Table 13.--Average daily attendance in public elementary and secondary schools, by state: 1969-70 to 1995-96 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Percentage change | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |_______________________________ State or | 1969-70 | 1970-71 | 1971-72 | 1972-73 | 1973-74 | 1974-75 | 1975-76 | 1976-77 | 1977-78 | 1978-79 | 1979-80 | 1980-81 | 1981-82 | 1982-83 | 1983-84 | 1984-85 | 1985-86 | 1986-87 | 1987-88 | 1988-89 | 1989-90 | 1990-91 | 1991-92 | 1992-93 | 1993-94 | 1994-95 | 1995-96 |1970-71|1985-86|1990-91|1985-86 other area | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | to | to | to | to | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |1995-96|1990-91|1995-96|1995-96 ______________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|_______|_______|_______|_______ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 ______________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|_______|_______|_______|_______ United States ......|41,934,376 |42,427,909 |42,204,272 |42,179,200 |41,438,054 |41,523,866 |41,269,720 |40,831,630 |40,079,590 |39,075,837 |38,288,911 |37,703,744 |37,094,652 |36,635,868 |36,362,978 |36,404,261 |36,523,103 |36,863,867 |37,050,707 |37,268,072 |37,799,296 |38,426,543 |38,960,783 |39,570,462 |40,146,393 |40,720,763 |41,501,596 | -2.2 | 5.2 | 8.0 | 13.6 |___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|_______|_______|_______|_______ Alabama ..............| 777,123 | 754,014 | 745,818 | 736,000 | 723,399 | 720,643 | 716,371 | 707,332 | 702,880 | 716,744 | 711,432 | 701,925 | 690,084 | 682,814 | 679,742 | 684,211 | 686,716 | 690,256 | 689,340 | 684,453 | 683,833 | 682,524 | 681,840 | 694,078 | 696,071 | 687,047 | 687,076 | -8.9 | -0.6 | 0.7 | 0.1 Alaska ...............| 72,489 | 76,630 | 77,924 | 78,100 | 77,866 | 79,388 | 81,564 | 83,198 | 82,377 | 81,620 | 79,945 | 83,745 | 87,253 | 85,435 | 80,264 | 96,257 | 98,535 | 96,004 | 94,917 | 95,776 | 98,213 | 102,585 | 110,277 | 110,797 | 112,869 | 113,874 | 115,958 | 51.3 | 4.1 | 13.0 | 17.7 Arizona ..............| 391,526 | 403,326 | 428,043 | 441,800 | 451,078 | 470,494 | 455,692 | 468,384 | 470,279 | 475,265 | 481,905 | 476,149 | 468,081 | 478,664 | 482,185 | 477,520 | 494,504 | 518,277 | 534,812 | 549,219 | 557,252 | 573,140 | 593,413 | 610,558 | 631,450 | 658,084 | 684,740 | 69.8 | 15.9 | 19.5 | 38.5 Arkansas .............| 414,158 | 415,267 | 412,405 | 410,900 | 418,602 | 423,648 | 428,720 | 427,385 | 433,282 | 427,961 | 423,610 | 417,080 | 410,426 | 406,588 | 404,282 | 405,077 | 408,601 | 409,388 | 405,196 | 403,106 | 403,025 | 408,145 | 410,902 | 413,076 | 416,479 | 420,229 | 423,520 | 2.0 | -0.1 | 3.8 | 3.7 California\1\ ........| 4,418,423 | 4,609,740 | 4,453,800 | 4,538,800 | 4,364,168 | 4,531,540 | 4,366,617 | 4,501,948 | 4,425,876 | 4,110,778 | 4,044,736 | 4,014,917 | 4,016,214 | 4,042,996 | 4,098,300 | 4,139,461 | 4,245,090 | 4,429,792 | 4,531,459 | 4,695,920 | 4,893,341 | 5,065,647 | 4,993,009 | 5,066,708 | 5,108,907 | 5,198,308 | 5,351,475 | 16.1 | 19.3 | 5.6 | 26.1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Colorado .............