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Table 42. -  Enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by grade and state: Fall 1995
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                      |            |                                     Prekindergarten through grade 8 and elementary unclassified                                        |         Grades 9 through 12 and secondary unclassified
                      |   Total,   |________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|____________________________________________________________________
 State or other area  | all levels |   Total   |Prekinder- | Kinder-  |  Grade   |  Grade   |  Grade   |  Grade   |  Grade   |   Grade   |  Grade   |  Grade   | Elementary |   Total   |  Grade   |  Grade   |  Grade   |  Grade   | Secondary
                      |            |           |garten\1\  |  garten  |    1     |    2     |    3     |    4     |    5     |     6     |    7     |    8     |unclassified|           |    9     |    10    |    11    |    12    | unclassified
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          1           |     2      |     3     |      4    |    5     |    6     |    7     |    8     |    9     |    10    |    11     |    12    |    13    |     14     |    15     |    16    |    17    |    18    |    19    |     20
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   United States .....| 44,840,481 |32,340,501 |   636,846 |3,536,227 |3,670,903 |3,507,022 |3,444,740 |3,430,583 |3,437,943 | 3,395,307 |3,422,290 |3,356,338 |    502,302 |12,499,980 |3,704,455 |3,237,391 |2,826,023 |2,487,135 |    244,976
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Alabama ..............|    746,149 |   539,309 |\2\  9,324 |   59,739 |   61,694 |   57,452 |   57,732 |   56,486 |   57,142 |    58,704 |   61,122 |   59,914 |        --- |   206,840 |   65,299 |   53,780 |   46,780 |   40,981 |        ---
Alaska ...............|    127,618 |    93,434 |     2,419 |   10,567 |   10,444 |   10,352 |   10,030 |   10,222 |   10,112 |     9,870 |    9,845 |    9,573 |        --- |    34,184 |   10,263 |    9,045 |    7,765 |    7,111 |        ---
Arizona ..............|    743,566 |   548,526 |     4,027 |   61,420 |   64,215 |   61,418 |   59,828 |   60,202 |   59,894 |    58,281 |   58,829 |   56,407 |      4,005 |   195,040 |   59,346 |   52,654 |   43,547 |   39,197 |        296
Arkansas .............|    453,257 |   322,440 |     1,525 |   36,731 |   36,369 |   34,257 |   33,621 |   33,955 |   34,875 |    35,104 |   37,023 |   36,696 |      2,284 |   130,817 |   37,005 |   35,209 |   30,566 |   27,083 |        954
California ...........|  5,536,406 | 4,041,224 |\2\ 69,182 |  472,334 |  466,167 |  453,020 |  435,380 |  428,553 |  424,838 |   413,776 |  409,978 |  399,039 |     68,957 | 1,495,182 |  437,974 |  396,020 |  343,419 |  287,428 |     30,341
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Colorado .............|    656,279 |   478,881 |    10,472 |   50,316 |   52,767 |   51,786 |   52,030 |   52,783 |   52,646 |    51,856 |   52,282 |   51,180 |        763 |   177,398 |   52,472 |   47,128 |   41,751 |   35,480 |        567
Connecticut ..........|    517,935 |   384,274 |     8,093 |   44,148 |   45,969 |   43,030 |   42,010 |   41,365 |   40,650 |    39,468 |   38,253 |   37,320 |      3,968 |   133,661 |   39,380 |   34,797 |   31,198 |   28,282 |          4
Delaware .............|    108,461 |    77,028 |       670 |    7,775 |    8,579 |    8,721 |    8,425 |    8,527 |    8,362 |     8,520 |    8,883 |    8,566 |        --- |    31,433 |   10,112 |    8,325 |    6,785 |    6,211 |        ---
District of Columbia .|     79,802 |    61,836 |     5,387 |    7,736 |    7,931 |    6,533 |    6,063 |    5,852 |    5,332 |     4,980 |    5,052 |    4,749 |      2,221 |    17,966 |    5,159 |    4,896 |    3,700 |    2,972 |      1,239
