​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​NAEP Technical ​DocumentationFourth- and Eighth-Grade Schools and Enrollment in the 2024 ​State Assessment Sampling Frame

The following table presents the number of fourth- and eighth-grade public schools and their estimated enrollment, as contained in the Common Core of Data (CCD)-based sampling frames, by jurisdiction, for the state mathematics and reading assessments. Grade 4 or grade 8 enrollment was estimated for each school as the average of the per-grade enrollments for grades 1 through 8, counting only the grades in that range that were offered by the school. ​

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Number of schools and enrollment in public school sampling frame, state assessment, by grade and jurisdiction: 2024
​JurisdictionGrade 4Grade 8
SchoolsEnrollmentSchoolsEnrollment
​Total​52,3333,562,33229,759​​3,711,540
Alabama 695 55,049 440 56,397
Alaska 345 8,243 266 8,693
Arizona 1,256 81,571 847 84,103
Arkansas 470 35,717 310 37,562
California–Los Angeles 496 34,356 129 30,031
California–San Diego 122 7,519 38 6,210
California–Balance 5,558 383,133 2,925 394,971
Colorado–Denver 110 6,318 61 6,390
Colorado–Balance 990 55,320 563 58,440
Connecticut 554 35,879 287 37,515
Delaware 119 10,276 70 11,048
Florida–Duval County 127 10,046 60 9,103
Florida–Hillsborough County 191 17,237 106 17,074
Florida–Miami-Dade 294 23,438 198 25,322
Florida–Orange County 171 15,119 84 15,561
Florida–Balance 1,545 142,113 898 146,769
Georgia–Atlanta 55 3,979 26 3,712
Georgia–Balance 1,199 120,888 564 130,798
Hawaii 207 13,795 86 12,186
Idaho 398 23,179 227 24,446
Illinois–Chicago 458 23,660 455 24,367
Illinois–Balance 1,656 107,615 961 116,031
Indiana 1,013 75,223 496 79,274
Iowa 614 35,335 354 37,203
Kansas 691 33,802 396 36,016
Kentucky–Jefferson County 100 6,981 42 7,106
Kentucky–Balance 625 39,882 380 42,401
Louisiana 737 50,543 502 50,568
Maine 308 12,200 200 12,919
Maryland–Baltimore 111 6,216 85 5,184
Maryland–Balance 777 58,697 281 60,458
Massachusetts–Boston 71 3,270 46 3,298
Massachusetts–Balance 877 61,744 452 65,618
Michigan–Detroit 73 3,736 60 3,094
Michigan–Balance 1,591 95,992 1,041 100,318
Minnesota 990 61,527 729 65,001
Mississippi 400 32,598 272 34,639
Missouri 1,156 64,682 713 68,508
Montana 390 11,327 273 11,852
Nebraska 515 23,441 296 24,000
Nevada–Clark County 240 22,140 75 23,031
Nevada–Balance 209 13,455 122 13,319
New Hampshire 269 12,197 150 12,790
New Jersey 1,355 92,711 799 97,804
New Mexico–Albuquerque 103 5,703 49 5,719
New Mexico–Balance 342 16,783 197 18,384
New York–New York City 823 58,855 513 59,688
New York–Balance 1,714 123,768 1,065 128,789
North Carolina–Charlotte-Mecklenburg​
 114 10,283 48 10,675
North Carolina–Guilford County 74 4,912 31 5,268
North Carolina–Balance 1,334 96,007 726 101,754
North Dakota 266 9,067 186 8,841
Ohio–Cleveland 80 3,144 78 3,061
Ohio–Balance 1,582 116,874 1,023 122,637
Oklahoma 832 49,132 586 50,449
Oregon 766 39,389 425 42,428
Pennsylvania–Philadelphia 148 9,011 120 8,069
Pennsylvania–Balance 1,388 113,301 763 120,504
Rhode Island 166 9,914 64 10,239
South Carolina 660 56,842 329 59,147
South Dakota 317 10,493 256 10,925
Tennessee 1,009 73,203 609 73,138
Texas–Austin 77 5,597 20 5,121
Texas–Dallas 152 10,470 47 9,728
Texas–Fort Worth 85 5,316 31 5,390
Texas–Houston 175 14,589 57 11,958
Texas–Balance 4,207 349,351 2,250 377,846
Utah 662 50,111 271 52,437
Vermont 205 5,715 114 5,624
Virginia 1,109 90,057 380 95,430
Washington 1,280 77,521 631 81,131
West Virginia 385 17,514 191 18,892
Wisconsin–Milwaukee 110 4,968 79 4,481
Wisconsin–Balance 968 51,303 573 54,463
Wyoming 176 6,927 90 7,439
Other jurisdictions
Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) 137 2,580 111 2,396
Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) 98 6,260 57 4,722
District of Columbia (TUDA) 79 3,792 25 2,771
District of Columbia–Balance 48 2,453 45 2,781
Puerto Rico​ 534 18,978 354 18,085
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2024 State Assessment.
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Last updated 24 November 2025 (SK)
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