| 500,388 | 512,449 | 525,128 | 533,900 | 532,248 | 529,539 | 527,434 | 526,905 | 523,536 | 510,372 | 513,475 | 508,750 | 514,808 | 506,425 | 503,162 | 505,321 | 507,876 | 513,587 | 514,838 | 514,232 | 519,419 | 521,899 | 532,525 | 568,158 | 579,682 | 594,019 | 608,633 | 18.8 | 2.8 | 16.6 | 19.8 Connecticut ..........| 618,881 | 625,439 | 621,461 | 620,100 | 615,443 | 608,638 | 596,175 | 584,805 | 555,449 | 541,079 | 507,362 | 501,085 | 484,161 | 470,572 | 452,061 | 446,981 | 452,058 | 444,285 | 441,150 | 435,227 | 439,524 | 450,808 | 457,476 | 468,992 | 465,487 | 481,742 | 495,188 | -20.8 | -0.3 | 9.8 | 9.5 Delaware .............| 120,819 | 122,324 | 124,061 | 123,300 | 121,106 | 120,354 | 116,553 | 111,269 | 107,049 | 99,730 | 94,058 | 89,609 | 86,052 | 85,144 | 84,118 | 84,407 | 84,936 | 86,655 | 87,821 | 88,397 | 89,838 | 91,052 | 93,909 | 95,660 | 97,247 | 98,793 | 99,941 | -18.3 | 7.2 | 9.8 | 17.7 District of Columbia .| 138,600 | 132,419 | 130,040 | 117,200 | 125,953 | 122,685 | 119,255 | 105,203 | 99,863 | 106,292 | 91,576 | 85,773 | 82,521 | 79,827 | 77,859 | 76,023 | 76,241 | 76,822 | 79,801 | 74,398 | 71,468 | 69,092 | 70,939 | 71,201 | 70,079 | 71,446 | 71,001 | -46.4 | -9.4 | 2.8 | -6.9 Florida ..............| 1,312,693 | 1,333,414 | 1,353,547 | 1,370,600 | 1,401,774 | 1,432,716 | 1,435,570 | 1,446,745 | 1,444,646 | 1,407,914 | 1,464,461 | 1,389,487 | 1,454,118 | 1,368,520 | 1,388,717 | 1,416,104 | 1,442,921 | 1,489,146 | 1,536,866 | 1,587,882 | 1,646,583 | 1,714,394 | 1,776,539 | 1,818,011 | 1,873,199 | 1,927,172 | 1,947,777 | 46.1 | 18.8 | 13.6 | 35.0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Georgia ..............| 1,019,427 | 1,006,879 | 1,000,444 | 990,100 | 987,767 | 989,686 | 998,898 | 1,000,732 | 997,603 | 990,860 | 989,433 | 988,612 | 979,047 | 978,853 | 978,530 | 989,713 | 1,004,799 | 1,023,127 | 1,033,459 | 1,039,977 | 1,054,097 | 1,075,728 | 1,098,966 | 1,125,385 | 1,148,319 | 1,181,724 | 1,232,852 | 22.4 | 7.1 | 14.6 | 22.7 Hawaii ...............| 168,140 | 167,329 | 168,912 | 166,500 | 161,458 | 163,246 | 162,903 | 159,936 | 157,312 | 154,263 | 151,563 | 151,713 | 148,636 | 149,696 | 150,137 | 150,572 | 151,174 | 152,287 | 155,220 | 156,114 | 157,360 | 160,193 | 163,212 | 165,851 | 169,779 | 169,254 | 171,977 | 2.8 | 6.0 | 7.4 | 13.8 Idaho ................| 170,920 | 173,444 | 175,746 | 174,400 | 173,795 | 173,416 | 182,215 | 186,886 | 187,769 | 189,634 | 189,199 | 190,144 | 190,872 | 192,707 | 194,533 | 197,902 | 198,141 | 198,449 | 199,563 | 201,219 | 203,987 | 209,085 | 213,843 | 217,933 | 223,489 | 225,986 | 228,371 | 31.7 | 5.5 | 9.2 | 15.3 Illinois .............| 2,084,844 | 2,121,330 | 2,106,306 | 2,107,600 | 2,027,959 | 2,057,396 | 1,990,158 | 1,992,575 | 1,935,346 | 1,829,714 | 1,770,435 | 1,765,357 | 1,678,944 | 1,647,984 | 1,616,711 | 1,600,380 | 1,604,265 | 1,574,128 | 1,584,745 | 1,560,461 | 1,587,733 | 1,618,101 | 1,630,534 | 1,685,678 | 1,709,915 | 1,734,175 | 1,750,417 | -17.5 | 0.9 | 8.2 | 9.1 Indiana ..............