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Table 38. Enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by level, grade, and state or jurisdiction: Fall 2001

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                       |             |                                    Prekindergarten through grade 8 and elementary unclassified                              |         Grades 9 through 12 and secondary unclassified
                       |     Total,  |_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|________________________________________________________________
 State or jurisdiction |   all levels|  Total   |Prekinder-| Kinder- |  Grade  |  Grade  |  Grade  |  Grade  |  Grade  |  Grade  |  Grade  |  Grade  | Elementary  |   Total   |  Grade  |  Grade  |  Grade  |  Grade  | Secondary
                       |             |          | garten\1\| garten  |    1    |    2    |    3    |    4    |    5    |    6    |    7    |    8    |unclassified |           |    9    |   10    |   11    |   12    |unclassified
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           1           |       2     |    3     |      4   |    5    |    6    |    7    |    8    |    9    |   10    |   11    |   12    |   13    |     14      |    15     |   16    |   17    |   18    |   19    |     20
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   United States ......|\2\47,687,871|33,952,003|\2\866,969|3,380,714|3,615,443|3,594,535|3,654,322|3,695,925|3,727,624|3,770,057|3,721,862|3,618,837|      305,715| 13,735,868|4,012,770|3,528,573|3,174,203|2,863,083|     157,239
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Alabama ...............|\2\   737,294|   535,684|\2\ 11,945|   54,148|   58,102|   56,877|   58,654|   58,929|   59,698|   60,546|   60,194|   56,591|           0 |    201,610|   61,038|   51,525|   46,138|   42,909|          0
Alaska ................|      134,358|    94,897|     1,253|   10,095|    9,514|    9,905|   10,011|   10,722|   10,787|   10,941|   10,967|   10,702|           0 |     39,461|   11,734|   10,147|    9,240|    8,340|          0
Arizona ...............|      922,180|   671,658|     6,624|   72,119|   73,938|   73,478|   72,702|   74,270|   74,464|   74,408|   72,303|   69,643|        7,709|    250,522|   72,859|   67,117|   57,782|   52,162|         602
Arkansas ..............|      449,805|   317,925|     1,623|   34,981|   34,084|   33,604|   33,779|   35,216|   35,774|   36,124|   36,284|   35,372|        1,084|    131,880|   35,894|   34,418|   32,257|   28,849|         462
California ............|\2\ 6,248,610| 4,479,950|\2\101,235|  457,165|  488,311|  491,610|  488,633|  485,301|  491,274|  493,218|  472,363|  461,133|       49,707|  1,768,660|  499,505|  459,588|  420,295|  365,907|      23,365
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Colorado ..............|      742,145|   529,156|    19,516|   53,079|   55,817|   55,683|   56,468|   58,028|   58,318|   58,213|   57,494|   56,540|           0 |    212,989|   62,756|   54,862|   50,459|   44,912|          0
Connecticut ...........|      570,228|   410,017|    11,050|   41,906|   43,772|   43,273|   44,696|   44,990|   45,243|   45,879|   45,254|   43,954|           0 |    160,211|   46,621|   41,778|   37,511|   34,301|          0
Delaware ..............|      115,555|    81,274|       586|    7,615|    9,079|    9,053|    9,215|    9,069|    8,901|    9,137|    9,222|    9,397|           0 |     34,281|   10,618|    9,036|    7,597|    7,030|          0
District of Columbia ..|       75,392|    57,951|     4,105|    5,203|    5,751|    5,752|    5,845|    5,561|    5,515|    4,945|    4,261|    3,662|        7,351|     17,441|    4,012|    3,584|    3,119|    2,815|       3,911
Florida ...............|    2,500,478| 1,797,414|    57,038|  177,225|  187,725|  188,894|  192,757|  196,952|  197,495|  202,978|  202,100|  194,250|           0 |    703,064|  248,764|  172,935|  150,752|  130,613|          0
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Georgia ...............|    1,470,634| 1,075,195|    33,310|  111,173|  114,464|  113,911|  116,914|  116,886|  118,363|  121,152|  116,877|  112,145|           0 |    395,439|  128,734|  102,590|   88,301|   75,814|          0
