Table 6. Actual and projected numbers for enrollment in grades PK–8 in public elementary and secondary schools, by region and state: Fall 1998 through fall 2016

Projections of Education Statistics to 2016

NCES 2008-060
December 2007

List of Reference Tables

Download Excel Excel format

(101 KB)

Table 6. Actual and projected numbers for enrollment in grades PK–8 in public elementary and secondary schools, by region and state: Fall 1998 through fall 2016 (Table 6—Continued) [In thousands]

	Actual							Projected
Region and state	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
United States	33,346	33,488	33,688	33,938	34,116	34,202	34,178	34,174	34,387	34,592

Northeast	5,820	5,841	5,841	5,824	5,810	5,752	5,690	5,631	5,622	5,607
Connecticut	399	404	406	410	406	408	404	401	401	400
Maine	151	149	146	144	142	139	136	134	134	133
Massachusetts	705	706	703	699	701	692	682	674	676	675
New Hampshire	147	147	147	144	144	142	140	138	138	138
New Jersey	936	954	968	972	979	979	976	972	973	977
New York	2,028	2,034	2,029	2,017	2,017	1,979	1,943	1,920	1,912	1,903
Pennsylvania	1,267	1,262	1,258	1,255	1,242	1,236	1,235	1,222	1,220	1,214
Rhode Island	112	114	114	113	113	111	107	106	104	103
Vermont	73	72	70	69	68	67	66	64	64	64

Midwest	7,565	7,551	7,523	7,517	7,535	7,502	7,439	7,388	7,429	7,430
Illinois	1,452	1,462	1,474	1,484	1,488	1,493	1,484	1,487	1,488	1,488
Indiana	697	699	703	711	714	717	720	721	724	726
Iowa	337	336	334	330	326	327	324	322	329	332
Kansas	327	326	323	322	322	323	321	319	323	325
Michigan	1,245	1,245	1,222	1,223	1,254	1,229	1,211	1,197	1,197	1,190
Minnesota	587	580	578	573	568	564	558	555	565	568
Missouri	651	649	645	643	635	632	629	623	627	629
Nebraska	200	197	195	195	195	195	195	194	197	200
North Dakota	77	75	72	70	69	68	67	65	65	64
Ohio	1,301	1,296	1,294	1,287	1,284	1,278	1,267	1,253	1,259	1,255
South Dakota	91	90	88	87	89	86	84	83	83	83
Wisconsin	601	596	595	592	592	590	578	569	571	571

South	12,127	12,191	12,314	12,454	12,573	12,675	12,780	12,866	13,042	13,216
Alabama	542	539	539	536	533	525	522	518	522	521
Arkansas	319	318	318	318	319	322	328	328	333	336
Delaware	80	80	81	81	82	83	84	83	85	86
District of Columbia	57	60	54	58	59	59	57	56	53	51
Florida	1,704	1,725	1,760	1,797	1,809	1,832	1,858	1,888	1,902	1,932
Georgia	1,029	1,044	1,060	1,075	1,089	1,103	1,118	1,135	1,163	1,188
Kentucky	464	459	471	473	477	478	486	484	493	496
Louisiana	558	548	547	537	537	536	534	528	531	532
Maryland	607	607	609	611	610	606	597	593	592	592
Mississippi	365	365	364	362	360	361	361	358	361	362
North Carolina	921	935	945	956	964	974	986	999	1,011	1,026
Oklahoma	448	447	445	446	449	450	453	448	453	457
South Carolina	478	484	493	487	500	501	504	505	507	509
Tennessee	665	664	668	675	673	675	671	669	681	688
Texas	2,868	2,896	2,943	3,016	3,080	3,133	3,184	3,236	3,310	3,386
Virginia	815	817	816	826	832	837	840	842	848	856
West Virginia	206	203	201	200	200	199	198	195	197	198

West	7,834	7,904	8,010	8,143	8,198	8,273	8,270	8,289	8,295	8,340
Alaska	97	96	94	95	94	94	92	91	91	91
Arizona	623	624	641	672	660	704	722	729	737	750
California	4,270	4,337	4,408	4,479	4,526	4,540	4,508	4,501	4,468	4,463
Colorado	501	507	517	529	534	536	541	547	552	560
Hawaii	135	133	132	132	131	130	129	128	129	131
Idaho	169	169	170	171	173	175	178	180	186	190
Montana	110	107	105	103	101	100	99	97	98	98
Nevada	229	240	251	262	271	281	289	297	303	311
New Mexico	232	229	225	225	224	226	228	227	226	226
Oregon	380	378	379	382	382	378	377	375	377	378
Utah	329	329	333	338	343	349	355	369	381	393
Washington	696	695	694	696	697	699	695	691	690	689
Wyoming	64	62	60	59	60	60	57	57	57	58

See notes at end of table.

List of Reference Tables

Download Excel Excel format

(101 KB)

Would you like to help us improve our products and website by taking a short survey?

YES, I would like to take the survey

or

No Thanks

The survey consists of a few short questions and takes less than one minute to complete.

National Center for Education Statistics - http://nces.ed.gov
U.S. Department of Education

U.S. Department of Education
Institute of Education Sciences
National Center for Education Statistics