In the Midwest, enrollment will increase in three of the states between 1996 and 2008. Increases are projected for Illinois (2 percent), Indiana (3 percent), and Kansas (0.5 percent). Decreases are projected for Iowa (8 percent), Michigan (5 percent), Minnesota (6 percent), Missouri (1 percent), Nebraska (2 percent), North Dakota (7 percent), Ohio (4 percent), South Dakota (3 percent), and Wisconsin (6 percent).
Enrollment increases are projected for many of the Southern states between 1996 and 2008. Increases are projected for Delaware (8 percent), Georgia (13 percent), North Carolina (8 percent), Tennessee (8 percent), Texas (14 percent), and Virginia (8 percent). Smaller increases are expected for Alabama (5 percent), Florida (5 percent), Maryland (5 percent), Mississippi (3 percent), and South Carolina (5 percent). Decreases in enrollment have been projected for Arkansas (1 percent), the District of Columbia (9 percent), Kentucky (2 percent), Louisiana (3 percent), Oklahoma (4 percent), and West Virginia (8 percent).
All of the states in the West except Montana are expected to show increases in enrollment between 1996 and 2008. Increases are expected in Alaska (14 percent), Arizona (21 percent), California (20 percent), Hawaii (18 percent), Idaho (15 percent), Nevada (13 percent), New Mexico (16 percent), and Utah (13 percent) over the projection period. Smaller increases are expected in Colorado (8 percent), Oregon (2 percent), Washington (5 percent), and Wyoming (7 percent). Montana is expected to decrease by 1 percent.
Elementary enrollment is expected to show a decrease of 4 percent in the Northeast between 1996 and 2008 (table 48 and figure 66). Decreases are projected for Connecticut (8 percent), Maine (10 percent), Massachusetts (4 percent), New Hampshire (3 percent), New York (2 percent), Pennsylvania (7 percent), Rhode Island (4 percent), and Vermont (4 percent). An increase of 0.1 percent is projected for New Jersey.
A decrease in elementary enrollment has been projected for the Midwestern region. Between 1996 and 2008, enrollment in the Midwest is projected to decrease by 4 percent. Eleven of the twelve states in this region are projected to show decreases. These will occur in Illinois (2 percent), Iowa (7 percent), Kansas (1 percent), Michigan (7 percent), Minnesota (7 percent), Missouri (4 percent), Nebraska (2 percent), North Dakota (8 percent), Ohio (6 percent), South Dakota (1 percent), and Wisconsin (6 percent). An increase of 1 percent is expected for Indiana.
An increase of 3 percent is expected for the Southern region between 1996 and 2008. Increases are expected in Georgia (9 percent) and Texas (10 percent). Smaller increases are projected for Alabama (4 percent), Delaware (3 percent), Maryland (0.3 percent), Mississippi (2 percent), North Carolina (1 percent), South Carolina (2 percent), Tennessee (4 percent), and Virginia (4 percent). Decreases are projected for Arkansas (2 percent), the District of Columbia (12 percent), Florida (0.4 percent), Kentucky (3 percent), Louisiana (4 percent), Oklahoma (7 percent), and West Virginia (6 percent). Most of the growth in the states will occur between 1996 and 2002.
Elementary enrollment in the Western states is expected to rise between 1996 and 2008, an increase of 11 percent. Over the projection period, enrollment increases are anticipated for Alaska (12 percent), Arizona (15 percent), California (13 percent), Hawaii (17 percent), Idaho (17 percent), New Mexico (16 percent), Utah (13 percent), and Wyoming (10 percent). Other enrollment increases are projected for Colorado (4 percent), Montana (2 percent), Nevada (6 percent), Oregon (0.3 percent), and Washington (3 percent). Most of the growth in the states will occur between 1996 and 2002.
The Northeast is projected to increase by 12 percent between 1996 and 2008 (table 50 and figure 68). Increases are expected in Massachusetts (24 percent), New Jersey (15 percent), New York (16 percent), and Rhode Island (21 percent). Other enrollment increases are expected for Connecticut (8 percent), New Hampshire (8 percent), Pennsylvania (2 percent), and Vermont (4 percent). Maine is projected to decrease by 8 percent. Most of growth in the states will occur between 1996 and 2002.
The Midwestern region is expected to show an increase of 2 percent in high school enrollment between 1996 and 2008. Increases are expected in Illinois (10 percent), Indiana (7 percent), Kansas (4 percent), Michigan (0.3 percent), and Missouri (5 percent). Decreases are projected in Iowa (9 percent), Minnesota (3 percent), Nebraska (2 percent), North Dakota (5 percent), Ohio (2 percent), South Dakota (7 percent), and Wisconsin (4 percent).
Between 1996 and 2008, public high school enrollment in the South is projected to increase by 16 percent. Over the projection period, increases are expected in Delaware (20 percent), Florida (21 percent), Georgia (23 percent), Maryland (16 percent), North Carolina (27 percent), South Carolina (13 percent), Tennessee (16 percent), Texas (24 percent), and Virginia (22 percent). Other increases are expected for Alabama (9 percent), Arkansas (1 percent), the District of Columbia (1 percent), Louisiana (2 percent), Mississippi (5 percent), and Oklahoma (1 percent). Decreases are expected for Kentucky (0.5 percent) and West Virginia (11 percent).
The Western region's public high school enrollment is expected to increase by 29 percent between 1996 and 2008. Between 1996 and 2008, increases have been projected for Alaska (18 percent), Arizona (38 percent), California (40 percent), Colorado (17 percent), Hawaii (23 percent), Idaho (10 percent), Nevada (32 percent), New Mexico (16 percent), Oregon (5 percent), Utah (13 percent), and Washington (9 percent). Decreases are expected for Montana (6 percent) and Wyoming (0.5 percent).
Last updated August 10, 1998
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