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Table 43. Average daily attendance in public elementary and secondary schools, by state: 1969-70 to 1997-98
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       State or       |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
      other area      |  1969-70  |  1979-80  |  1980-81  |  1989-90  |  1990-91  |  1994-95  |  1995-96  |  1996-97  |  1997-98
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          1           |     2     |     3     |     4     |     5     |     6     |     7     |     8     |     9     |    10
______________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________
   United States .....|41,934,376 |38,288,911 |37,703,744 |37,799,296 |38,426,543 |40,720,763 |41,501,596 |42,262,004 |42,854,612
                      |___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________
Alabama ..............|   777,123 |   711,432 |   701,925 |   683,833 |   682,524 |   687,047 |   687,076 |   700,837 |   703,343
Alaska ...............|    72,489 |    79,945 |    83,745 |    98,213 |   102,585 |   113,874 |   115,958 |   117,549 |   120,420
Arizona ..............|   391,526 |   481,905 |   476,149 |   557,252 |   573,140 |   658,084 |   684,740 |   714,021 |   730,292
Arkansas .............|   414,158 |   423,610 |   417,080 |   403,025 |   408,145 |   420,229 |   423,520 |   428,525 |   429,960
California ...........| 4,418,423 | 4,044,736 | 4,014,917 | 4,893,341 | 5,065,647 | 5,198,308 | 5,351,475 | 5,524,108 | 5,652,714
                      |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
Colorado .............|   500,388 |   513,475 |   508,750 |   519,419 |   521,899 |   594,019 |   608,633 |   624,546 |   637,278
Connecticut ..........|   618,881 |   507,362 |   501,085 |   439,524 |   450,808 |   481,742 |   495,188 |   508,112 |   516,750
Delaware .............|   120,819 |    94,058 |    89,609 |    89,838 |    91,052 |    98,793 |    99,941 |   101,067 |   104,328
District of Columbia .|   138,600 |    91,576 |    85,773 |    71,468 |    69,092 |    71,446 |    71,001 |    70,181 |    70,160
Florida ..............| 1,312,693 | 1,464,461 | 1,389,487 | 1,646,583 | 1,714,394 | 1,927,172 | 1,947,777 | 2,007,876 | 2,059,923
                      |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
Georgia ..............| 1,019,427 |   989,433 |   988,612 | 1,054,097 | 1,075,728 | 1,181,724 | 1,232,852 | 1,266,805 | 1,306,564
Hawaii ...............|   168,140 |   151,563 |   151,713 |   157,360 |   160,193 |   169,254 |   171,977 |   172,061 |   173,566
Idaho ................|   170,920 |   189,199 |   190,144 |   203,987 |   209,085 |   225,986 |   228,371 |   230,480 |   230,209
Illinois .............| 2,084,844 | 1,770,435 | 1,765,357 | 1,587,733 | 1,618,101 | 1,734,175 | 1,750,417 | 1,787,306 | 1,818,714
Indiana...............| 1,111,043 |   983,444 |   944,424 |   884,568 |   888,177 |   900,017 |   909,553 |   916,717 |   918,764
                      |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
Iowa .................|   624,403 |   510,081 |   501,403 |   450,224 |   456,614 |   478,285 |   477,053 |   477,221 |   477,417
Kansas ...............|   470,296 |   382,019 |   374,451 |   388,986 |   397,609 |   413,699 |   416,674 |   417,079 |   419,015
Kentucky .............|   647,970 |   619,868 |   614,676 |   569,795 |   569,713 |   572,952 |   571,934 |   570,431 |   569,694
Louisiana ............|   776,555 |   727,601 |   715,844 |   727,125 |   720,551 |   730,148 |   710,925 |   720,580 |   713,931
Maine ................|   225,146 |   211,400 |   207,554 |   195,089 |   196,229 |   199,387 |   200,700 |   199,515 |   198,007
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Maryland .............|   785,989 |   686,336 |   664,866 |   620,617 |   637,370 |   701,594 |   719,433 |   733,029 |   748,021
Massachusetts ........| 1,056,207 |   935,960 |   950,675 |   763,231 |   770,802 |   831,918 |   845,270 |   875,720 |   889,433
Michigan .............| 1,991,235 | 1,758,427 | 1,711,139 | 1,446,996 | 1,452,700 | 1,492,653 | 1,554,358 | 1,544,204 | 1,555,459
Minnesota ............|   864,595 |   748,606 |   710,836 |   699,001 |   714,072 |   770,549 |   786,241 |   798,492 |   802,455
Mississippi ..........|   524,623 |   454,401 |   446,515 |   476,048 |   474,029 |   470,974 |   470,657 |   472,066 |   473,144
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Missouri..............|   906,132 |   777,269 |   756,536 |   729,693 |   733,680 |   794,177 |   805,404 |   820,185 |   831,307
