Table 43. | Average daily attendance in public elementary and secondary schools, by state: 1969-70 to 1997-98 |
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ State or | | | | | | | | | other area | 1969-70 | 1979-80 | 1980-81 | 1989-90 | 1990-91 | 1994-95 | 1995-96 | 1996-97 | 1997-98 ______________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________ 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 | | | | | | | | | 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 | | | | | | | | | 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 | | | | | | | | | 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 | | | | | | | | | 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 | | | | | | | | | 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 | | | | | | | | | 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 |===========|===========|===========|===========|===========|===========|===========|===========|=========== 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 ______________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________ |
---Not available. 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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