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Digest of Education Statistics: 2009
Digest of Education Statistics: 2009

NCES 2010-013
April 2010


Table 35. Enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by level, grade, and state or jurisdiction: Fall 2007
State or jurisdiction Total, all grades Prekindergarten through grade 8 and elementary ungraded Grades 9 through 12 and secondary ungraded
Total Prekinder-garten Kinder-garten Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Elementary ungraded Total Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12 Secondary ungraded
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
United States 49,292,507 34,205,362 1,081,125 3,609,415 3,750,073 3,704,007 3,658,869 3,624,408 3,600,120 3,628,453 3,700,857 3,709,409 138,626 15,087,145 4,199,967 3,862,995 3,557,585 3,374,786 91,812
Alabama 744,865 527,259 3,603 55,973 59,927 59,099 58,241 57,821 57,045 57,055 59,249 59,246 0 217,606 65,495 55,650 49,987 46,474 0
Alaska 131,029 88,980 1,679 9,625 9,735 9,983 9,762 9,420 9,527 9,475 9,821 9,953 0 42,049 10,719 10,639 10,599 10,092 0
Arizona 1,087,447 771,056 15,854 86,742 86,920 85,520 84,590 82,876 82,499 83,078 81,611 81,196 170 316,391 84,030 80,655 75,416 76,275 15
Arkansas 479,016 339,920 12,795 38,192 37,872 36,570 36,275 35,710 35,588 35,057 35,502 35,944 415 139,096 37,819 36,781 33,613 30,708 175
California 6,343,471 4,328,968 68,002 454,743 471,770 471,398 465,121 467,305 470,021 478,685 487,331 490,054 4,538 2,014,503 541,650 513,707 488,227 468,281 2,638
                                     
Colorado 801,867 565,726 25,649 61,576 63,351 62,076 60,410 59,449 58,219 58,231 58,369 58,396 0 236,141 63,333 60,702 56,772 55,334 0
Connecticut 570,626 394,034 14,180 39,889 42,023 41,790 41,953 42,488 42,136 42,864 43,041 43,670 0 176,592 48,472 44,526 42,667 40,927 0
Delaware 122,574 85,019 583 8,817 9,841 9,430 9,455 9,085 8,963 9,177 9,492 10,176 0 37,555 11,479 10,028 8,367 7,681 0
District of Columbia 78,422 55,836 7,146 5,306 5,492 5,285 4,928 4,807 4,793 4,896 4,912 5,182 3,089 22,586 7,099 5,028 4,113 4,002 2,344
Florida 2,666,811 1,855,859 46,917 197,467 206,706 203,753 208,353 195,859 199,002 199,662 204,170 193,970 0 810,952 233,376 213,074 194,670 169,832 0
                                     
Georgia 1,649,589 1,178,577 39,908 129,791 131,750 129,385 128,835 125,404 123,215 122,758 122,987 124,544 0 471,012 147,106 123,454 105,009 95,443 0
Hawaii 179,897 125,556 1,531 15,042 13,633 14,216 13,756 13,652 13,505 13,457 13,243 13,420 101 54,341 16,161 13,613 13,238 11,234 95
Idaho 272,119 191,171 2,880 21,295 21,779 21,162 21,276 20,658 20,333 20,711 20,520 20,557 0 80,948 21,800 21,013 19,537 18,598 0
Illinois 2,112,805 1,472,909 77,843 145,755 154,811 154,454 155,578 152,895 153,347 156,877 160,039 161,310 0 639,896 178,385 167,459 149,710 144,342 0
Indiana 1,046,766 729,550 10,755 75,445 85,100 80,527 78,739 78,204 78,709 80,122 81,099 80,850 0 317,216 84,937 81,968 78,556 71,755 0
                                     