| 1,111,043 | 1,130,514 | 1,112,047 | 1,113,500 | 1,078,959 | 1,076,162 | 1,049,889 | 1,055,230 | 1,033,180 | 1,010,338 | 983,444 | 944,424 | 925,411 | 902,672 | 893,464 | 883,592 | 870,463 | 873,733 | 877,942 | 882,175 | 884,568 | 888,177 | 895,794 | 897,799 | 899,585 | 900,017 | 909,553 | -19.5 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 4.5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Iowa .................| 624,403 | 625,756 | 619,602 | 610,500 | 589,892 | 585,153 | 574,773 | 568,342 | 551,136 | 532,867 | 510,081 | 501,403 | 487,405 | 476,406 | 467,965 | 461,392 | 454,341 | 453,150 | 450,858 | 449,418 | 450,224 | 456,614 | 462,360 | 467,788 | 477,916 | 478,285 | 477,053 | -23.8 | 0.5 | 4.5 | 5.0 Kansas ...............| 470,296 | 466,026 | 457,153 | 450,400 | 428,388 | 424,985 | 419,022 | 414,580 | 405,469 | 392,500 | 382,019 | 374,451 | 371,061 | 370,064 | 368,354 | 369,524 | 371,655 | 378,073 | 384,660 | 385,364 | 388,986 | 397,609 | 405,083 | 408,689 | 410,862 | 413,699 | 416,674 | -10.6 | 7.0 | 4.8 | 12.1 Kentucky .............| 647,970 | 662,116 | 666,989 | 660,600 | 652,364 | 645,420 | 622,484 | 636,910 | 637,644 | 632,615 | 619,868 | 614,676 | 607,376 | 587,615 | 585,861 | 579,441 | 577,190 | 579,226 | 578,550 | 573,221 | 569,795 | 569,713 | 574,226 | 579,446 | 578,020 | 572,952 | 571,934 | -13.6 | -1.3 | 0.4 | -0.9 Louisiana ............| 776,555 | 774,312 | 771,940 | 774,300 | 761,593 | 761,532 | 768,097 | 782,535 | 751,221 | 743,364 | 727,601 | 715,844 | 716,995 | 709,170 | 724,153 | 732,864 | 732,230 | 736,474 | 729,492 | 744,142 | 727,125 | 720,551 | 732,485 | 722,626 | 732,202 | 730,148 | 710,925 | -8.2 | -1.6 | -1.3 | -2.9 Maine ................| 225,146 | 228,270 | 230,976 | 230,900 | 228,360 | 228,172 | 227,841 | 226,411 | 222,550 | 216,965 | 211,400 | 207,554 | 201,427 | 197,239 | 200,159 | 198,125 | 198,358 | 197,539 | 197,225 | 194,350 | 195,089 | 196,229 | 198,413 | 200,462 | 199,125 | 199,387 | 200,700 | -12.1 | -1.1 | 2.3 | 1.2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Maryland .............| 785,989 | 799,780 | 837,000 | 807,400 | 803,569 | 777,780 | 793,848 | 755,579 | 736,403 | 715,155 | 686,336 | 664,866 | 637,792 | 615,097 | 602,077 | 596,478 | 592,383 | 595,618 | 601,415 | 608,699 | 620,617 | 637,370 | 653,203 | 668,778 | 687,455 | 701,594 | 719,433 | -10.0 | 7.6 | 12.9 | 21.4 Massachusetts ........| 1,056,207 | 1,186,783 | 1,076,273 | 1,136,400 | 1,066,005 | 1,153,485 | 1,070,996 | 1,046,854 | 1,001,857 | 970,302 | 935,960 | 950,675 | 852,031 | 826,758 | 806,193 | 779,869 | 745,991 | 727,680 | 749,030 | 756,285 | 763,231 | 770,802 | 785,840 | 796,897 | 810,028 | 831,918 | 845,270 | -28.8 | 3.3 | 9.7 | 13.3 Michigan .............| 1,991,235 | 2,003,894 | 2,008,147 | 2,017,800 | 1,985,245 | 1,922,914 | 1,971,774 | 1,864,145 | 1,811,457 | 1,759,868 | 1,758,427 | 1,711,139 | 1,662,798 | 1,618,445 | 1,514,671 | 1,490,452 | 1,481,068 | 1,476,471 | 1,473,542 | 1,454,871 | 1,446,996 | 1,452,700 | 1,460,795 | 1,467,900 | 1,474,413 | 1,492,653 | 1,554,358 | -22.4 | -1.9 | 7.0 | 4.9 Minnesota ............