Table 7.--Distribution of enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by level and state: Fall 1970 to fall 1995 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Percent of students in kinder- | Percent of students in grades |Change in percentage points | garten through grade 8\1\ | 9 through 12 |at the elementary level State or other area |__________________________________|__________________________________|___________________________ | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | 1970 to |1980 to |1990 to | 1970 | 1980 | 1985 | 1990 | 1995 | 1970 | 1980 | 1985 | 1990 | 1995 | 1980 | 1990 | 1995 ______________________|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|_________|________|________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 ______________________|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|_________|________|________ United States .....| 70.9 | 67.6 | 68.6 | 72.5 | 72.1 | 29.1 | 32.4 | 31.4 | 27.5 | 27.9 | -3.3 | 4.9 | -0.4 |______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|_________|________|________ Alabama ..............| 70.7 | 69.6 | 70.8 | 73.0 | 72.3 | 29.3 | 30.4 | 29.2 | 27.0 | 27.7 | -1.2 | 3.5 | -0.7 Alaska\2\ ............| 76.4 | 69.8 | 71.9 | 74.9 | 73.2 | 23.6 | 30.2 | 28.1 | 25.1 | 26.8 | -6.6 | 5.1 | -1.7 Arizona ..............| 71.4 | 69.5 | 70.4 | 74.9 | 73.8 | 28.6 | 30.5 | 29.6 | 25.1 | 26.2 | -1.9 | 5.4 | -1.1 Arkansas .............| 71.2 | 69.2 | 70.0 | 71.9 | 71.1 | 28.8 | 30.8 | 30.0 | 28.1 | 28.9 | -1.9 | 2.6 | -0.7 California ...........| 69.7 | 67.0 | 68.8 | 73.0 | 73.0 | 30.3 | 33.0 | 31.2 | 27.0 | 27.0 | -2.8 | 6.1 | (\3\) | | | | | | | | | | | | | Colorado .............| 71.0 | 68.6 | 68.8 | 73.1 | 73.0 | 29.0 | 31.4 | 31.2 | 26.9 | 27.0 | -2.4 | 4.6 | -0.2 Connecticut ..........| 73.6 | 68.4 | 69.5 | 74.1 | 74.2 | 26.4 | 31.6 | 30.5 | 25.9 | 25.8 | -5.2 | 5.6 | 0.1 Delaware .............| 71.1 | 62.8 | 67.9 | 72.9 | 71.0 | 28.9 | 37.2 | 32.1 | 27.1 | 29.0 | -8.2 | 10.0 | -1.8 District of Columbia .| 77.7 | 70.9 | 71.8 | 75.9 | 77.5 | 22.3 | 29.1 | 28.2 | 24.1 | 22.5 | -6.7 | 5.0 | 1.6 Florida ..............| 71.1 | 69.0 | 69.5 | 73.6 | 74.1 | 28.9 | 31.0 | 30.5 | 26.4 | 25.9 | -2.2 | 4.6 | 0.6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Georgia ..............| 72.8 | 69.4 | 70.1 | 73.7 | 73.7 | 27.2 | 30.6 | 29.9 | 26.3 | 26.3 | -3.4 | 4.3 | -0.1 Hawaii ...............| 71.5 | 66.4 | 69.1 | 71.5 | 72.5 | 28.5 | 33.6 | 30.9 | 28.5 | 27.5 | -5.1 | 5.1 | 0.9 Idaho ................| 68.0 | 70.7 | 71.6 | 72.5 | 69.7 | 32.0 | 29.3 | 28.4 | 27.5 | 30.3 | 2.8 | 1.8 | -2.7 Illinois .............| 71.6 | 67.3 | 68.2 | 71.9 | 71.5 | 28.4 | 32.7 | 31.8 | 28.1 | 28.5 | -4.3 | 4.6 | -0.4 Indiana...............