Table 203.50.

Enrollment and percentage distribution of enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by race/ethnicity and region: Selected years, fall 1995 through fall 2025

Region and year	Enrollment (in thousands)								Percentage distribution
	Total	White	Black	His- panic	Asian/ Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaska Native	Two or more races		Total	White	Black	His- panic	Asian/ Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaska Native	Two or more races
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8		9	10	11	12	13	14	15
United States
1995	44,840	29,044	7,551	6,072	1,668	505	—		100.0	64.8	16.8	13.5	3.7	1.1	†
2000	47,204	28,878	8,100	7,726	1,950	550	—		100.0	61.2	17.2	16.4	4.1	1.2	†
2001	47,672	28,735	8,177	8,169	2,028	564	—		100.0	60.3	17.2	17.1	4.3	1.2	†
2002	48,183	28,618	8,299	8,594	2,088	583	—		100.0	59.4	17.2	17.8	4.3	1.2	†
2003	48,540	28,442	8,349	9,011	2,145	593	—		100.0	58.6	17.2	18.6	4.4	1.2	†
2004	48,795	28,318	8,386	9,317	2,183	591	—		100.0	58.0	17.2	19.1	4.5	1.2	†
2005	49,113	28,005	8,445	9,787	2,279	598	—		100.0	57.0	17.2	19.9	4.6	1.2	†
2006	49,316	27,801	8,422	10,166	2,332	595	—		100.0	56.4	17.1	20.6	4.7	1.2	†
2007	49,291	27,454	8,392	10,454	2,396	594	—		100.0	55.7	17.0	21.2	4.9	1.2	†
2008	49,266	27,057	8,358	10,563	2,451	589	247	1	100.0	54.9	17.0	21.4	5.0	1.2	0.5	1
2009	49,361	26,702	8,245	10,991	2,484	601	338	1	100.0	54.1	16.7	22.3	5.0	1.2	0.7	1
2010	49,484	25,933	7,917	11,439	2,466	566	1,164		100.0	52.4	16.0	23.1	5.0	1.1	2.4
2011	49,522	25,602	7,827	11,759	2,513	547	1,272		100.0	51.7	15.8	23.7	5.1	1.1	2.6
2012	49,771	25,386	7,803	12,104	2,552	534	1,393		100.0	51.0	15.7	24.3	5.1	1.1	2.8
2013	50,045	25,160	7,805	12,452	2,593	523	1,511		100.0	50.3	15.6	24.9	5.2	1.0	3.0
20142	50,132	25,007	7,828	12,740	2,637	516	1,404		100.0	49.9	15.6	25.4	5.3	1.0	2.8
20152	50,268	24,789	7,817	13,030	2,678	508	1,445		100.0	49.3	15.6	25.9	5.3	1.0	2.9
20162	50,385	24,566	7,806	13,306	2,723	499	1,484		100.0	48.8	15.5	26.4	5.4	1.0	2.9
20172	50,477	24,340	7,796	13,563	2,769	490	1,519		100.0	48.2	15.4	26.9	5.5	1.0	3.0
20182	50,528	24,128	7,776	13,791	2,799	483	1,552		100.0	47.8	15.4	27.3	5.5	1.0	3.1
20192	50,618	23,993	7,754	13,964	2,846	472	1,590		100.0	47.4	15.3	27.6	5.6	0.9	3.1
20202	50,774	23,882	7,756	14,142	2,892	463	1,638		100.0	47.0	15.3	27.9	5.7	0.9	3.2
20212	50,928	23,777	7,774	14,300	2,934	457	1,685		100.0	46.7	15.3	28.1	5.8	0.9	3.3
20222	51,084	23,686	7,799	14,437	2,979	451	1,731		100.0	46.4	15.3	28.3	5.8	0.9	3.4
20232	51,225	23,614	7,819	14,541	3,029	447	1,777		100.0	46.1	15.3	28.4	5.9	0.9	3.5
20242	51,338	23,544	7,832	14,615	3,083	443	1,821		100.0	45.9	15.3	28.5	6.0	0.9	3.5
20252	51,420	23,465	7,836	14,677	3,139	439	1,863		100.0	45.6	15.2	28.5	6.1	0.9	3.6
Northeast
1995	7,894	5,497	1,202	878	295	21	—		100.0	69.6	15.2	11.1	3.7	0.3	†
2000	8,222	5,545	1,270	1,023	361	24	—		100.0	67.4	15.4	12.4	4.4	0.3	†
2003	8,292	5,455	1,284	1,124	403	27	—		100.0	65.8	15.5	13.6	4.9	0.3	†
2005	8,240	5,317	1,282	1,189	425	27	—		100.0	64.5	15.6	14.4	5.2	0.3	†
2008	8,053	5,041	1,226	1,267	467	27	25	1	100.0	62.6	15.2	15.7	5.8	0.3	0.3	1
2009	8,092	5,010	1,230	1,308	487	27	30	1	100.0	61.9	15.2	16.2	6.0	0.3	0.4	1
2010	8,071	4,876	1,208	1,364	500	27	96		100.0	60.4	15.0	16.9	6.2	0.3	1.2