| 864,595 | 843,929 | 836,106 | 839,200 | 815,996 | 810,460 | 827,239 | 809,613 | 784,314 | 771,312 | 748,606 | 710,836 | 700,897 | 672,804 | 663,780 | 669,930 | 669,385 | 674,245 | 679,729 | 690,266 | 699,001 | 714,072 | 727,838 | 744,567 | 756,725 | 770,549 | 786,241 | -6.8 | 6.7 | 10.1 | 17.5 Mississippi ..........| 524,623 | 497,846 | 494,060 | 491,400 | 483,585 | 481,314 | 479,076 | 476,225 | 470,006 | 461,434 | 454,401 | 446,515 | 441,880 | 439,405 | 437,790 | 435,587 | 448,117 | 473,424 | 479,402 | 477,439 | 476,048 | 474,029 | 473,398 | 473,262 | 471,367 | 470,974 | 470,657 | -5.5 | 5.8 | -0.7 | 5.0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Missouri .............| 906,132 | 915,385 | 919,749 | 912,500 | 891,564 | 881,147 | 864,958 | 849,443 | 823,733 | 797,512 | 777,269 | 756,536 | 732,526 | 717,994 | 715,182 | 712,197 | 714,230 | 724,710 | 725,661 | 726,451 | 729,693 | 733,680 | 747,760 | 759,529 | 778,605 | 794,177 | 805,404 | -12.0 | 2.7 | 9.8 | 12.8 Montana ..............| 162,664 | 164,185 | 161,494 | 158,900 | 160,870 | 159,399 | 156,473 | 155,453 | 152,187 | 149,306 | 144,608 | 141,641 | 139,434 | 138,801 | 139,387 | 139,905 | 138,829 | 139,199 | 139,018 | 138,016 | 135,406 | 138,341 | 141,316 | 144,718 | 146,849 | 148,325 | 148,616 | -9.5 | -0.4 | 7.4 | 7.0 Nebraska .............| 314,516 | 316,960 | 314,858 | 310,700 | 303,198 | 301,170 | 296,915 | 293,808 | 286,095 | 278,806 | 270,524 | 263,797 | 258,654 | 254,452 | 252,484 | 250,647 | 250,975 | 252,457 | 252,399 | 253,426 | 254,754 | 257,587 | 262,429 | 267,975 | 267,931 | 268,732 | 270,938 | -14.5 | 2.6 | 5.2 | 8.0 Nevada ...............| 113,421 | 117,534 | 120,450 | 121,300 | 123,261 | 124,373 | 128,106 | 129,947 | 131,471 | 133,754 | 134,995 | 138,481 | 139,543 | 139,600 | 139,115 | 140,402 | 143,941 | 149,136 | 153,252 | 162,415 | 173,149 | 185,755 | 195,463 | 204,440 | 217,681 | 229,862 | 243,718 | 107.4 | 29.0 | 31.2 | 69.3 New Hampshire ........| 140,203 | 145,614 | 153,788 | 157,900 | 156,518 | 158,096 | 159,836 | 160,499 | 158,980 | 157,668 | 154,187 | 150,316 | 148,251 | 146,309 | 144,733 | 144,655 | 147,561 | 149,963 | 152,000 | 152,536 | 154,915 | 156,579 | 160,203 | 172,376 | 175,968 | 179,892 | 187,067 | 28.5 | 6.1 | 19.5 | 26.8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | New Jersey ...........| 1,322,124 | 1,341,155 | 1,337,129 | 1,350,800 | 1,328,399 | 1,328,551 | 1,310,042 | 1,279,498 | 1,236,759 | 1,200,781 | 1,140,111 | 1,121,272 | 1,110,685 | 1,083,217 | 1,037,865 | 1,043,047 | 1,029,797 | 1,024,611 | 1,008,749 | 968,176 | 997,561 | 1,016,159 | 1,036,885 | 1,053,135 | 1,079,653 | 1,102,565 | 1,125,877 | -16.1 | -1.3 | 10.8 | 9.3 New Mexico ...........| 259,997 | 258,394 | 260,106 | 257,200 | 254,986 | 254,358 | 256,764 | 260,226 | 259,354 | 256,909 | 253,453 | 240,496 | 239,710 | 245,919 | 246,451 | 248,758 | 252,892 | 243,340 | 248,231 | 280,921 | 290,245 | 291,215 | 321,955 | 304,661 | 310,610 | 314,822 | 330,851 | 28.0 | 15.2 | 13.6 | 30.8 New York .............