Table 1. Public school student membership, by grade and state or jurisdiction: School year 2008

Public Elementary and Secondary School Student Enrollment and Staff Counts From the Common Core of Data: School Year 2008-09

NCES 2010-347
August 2010

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Table 1. Public school student membership, by grade and state or jurisdiction: School year 2008–09 (Return to Table 1)
State or jurisdiction	Grade 6		Grade 7		Grade 8		Grade 9		Grade 10		Grade 11		Grade 12		Ungraded
United States¹	3,613,242		3,652,516		3,691,696		4,122,396		3,822,135		3,548,032		3,399,590		205,093

Alabama	57,328		57,910		57,809		64,681		56,559		49,587		46,763		†	⁴
Alaska	9,441		9,640		9,673		10,475		10,200		10,937		9,787		†	⁴
Arizona	82,021		82,894		81,576		83,831		80,200		75,282		76,735		253
Arkansas	35,690		35,587		35,387		37,627		35,853		33,460		30,256		565
California	469,183		479,359		486,390		539,167		509,157		489,207		476,156		7,000

Colorado	58,993		58,972		58,733		63,779		60,554		57,870		55,936		†	⁴
Connecticut	42,137		43,033		43,027		47,216		44,485		42,536		40,743		†	⁴
Delaware	9,265		9,536		9,908		11,755		9,953		8,791		8,120		†	⁴
District of Columbia	4,521		4,584		4,540		6,334		4,390		3,723		3,444		27
Florida	201,741		199,100		200,736		217,105		207,296		189,619		167,705		†	⁴

Georgia	122,516		122,982		123,857		143,933		124,006		106,038		96,131		†	⁴
Hawaii	13,103		13,364		12,665		16,079		13,889		12,187		11,326		182
Idaho	20,159	⁴	21,113	⁴	20,657	⁴	21,729	⁴	20,909	⁴	20,089	⁴	18,847	⁴	†	⁴
Illinois	155,013		155,807		159,272		178,106		168,476		146,134		147,796		†	⁴
Indiana	78,974		81,209		80,874		84,538		81,245		77,354		72,989		†	⁴

Iowa	34,707		35,107		35,324		38,048		38,116		37,779		38,050		†	⁴
Kansas	33,601		34,160		34,366		37,354		35,662		33,803		32,267		3,181
Kentucky	48,623		49,200		49,668		55,766		51,925		46,731		43,326		261
Louisiana	48,250		52,621		51,910		56,174		44,525		41,727		38,234		†	⁴
Maine	14,309		14,524		14,886		15,980		15,918		16,290		15,423		†	⁴

Maryland	61,227		62,363		63,639		75,743		67,829		62,900		60,916		†	⁴
Massachusetts	71,009		71,959		73,170		79,315		73,214		71,514		68,329		723
Michigan	119,541		121,409		123,823		141,910		139,487		127,703		126,352		17,724
Minnesota	60,296		60,984		62,080		66,019		67,634		68,009		74,202		†	⁴
Mississippi	36,656		37,612		37,889		40,518		36,784		31,327		28,288		7,844

Missouri	66,974		67,518		68,030		75,220		71,882		69,092		66,266		†	⁴
Montana	10,566		10,841		10,890		11,890		11,326		11,144		10,670		†	⁴
Nebraska	20,562		20,771		20,958		23,137		22,496		21,799		22,246		†	⁴
Nevada	33,340		33,944		34,394		41,768		34,224		25,712		23,330		288
New Hampshire	15,174		15,452		15,783		17,244		16,260		16,016		15,419		†	⁴

New Jersey	99,460		100,152		100,894		107,770		104,922		99,293		97,515		52,116	⁴
New Mexico	24,191		23,932		24,366		30,191		26,530		22,169		19,940		†	⁴
New York	191,686		196,863		201,895		235,589		224,040		194,312		185,896		110,886	⁴
North Carolina	111,120		109,598		111,050		131,515		111,292		98,188		88,724		†	⁴
North Dakota	7,077		7,223		7,364		7,687		7,856		7,622		7,608		†

Ohio	132,327		134,567		137,479		160,269		143,494		139,384		134,522		†	⁴
Oklahoma	45,665		45,075		45,149		48,896		45,894		43,091		38,798		1,649
Oregon	42,597		43,156		43,339		44,640		44,681		44,531		46,120		†
Pennsylvania	131,401	⁴	136,000	⁴	139,173	⁴	153,341	⁴	149,052	⁴	140,191	⁴	136,937	⁴	2,394	⁴
Rhode Island	10,927		11,281		11,422		13,614		12,203		10,833		10,709		†	⁴

South Carolina	52,706		52,807		53,446		64,674		55,294		47,354		43,189		†	⁴
South Dakota	9,337		9,399		9,495		10,606		10,384		9,228		8,887		†
Tennessee	71,538	⁴	71,393	⁴	72,255	⁴	78,675	⁴	74,858	⁴	68,562	⁴	65,306	⁴	†	⁴
Texas	345,713		343,022		343,548		389,217		332,620		303,492		280,308		†	⁴
Utah	41,689		40,735		40,261		39,511		38,991		38,989		37,818		†	⁴

Vermont	6,610		6,553		6,822		7,529		7,447		7,693		7,344		†	⁴
Virginia	89,889		91,449		92,881		106,252		97,466		89,892		87,177		†	⁴
Washington	77,184		77,024		78,902		87,546		83,254		81,508		79,916		†	⁴
West Virginia	20,405		20,594		21,268		23,730		20,966		19,642		18,914		†	⁴
Wisconsin	60,246	⁴	61,600	⁴	62,317	⁴	71,676	⁴	69,408	⁴	71,339	⁴	71,799	⁴	†	⁴
Wyoming	6,554		6,538		6,456		7,027		7,029		6,359		6,111		†	⁴
Department of Defense dependents schools, Bureau of Indian Education, and other jurisdictions
DoDDS: DoDs Overseas⁵	4,312		4,129		3,863		3,881		3,362		3,059		2,535		†
DDESS: DoDs Domestic⁵	2,099		1,591		1,485		930		731		613		484		†
Bureau of Indian Education	3,107		2,983		2,936		3,106		2,771		2,346		2,092		†
American Samoa	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Guam	—		—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands	820		838		824		1,070		875		615		537		82
Puerto Rico	38,939		42,564		40,500		39,849		39,893		33,566		30,419		14,398
U.S. Virgin Islands	1,261		1,371		1,166		1,856		1,253		1,036		1,056		†	⁴
– Not available.
† Not applicable.
¹ U.S. totals include the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
² State membership totals in California include adjusted values for one grade. In Kentucky, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and the Virgin Islands one or more reported values was changed to the sum of grade detail by race/ethnicity from the State Nonfiscal Survey or the sum of grade detail from the School Universe survey.
³ California prekindergarten data taken from Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part B counts for students ages 3–5 years.
⁴ Data were adjusted. There were several variations in the way adjustments were carried out. See Section II.B.2. in "Documentation to the Common Core of Data State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education : School Year 2008-09" for more information regarding the adjustment methods.
⁵ DoDDS and DDESS are the Department of Defense dependents schools (overseas) and the Department of Defense dependent schools (domestic), respectively.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2008–09, Version 1a.

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