| 71.2 | 67.1 | 67.7 | 70.8 | 70.0 | 28.8 | 32.9 | 32.3 | 29.2 | 30.0 | -4.1 | 3.7 | -0.8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Iowa .................| 70.4 | 65.8 | 66.8 | 71.3 | 68.5 | 29.6 | 34.2 | 33.2 | 28.7 | 31.5 | -4.6 | 5.5 | -2.8 Kansas ...............| 69.5 | 68.1 | 69.6 | 73.2 | 71.0 | 30.5 | 31.9 | 30.4 | 26.8 | 29.0 | -1.5 | 5.1 | -2.2 Kentucky .............| 71.5 | 69.2 | 69.7 | 72.2 | 71.0 | 28.5 | 30.8 | 30.3 | 27.8 | 29.0 | -2.3 | 2.9 | -1.2 Louisiana ............| 73.1 | 69.9 | 72.7 | 74.7 | 72.8 | 26.9 | 30.1 | 27.3 | 25.3 | 27.2 | -3.2 | 4.8 | -1.9 Maine ................| 72.3 | 68.6 | 69.1 | 72.1 | 73.1 | 27.7 | 31.4 | 30.9 | 27.9 | 26.9 | -3.7 | 3.5 | 0.9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Maryland .............| 72.5 | 65.7 | 66.5 | 73.7 | 73.3 | 27.5 | 34.3 | 33.5 | 26.3 | 26.7 | -6.8 | 8.0 | -0.4 Massachusetts ........| 71.4 | 66.2 | 66.2 | 72.4 | 73.7 | 28.6 | 33.8 | 33.8 | 27.6 | 26.3 | -5.2 | 6.2 | 1.3 Michigan .............| 73.3 | 68.3 | 67.7 | 72.3 | 72.6 | 26.7 | 31.7 | 32.3 | 27.7 | 27.4 | -4.9 | 4.0 | 0.3 Minnesota ............| 68.5 | 63.9 | 66.4 | 72.1 | 70.2 | 31.5 | 36.1 | 33.6 | 27.9 | 29.8 | -4.6 | 8.2 | -2.0 Mississippi ..........| 72.7 | 69.1 | 70.0 | 74.0 | 72.3 | 27.3 | 30.9 | 30.0 | 26.0 | 27.7 | -3.6 | 4.9 | -1.6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Missouri..............| 72.0 | 67.2 | 68.4 | 72.0 | 71.4 | 28.0 | 32.8 | 31.6 | 28.0 | 28.6 | -4.8 | 4.9 | -0.6 Montana ..............| 68.4 | 68.1 | 70.1 | 72.7 | 70.3 | 31.6 | 31.9 | 29.9 | 27.3 | 29.7 | -0.3 | 4.6 | -2.4 Nebraska .............| 69.9 | 67.4 | 69.3 | 72.3 | 70.1 | 30.1 | 32.6 | 30.7 | 27.7 | 29.9 | -2.5 | 4.9 | -2.2 Nevada ...............| 73.0 | 67.3 | 69.1 | 74.5 | 73.9 | 27.0 | 32.7 | 30.9 | 25.5 | 26.1 | -5.7 | 7.2 | -0.5 New Hampshire ........| 71.6 | 66.9 | 66.4 | 73.1 | 73.0 | 28.4 | 33.1 | 33.6 | 26.9 | 27.0 | -4.7 | 6.2 | -0.1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | New Jersey ...........| 71.7 | 65.8 | 66.3 | 71.9 | 73.5 | 28.3 | 34.2 | 33.7 | 28.1 | 26.5 | -6.0 | 6.1 | 1.6 New Mexico ...........| 70.6 | 68.5 | 67.5 | 68.9 | 69.5 | 29.4 | 31.5 | 32.5 | 31.1 | 30.5 | -2.0 | 0.4 | 0.6 New York .............| 70.4 | 64.0 | 65.0 | 70.4 | 70.4 | 29.6 | 36.0 | 35.0 | 29.6 | 29.6 | -6.4 | 6.3 | (\3\) North Carolina .......| 70.1 | 69.6 | 69.0 | 72.1 | 73.6 | 29.9 | 30.4 | 31.0 | 27.9 | 26.4 | -0.5 | 2.5 | 1.6 North Dakota .........| 68.3 | 65.7 | 70.6 | 72.1 | 69.1 | 31.7 | 34.3 | 29.4 | 27.9 | 30.9 | -2.6 | 6.4 | -3.0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ohio .................| 70.0 | 67.0 | 67.2 | 71.0 | 70.7 | 30.0 | 33.0 | 32.8 | 29.0 | 29.3 | -3.0 | 4.0 | -0.3 Oklahoma .............| 69.8 | 69.0 | 69.9 | 73.4 | 72.3 | 30.2 | 31.0 | 30.1 | 26.6 | 27.7 | -0.7 | 4.3 | -1.1 Oregon ...............| 67.8 | 68.7 | 68.2 | 72.0 | 71.2 | 32.2 | 31.3 | 31.8 | 28.0 | 28.8 | 0.9 | 3.3 | -0.8 Pennsylvania .........