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Digest of Education Statistics: 2008
Digest of Education Statistics: 2008

NCES 2009-020
March 2009


Table 34. Enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by level, grade, and state or jurisdiction: Fall 2006
State or jurisdiction Total,all grades Prekindergarten through grade 8 and elementary ungraded Grades 9 through 12 and secondary ungraded
Total Prekinder-garten1  Kinder-garten Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Elementary ungraded Total Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12 Secondary ungraded
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
United States 49,298,945 2 34,221,430 1,075,675 2 3,630,141 3,750,365 3,640,179 3,627,004 3,585,447 3,601,419 3,659,959 3,715,404 3,764,879 170,958 15,077,515 4,259,581 3,881,472 3,550,601 3,276,402 109,459
Alabama 743,632   528,664 3,872   58,209 60,977 58,289 57,413 56,720 56,326 57,483 59,802 59,573 0 214,968 64,943 55,864 49,690 44,471 0
Alaska 132,608   90,167 1,832   9,795 9,951 9,945 9,518 9,589 9,510 9,718 10,154 10,155 0 42,441 11,337 10,839 10,226 10,039 0
Arizona 1,065,082   758,338 14,403   85,429 85,431 83,819 82,026 81,292 81,966 81,115 82,015 80,641 201 306,744 84,121 79,483 72,572 70,551 17
Arkansas 476,409   336,552 10,895   38,058 37,689 36,298 35,753 35,581 35,058 34,793 36,009 36,026 392 139,857 38,937 37,233 33,902 29,617 168
California 6,406,821 2 4,410,254 119,895 2 454,605 477,226 465,948 467,831 470,542 478,821 485,405 493,306 491,871 4,804 1,996,567 545,466 517,813 487,440 443,253 2,595
                                           
Colorado 794,026   559,041 24,554   60,922 62,613 60,308 59,126 57,877 57,906 57,850 58,388 59,497 0 234,985 64,754 60,272 56,037 53,922 0
Connecticut 575,100   398,063 13,577   40,834 42,671 42,182 42,487 42,107 42,910 42,920 43,766 44,609 0 177,037 48,579 44,980 43,451 40,027 0
Delaware 122,254   84,996 662   8,604 9,717 9,351 9,176 8,982 9,039 9,306 9,897 10,262 0 37,258 11,785 9,770 8,221 7,482 0
District of Columbia 72,850   52,383 5,800   5,323 5,304 4,825 4,737 4,577 4,668 4,459 4,941 4,826 2,923 20,467 6,508 4,391 4,047 3,367 2,154
Florida 2,671,513   1,866,562 46,117   202,063 208,032 201,704 206,136 199,686 195,574 204,683 195,354 207,213 0 804,951 240,337 212,588 189,074 162,952 0
                                           
Georgia 1,629,157   1,166,508 39,318   130,453 129,876 125,241 126,293 121,155 122,020 121,879 123,370 126,903 0 462,649 145,883 121,715 104,649 90,402 0
Hawaii 180,728   126,007 1,486   13,953 14,366 13,887 13,839 13,687 13,988 13,667 13,534 13,512 88 54,721 16,419 14,240 13,302 10,675 85
Idaho 267,380   187,005 2,787   20,922 20,983 20,985 20,260 19,989 20,338 19,895 20,306 20,540 0 80,375 21,843 20,688 19,522 18,322 0
Illinois 2,118,276   1,477,679 75,275   147,440 155,861 153,266 155,356 153,480 154,719 160,650 162,594 159,038 0 640,597 180,641 166,115 150,475 143,366 0
Indiana 1,045,940   730,108 10,148   79,145 82,646 79,297 78,009 78,177 79,680 79,949 80,990 82,067 0 315,832 86,804 82,655 76,719 69,654 0
                                           
