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Digest of Education Statistics: 2004
Digest of Education Statistics: 2004

NCES 2006-005
October 2005


Table 41. Average daily attendance in public elementary and secondary schools, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1969-70 through 2001-02

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State or              |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
jurisdiction          |  1969-70 |  1979-80 |  1989-90 |  1990-91 |  1995-96 |  1998-99 |1999-2000 |  2000-01 |  2001-02
______________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
1                     |        2 |        3 |         4|        5 |        6 |        7 |         8|         9|       10
______________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
   United States .....|41,934,376|38,288,911|37,799,296|38,426,543|41,501,596|43,186,715|43,806,726|44,075,930|44,604,592
                      |__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________
Alabama ..............|   777,123|   711,432|   683,833|   682,524|   687,076|   704,001|   725,212|   719,562|   702,423
Alaska ...............|    72,489|    79,945|    98,213|   102,585|   115,958|   123,535|   122,412|   122,932|   123,316
Arizona ..............|   391,526|   481,905|   557,252|   573,140|   684,740|   757,150|   782,851|   803,453|   834,036
Arkansas .............|   414,158|   423,610|   403,025|   408,145|   423,520|   431,609|   422,958|   421,625|   422,817
California\1\ ........| 4,418,423| 4,044,736| 4,893,341| 5,065,647| 5,351,475| 5,687,118| 5,957,216| 6,075,001| 6,219,160
                      |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
Colorado .............|   500,388|   513,475|   519,419|   521,899|   608,633|   648,378|   656,700|   671,909|   707,202
Connecticut ..........|   618,881|   507,362|   439,524|   450,808|   495,188|   527,623|   533,779|   540,946|   547,194
Delaware .............|   120,819|    94,058|    89,838|    91,052|    99,941|   104,699|   106,444|   105,681|   107,730
District of Columbia .|   138,600|    91,576|    71,468|    69,092|    71,001|    65,378|    65,371|    62,881|    62,681
Florida ..............| 1,312,693| 1,464,461| 1,646,583| 1,714,394| 1,947,777| 2,100,655| 2,175,453| 2,269,372| 2,326,142
                      |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
Georgia ..............| 1,019,427|   989,433| 1,054,097| 1,075,728| 1,232,852| 1,306,564| 1,326,713| 1,347,218| 1,379,176
Hawaii ...............|   168,140|   151,563|   157,360|   160,193|   171,977|   172,038|   171,180|   171,117|   170,268
Idaho ................|   170,920|   189,199|   203,987|   209,085|   228,371|   230,481|   230,828|   230,890|   231,861
Illinois .............| 2,084,844| 1,770,435| 1,587,733| 1,618,101| 1,750,417| 1,772,237| 1,789,089| 1,805,582| 1,837,863
Indiana ..............| 1,111,043|   983,444|   884,568|   888,177|   909,553|   923,945|   929,281|   928,703|   931,886
                      |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
Iowa .................|   624,403|   510,081|   450,224|   456,614|   477,053|   475,034|   471,384|   467,404|   462,276
Kansas ...............|   470,296|   382,019|   388,986|   397,609|   416,674|   423,568|   426,853|   425,036|   413,670
Kentucky .............|   647,970|   619,868|   569,795|   569,713|   571,934|   568,603|   565,693|   564,198|   566,451
Louisiana ............|   776,555|   727,601|   727,125|   720,551|   710,925|   708,576|   701,957|   684,566|   680,122
Maine ................|   225,146|   211,400|   195,089|   196,229|   200,700|   196,403|   194,554|   191,963|   190,477
                      |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
Maryland .............|   785,989|   686,336|   620,617|   637,370|   719,433|   783,944|   791,133|   797,522|   807,331
Massachusetts ........| 1,056,207|   935,960|   763,231|   770,802|   845,270|   908,354|   913,502|   920,522|   921,266
Michigan .............| 1,991,235| 1,758,427| 1,446,996| 1,452,700| 1,554,358| 1,570,283| 1,574,894| 1,577,260| 1,588,300
Minnesota ............|   864,595|   748,606|   699,001|   714,072|   786,241|   812,482|   818,819|   820,457|   818,160
Mississippi ..........|   524,623|   454,401|   476,048|   474,029|   470,657|   470,765|   468,746|   465,505|   461,951
                      |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
Missouri .............|   906,132|   777,269|   729,693|   733,680|   805,404|   836,555|   836,105|   836,411|   843,148
Montana ..............|   162,664|   144,608|   135,406|   138,341|   148,616|   141,198|   142,313|   139,198|   136,498
