Public school student membership, by grade and state: School year 2001-02


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State	Total student membership	Pre- kinder- garten	Kinder- garten	Grade 1	Grade 2	Grade 3	Grade 4	Grade 5
Table 1. Public school student membership, by grade and state: School year 2001–02 — Part 1 \|\| Part 2
United States	47,687,871¹	866,969¹	3,380,714	3,615,443	3,594,535	3,654,322	3,695,925	3,727,624

Alabama	737,294¹	11,945¹	54148	58,102	56,877	58,654	58,929	59,698
Alaska	134,358	1,253	10,095	9,514	9,905	10,011	10,722	10,787
Arizona	922,180	6,624	72,119	73,938	73,478	72,702	74,270	74,464
Arkansas	449,805	1,623	34,981	34,084	33,604	33,779	35,216	35,774
California	6,248,610¹	101,235¹	457165	488,311	491,610	488,633	485,301	491,274

Colorado	742,145	19,516	53,079	55,817	55,683	56,468	58,028	58,318
Connecticut	570,228	11,050	41,906	43,772	43,273	44,696	44,990	45,243
Delaware	115,555	586	7,615	9,079	9,053	9,215	9,069	8,901
District of Columbia	75,392²	4,105	5,203	5,751	5,752	5,845	5,561	5,515
Florida	2,500,478	57,038	177,225	187,725	188,894	192,757	196,952	197,495

Georgia	1,470,634	33,310	111,173	114,464	113,911	116,914	116,886	118,363
Hawaii	184,546	917	13,822	14,444	14,788	14,818	14,886	15,238
Idaho	246,521	2,341	17,869	17,940	18,017	18,490	18,974	19,130
Illinois	2,071,391	57,550	148,348	159,554	159,604	162,837	159,038	161,167
Indiana	996,133	6,147	72,344	79,149	76,645	77,856	79,008	80,295

Iowa	485,932	5,714	34,249	32,979	33,957	35,204	36,106	36,729
Kansas	470,205	2,032	30,104	33,909	33,599	33,949	34,932	35,437
Kentucky	654,363	32,407	45,781	51,967	47,247	47,247	49,288	49,791
Louisiana	731,328	17,199	53,323	58,309	56,310	57,534	62,290	54,935
Maine	205,586	1,333	13,709	14,243	14,374	15,038	15,883	16,186

Maryland	860,640	20,314	56,384	62,917	63,955	65,172	67,448	68,539
Massachusetts	973,140	20,666	68,565	75,103	73,435	75,379	76,597	77,570
Michigan	1,730,668	16,562	125197	127,056	127,180	130,384	131,673	135,110
Minnesota	851,384	9,671	58,357	58,353	59,324	61,292	62,580	63,764
Mississippi	493,507	1,805	36,931	40,483	38,926	39,748	39,749	39,751

Missouri	909,792	18,515	64,104	64,975	65,722	69,032	71,928	71,816
Montana	151,947	506	10,069	10,558	10,531	10,915	11,602	11,684
Nebraska	285,095	5,064	20,234	20,127	20,091	20,679	21,160	21,543
Nevada	356,814	2,147	26,877	29,617	29,098	29,178	29,676	29,728
New Hampshire	206,847	1,830	9,599	15,875	15,563	15,776	16,612	16,756

New Jersey	1,341,656	19,751	89,533	100,691	98,632	101,065	101,038	101,724
New Mexico	320,260	3,499	22,137	23,937	23,897	24,810	25,163	25,755
New York	2,872,132	40,212	190,402	211,673	212,597	215,471	214,283	216,061
North Carolina	1,315,363	9,320	102,772	105,074	104,147	105,116	106,093	106,651
North Dakota	106,047	721	7,059	7,195	7,271	7,649	7,759	7,911

Ohio	1,830,985	23,856	121,772	137,238	135,161	140,225	140,849	144,015
Oklahoma	622,139	25,707	43,214	49,247	44,855	45,477	47,164	47,347
Oregon	551,480	462	38,085	41,020	40,515	41,418	42,726	44,020
Pennsylvania	1,821,627	2,537	118,183	132,738	132,935	137,393	140,722	144,619
Rhode Island	158,046	1,229	10,704	11,996	12,399	12,354	12,717	12,809

South Carolina	691,078	19,281	47,618	51,896	51,501	53,561	54,854	55,175
South Dakota	127,542	1,176	9,075	8,844	9,035	9,347	9,641	9,598
Tennessee	925,030¹	14,987¹	69429	72,221	70,244	71,436	72,714	73,739
Texas	4,163,447	170,101	302,859	323,133	319,249	320,083	318,842	317,320
Utah	484,677	6,876	36,521	37,023	35,784	35,463	36,411	35,994

Vermont	101,179	2,567	6,289	6,780	7,005	7,214	7,468	7,799
Virginia	1,163,091	14,137	82,489	87,841	88,692	90,480	91,966	92,693
Washington	1,009,200	8,102	68,280	73,602	73,377	76,527	78,504	79,397
West Virginia	282,885	6,770	20,247	21,134	20,570	21,002	21,561	22,094
Wisconsin	879,361	24,673	57,469	58,174	60,059	61,655	63,509	65,101
Wyoming	88,128	†	6,002	5,871	6,204	6,374	6,587	6,801
Outlying Areas, DoD Dependents Schools, and Bureau of Indian Affairs
Bureau of Indian Affairs	46,476	†	4,122	3,759	3,871	3,916	4,016	3,912
DoDDS: DoDs Overseas	73,212	1,948	6,788	7,040	6,762	6,634	6,626	6,196
DDESS: DoDs Domestic	32,847	2,855	3,824	3,755	3,435	3,208	3,009	2,729
American Samoa	15,897	1,435	969	1,149	1,261	1,297	1,251	1,152
Guam	31,992	474	2,336	2,646	2,707	2,241	2,621	2,591
Northern Marianas	10,479	523	665	872	855	962	832	879
Puerto Rico	604,177	863	41,529	48,601	46,899	47,606	47,082	46,501
Virgin Islands	18,780	†	—	—	—	—	—	—

— Not available.
† Not applicable.
¹ Data imputed based on current year (fall 2001) data.
² DC membership includes 6,943 charter school students for which grade enrollment is not known.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2001–02.

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