Florida ..............|  2,176,222 | 1,613,510 |    51,123 |  176,767 |  180,182 |  175,891 |  172,039 |  173,169 |  175,358 |   174,079 |  171,381 |  163,521 |        --- |   562,712 |  182,980 |  154,030 |  126,183 |   99,519 |        ---
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Georgia ..............|  1,311,126 |   965,707 |    22,621 |  111,462 |  110,955 |  105,752 |  103,936 |  103,072 |  102,516 |   103,015 |  102,287 |  100,091 |        --- |   345,419 |  117,429 |   90,117 |   74,137 |   63,736 |        ---
Hawaii ...............|    187,180 |   135,671 |       609 |   16,562 |   16,013 |   15,546 |   15,106 |   14,867 |   14,489 |    14,617 |   14,022 |   13,793 |         47 |    51,509 |   16,277 |   13,274 |   11,442 |   10,478 |         38
Idaho ................|    243,097 |   169,556 |     1,665 |   17,750 |   18,260 |   18,285 |   17,952 |   17,640 |   18,626 |    19,392 |   19,857 |   20,129 |        --- |    73,541 |   20,195 |   19,349 |   17,904 |   16,093 |        ---
Illinois .............|  1,943,623 | 1,390,475 |    45,947 |  151,485 |  154,534 |  149,128 |  142,500 |  142,660 |  142,836 |   138,679 |  133,484 |  132,678 |     56,544 |   553,148 |  149,289 |  139,115 |  122,384 |  107,244 |     35,116
Indiana...............|    977,263 |   684,348 |     4,901 |   73,833 |   80,279 |   74,964 |   71,585 |   72,356 |   73,101 |    74,734 |   77,279 |   78,278 |      3,038 |   292,915 |   83,436 |   76,232 |   67,902 |   62,659 |      2,686
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Iowa .................|    502,343 |   343,997 |     5,957 |   37,629 |   36,107 |   35,029 |   34,884 |   36,431 |   37,204 |    37,117 |   38,833 |   38,715 |      6,091 |   158,346 |   41,385 |   39,680 |   36,861 |   34,565 |      5,855
Kansas ...............|    463,008 |   328,701 |     3,209 |   33,925 |   35,538 |   35,037 |   35,100 |   36,004 |   36,596 |    36,534 |   37,317 |   36,782 |      2,659 |   134,307 |   38,484 |   35,290 |   31,064 |   28,491 |        978
Kentucky .............|    659,821 |   468,242 |    20,290 |   45,038 |   47,250 |   45,845 |   56,613 |   46,834 |   48,572 |    49,131 |   51,000 |   50,091 |      7,578 |   191,579 |   56,572 |   49,429 |   43,614 |   38,797 |      3,167
Louisiana ............|    797,366 |   580,348 |    19,440 |   61,323 |   63,719 |   59,414 |   59,552 |   61,315 |   61,232 |    60,647 |   62,873 |   57,918 |     12,915 |   217,018 |   68,655 |   55,225 |   47,422 |   40,663 |      5,053
Maine ................|    213,569 |   156,016 |       821 |   16,826 |   17,250 |   17,003 |   16,568 |   17,419 |   17,397 |    17,280 |   17,206 |   16,771 |      1,475 |    57,553 |   16,007 |   14,636 |   13,773 |   12,670 |        467
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Maryland .............|    805,544 |   590,155 |    19,092 |   63,232 |   67,348 |   65,055 |   63,940 |   62,207 |   61,814 |    61,099 |   60,747 |   58,835 |      6,786 |   215,389 |   64,468 |   54,286 |   47,345 |   42,974 |      6,316
Massachusetts ........|    915,007 |   674,588 |    14,792 |   79,163 |   79,565 |   75,647 |   73,380 |   71,800 |   71,606 |    69,122 |   67,176 |   65,724 |      6,613 |   240,419 |   68,623 |   62,856 |   57,029 |   51,911 |        ---
Michigan .............|  1,641,456 | 1,191,671 |     8,870 |  141,238 |  134,513 |  125,809 |  124,197 |  122,266 |  123,894 |   120,347 |  120,121 |  118,996 |     51,420 |   449,785 |  129,820 |  112,588 |   99,551 |   87,840 |     19,986
Minnesota ............|    835,166 |   586,080 |     8,340 |   63,896 |   63,268 |   62,511 |   62,564 |   64,545 |   65,191 |    64,439 |   65,677 |   65,649 |        --- |   249,086 |   67,226 |   64,478 |   59,589 |   57,793 |        ---
Mississippi ..........|    506,272 |   366,186 |     1,083 |   39,632 |   42,510 |   39,015 |   37,304 |   38,004 |   38,332 |    38,737 |   41,223 |   39,809 |     10,537 |   140,086 |   43,241 |   35,552 |   28,587 |   25,741 |      6,965
