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Public School Student, Staff and Graduate Counts by State, School Year 1996-97 / Table 1
Table 1.-- Public school membership, by grade and state: Fall 1996
Table 1.-- Public school membership, by grade and state: Fall 1996
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Pre-
kinder- Kinder-
State Total garten garten Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5
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United Statesa c 45,592,213 673,581 3,534,098 3,768,600 3,595,878 3,517,594 3,446,576 3,447,099
Alabamaa 748,156 9,857 60,949 63,665 58,683 57,435 57,098 56,550
Alaska 129,919 2,186 10,451 10,670 10,453 10,361 10,055 10,268
Arizona 799,250 4,495 64,613 70,180 65,505 64,627 62,793 63,375
Arkansas 457,349 1,980 36,442 37,370 35,236 34,021 33,855 34,270
Californiaa 5,687,901 74,936 469,965 491,159 463,864 452,225 435,217 427,682
Colorado 673,438 12,520 50,707 54,565 52,947 52,377 52,524 53,400
Connecticut 527,129 9,147 43,213 46,391 44,172 43,092 41,969 41,354
Delaware 110,549 597 8,002 8,831 8,480 8,752 8,329 8,618
District of Columbia 78,648 5,044 7,469 7,912 7,114 6,271 5,442 5,332
Florida 2,242,212 53,979 176,512 185,614 181,795 178,378 175,240 175,623
Georgia 1,346,761 25,522 112,385 114,978 110,641 107,050 105,333 104,059
Hawaii 187,653 694 16,129 16,683 15,789 15,104 14,864 14,455
Idaho 245,252 1,689 17,562 18,805 18,262 18,366 18,085 17,950
Illinois 1,973,040 50,857 152,268 162,304 154,385 151,499 145,919 146,745
Indiana 983,415 5,263 74,803 82,221 77,275 75,069 72,250 72,737
Iowa 502,941 5,042 37,101 36,614 35,706 35,004 34,918 36,450
Kansas 466,293 3,723 32,890 36,285 34,777 35,003 35,077 36,134
Kentucky 656,089 19,428 46,450 48,209 47,697 54,703 47,018 46,850
Louisiana 793,296 20,066 61,170 64,136 59,025 58,244 59,082 59,815
Maine 213,593 828 15,864 17,116 16,601 16,826 16,621 17,421
Maryland 818,583 19,639 61,856 68,645 66,645 64,728 63,693 62,178
Massachusetts 933,898 15,695 76,519 81,375 77,953 75,468 73,659 72,121
Michigan 1,684,386 16,510 137,978 140,553 130,494 124,399 123,233 122,404
Minnesota 847,204 8,902 62,383 64,508 63,465 63,203 63,024 65,090
Mississippi 503,967 1,052 39,459 43,401 39,406 38,145 37,315 37,795
Missouri 900,042 16,099 69,239 70,822 69,002 67,308 67,529 68,653
Montanab 164,627 500 11,757 12,706 11,916 12,317 12,479 12,968
Nebraska 291,967 4,104 21,874 22,224 21,443 21,158 21,440 22,120
Nevada 282,131 1,868 22,875 25,398 24,090 23,154 22,597 22,570
New Hampshire 198,308 1,535 8,569 18,322 16,744 16,620 16,643 16,367
New Jerseyc 1,208,179 10,127 93,772 104,405 97,608 92,629 88,378 86,801
New Mexico 332,632 3,894 24,324 26,283 25,132 24,163 25,029 23,933
New York 2,843,131 31,566 210,795 235,237 223,231 214,604 205,572 200,936
North Carolina 1,210,108 8,535 102,435 105,756 102,288 98,400 94,840 93,888
North Dakota 120,123 619 8,464 8,788 8,702 8,698 8,736 9,170
Ohio 1,844,389 21,317 140,222 149,371 142,259 139,219 137,711 139,054