Hawaii ................|      184,546|   131,881|       917|   13,822|   14,444|   14,788|   14,818|   14,886|   15,238|   15,184|   14,017|   13,705|           62|     52,665|   16,036|   13,521|   12,424|   10,632|          52
Idaho .................|      246,521|   171,423|     2,341|   17,869|   17,940|   18,017|   18,490|   18,974|   19,130|   19,698|   19,372|   19,592|           0 |     75,098|   19,923|   19,074|   18,473|   17,628|          0
Illinois ..............|    2,071,391| 1,484,207|    57,550|  148,348|  159,554|  159,604|  162,837|  159,038|  161,167|  163,556|  157,988|  151,737|        2,828|    587,184|  165,529|  150,646|  137,810|  131,411|       1,788
Indiana................|      996,133|   711,471|     6,147|   72,344|   79,149|   76,645|   77,856|   79,008|   80,295|   80,588|   79,863|   76,999|        2,577|    284,662|   78,945|   73,024|   67,649|   62,913|       2,131
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Iowa ..................|      485,932|   329,670|     5,714|   34,249|   32,979|   33,957|   35,204|   36,106|   36,729|   37,548|   37,666|   37,115|        2,403|    156,262|   39,818|   39,126|   38,443|   36,469|       2,406
Kansas ................|      470,205|   322,426|     2,032|   30,104|   33,909|   33,599|   33,949|   34,932|   35,437|   36,336|   35,844|   36,120|       10,164|    147,779|   38,621|   37,083|   34,645|   33,221|       4,209
Kentucky ..............|      654,363|   473,499|    32,407|   45,781|   51,967|   47,247|   47,247|   49,288|   49,791|   49,718|   48,961|   47,019|        4,073|    180,864|   53,583|   46,656|   41,876|   37,160|       1,589
Louisiana .............|      731,328|   536,951|    17,199|   53,323|   58,309|   56,310|   57,534|   62,290|   54,935|   55,222|   58,494|   61,115|        2,220|    194,377|   57,164|   48,767|   45,994|   41,611|         841
Maine .................|      205,586|   143,864|     1,333|   13,709|   14,243|   14,374|   15,038|   15,883|   16,186|   16,756|   17,223|   17,347|        1,772|     61,722|   16,689|   16,155|   14,813|   13,410|         655
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Maryland ..............|      860,640|   610,907|    20,314|   56,384|   62,917|   63,955|   65,172|   67,448|   68,539|   68,590|   68,600|   66,211|        2,777|    249,733|   73,300|   63,530|   57,306|   52,671|       2,926
Massachusetts .........|      973,140|   699,496|    20,666|   68,565|   75,103|   73,435|   75,379|   76,597|   77,570|   78,815|   78,147|   75,219|           0 |    273,644|   80,394|   69,692|   64,105|   59,453|          0
Michigan ..............|    1,730,668| 1,222,763|    16,562|  125,197|  127,056|  127,180|  130,384|  131,673|  135,110|  139,669|  134,917|  129,908|       25,107|    507,905|  145,651|  129,993|  117,676|  103,839|      10,746
Minnesota .............|      851,384|   573,028|     9,671|   58,357|   58,353|   59,324|   61,292|   62,580|   63,764|   66,189|   66,701|   66,797|           0 |    278,356|   69,032|   70,837|   69,490|   68,997|          0
Mississippi ...........|      493,507|   361,648|     1,805|   36,931|   40,483|   38,926|   39,748|   39,749|   39,751|   39,522|   39,304|   36,731|        8,698|    131,859|   38,498|   33,388|   28,659|   25,816|       5,498
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Missouri...............|      909,792|   642,513|    18,515|   64,104|   64,975|   65,722|   69,032|   71,928|   71,816|   71,587|   71,290|   69,677|        3,867|    267,279|   75,156|   69,519|   63,408|   57,727|       1,469
Montana ...............|      151,947|   102,721|       506|   10,069|   10,558|   10,531|   10,915|   11,602|   11,684|   12,200|   12,087|   12,389|          180|     49,226|   13,004|   12,757|   12,083|   11,307|          75
Nebraska ..............|      285,095|   194,653|     5,064|   20,234|   20,127|   20,091|   20,679|   21,160|   21,543|   22,239|   21,759|   21,757|           0 |     90,442|   23,855|   22,824|   22,084|   21,679|          0