| 69.2 | 64.5 | 64.9 | 70.3 | 70.3 | 30.8 | 35.5 | 35.1 | 29.7 | 29.7 | -4.7 | 5.8 | (\3\) Rhode Island .........| 72.0 | 65.9 | 67.2 | 73.3 | 73.3 | 28.0 | 34.1 | 32.8 | 26.7 | 26.7 | -6.1 | 7.4 | (\3\) | | | | | | | | | | | | | South Carolina .......| 72.0 | 68.9 | 69.9 | 72.7 | 71.8 | 28.0 | 31.1 | 30.1 | 27.3 | 28.2 | -3.1 | 3.8 | -0.9 South Dakota .........| 68.5 | 67.1 | 70.5 | 73.7 | 70.1 | 31.5 | 32.9 | 29.5 | 26.3 | 29.9 | -1.5 | 6.6 | -3.5 Tennessee ............| 72.1 | 70.5 | 70.6 | 72.5 | 72.8 | 27.9 | 29.5 | 29.4 | 27.5 | 27.2 | -1.5 | 2.0 | 0.3 Texas ................| 72.0 | 70.6 | 72.2 | 74.2 | 73.6 | 28.0 | 29.4 | 27.8 | 25.8 | 26.4 | -1.4 | 3.6 | -0.7 Utah .................| 70.0 | 72.8 | 74.1 | 72.8 | 68.7 | 30.0 | 27.2 | 25.9 | 27.2 | 31.3 | 2.9 | -0.1 | -4.1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Vermont ..............| 71.6 | 69.3 | 69.5 | 74.0 | 71.3 | 28.4 | 30.7 | 30.5 | 26.0 | 28.7 | -2.4 | 4.7 | -2.7 Virginia .............| 71.9 | 69.6 | 68.7 | 72.9 | 73.0 | 28.1 | 30.4 | 31.3 | 27.1 | 27.0 | -2.3 | 3.3 | (\3\) Washington ...........| 70.1 | 68.0 | 67.6 | 73.0 | 71.1 | 29.9 | 32.0 | 32.4 | 27.0 | 28.9 | -2.0 | 4.9 | -1.9 West Virginia.........| 70.2 | 70.5 | 69.6 | 69.5 | 68.7 | 29.8 | 29.5 | 30.4 | 30.5 | 31.3 | 0.3 | -1.0 | -0.8 Wisconsin ............| 68.3 | 63.6 | 65.3 | 70.9 | 69.3 | 31.7 | 36.4 | 34.7 | 29.1 | 30.7 | -4.7 | 7.3 | -1.6 Wyoming ..............| 69.5 | 71.3 | 72.0 | 72.2 | 69.0 | 30.5 | 28.7 | 28.0 | 27.8 | 31.0 | 1.8 | 0.9 | -3.2 |======|======|======|======|======|======|======|======|======|======|=========|========|======== Outlying areas .....| --- | --- | --- | 74.5 | 73.6 | --- | --- | --- | 25.5 | 26.4 | --- | --- | -0.9 |______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|_________|________|________ American Samoa .......| --- | 74.4 | --- | 75.3 | 76.9 | --- | 25.6 | --- | 24.7 | 23.1 | --- | 1.0 | 1.5 Guam .................| 77.8 | 74.2 | 74.0 | 73.0 | 75.5 | 22.2 | 25.8 | 26.0 | 27.0 | 24.5 | -3.6 | -1.2 | 2.4 Northern Marianas ....| --- | --- | --- | 76.3 | 77.5 | --- | --- | --- | 23.7 | 22.5 | --- | --- | 1.2 Puerto Rico ..........| 78.9 | 73.2 | 74.0 | 74.5 | 73.4 | 21.1 | 26.8 | 26.0 | 25.5 | 26.6 | -5.7 | 1.3 | -1.1 Virgin Islands .......| --- | 78.2 | 73.4 | 74.7 | 71.9 | --- | 21.8 | 26.6 | 25.3 | 28.1 | --- | -3.5 | -2.8 ______________________|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|_________|________|________ \1\Includes prekindergarten students. \2\Beginning in 1985, data include students enrolled in public schools on federal bases and other special arrangements. \3\Less than .05 percentage point change. ---Data not available. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data surveys. (This table was prepared January 1998.)