Iowa 483,122   326,218 8,255   37,592 34,981 34,698 34,540 34,245 34,329 34,576 35,971 37,031 0 156,904 40,126 39,556 38,774 38,448 0
Kansas 469,506   326,225 14,074   35,392 35,374 34,487 34,108 33,101 33,537 33,915 34,408 34,810 3,019 143,281 38,439 36,464 34,712 32,471 1,195
Kentucky 683,173 2 487,192 36,539 2 50,639 50,917 50,638 50,955 47,975 47,911 48,921 49,189 50,323 3,185 195,981 57,292 51,598 45,515 40,267 1,309
Louisiana 675,851   492,116 24,022   53,804 56,629 51,728 50,553 51,624 50,027 51,795 51,240 50,694 0 183,735 58,841 45,580 40,732 38,582 0
Maine 193,986   132,338 2,323   14,001 13,953 13,767 14,137 14,192 14,268 14,591 15,324 15,782 0 61,648 16,000 15,559 15,260 14,829 0
                                           
Maryland 851,640   579,065 25,674   56,133 59,586 58,630 60,287 61,045 62,293 63,627 65,458 66,332 0 272,575 78,874 68,921 64,124 60,656 0
Massachusetts 968,661   670,628 24,875   68,585 71,497 70,448 71,534 70,752 71,279 72,921 73,792 74,381 564 298,033 82,320 75,421 72,674 67,618 0
Michigan 1,714,709   1,162,550 18,251   129,669 123,220 120,312 120,128 120,169 121,040 125,072 128,283 130,582 25,824 552,159 151,742 142,842 128,161 116,774 12,640
Minnesota 840,565   558,445 12,319   60,712 60,338 59,468 59,017 59,257 59,172 60,664 62,879 64,619 0 282,120 68,807 69,631 70,409 73,273 0
Mississippi 495,026   356,406 2,685   39,617 41,527 38,636 37,289 36,873 36,945 38,318 39,581 38,819 6,116 138,620 42,005 35,506 30,232 26,732 4,145
                                           
Missouri 920,353   634,275 20,927   67,873 68,750 67,361 67,685 66,268 66,620 67,527 69,241 72,023 0 286,078 81,671 73,311 67,341 63,755 0
Montana 144,418   97,021 794   10,409 10,603 10,429 10,468 10,311 10,625 10,710 11,152 11,387 133 47,397 12,845 12,008 11,617 10,870 57
Nebraska 287,580   195,769 6,933   22,080 21,452 20,880 20,449 20,338 20,402 20,619 20,994 21,622 0 91,811 24,459 23,346 22,479 21,527 0
Nevada 424,240   302,839 2,937   31,746 33,938 33,946 33,278 32,711 32,969 33,595 33,137 33,557 1,025 121,401 41,149 33,777 25,182 21,262 31
New Hampshire 203,551   136,188 2,531   10,375 14,848 14,618 14,953 15,080 15,287 15,770 16,295 16,431 0 67,363 18,280 16,914 16,698 15,471 0
                                           
New Jersey 1,388,850   963,548 27,952   93,043 100,564 99,209 98,928 98,149 98,524 100,378 101,481 102,827 42,493 425,302 108,572 105,161 99,725 94,685 17,159
New Mexico 328,220   230,091 5,852   25,668 25,776 25,351 24,673 24,311 24,131 23,823 24,943 25,563 0 98,129 29,895 26,787 22,118 19,329 0
New York 2,809,649   1,887,744 44,649   186,373 200,298 194,190 194,135 192,095 197,006 199,867 208,458 210,851 59,822 921,905 250,358 233,088 195,277 179,030 64,152
North Carolina 1,444,481   1,027,067 16,601   118,443 119,653 113,975 112,003 108,731 106,929 108,435 111,332 110,965 0 417,414 128,905 108,148 95,805 84,556 0
North Dakota 96,670   64,395 977   6,650 6,704 6,747 6,910 6,931 7,005 7,130 7,467 7,874 0 32,275 8,283 8,199 7,975 7,818 0
                                           