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Missouri..............|    889,881 |   635,771 |    16,225 |   68,513 |   69,659 |   67,080 |   66,928 |   68,159 |   68,889 |    67,847 |   69,368 |   66,493 |      6,610 |   254,110 |   72,575 |   66,804 |   59,378 |   52,939 |      2,414
Montana ..............|    165,547 |   116,403 |       519 |   12,214 |   12,519 |   12,279 |   12,535 |   12,899 |   13,200 |    13,153 |   13,407 |   13,342 |        336 |    49,144 |   13,921 |   12,569 |   11,635 |   10,897 |        122
Nebraska .............|    289,744 |   203,022 |     3,853 |   22,282 |   21,748 |   21,082 |   21,210 |   21,886 |   22,351 |    22,777 |   22,817 |   23,016 |        --- |    86,722 |   23,813 |   23,184 |   20,450 |   19,275 |        ---
Nevada ...............|    265,041 |   195,892 |     1,631 |   22,074 |   23,301 |   22,368 |   21,752 |   21,784 |   21,253 |    20,616 |   20,449 |   19,970 |        694 |    69,149 |   19,661 |   18,773 |   16,553 |   14,143 |         19
New Hampshire ........|    194,171 |   141,721 |     1,357 |    8,859 |   17,973 |   16,601 |   16,566 |   16,275 |   16,480 |    15,805 |   15,798 |   15,487 |        520 |    52,450 |   15,420 |   13,597 |   12,387 |   10,996 |         50
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New Jersey ...........|  1,197,381 |   880,350 |     9,301 |   93,978 |  102,521 |   95,581 |   91,352 |   88,686 |   86,889 |    84,950 |   83,920 |   81,997 |     61,175 |   317,031 |   84,649 |   76,042 |   70,493 |   65,647 |     20,200
New Mexico ...........|    329,640 |   229,239 |     3,426 |   24,329 |   26,152 |   24,703 |   24,395 |   24,200 |   24,407 |    25,300 |   26,434 |   25,893 |        --- |   100,401 |   29,164 |   24,981 |   20,195 |   17,078 |      8,983
New York .............|  2,813,230 | 1,980,208 |    32,087 |  216,112 |  231,136 |  218,744 |  209,174 |  203,089 |  200,446 |   197,470 |  199,440 |  194,347 |     78,163 |   833,022 |  235,320 |  205,305 |  178,043 |  142,841 |     71,513
North Carolina .......|  1,183,090 |   871,320 |     9,013 |  100,525 |  101,945 |   96,229 |   92,552 |   90,795 |   90,445 |    88,925 |   89,747 |   88,056 |     23,088 |   311,770 |  100,505 |   82,512 |   69,100 |   59,653 |        ---
North Dakota .........|    119,100 |    82,333 |       551 |    8,573 |    8,824 |    8,678 |    8,590 |    9,017 |    9,201 |     9,270 |    9,770 |    9,859 |        --- |    36,767 |    9,927 |    9,377 |    8,950 |    8,513 |        ---
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Ohio .................|  1,836,015 | 1,297,313 |    18,997 |  141,589 |  148,354 |  140,090 |  138,135 |  138,942 |  140,465 |   137,737 |  141,979 |  142,469 |      8,556 |   538,702 |  159,777 |  138,771 |  125,275 |  114,879 |        ---
Oklahoma .............|    616,393 |   445,780 |     5,470 |   48,635 |   54,178 |   46,642 |   46,456 |   47,407 |   48,073 |    48,683 |   49,709 |   49,012 |      1,515 |   170,613 |   49,992 |   45,289 |   38,997 |   35,733 |        602
Oregon ...............|    527,914 |   375,966 |       855 |   39,875 |   41,952 |   40,802 |   40,790 |   41,721 |   42,083 |    41,735 |   42,449 |   42,141 |      1,563 |   151,948 |   42,438 |   39,326 |   36,420 |   33,202 |        562
Pennsylvania .........|  1,787,533 | 1,256,621 |     3,502 |  134,584 |  146,077 |  139,562 |  136,887 |  137,850 |  135,565 |   133,770 |  137,376 |  136,069 |     15,379 |   530,912 |  150,460 |  134,653 |  121,885 |  111,050 |     12,864
Rhode Island .........|    149,799 |   109,815 |       531 |   10,947 |   13,868 |   12,343 |   12,053 |   11,596 |   11,439 |    11,586 |   11,515 |   11,032 |      2,905 |    39,984 |   11,922 |   10,530 |    9,113 |    8,263 |        156
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South Carolina .......|    645,586 |   463,305 |\2\  8,067 |   39,964 |   55,944 |   51,837 |   50,451 |   50,860 |   51,338 |    51,322 |   52,214 |   51,308 |        --- |   182,281 |   60,808 |   48,165 |   38,508 |   34,800 |        ---
