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Public Elementary and Secondary School Student Enrollment and Staff Counts From the Common Core of Data: School Year 2007-08
NCES 2010-309
November 2009


Table 1.  Public school student membership, by grade and state or jurisdiction: School year 2007–08  (Table 1—Continued)

State or jurisdiction Total student membership   Pre- kindergarten   Kinder- garten   Grade 1   Grade 2   Grade 3   Grade 4   Grade 5  
                                 
United States1  49,292,507   1,081,125   3,609,415   3,750,073   3,704,007   3,658,869   3,624,408   3,600,120  
                                 
Alabama  744,865 2  3,603   55,973   59,927   59,099   58,241   57,821   57,045  
Alaska  131,029   1,679   9,625   9,735   9,983   9,762   9,420   9,527  
Arizona  1,087,447   15,854   86,742   86,920   85,520   84,590   82,876   82,499  
Arkansas  479,016   12,795   38,192   37,872   36,570   36,275   35,710   35,588  
California  6,343,471 2   68,002 3  454,743   471,770   471,398   465,121   467,305   470,021  
                                 
Colorado  801,867   25,649   61,576   63,351   62,076   60,410   59,449   58,219  
Connecticut  570,626   14,180   39,889   42,023   41,790   41,953   42,488   42,136  
Delaware  122,574   583   8,817   9,841   9,430   9,455   9,085   8,963  
District of Columbia  78,422   7,146   5,306   5,492   5,285   4,928   4,807   4,793  
Florida  2,666,811   46,917   197,467   206,706   203,753   208,353   195,859   199,002  
                                 
Georgia  1,649,589   39,908   129,791   131,750   129,385   128,835   125,404   123,215  
Hawaii  179,897   1,531   15,042   13,633   14,216   13,756   13,652   13,505  
Idaho  272,119   2,880   21,295   21,779   21,162   21,276   20,658   20,333  
Illinois  2,112,805   77,843   145,755   154,811   154,454   155,578   152,895   153,347  
Indiana  1,046,766   10,755   75,445   85,100   80,527   78,739   78,204   78,709  
                                 
Iowa  485,115   12,487   37,819   34,874   34,855   34,709   34,590   34,421  
Kansas  468,295   13,477   35,471   35,734   35,292   34,715   34,383   33,467  
Kentucky  666,225   17,985   49,986   51,907   51,459   51,958   49,250   48,351  
Louisiana  681,038   26,631   53,062   56,149   54,384   51,956   56,201   45,418  
Maine  196,245   2,635   13,710   13,713   13,842   13,793   14,238   14,244  
                                 
Maryland  845,700   27,179   59,455   58,611   60,105   58,906   60,281   61,239  
Massachusetts  962,958   25,853   67,900   71,067   70,786   70,497   71,443   70,724  
Michigan  1,692,739 2   27,207   125,592   120,898   119,985   118,480   118,931 4  119,266 4
Minnesota  837,578   12,795   60,140   61,234   60,204   59,723   59,431   59,652  
Mississippi  494,122   2,805   38,662   40,719   39,977   38,302   37,274   36,705  
                                 
Missouri  917,188   22,691   67,314   68,262   68,127   67,334   67,996   66,550  
Montana  142,823   539   10,601   10,670   10,393   10,454   10,503   10,410  
Nebraska  291,244   10,091   22,588   21,760   21,367   20,844   20,519   20,458  
Nevada  429,362   2,834   31,682   34,564   34,159   34,144   33,760   32,951  
New Hampshire  200,772   2,614   10,489   14,625   14,436   14,624   15,026   15,203  
                                 
New Jersey  1,382,348   28,540   91,115   99,939   98,492   98,873   98,195   98,311  
New Mexico  329,040 2   5,378   25,796 4  26,044 4  25,441   25,107 4  24,452 4  24,365  
New York  2,765,435   48,561   184,672   196,537   196,094   191,144   191,647   192,009  
North Carolina  1,489,492   16,927   120,998   124,701   122,148   118,726   115,076   113,775  
North Dakota  95,059   909   6,730   6,828   6,511   6,787   6,935   6,985  
                                 
Ohio  1,827,184   32,815   130,889   136,312   133,887   132,661   132,634   131,403  
Oklahoma  642,065   35,270   49,306   51,536   48,386   47,290   46,787   45,447  
Oregon  565,586   1,310   39,820   42,258   42,718   42,717   42,750   42,282  
Pennsylvania  1,801,971 2   12,490   122,769   130,124   130,425   130,104   129,837   130,792  
Rhode Island  147,629   1,770   9,840   10,921   10,141   9,721   11,028   10,869  
                                 
South Carolina  712,317 2   22,812   52,314   56,172   55,127   53,607   52,715   51,805  
South Dakota  121,606   1,335   9,688   9,073   9,031   8,941   8,935   9,009  
Tennessee  964,259   14,937   75,289   76,327   74,612   73,836   72,454   70,419  
Texas  4,674,832   217,751   356,706   376,003   366,821   355,365   346,491   345,784  
Utah  576,244   9,487   47,591   47,859   46,940   45,982   44,748   42,943  
                                 
Vermont  94,038   4,556   6,161   6,241   6,229   6,409   6,490   6,571  
Virginia  1,230,857   28,684   89,656   93,218   92,145   90,501   90,397   88,811  
Washington  1,030,247   10,012   72,165   76,542   76,725   76,831   76,673   76,540  
West Virginia  282,535   12,247   21,300   20,901   20,795   20,068   20,217   20,056  
Wisconsin  874,633   37,773   59,590   60,474   60,807   60,000   59,995   59,581  
Wyoming  86,422   413   6,891   6,566   6,513   6,488   6,493   6,402  
Department of Defense dependents schools, Bureau of Indian Education, and other jurisdictions 
DoDDS: DoDs Overseas5  57,247   1,734   5,272   5,163   5,195   4,917   5,001   4,523  
DDESS: DoDs Domestic5  27,548 2   2,668   3,331   3,204   3,078   2,767   2,568   2,214  
Bureau of Indian Education                 
American Samoa                 
Guam                 
Commonwealth of the                                 
Northern Marianas Islands  11,299   462   689   836   930   850   869   857  
Puerto Rico  526,565   420   32,490   41,008   39,811   39,915   41,523   40,547  
U.S. Virgin Islands  15,903     1,015   1,100   1,098   1,121   1,199   1,294  
See notes at end of table.