Iowa 485,115 329,504 12,487 37,819 34,874 34,855 34,709 34,590 34,421 34,557 35,152 36,040 0 155,611 38,992 39,306 38,199 39,114 0
Kansas 468,295 326,771 13,477 35,471 35,734 35,292 34,715 34,383 33,467 33,792 34,295 34,572 1,573 141,524 37,569 36,316 33,859 33,149 631
Kentucky 666,225 469,373 17,985 49,986 51,907 51,459 51,958 49,250 48,351 48,903 49,664 49,723 187 196,852 56,874 51,358 46,582 41,958 80
Louisiana 681,038 499,549 26,631 53,062 56,149 54,384 51,956 56,201 45,418 52,213 52,180 51,355 0 181,489 55,735 46,857 41,091 37,806 0
Maine 196,245 130,742 2,635 13,710 13,713 13,842 13,793 14,238 14,244 14,394 14,839 15,334 0 65,503 16,100 16,839 16,242 16,322 0
                                     
Maryland 845,700 576,479 27,179 59,455 58,611 60,105 58,906 60,281 61,239 61,909 63,706 65,088 0 269,221 76,188 68,452 62,814 61,767 0
Massachusetts 962,958 666,926 25,853 67,900 71,067 70,786 70,497 71,443 70,724 71,586 73,102 73,318 650 296,032 79,576 75,397 72,302 68,757 0
Michigan 1,692,739 1,136,823 27,207 125,592 120,898 119,985 118,480 118,931 119,266 121,191 125,523 126,608 13,142 555,916 149,275 143,421 130,215 126,380 6,625
Minnesota 837,578 558,180 12,795 60,140 61,234 60,204 59,723 59,431 59,652 59,844 61,968 63,189 0 279,398 67,434 68,614 68,601 74,749 0
Mississippi 494,122 353,512 2,805 38,662 40,719 39,977 38,302 37,274 36,705 37,074 38,945 37,948 5,101 140,610 41,807 36,461 31,077 27,688 3,577
                                     
Missouri 917,188 631,746 22,691 67,314 68,262 68,127 67,334 67,996 66,550 66,675 68,161 68,636 0 285,442 79,020 73,264 67,715 65,443 0
Montana 142,823 96,354 539 10,601 10,670 10,393 10,454 10,503 10,410 10,697 10,858 11,180 49 46,469 12,134 11,970 11,287 11,057 21
Nebraska 291,244 200,095 10,091 22,588 21,760 21,367 20,844 20,519 20,458 20,508 20,913 21,047 0 91,149 23,829 22,898 22,022 22,400 0
Nevada 429,362 307,573 2,834 31,682 34,564 34,159 34,144 33,760 32,951 33,722 34,455 34,121 1,181 121,789 40,265 33,676 25,983 21,828 37
New Hampshire 200,772 134,359 2,614 10,489 14,625 14,436 14,624 15,026 15,203 15,318 15,806 16,218 0 66,413 17,532 16,922 16,000 15,959 0
                                     
New Jersey 1,382,348 954,418 28,540 91,115 99,939 98,492 98,873 98,195 98,311 99,028 100,981 100,884 40,060 427,930 108,724 104,930 100,600 97,078 16,598
New Mexico 329,040 229,718 5,378 25,796 26,044 25,441 25,107 24,452 24,365 23,801 24,271 25,063 0 99,322 30,031 26,961 22,736 19,594 0
New York 2,765,435 1,856,315 48,561 184,672 196,537 196,094 191,144 191,647 192,009 195,547 203,146 205,135 51,823 909,120 242,566 229,873 194,223 185,680 56,778
North Carolina 1,489,492 1,072,324 16,927 120,998 124,701 122,148 118,726 115,076 113,775 112,190 113,240 114,543 0 417,168 128,987 105,322 96,966 85,893 0
North Dakota 95,059 63,492 909 6,730 6,828 6,511 6,787 6,935 6,985 7,040 7,295 7,472 0 31,567 8,071 8,014 7,820 7,662 0
                                     
