	15.4	3,698	3,939	6.5
Alaska	132	161	21.9	92	117	26.8	40	44	10.5
Arizona	1,072	1,288	20.1	752	940	25.0	320	348	8.7
California	6,290	7,013	11.5	4,294	4,909	14.3	1,996	2,104	5.4
Colorado	843	954	13.1	601	677	12.6	242	277	14.4
Hawaii	180	184	2.6	128	132	3.5	52	52	0.4
Idaho	276	305	10.4	194	217	11.8	82	88	7.1
Montana	142	150	5.8	98	105	7.0	43	45	3.0
Nevada	437	528	20.7	307	387	26.0	130	141	8.2
New Mexico	338	368	8.9	239	258	8.0	99	110	11.2
Oregon	571	641	12.4	393	456	16.1	178	185	4.1
Utah	586	616	5.3	425	459	7.9	161	158	-1.8
Washington	1,044	1,215	16.4	714	857	20.0	330	358	8.6
Wyoming	89	93	4.4	63	63	0.4	26	30	14.1

NOTE: The most recent year of actual data is 2010–11, and 2021–22 is the last year for which projected data are available. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. For more information on projections, see NCES 2012-044.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), “State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education,” 2010–11; and Public State Elementary and Secondary Enrollment Model, 1980–2010.

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