Montana ..............|   162,664 |   144,608 |   141,641 |   135,406 |   138,341 |   148,325 |   148,616 |   147,626 |   144,107
Nebraska .............|   314,516 |   270,524 |   263,797 |   254,754 |   257,587 |   268,732 |   270,938 |   263,828 |   264,844
Nevada ...............|   113,421 |   134,995 |   138,481 |   173,149 |   185,755 |   229,862 |   243,718 |   258,888 |   272,786
New Hampshire ........|   140,203 |   154,187 |   150,316 |   154,915 |   156,579 |   179,892 |   187,067 |   188,256 |   191,333
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New Jersey ...........| 1,322,124 | 1,140,111 | 1,121,272 |   997,561 | 1,016,159 | 1,102,565 | 1,125,877 | 1,152,855 | 1,178,223
New Mexico ...........|   259,997 |   253,453 |   240,496 |   290,245 |   291,215 |   314,822 |   330,851 |   333,230 |   333,075
New York .............| 3,099,192 | 2,530,289 | 2,475,055 | 2,244,110 | 2,278,531 | 2,388,973 | 2,463,349 | 2,509,622 | 2,541,022
North Carolina .......| 1,104,295 | 1,072,150 | 1,055,651 | 1,012,274 | 1,012,613 | 1,071,640 | 1,096,812 | 1,122,240 | 1,146,519
North Dakota .........|   141,961 |   118,986 |   111,759 |   109,659 |   109,691 |   111,502 |   111,870 |   111,102 |   111,978
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Ohio .................| 2,246,282 | 1,849,283 | 1,801,914 | 1,584,735 | 1,603,025 | 1,627,984 | 1,661,014 | 1,680,044 | 1,681,773
Oklahoma .............|   560,993 |   548,065 |   542,800 |   543,170 |   548,387 |   570,381 |   574,538 |   580,572 |   582,459
Oregon ...............|   436,736 |   418,593 |   417,009 |   419,771 |   431,806 |   458,107 |   462,108 |   468,775 |   472,908
Pennsylvania .........| 2,169,225 | 1,808,630 | 1,754,782 | 1,524,839 | 1,542,077 | 1,629,877 | 1,651,741 | 1,668,163 | 1,682,615
Rhode Island .........|   163,205 |   139,195 |   135,096 |   125,934 |   129,856 |   136,229 |   137,870 |   138,671 |   140,906
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South Carolina .......|   600,292 |   569,612 |   580,132 |   569,029 |   573,138 |   608,699 |   605,526 |   613,761 |   621,508
South Dakota .........|   158,543 |   124,934 |   121,663 |   119,823 |   121,403 |   128,335 |   127,754 |   127,387 |   125,939
Tennessee ............|   836,010 |   806,696 |   797,237 |   761,766 |   767,738 |   806,895 |   819,831 |   827,308 |   836,120
Texas ................| 2,432,420 | 2,608,817 | 2,647,288 | 3,075,333 | 3,085,648 | 3,364,830 | 3,435,010 | 3,516,175 | 3,585,364
Utah .................|   287,405 |   312,813 |   323,048 |   408,917 |   417,609 |   442,617 |   444,679 |   450,592 |   450,381
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Vermont ..............|    97,772 |    95,045 |    90,884 |    87,832 |    88,901 |    98,608 |   100,166 |   100,136 |    99,967
Virginia .............|   995,580 |   955,105 |   938,794 |   989,197 | 1,011,513 | 1,079,496 | 1,098,862 | 1,117,402 | 1,134,876
Washington ...........|   764,735 |   710,929 |   704,655 |   755,141 |   781,371 |   870,163 |   888,142 |   903,870 |   916,215
West Virginia.........|   372,278 |   353,264 |   351,823 |   301,947 |   300,067 |   287,937 |   285,548 |   283,391 |   281,136
Wisconsin ............|   880,609 |   770,554 |   743,505 |   711,466 |   731,088 |   782,395 |   799,391 |   807,668 |   817,795
Wyoming ..............|    81,293 |    89,471 |    91,381 |    91,277 |    92,506 |    93,691 |    93,190 |    91,729 |    89,895
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    Outlying areas    |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |
American Samoa .......|       --- |       --- |       --- |    11,448 |    12,272 |    14,000 |    14,074 |    14,114 |    14,750
Guam .................|    20,315 |       --- |    22,343 |    23,883 |    25,330 |    31,779 |    31,998 |    30,555 |    31,916
Northern Marianas ....|       --- |       --- |       --- |     6,809 |     6,062 |     7,351 |     7,511 |     7,784 |     8,055
Puerto Rico ..........|       --- |   656,709 |   671,661 |   597,436 |   597,418 |   547,561 |   548,788 |   538,878 |   543,164
Virgin Islands .......|       --- |       --- |    23,312 |    18,924 |    19,984 |    20,339 |    19,867 |    19,474 |    19,430
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NOTE: Data for California are not strictly comparable with those for other states because California's attendance figures through 1990-91 include excused absences. Some data revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education; Statistics of State School Systems; and Common Core of Data survey. (This table was prepared May 2000.)


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