Nebraska .............|   314,516|   270,524|   254,754|   257,587|   270,938|   265,653|   261,767|   268,897|   267,909
Nevada ...............|   113,421|   134,995|   173,149|   185,755|   243,718|   292,885|   305,067|   321,679|   334,853
New Hampshire ........|   140,203|   154,187|   154,915|   156,579|   187,067|   194,250|   200,283|   198,389|   199,429
                      |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
New Jersey ...........| 1,322,124| 1,140,111|   997,561| 1,016,159| 1,125,877| 1,197,828| 1,222,438| 1,257,124| 1,297,217
New Mexico ...........|   259,997|   253,453|   290,245|   291,215|   330,851|   333,439|   323,963|   319,939|   320,082
New York .............| 3,099,192| 2,530,289| 2,244,110| 2,278,531| 2,463,349| 2,557,030| 2,595,070| 2,598,176| 2,610,320
North Carolina .......| 1,104,295| 1,072,150| 1,012,274| 1,012,613| 1,096,812| 1,165,885| 1,185,737| 1,203,143| 1,225,681
North Dakota .........|   141,961|   118,986|   109,659|   109,691|   111,870|   107,458|   105,123|   103,420|   100,028
                      |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
Ohio .................| 2,246,282| 1,849,283| 1,584,735| 1,603,025| 1,661,014| 1,673,309| 1,659,903| 1,653,316| 1,654,816
Oklahoma .............|   560,993|   548,065|   543,170|   548,387|   574,538|   586,310|   586,266|   580,754|   580,894
Oregon ...............|   436,736|   418,593|   419,771|   431,806|   462,108|   475,898|   479,321|   481,223|   483,038
Pennsylvania .........| 2,169,225| 1,808,630| 1,524,839| 1,542,077| 1,651,741| 1,686,098| 1,684,913| 1,683,637| 1,691,123
Rhode Island .........|   163,205|   139,195|   125,934|   129,856|   137,870|   141,881|   144,422|   144,895|   145,330
                      |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
South Carolina .......|   600,292|   569,612|   569,029|   573,138|   605,526|   626,199|   624,456|   623,008|   628,510
South Dakota .........|   158,543|   124,934|   119,823|   121,403|   127,754|   124,129|   122,252|   120,966|   118,919
Tennessee ............|   836,010|   806,696|   761,766|   767,738|   819,831|   840,188|   844,878|   846,551|   849,413
Texas ................| 2,432,420| 2,608,817| 3,075,333| 3,085,648| 3,435,010| 3,640,540| 3,706,550| 3,771,568| 3,860,613
Utah .................|   287,405|   312,813|   408,917|   417,609|   444,679|   452,379|   448,096|   447,450|   448,557
                      |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
Vermont ..............|    97,772|    95,045|    87,832|    88,901|   100,166|    99,282|    98,894|    97,717|    96,996
Virginia .............|   995,580|   955,105|   989,197| 1,011,513| 1,098,862| 1,164,595| 1,195,123| 1,087,591| 1,099,677
Washington ...........|   764,735|   710,929|   755,141|   781,371|   888,142|   924,636|   925,696|   927,530|   931,533
West Virginia ........|   372,278|   353,264|   301,947|   300,067|   285,548|   276,352|   273,277|   264,798|   262,581
Wisconsin ............|   880,609|   770,554|   711,466|   731,088|   799,391|   821,176|   825,699|   824,002|   821,934
Wyoming ..............|    81,293|    89,471|    91,277|    92,506|    93,190|    88,139|    86,092|    83,243|    81,734
                      |==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========|==========
Other jursidictions   |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |          |
  American Samoa .....|      --- |      --- |    11,448|    12,272|    14,074|    14,905|    15,102|    14,818|    15,487
  Guam ...............|    20,315|      --- |    23,883|    25,330|    31,998|       ---|       ---|      --- |       ---
  Northern Marianas ..|      --- |      --- |     6,809|     6,062|     7,511|     8,446|     8,712|     8,968|     9,426
  Puerto Rico ........|      --- |   656,709|   597,436|   597,418|   548,788|   536,875|   540,676|   538,738|   536,481
  Virgin Islands .....|      --- |      --- |    18,924|    19,984|    19,867|    18,988|    18,676|    16,069|    17,181
______________________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________

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\1\Data for California for 1990-91 and earlier years are not strictly comparable with those for other states because California's attendance figures included excused absences.

NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Statistics of State School Systems, 1969-70; Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education, 1979-80; and The NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), "National Public Education Financial Survey," 1989-90 through 2001-02. (This table was prepared October 2004.)