| 3,099,192 | 3,073,573 | 3,106,191 | 3,090,700 | 2,978,886 | 2,939,023 | 3,012,893 | 2,833,758 | 2,743,544 | 2,665,405 | 2,530,289 | 2,475,055 | 2,396,594 | 2,344,091 | 2,321,800 | 2,309,169 | 2,276,842 | 2,266,283 | 2,247,588 | 2,234,976 | 2,244,110 | 2,278,531 | 2,319,738 | 2,347,468 | 2,404,426 | 2,388,973 | 2,463,349 | -19.9 | 0.1 | 8.1 | 8.2 North Carolina .......| 1,104,295 | 1,101,860 | 1,082,650 | 1,070,400 | 1,108,630 | 1,084,862 | 1,120,207 | 1,101,891 | 1,095,128 | 1,081,803 | 1,072,150 | 1,055,651 | 1,039,849 | 1,032,030 | 1,022,138 | 1,018,795 | 1,014,795 | 1,020,702 | 1,016,742 | 1,004,837 | 1,012,274 | 1,012,613 | 1,023,186 | 1,035,258 | 1,051,295 | 1,071,640 | 1,096,812 | -0.5 | -0.2 | 8.3 | 8.1 North Dakota .........| 141,961 | 141,411 | 138,799 | 136,700 | 133,231 | 128,644 | 126,277 | 124,465 | 121,136 | 117,626 | 118,986 | 111,759 | 112,836 | 111,782 | 111,630 | 109,427 | 108,947 | 109,074 | 109,512 | 109,271 | 109,659 | 109,691 | 110,635 | 111,174 | 111,770 | 111,502 | 111,870 | -20.9 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 2.7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ohio .................| 2,246,282 | 2,238,641 | 2,245,779 | 2,217,300 | 2,162,033 | 2,134,485 | 2,103,243 | 2,058,284 | 1,985,160 | 1,914,227 | 1,849,283 | 1,801,914 | 1,748,908 | 1,718,878 | 1,693,851 | 1,675,530 | 1,660,718 | 1,664,709 | 1,612,592 | 1,597,117 | 1,584,735 | 1,603,025 | 1,602,418 | 1,594,191 | 1,609,855 | 1,627,984 | 1,661,014 | -25.8 | -3.5 | 3.6 | (\2\) Oklahoma .............| 560,993 | 565,028 | 577,804 | 567,600 | 559,132 | 557,684 | 558,528 | 558,354 | 554,274 | 549,516 | 548,065 | 542,800 | 546,689 | 556,115 | 553,236 | 552,835 | 553,370 | 550,949 | 547,149 | 542,693 | 543,170 | 548,387 | 556,609 | 560,744 | 566,155 | 570,381 | 574,538 | 1.7 | -0.9 | 4.8 | 3.8 Oregon ...............| 436,736 | 438,776 | 435,328 | 430,900 | 429,480 | 428,108 | 425,126 | 426,586 | 425,042 | 422,372 | 418,593 | 417,009 | 410,107 | 404,458 | 401,398 | 401,154 | 401,476 | 402,855 | 406,054 | 409,717 | 419,771 | 431,806 | 444,272 | 452,509 | 455,492 | 458,107 | 462,108 | 5.3 | 7.6 | 7.0 | 15.1 Pennsylvania .........| 2,169,225 | 2,192,316 | 2,179,947 | 2,163,900 | 2,125,465 | 2,090,865 | 2,064,312 | 1,999,727 | 1,940,316 | 1,877,427 | 1,808,630 | 1,754,782 | 1,691,235 | 1,641,763 | 1,601,944 | 1,571,831 | 1,560,746 | 1,554,642 | 1,539,310 | 1,532,806 | 1,524,839 | 1,542,077 | 1,568,279 | 1,588,514 | 1,609,125 | 1,629,877 | 1,651,741 | -24.7 | -1.2 | 7.1 | 5.8 Rhode Island .........| 163,205 | 163,914 | 173,017 | 166,400 | 164,812 | 156,216 | 158,752 | 156,503 | 150,161 | 144,895 | 139,195 | 135,096 | 129,780 | 127,206 | 123,501 | 122,653 | 122,109 | 122,024 | 124,559 | 123,321 | 125,934 | 129,856 | 132,278 | 134,736 | 135,016 | 136,229 | 137,870 | -15.9 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 12.9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | South Carolina .......| 600,292 | 586,998 | 582,104 | 577,200 | 568,491 | 566,719 | 591,900 | 563,433 | 579,442 | 574,238 | 569,612 | 580,132 | 575,248 | 574,293 | 602,183 | 559,340 | 558,716 | 564,508 | 567,091 | 567,133 | 569,029 | 573,138 | 578,236 | 581,775 | 586,178 | 608,699 | 605,526 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 5.7 | 8.4 South Dakota .........