Ohio 1,836,096   1,252,608 30,774   133,757 137,504 133,182 132,817 131,208 132,180 136,300 140,574 144,312 0 583,488 164,804 147,421 140,088 131,175 0
Oklahoma 639,391   459,953 34,378   49,362 51,739 47,605 46,759 45,369 44,658 45,179 46,022 46,050 2,832 179,438 51,070 46,155 42,614 38,453 1,146
Oregon 562,574   380,583 1,147   39,572 42,294 42,063 42,297 41,754 42,430 42,477 42,514 43,312 723 181,991 46,162 46,509 45,179 43,833 308
Pennsylvania 1,871,060   1,220,074 10,953   126,821 131,653 129,695 129,005 129,546 132,933 137,238 143,683 146,393 2,154 650,986 164,999 169,575 161,002 153,112 2,298
Rhode Island 151,612   101,996 1,764   10,231 10,429 9,871 11,173 11,135 11,324 11,594 12,281 12,194 0 49,616 13,935 12,964 11,885 10,832 0
                                           
South Carolina 703,119   497,102 21,852   52,485 55,245 52,956 51,773 50,922 50,807 52,501 53,882 54,679 0 206,017 66,578 54,790 43,187 41,462 0
South Dakota 121,158   83,137 1,248   9,614 9,017 8,853 8,750 8,866 8,915 9,032 9,332 9,510 0 38,021 10,371 9,799 9,056 8,795 0
Tennessee 978,368   691,971 12,323   77,494 78,239 75,334 73,469 71,857 71,083 72,146 72,474 72,892 14,660 286,397 82,343 75,767 68,383 59,904 0
Texas 4,599,509   3,319,782 212,137   352,980 372,490 353,739 346,248 340,488 337,189 334,497 331,565 338,449 0 1,279,727 399,056 327,151 290,296 263,224 0
Utah 523,586   371,326 3,814   43,525 43,984 43,054 42,205 40,478 39,399 39,090 38,030 37,747 0 152,260 39,118 38,808 37,809 36,525 0
                                           
Vermont 95,399   63,740 4,308   6,198 6,206 6,394 6,477 6,521 6,559 6,826 7,065 7,186 0 31,659 8,168 7,944 7,948 7,599 0
Virginia 1,220,440   841,685 20,391   89,644 92,847 90,467 90,042 88,527 89,309 91,791 93,584 95,083 0 378,755 108,680 98,259 88,915 82,901 0
Washington 1,026,774   694,858 9,082   72,608 76,336 75,929 75,901 75,695 75,138 76,735 77,412 80,022 0 331,916 90,280 84,361 80,115 77,160 0
West Virginia 281,939   197,573 7,469   24,308 21,313 20,123 20,167 19,935 20,132 21,132 21,453 21,541 0 84,366 24,331 21,654 19,873 18,508 0
Wisconsin 876,700   584,600 33,821   60,408 60,696 59,703 59,554 59,356 60,261 61,257 63,938 65,606 0 292,100 75,282 72,425 73,694 70,699 0
Wyoming 85,193   57,995 423   6,575 6,422 6,348 6,377 6,191 6,280 6,138 6,544 6,697 0 27,198 7,184 7,427 6,420 6,167 0
                                           
Bureau of Indian Education    
DoD, overseas 60,891   47,589 2,192   5,519 5,727 5,407 5,464 5,073 4,870 4,581 4,558 4,198 0 13,302 4,056 3,433 3,050 2,763 0
DoD, domestic 26,631   24,052 2,808   3,209 3,209 2,857 2,660 2,380 2,172 2,026 1,425 1,306 0 2,579 910 607 538 524 0
Other jurisdictions                                          
American Samoa 16,427   11,755 1,560   1,014 1,125 1,101 1,157 1,109 1,074 1,162 1,221 1,232 0 4,672 1,311 1,151 1,097 1,064 49
Guam    
Northern Marianas 11,695   8,504 579   725 940 910 904 892 865 826 839 939 85 3,191 980 849 644 718 0
Puerto Rico 544,138   382,600 207   35,468 42,270 40,659 41,342 41,624 41,704 42,003 44,785 42,914 9,624 161,538 41,511 41,545 38,733 34,829 4,920
U.S. Virgin Islands 16,284   11,237 (3)   1,018 1,070 1,127 1,125 1,315 1,214 1,255 1,775 1,338 0 5,047 1,834 1,256 1,005 952 0
1 Data include imputations for nonrespondents.
2 Includes imputations for underreporting.
3 No prekindergarten pupils reported.
NOTE: DoD = Department of Defense.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Non-fiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2006–07. (This table was prepared October 2008.)