2011	7,954	4,745	1,166	1,394	510	27	113		100.0	59.7	14.7	17.5	6.4	0.3	1.4
2012	7,959	4,665	1,161	1,444	523	27	138		100.0	58.6	14.6	18.1	6.6	0.3	1.7
2013	7,961	4,593	1,158	1,492	533	28	158		100.0	57.7	14.5	18.7	6.7	0.3	2.0
Midwest
1995	10,512	8,335	1,450	438	197	92	—		100.0	79.3	13.8	4.2	1.9	0.9	†
2000	10,730	8,208	1,581	610	239	92	—		100.0	76.5	14.7	5.7	2.2	0.9	†
2003	10,809	8,055	1,644	751	262	97	—		100.0	74.5	15.2	7.0	2.4	0.9	†
2005	10,819	7,950	1,654	836	283	96	—		100.0	73.5	15.3	7.7	2.6	0.9	†
2008	10,743	7,734	1,632	963	314	99	—		100.0	72.0	15.2	9.0	2.9	0.9	†
2009	10,672	7,622	1,606	1,000	318	98	29	1	100.0	71.4	15.0	9.4	3.0	0.9	0.3	1
2010	10,610	7,327	1,505	1,077	312	94	294		100.0	69.1	14.2	10.2	2.9	0.9	2.8
2011	10,574	7,240	1,485	1,127	321	90	311		100.0	68.5	14.0	10.7	3.0	0.9	2.9
2012	10,559	7,175	1,464	1,167	330	89	334		100.0	68.0	13.9	11.1	3.1	0.8	3.2
2013	10,573	7,111	1,464	1,212	341	87	358		100.0	67.3	13.8	11.5	3.2	0.8	3.4
South
1995	16,118	9,565	4,236	1,890	280	148	—		100.0	59.3	26.3	11.7	1.7	0.9	†
2000	17,007	9,501	4,516	2,468	352	170	—		100.0	55.9	26.6	14.5	2.1	1.0	†
2003	17,673	9,437	4,656	2,980	410	189	—		100.0	53.4	26.3	16.9	2.3	1.1	†
2005	18,103	9,381	4,738	3,334	456	194	—		100.0	51.8	26.2	18.4	2.5	1.1	†
2008	18,491	9,190	4,771	3,790	537	203	—		100.0	49.7	25.8	20.5	2.9	1.1	†
2009	18,652	9,074	4,710	4,039	555	219	55	1	100.0	48.6	25.3	21.7	3.0	1.2	0.3	1
2010	18,805	8,869	4,545	4,206	555	207	424		100.0	47.2	24.2	22.4	3.0	1.1	2.3
2011	18,956	8,830	4,535	4,353	577	198	463		100.0	46.6	23.9	23.0	3.0	1.0	2.4
2012	19,128	8,780	4,545	4,513	595	191	504		100.0	45.9	23.8	23.6	3.1	1.0	2.6
2013	19,299	8,722	4,561	4,671	614	185	546		100.0	45.2	23.6	24.2	3.2	1.0	2.8
West
1995	10,316	5,648	662	2,866	896	244	—		100.0	54.7	6.4	27.8	8.7	2.4	†
2000	11,244	5,624	733	3,625	998	264	—		100.0	50.0	6.5	32.2	8.9	2.4	†
2003	11,766	5,496	765	4,156	1,070	280	—		100.0	46.7	6.5	35.3	9.1	2.4	†
2005	11,951	5,356	771	4,428	1,115	281	—		100.0	44.8	6.5	37.1	9.3	2.4	†
2008	11,979	5,092	728	4,543	1,133	261	222	1	100.0	42.5	6.1	37.9	9.5	2.2	1.9	1
2009	11,945	4,997	699	4,645	1,124	256	223	1	100.0	41.8	5.9	38.9	9.4	2.1	1.9	1
2010	11,998	4,861	659	4,792	1,100	237	349		100.0	40.5	5.5	39.9	9.2	2.0	2.9
2011	12,038	4,787	642	4,886	1,105	233	385		100.0	39.8	5.3	40.6	9.2	1.9	3.2
2012	12,124	4,766	632	4,978	1,104	227	417		100.0	39.3	5.2	41.1	9.1	1.9	3.4
2013	12,212	4,733	623	5,077	1,105	224	449		100.0	38.8	5.1	41.6	9.1	1.8	3.7

—Not available.

†Not applicable.

1 For this year, data on students of Two or more races were reported by only a small number of states. Therefore, the data are not comparable to figures for 2010 and later years.

2 Projected.

NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Enrollment data for students not reported by race/ethnicity were prorated by state and grade to match state totals. Prior to 2008, data on students of Two or more races were not collected. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. 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 and Secondary Education," 1995-96 through 2013-14; and National Elementary and Secondary Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Projection Model, 1972 through 2025. (This table was prepared January 2016.)