| 158,543 | 157,291 | 156,675 | 153,500 | 149,097 | 146,739 | 141,120 | 140,573 | 134,004 | 130,204 | 124,934 | 121,663 | 119,023 | 117,495 | 117,192 | 117,137 | 118,269 | 118,902 | 119,868 | 119,400 | 119,823 | 121,403 | 124,171 | 126,916 | 127,550 | 128,335 | 127,754 | -18.8 | 2.6 | 5.2 | 8.0 Tennessee ............| 836,010 | 849,882 | 846,190 | 832,300 | 817,902 | 823,394 | 826,335 | 821,698 | 819,028 | 865,509 | 806,696 | 797,237 | 785,336 | 778,321 | 774,346 | 769,862 | 762,225 | 766,521 | 766,651 | 764,354 | 761,766 | 767,738 | 774,596 | 786,146 | 796,744 | 806,895 | 819,831 | -3.5 | 0.7 | 6.8 | 7.6 Texas ................| 2,432,420 | 2,489,263 | 2,499,248 | 2,497,600 | 2,512,739 | 2,529,015 | 2,549,517 | 2,566,545 | 2,587,556 | 2,592,022 | 2,608,817 | 2,647,288 | 2,664,282 | 2,724,989 | 2,745,339 | 2,879,823 | 2,923,741 | 2,977,783 | 2,991,242 | 3,033,684 | 3,075,333 | 3,085,648 | 3,175,400 | 3,237,958 | 3,306,297 | 3,364,830 | 3,435,010 | 38.0 | 5.5 | 11.3 | 17.5 Utah .................| 287,405 | 276,860 | 277,578 | 278,700 | 276,787 | 278,838 | 289,171 | 284,172 | 305,976 | 294,721 | 312,813 | 323,048 | 334,577 | 348,717 | 356,072 | 366,574 | 379,249 | 386,306 | 397,214 | 403,294 | 408,917 | 417,609 | 426,507 | 432,781 | 439,484 | 442,617 | 444,679 | 60.6 | 10.1 | 6.5 | 17.3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Vermont ..............| 97,772 | 104,576 | 103,324 | 102,800 | 99,375 | 97,575 | 98,015 | 96,851 | 96,234 | 97,213 | 95,045 | 90,884 | 88,448 | 87,403 | 86,404 | 85,734 | 85,875 | 85,985 | 87,760 | 88,532 | 87,832 | 88,901 | 90,908 | 96,121 | 97,550 | 98,608 | 100,166 | -4.2 | 3.5 | 12.7 | 16.6 Virginia .............| 995,580 | 1,006,230 | 994,317 | 985,900 | 995,524 | 1,008,811 | 1,018,034 | 1,014,801 | 994,248 | 975,899 | 955,105 | 938,794 | 919,481 | 908,989 | 900,378 | 901,994 | 904,347 | 911,261 | 914,354 | 914,445 | 989,197 | 1,011,513 | 1,023,683 | 1,049,901 | 1,065,071 | 1,079,496 | 1,098,862 | 9.2 | 11.9 | 8.6 | 21.5 Washington ...........| 764,735 | 762,006 | 746,269 | 730,100 | 730,605 | 728,047 | 723,083 | 723,418 | 713,713 | 713,967 | 710,929 | 704,655 | 695,771 | 687,094 | 685,068 | 688,759 | 696,372 | 708,584 | 721,952 | 736,345 | 755,141 | 781,371 | 808,090 | 833,641 | 850,813 | 870,163 | 888,142 | 16.6 | 12.2 | 13.7 | 27.5 West Virginia ........| 372,278 | 370,951 | 376,849 | 382,800 | 374,226 | 366,785 | 366,395 | 368,588 | 360,828 | 352,890 | 353,264 | 351,823 | 348,632 | 346,368 | 343,320 | 336,196 | 330,145 | 324,791 | 319,330 | 309,691 | 301,947 | 300,067 | 296,191 | 294,202 | 291,238 | 287,937 | 285,548 | -23.0 | -9.1 | -4.8 | -13.5 Wisconsin ............| 880,609 | 894,178 | 899,861 | 903,500 | 876,167 | 879,526 | 858,407 | 839,356 | 810,773 | 794,783 | 770,554 | 743,505 | 729,889 | 713,196 | 699,089 | 696,071 | 694,351 | 682,560 | 698,963 | 700,389 | 711,466 | 731,088 | 748,830 | 765,184 | 769,717 | 782,395 | 799,391 | -10.6 | 5.3 | 9.3 | 15.1 Wyoming ..............