Nevada ................|      356,814|   262,473|     2,147|   26,877|   29,617|   29,098|   29,178|   29,676|   29,728|   30,045|   28,424|   27,028|          655|     94,341|   32,086|   25,082|   17,694|   19,461|          18
New Hampshire .........|      206,847|   144,489|     1,830|    9,599|   15,875|   15,563|   15,776|   16,612|   16,756|   17,422|   17,314|   17,111|          631|     62,358|   17,646|   16,156|   15,175|   13,309|          72
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New Jersey ............|    1,341,656|   971,934|    19,751|   89,533|  100,691|   98,632|  101,065|  101,038|  101,724|  102,400|  101,679|   97,127|       58,294|    369,722|   98,784|   91,065|   83,286|   76,271|      20,316
New Mexico ............|      320,260|   225,036|     3,499|   22,137|   23,937|   23,897|   24,810|   25,163|   25,755|   25,423|   25,403|   25,012|           0 |     95,224|   28,816|   25,843|   21,907|   18,658|          0
New York ..............|    2,872,132| 2,017,342|    40,212|  190,402|  211,673|  212,597|  215,471|  214,283|  216,061|  219,314|  217,811|  210,369|       69,149|    854,790|  245,540|  219,003|  172,609|  153,505|      64,133
North Carolina ........|    1,315,363|   955,965|     9,320|  102,772|  105,074|  104,147|  105,116|  106,093|  106,651|  107,997|  106,669|  102,126|           0 |    359,398|  114,236|   94,231|   81,329|   69,602|          0
North Dakota ..........|      106,047|    70,454|       721|    7,059|    7,195|    7,271|    7,649|    7,759|    7,911|    7,990|    8,385|    8,514|           0 |     35,593|    8,906|    9,040|    8,986|    8,661|          0
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Ohio ..................|    1,830,985| 1,286,632|    23,856|  121,772|  137,238|  135,161|  140,225|  140,849|  144,015|  145,029|  145,388|  141,218|       11,881|    544,353|  155,727|  139,530|  131,413|  117,683|          0
Oklahoma ..............|      622,139|   445,997|    25,707|   43,214|   49,247|   44,855|   45,477|   47,164|   47,347|   47,558|   47,198|   45,745|        2,485|    176,142|   49,034|   45,877|   41,575|   38,638|       1,018
Oregon ................|      551,480|   381,695|       462|   38,085|   41,020|   40,515|   41,418|   42,726|   44,020|   44,784|   43,986|   42,988|        1,691|    169,785|   45,067|   44,268|   41,403|   38,379|         668
Pennsylvania ..........|    1,821,627| 1,254,692|     2,537|  118,183|  132,738|  132,935|  137,393|  140,722|  144,619|  147,884|  147,957|  146,138|        3,586|    566,935|  159,919|  147,555|  133,282|  122,942|       3,237
Rhode Island ..........|      158,046|   112,783|     1,229|   10,704|   11,996|   12,399|   12,354|   12,717|   12,809|   13,172|   12,945|   12,458|           0 |     45,263|   13,538|   11,631|   10,587|    9,507|          0
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South Carolina ........|      691,078|   499,982|    19,281|   47,618|   51,896|   51,501|   53,561|   54,854|   55,175|   52,856|   57,301|   55,939|           0 |    191,096|   64,700|   49,751|   40,588|   36,057|          0
South Dakota ..........|      127,542|    86,982|     1,176|    9,075|    8,844|    9,035|    9,347|    9,641|    9,598|   10,028|   10,049|    9,997|          192|     40,560|   10,629|   10,562|    9,834|    9,454|          81
Tennessee .............|\2\   925,030|   674,638|\2\ 14,987|   69,429|   72,221|   70,244|   71,436|   72,714|   73,739|   73,413|   72,738|   68,184|       15,533|    250,392|   74,322|   66,409|   58,383|   51,278|          0
Texas .................|    4,163,447| 3,016,214|   170,101|  302,859|  323,133|  319,249|  320,083|  318,842|  317,320|  317,578|  316,287|  310,762|           0 |  1,147,233|  366,895|  293,235|  260,674|  226,429|          0
Utah ..................|      484,677|   338,013|     6,876|   36,521|   37,023|   35,784|   35,463|   36,411|   35,994|   36,113|   35,538|   35,786|        6,504|    146,664|   35,029|   36,118|   35,923|   34,951|       4,643