Oklahoma 620,695 4,600 50,387 54,554 47,182 46,451 46,526 47,647
Oregon 537,854 878 39,829 42,819 42,299 41,405 41,373 42,301
Pennsylvania 1,804,256 3,005 133,608 147,895 139,897 138,776 136,710 138,106
Rhode Island 151,324 666 11,366 13,177 12,390 12,136 11,829 11,518
South Carolinaa 653,011 8,603 47,374 49,497 53,547 51,849 50,598 51,214
South Dakota 143,331 1,192 10,284 10,625 10,454 10,264 10,668 10,905
Tennesseea 905,089 11,924 74,529 77,450 71,962 69,451 67,330 68,002
Texas 3,828,975 133,303 285,002 312,533 299,334 295,300 294,431 294,703
Utah 481,812 3,784 34,882 35,848 34,914 35,088 34,227 34,890
Vermont 106,341 2,318 7,530 8,256 8,255 8,060 8,152 8,319
Virginia 1,096,093 3,917 86,542 91,234 87,710 83,443 82,571 82,768
Washington 974,504 5,353 73,577 78,077 76,008 74,718 74,697 75,883
West Virginia 304,052 4,433 22,485 23,092 22,233 21,615 21,944 22,224
Wisconsin 879,259 19,790 62,455 64,925 63,921 63,286 64,670 65,943
Wyomingc 99,058 0 6,782 7,116 6,987 7,132 7,283 7,540
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Outlying Areas and DOD Dependent Schools
DOD Dependents Schools 80,175 1,449 7,804 8,646 8,242 7,662 7,249 6,766
American Samoa 14,766 1,494 1,136 1,210 1,181 1,115 1,174 1,079
Guam 33,393 453 3,022 3,162 3,038 2,846 2,762 2,713
Northern Marianas 9,041 590 692 872 771 810 784 679
Puerto Rico 618,861 373 42,399 54,821 51,137 49,959 49,998 49,308
Virgin Islandsc 22,385 0 1,626 1,760 1,559 1,594 1,691 1,646
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Table 1.-- Public school membership, by grade and state: Fall 1996--continued
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ State Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12 Ungraded _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ United Statesc 3,486,295 3,456,871 3,398,117 3,792,818 3,316,015 2,925,139 2,581,941 651,591 Alabama 57,332 60,302 58,305 64,205 52,848 48,417 42,510 0 Alaska 10,176 10,115 9,627 10,621 9,426 8,140 7,370 0 Arizona 62,791 62,140 60,514 64,566 56,109 47,573 42,041 7,928 Arkansas 35,288 36,779 37,064 37,160 35,335 31,889 27,613 3,047 California 423,701 416,268 406,456 450,820 413,725 362,404 298,669 100,810 Colorado 52,942 52,486 52,269 55,219 49,058 44,244 37,179 1,001 Connecticut 40,511 39,816 37,991 41,003 35,800 32,068 28,882 1,720 Delaware 8,610 8,942 8,820 10,057 8,956 7,108 6,447 0 District of Columbia 4,742 4,875 4,625 4,951 4,554 3,694 3,042 3,581 Florida 179,951 176,413 169,657 193,153 161,606 128,822 105,469 0 Georgia 104,926 103,601 102,355 119,617 92,630 78,137 65,527 0 Hawaii 14,612 14,016 13,786 16,265 13,265 11,431 10,466 94 Idaho 18,806 19,896 19,998 21,023 19,458 18,277 17,075 0 Illinois 157,949 146,397 141,348 157,259 145,471 132,762 123,783 4,094 Indiana 74,331 76,300 76,573 83,587 75,447 69,453 62,923 5,183 Iowa 37,604 37,890 38,801 40,892 40,277 38,093 35,650 12,899 Kansas 37,046 36,890 37,164 39,108 36,064 32,702 29,244 4,186 Kentucky 48,695 49,675 49,641 55,989 48,867 43,346 38,460 11,061 Louisiana 61,493 