| 81,293 | 81,698 | 80,840 | 79,900 | 80,104 | 80,670 | 82,147 | 84,026 | 85,944 | 87,438 | 89,471 | 91,381 | 92,874 | 94,488 | 93,804 | 94,583 | 95,547 | 94,176 | 92,434 | 91,515 | 91,277 | 92,506 | 93,926 | 94,109 | 94,650 | 93,691 | 93,190 | 14.1 | -3.2 | 0.7 | -2.5 |===========|===========|===========|===========|===========|===========|===========|===========|===========|===========|===========|===========|===========|===========|===========|===========|===========|===========|===========|===========|===========|===========|===========|===========|===========|===========|===========|=======|=======|=======|======= Outlying areas .....| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 734,648 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 699,036 | 691,775 | 683,436 | 671,206 | 658,500 | 661,066 | 623,472 | 620,592 | 661,948 | 621,030 | 622,238 | --- | -5.4 | -5.9 | -11.0 |___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|_______|_______|_______|_______ American Samoa .......| --- | --- | 7,517 | 7,700 | --- | 8,164 | 7,461 | 8,921 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 10,580 | 10,816 | 10,559 | 10,579 | 11,222 | 11,448 | 12,272 | 12,935 | 14,150 | 14,094 | 14,000 | 14,074 | --- | 13.5 | 14.7 | 30.1 Guam .................| 20,315 | 22,926 | 24,201 | 24,900 | 24,081 | 26,426 | 26,318 | 25,677 | 24,956 | 23,614 | --- | 22,343 | --- | --- | --- | 23,632 | 23,220 | 23,409 | 23,172 | 23,203 | 23,883 | 25,330 | 25,330 | 30,417 | 31,711 | 31,779 | 31,998 | 39.6 | 9.1 | 26.3 | 37.8 Northern Marianas ....| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 4,107 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 5,548 | 4,921 | 5,071 | 5,851 | 6,677 | 6,809 | 6,062 | 6,194 | 7,334 | 7,278 | 7,351 | 7,511 | --- | 23.2 | 23.9 | 52.6 Puerto Rico ..........| --- | 637,068 | 650,992 | 660,000 | --- | 617,724 | 669,400 | 646,150 | 676,777 | 673,015 | 656,709 | 671,661 | --- | --- | --- | 649,651 | 636,268 | 629,922 | 621,731 | 608,945 | 597,436 | 597,418 | 558,515 | 548,067 | 588,484 | 547,561 | 548,788 | -13.9 | -6.1 | -8.1 | -13.7 Trust Territories ....| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 30,122 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- Virgin Islands .......| --- | --- | 17,680 | 19,400 | 20,572 | 22,128 | 21,793 | 23,778 | 24,136 | 23,289 | --- | 23,312 | --- | --- | --- | --- | 23,811 | 22,814 | 22,103 | 21,159 | 18,924 | 19,984 | 20,498 | 20,624 | 20,381 | 20,339 | 19,867 | --- | -16.1 | -0.6 | -16.6 ______________________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|_______|_______|_______|_______ \1\Data for California are not strictly comparable with those for other states because California's attendance figures include excused absences. \2\Less than 0.05 percent. ---Data not available or not applicable. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education," various years; Statistics of State School Systems, various years; and Common Core of Data surveys. (This table was prepared February 1998.)