South Dakota .........|    144,685 |   101,491 |     1,475 |   10,609 |   10,700 |   10,365 |   10,675 |   10,937 |   11,234 |    11,143 |   11,583 |   11,654 |      1,116 |    43,194 |   12,176 |   11,388 |   10,090 |    9,116 |        424
Tennessee ............|    893,770 |   650,601 |\2\ 11,168 |   73,962 |   76,015 |   69,266 |   67,326 |   67,705 |   67,859 |    66,227 |   68,309 |   66,513 |     16,251 |   243,169 |   74,398 |   64,144 |   55,308 |   49,319 |        ---
Texas ................|  3,748,167 | 2,757,273 |   133,754 |  281,708 |  303,928 |  294,298 |  291,993 |  292,191 |  293,834 |   288,502 |  292,190 |  284,875 |        --- |   990,894 |  335,819 |  255,132 |  213,714 |  186,229 |        ---
Utah .................|    477,121 |   327,790 |     3,455 |   34,645 |   34,857 |   34,782 |   33,937 |   34,598 |   34,976 |    35,877 |   36,693 |   38,090 |      5,880 |   149,331 |   37,941 |   38,485 |   36,487 |   32,006 |      4,412
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Vermont ..............|    105,565 |    75,227 |     1,111 |    7,953 |    8,371 |    8,067 |    8,200 |    8,287 |    8,327 |     8,553 |    8,352 |    8,006 |        --- |    30,338 |    8,125 |    7,465 |    6,909 |    6,507 |      1,332
Virginia .............|  1,079,854 |   787,945 |     3,111 |   87,618 |   89,183 |   83,414 |   82,713 |   82,797 |   83,955 |    82,996 |   81,619 |   81,254 |     29,285 |   291,909 |   86,779 |   76,045 |   66,764 |   62,204 |        117
Washington ...........|    956,572 |   680,009 |     5,984 |   73,581 |   75,721 |   73,810 |   73,888 |   75,186 |   75,599 |    75,313 |   75,875 |   75,052 |        --- |   276,563 |   78,514 |   73,402 |   65,035 |   59,612 |        ---
West Virginia.........|    307,112 |   211,008 |     3,499 |   22,577 |   22,875 |   21,610 |   21,991 |   22,178 |   22,478 |    22,825 |   24,521 |   25,089 |      1,365 |    96,104 |   26,261 |   24,769 |   22,052 |   21,844 |      1,178
Wisconsin ............|    870,175 |   602,964 |    18,045 |   62,859 |   64,574 |   63,141 |   64,541 |   65,427 |   66,577 |    65,289 |   66,723 |   65,788 |        --- |   267,211 |   74,700 |   70,262 |   64,458 |   57,791 |        ---
Wyoming ..............|     99,859 |    68,931 |       --- |    7,135 |    7,102 |    7,148 |    7,311 |    7,577 |    7,965 |     8,108 |    8,283 |    8,302 |        --- |    30,928 |    8,293 |    8,430 |    7,526 |    6,679 |        ---
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American Samoa .......|     14,576 |    11,207 |     1,458 |    1,162 |    1,189 |    1,142 |    1,181 |    1,089 |    1,052 |     1,042 |      941 |      951 |        --- |     3,369 |      915 |      837 |      796 |      756 |         65
Guam .................|     32,960 |    24,877 |       962 |    2,961 |    2,994 |    2,856 |    2,739 |    2,722 |    2,549 |     2,384 |    2,342 |    2,368 |        --- |     8,083 |    2,862 |    2,122 |    1,666 |    1,433 |        ---
Northern Marianas ....|      8,809 |     6,825 |       560 |      598 |      781 |      781 |      805 |      683 |      667 |       642 |      712 |      596 |        --- |     1,984 |      575 |      536 |      406 |      467 |        ---
Puerto Rico ..........|    627,620 |   460,585 |       255 |   44,566 |   54,545 |   50,423 |   49,531 |   49,762 |   49,863 |    47,978 |   51,731 |   48,934 |     12,997 |   167,035 |   45,673 |   44,939 |   38,184 |   32,535 |      5,704
Virgin Islands .......|     22,737 |    16,342 |       --- |    1,638 |    1,647 |    1,654 |    1,717 |    1,655 |    1,712 |     1,577 |    2,285 |    1,607 |        850 |     6,395 |    1,774 |    1,629 |    1,251 |    1,102 |        639
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\1\Data include imputations for nonrespondents.
\2\Includes imputations for underreporting.
---Data not reported or not applicable.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data survey. (This table was prepared April 1997.)


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