61,343 57,344 68,328 54,975 47,525 41,759 18,991 Maine 17,512 17,481 17,124 15,849 15,010 13,562 12,851 2,927 Maryland 61,962 61,268 59,236 65,307 56,261 49,695 44,232 13,238 Massachusetts 71,768 69,867 67,029 70,811 64,182 58,643 52,569 6,239 Michigan 124,160 121,529 118,292 130,936 114,485 102,613 90,348 86,452 Minnesota 66,003 66,293 65,881 68,569 66,904 62,566 60,413 0 Mississippi 38,102 40,558 38,879 43,295 35,243 29,357 25,711 16,249 Missouri 69,619 68,903 69,187 72,441 67,015 60,653 54,437 9,135 Montana 13,164 13,307 13,183 13,957 13,013 11,826 11,018 516 Nebraska 22,548 23,023 22,912 24,047 23,790 21,498 19,786 0 Nevada 22,064 21,432 21,041 21,162 19,999 17,912 15,316 653 New Hampshire 16,626 15,955 15,738 15,999 14,321 12,875 11,158 836 New Jerseyc 86,348 84,287 82,628 86,418 77,521 72,807 67,781 76,669 New Mexico 25,474 25,763 26,017 29,906 25,242 21,061 17,073 9,338 New York 200,565 200,259 196,724 241,927 206,802 173,915 146,738 154,260 North Carolina 94,929 93,141 91,793 105,771 85,120 71,471 61,593 148 North Dakota 9,352 9,699 9,943 10,230 9,785 9,251 8,686 0 Ohio 141,355 139,994 140,245 160,479 140,454 127,673 117,064 7,972 Oklahoma 48,635 48,856 49,065 51,709 45,970 40,757 36,113 2,243 Oregon 42,643 42,215 42,862 44,713 40,751 36,762 34,794 2,210 Pennsylvania 136,933 136,632 136,746 152,058 136,714 124,788 114,183 28,205 Rhode Island 11,472 11,758 11,104 12,191 10,609 9,453 8,428 3,227 South Carolina 52,384 52,194 50,625 61,962 48,314 39,304 35,546 0 South Dakota 11,235 11,430 11,377 12,497 11,313 10,521 9,552 1,014 Tennessee 68,216 68,098 66,465 75,906 65,631 55,679 50,332 14,114 Texas 298,077 296,668 290,666 343,867 264,238 225,778 195,075 0 Utah 35,307 36,225 36,860 38,742 38,071 37,623 34,795 10,556 Vermont 8,331 8,481 8,374 8,486 7,697 7,130 6,622 330 Virginia 85,407 82,668 80,842 88,721 77,806 68,649 64,497 29,318 Washington 76,591 76,508 76,033 81,336 75,648 67,840 62,235 0 West Virginia 22,709 23,478 24,150 25,994 24,561 22,787 21,215 1,132 Wisconsin 67,317 66,527 66,488 75,097 71,308 66,990 60,542 0 Wyoming 7,981 8,230 8,270 8,612 8,366 7,615 7,129 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Outlying Areas and DOD Dependent Schools DOD Dependents Schools 6,485 5,856 5,306 4,956 4,153 3,281 2,860 0 American Samoa 1,035 1,010 912 1,004 876 731 739 70 Guam 2,502 2,341 2,370 3,285 2,133 1,500 1,258 8 Northern Marianas 662 637 580 617 487 497 363 0 Puerto Rico 48,425 50,640 47,449 45,691 44,692 37,755 32,361 13,853 Virgin Islands 1,642 1,959 1,517 2,429 1,204 1,402 1,063 1,293 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ a Values for prekindergarten students were imputed based on current year (Fall 1996) data. b Montana reports some prekindergarten students as kindergarten students. c New Jersey data were imputed based on prior year (Fall 1995) data. d Wyoming and the Virgin Islands do not have a prekindergarten program. Source: U.S. Department of Education, , Common Core of Data, State Nonfiscal Survey.