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Vermont ...............|      101,179|    69,299|     2,567|    6,289|    6,780|    7,005|    7,214|    7,468|    7,799|    8,059|    8,146|    7,972|           0 |     31,880|    8,595|    8,137|    7,633|    7,422|          93
Virginia ..............|    1,163,091|   826,184|    14,137|   82,489|   87,841|   88,692|   90,480|   91,966|   92,693|   94,724|   92,725|   88,184|        2,253|    336,907|  100,599|   86,814|   78,877|   70,607|          10
Washington ............|    1,009,200|   696,257|     8,102|   68,280|   73,602|   73,377|   76,527|   78,504|   79,397|   80,858|   79,677|   77,933|           0 |    312,943|   86,396|   81,650|   75,361|   69,536|          0
West Virginia..........|      282,885|   199,803|     6,770|   20,247|   21,134|   20,570|   21,002|   21,561|   22,094|   22,241|   22,252|   21,650|          282|     83,082|   23,328|   21,392|   19,801|   18,336|         225
Wisconsin .............|      879,361|   591,804|    24,673|   57,469|   58,174|   60,059|   61,655|   63,509|   65,101|   67,208|   67,398|   66,558|           0 |    287,557|   77,802|   73,512|   70,297|   65,946|          0
Wyoming ...............|       88,128|    59,093|    (\3\) |    6,002|    5,871|    6,204|    6,374|    6,587|    6,801|    7,003|    7,040|    7,211|           0 |     29,035|    7,443|    7,540|    7,197|    6,855|          0
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Bureau of Indian       |             |          |          |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |             |           |         |         |         |         |
 Affairs ..............|       46,476|    35,021|    (\3\) |    4,122|    3,759|    3,871|    3,916|    4,016|    3,912|    3,821|    3,928|    3,676|           0 |     11,455|    3,828|    3,095|    2,423|    2,109|          0
Department of Defense  |             |          |          |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |             |           |         |         |         |         |
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  Overseas schools ....|       73,212|    58,750|     1,948|    6,788|    7,040|    6,762|    6,634|    6,626|    6,196|    6,037|    5,734|    4,985|           0 |     14,462|    4,663|    3,801|    3,323|    2,675|          0
  Domestic schools ....|       32,283|    28,825|     2,855|    3,824|    3,755|    3,435|    3,208|    3,009|    2,729|    2,539|    1,840|    1,631|           0 |      3,458|    1,212|      934|      719|      593|          0
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American Samoa ........|       15,897|    11,911|     1,435|      969|    1,149|    1,261|    1,297|    1,251|    1,152|    1,151|    1,160|    1,086|           0 |      3,986|    1,141|    1,029|      930|      838|          48
Guam ..................|       31,992|    23,133|       474|    2,336|    2,646|    2,707|    2,241|    2,621|    2,591|    2,661|    2,545|    2,311|           0 |      8,859|    3,494|    2,412|    1,414|    1,539|          0
Northern Marianas .....|       10,479|     8,015|       523|      665|      872|      855|      962|      832|      879|      813|      781|      779|           54|      2,464|      861|      737|      434|      432|          0
Puerto Rico ...........|      604,177|   438,053|       863|   41,529|   48,601|   46,899|   47,606|   47,082|   46,501|   48,204|   50,768|   46,410|       13,590|    166,124|   45,056|   44,521|   37,615|   32,699|       6,233
Virgin Islands\4\ .....|       18,780|    13,421|    (\3\) |     --- |     --- |     --- |     --- |     --- |     --- |     --- |     --- |     --- |       13,421|      5,359|     --- |     --- |     --- |     --- |       5,359
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---Not available.
\1\Data include imputations for nonrespondents.
\2\Includes imputations for underreporting.
\3\No prekindergarten pupils reported.
\4\Did not report any data by grade.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, The NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2001-02. (This table was prepared July 2003.)


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