Ohio 1,827,184 1,241,322 32,815 130,889 136,312 133,887 132,661 132,634 131,403 132,961 137,821 139,939 0 585,862 164,768 145,347 141,330 134,417 0
Oklahoma 642,065 462,629 35,270 49,306 51,536 48,386 47,290 46,787 45,447 45,010 45,218 45,831 2,548 179,436 49,091 47,340 42,648 39,321 1,036
Oregon 565,586 383,598 1,310 39,820 42,258 42,718 42,717 42,750 42,282 42,989 43,121 43,018 615 181,988 45,179 45,820 45,161 45,559 269
Pennsylvania 1,801,971 1,205,351 12,490 122,769 130,124 130,425 130,104 129,837 130,792 134,406 140,097 143,406 901 596,620 158,874 153,174 143,749 139,930 893
Rhode Island 147,629 99,159 1,770 9,840 10,921 10,141 9,721 11,028 10,869 11,207 11,564 12,098 0 48,470 13,709 12,492 11,421 10,848 0
                                     
South Carolina 712,317 504,566 22,812 52,314 56,172 55,127 53,607 52,715 51,805 52,196 53,751 54,067 0 207,751 66,363 55,462 46,467 39,459 0
South Dakota 121,606 83,424 1,335 9,688 9,073 9,031 8,941 8,935 9,009 9,059 9,105 9,248 0 38,182 10,457 9,977 8,847 8,901 0
Tennessee 964,259 681,751 14,937 75,289 76,327 74,612 73,836 72,454 70,419 69,312 71,337 70,745 12,483 282,508 78,874 74,197 67,397 62,040 0
Texas 4,674,832 3,374,684 217,751 356,706 376,003 366,821 355,365 346,491 345,784 336,619 340,473 332,671 0 1,300,148 399,047 332,573 294,661 273,867 0
Utah 576,244 410,258 9,487 47,591 47,859 46,940 45,982 44,748 42,943 41,765 41,829 41,114 0 165,986 41,355 42,535 41,721 40,375 0
                                     
Vermont 94,038 63,096 4,556 6,161 6,241 6,229 6,409 6,490 6,571 6,581 6,819 7,039 0 30,942 7,683 7,887 7,658 7,714 0
Virginia 1,230,857 850,444 28,684 89,656 93,218 92,145 90,501 90,397 88,811 90,691 92,445 93,896 0 380,413 108,115 96,869 90,016 85,413 0
Washington 1,030,247 697,407 10,012 72,165 76,542 76,725 76,831 76,673 76,540 75,939 77,761 78,219 0 332,840 89,008 84,942 80,461 78,429 0
West Virginia 282,535 198,545 12,247 21,300 20,901 20,795 20,068 20,217 20,056 20,369 21,262 21,330 0 83,990 23,954 21,170 20,241 18,625 0
Wisconsin 874,633 585,212 37,773 59,590 60,474 60,807 60,000 59,995 59,581 60,827 62,030 64,135 0 289,421 73,746 70,788 72,507 72,380 0
Wyoming 86,422 59,243 413 6,891 6,566 6,513 6,488 6,493 6,402 6,428 6,338 6,711 0 27,179 7,174 7,274 6,485 6,246 0
                                     
Bureau of Indian
   Education
                                     
DoD, overseas 57,247 44,418 1,734 5,272 5,163 5,195 4,917 5,001 4,523 4,405 4,150 4,058 0 12,829 3,798 3,494 2,907 2,630 0
DoD, domestic 27,548 24,807 2,668 3,331 3,204 3,078 2,767 2,568 2,214 2,063 1,595 1,319 0 2,741 958 727 561 495 0
                                     
Other jurisdictions                                      
American Samoa 0
Guam
Northern Marianas 11,299 8,140 462 689 836 930 850 869 857 862 835 855 95 3,159 1,166 811 624 558 0
Puerto Rico 526,565 372,514 420 32,490 41,008 39,811 39,915 41,523 40,547 40,574 44,309 42,807 9,110 154,051 41,525 39,176 35,374 33,478 4,498
U.S. Virgin Islands 15,903 10,770 (1) 1,015 1,100 1,098 1,121 1,199 1,294 1,173 1,540 1,230 0 5,133 1,889 1,180 1,108 956 0
1 No prekindergarten pupils reported.            
NOTE: DoD = Department of Defense.            
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2007-08. (This table was prepared September 2009.)