Table 40.

Average daily attendance in public elementary and secondary schools, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1969-70 through 2006-07

State or jurisdiction	1969-70	1979-80	1989-90	1994-95	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
United States	41,934,376	38,288,911	37,799,296	40,720,763	43,806,726	44,075,930	44,604,592	45,017,360	45,325,731	45,625,458	45,931,617	46,127,761
Alabama	777,123	711,432	683,833	687,047	725,212	719,562	702,423	701,235	706,446	706,588	714,197	714,302
Alaska	72,489	79,945	98,213	113,874	122,412	122,932	123,316	123,145	122,341	121,699	122,010	120,988
Arizona	391,526	481,905	557,252	658,084	782,851	803,453	834,036	868,547	878,891	911,640	933,663	972,404
Arkansas	414,158	423,610	403,025	420,229	422,958	421,625	422,817	418,775	425,571	430,290	435,278	436,804
California1	4,418,423	4,044,736	4,893,341	5,198,308	5,957,216	6,075,001	6,219,160	6,312,362	6,384,882	6,373,959	6,349,270	6,351,774
Colorado	500,388	513,475	519,419	594,019	656,700	671,909	707,202	709,349	673,285	700,485	712,476	722,168
Connecticut	618,881	507,362	439,524	481,742	533,779	540,946	547,194	557,701	561,530	559,478	558,423	555,428
Delaware	120,819	94,058	89,838	98,793	106,444	105,681	107,730	109,945	108,751	110,393	113,986	113,992
District of Columbia	138,600	91,576	71,468	71,446	65,371	62,881	62,681	61,236	65,625	70,817	59,137	56,897
Florida	1,312,693	1,464,461	1,646,583	1,927,172	2,175,453	2,269,372	2,326,142	2,362,841	2,418,329	2,463,323	2,494,778	2,527,431
Georgia	1,019,427	989,433	1,054,097	1,181,724	1,326,713	1,347,218	1,379,176	1,400,007	1,424,004	1,460,767	1,499,317	1,542,305
Hawaii	168,140	151,563	157,360	169,254	171,180	171,117	170,268	169,797	167,739	169,825	168,009	165,415
Idaho	170,920	189,199	203,987	225,986	230,828	230,890	231,861	234,244	237,095	241,590	247,009	251,278
Illinois	2,084,844	1,770,435	1,587,733	1,734,175	1,789,089	1,805,582	1,837,863	1,855,417	1,862,274	1,862,046	1,871,619	1,879,288
Indiana	1,111,043	983,444	884,568	900,017	929,281	928,703	931,886	942,506	943,735	944,944	966,967	976,373
Iowa	624,403	510,081	450,224	478,285	471,384	467,404	462,276	459,761	457,771	456,559	477,491	481,528
Kansas	470,296	382,019	388,986	413,699	426,853	425,036	413,670	419,285	415,529	411,455	407,812	422,142
Kentucky	647,970	619,868	569,795	572,952	565,693	564,198	566,451	569,538	570,911	574,380	580,937	583,102
Louisiana	776,555	727,601	727,125	730,148	701,957	684,566	680,122	674,949	674,333	670,238	648,243	625,916
Maine	225,146	211,400	195,089	199,387	194,554	191,963	190,477	188,776	187,492	184,374	180,223	178,870
Maryland	785,989	686,336	620,617	701,594	791,133	797,522	807,331	809,398	808,557	804,696	800,553	795,473
Massachusetts	1,056,207	935,960	763,231	831,918	913,502	920,522	921,266	921,201	932,417	930,338	930,151	933,697
Michigan	1,991,235	1,758,427	1,446,996	1,492,653	1,574,894	1,577,260	1,588,300	1,591,900	1,590,555	1,583,496	1,574,023	1,556,297
Minnesota	864,595	748,606	699,001	770,549	818,819	820,457	818,160	813,660	792,896	788,354	787,521	791,417
Mississippi	524,623	454,401	476,048	470,974	468,746	465,505	461,951	461,269	463,470	463,816	461,112	462,251
Missouri	906,132	777,269	729,693	794,177	836,105	836,411	843,148	849,040	851,749	851,114	859,441	858,821
Montana	162,664	144,608	135,406	148,325	142,313	139,198	136,498	133,988	132,356	130,998	129,948	128,872
Nebraska	314,516	270,524	254,754	268,732	261,767	268,897	267,909	269,499	260,352	260,725	262,805	263,800
Nevada	113,421	134,995	173,149	229,862	305,067	321,679	334,853	346,512	364,409	378,186	383,403	395,536
New Hampshire	140,203	154,187	154,915	179,892	200,283	198,389	199,429	200,184	202,352	201,242	199,952	198,004
New Jersey	1,322,124	1,140,111	997,561	1,102,565	1,222,438	1,257,124	1,297,217	1,312,610	1,336,869	1,341,156	1,358,562	1,348,279
New Mexico	259,997	253,453	290,245	314,822	323,963	319,939	320,082	320,189	319,637	322,046	323,964	327,244
New York	3,099,192	2,530,289	2,244,110	2,388,973	2,595,070	2,598,176	2,610,320	2,614,977	2,599,902	2,581,772	2,556,705	2,542,259
North Carolina	1,104,295	1,072,150	1,012,274	1,071,640	1,185,737	1,203,143	1,225,681	1,242,234	1,264,266	1,289,444	1,319,335	1,343,357
North Dakota	141,961	118,986	109,659	111,502	105,123	103,420	100,028	97,879	96,231	94,823	92,843	91,078
Ohio	2,246,282	1,849,283	1,584,735	1,627,984	1,659,903	1,653,316	1,654,816	1,683,337	1,700,533	1,719,566	1,730,080	1,691,206
Oklahoma	560,993	548,065	543,170	570,381	586,266	580,754	580,894	581,767	583,932	587,188	591,486	596,172
Oregon	436,736	418,593	419,771	458,107	479,321	481,223	483,038	487,544	486,073	506,638	513,650	516,258
Pennsylvania	2,169,225	1,808,630	1,524,839	1,629,877	1,684,913	1,683,637	1,691,123	1,694,148	1,701,096	1,698,795	1,702,566	1,701,044
Rhode Island	163,205	139,195	125,934	136,229	144,422	144,895	145,330	144,813	143,792	143,939	139,001	138,993
South Carolina	600,292	569,612	569,029	608,699	624,456	623,008	628,510	629,997	635,750	639,950	647,703	652,803
South Dakota	158,543	124,934	119,823	128,335	122,252	120,966	118,919	118,383	116,651	115,148	114,673	114,863
Tennessee	836,010	806,696	761,766	806,895	844,878	846,551	849,413	850,322	859,522	868,129	881,414	889,312
Texas	2,432,420	2,608,817	3,075,333	3,364,830	3,706,550	3,771,568	3,860,613	3,940,776	4,016,791	4,084,792	4,186,812	4,255,963
Utah	287,405	312,813	408,917	442,617	448,096	447,450	448,557	451,063	456,183	464,645	478,233	488,514
Vermont	97,772	95,045	87,832	98,608	98,894	97,717	96,996	95,868	95,160	93,608	92,508	91,437
Virginia	995,580	955,105	989,197	1,079,496	1,195,123	1,087,591	1,099,677	1,109,459	1,118,446	1,133,882	1,141,790	1,142,342
Washington	764,735	710,929	755,141	870,163	925,696	927,530	931,533	933,702	937,656	941,238	946,824	947,857
West Virginia	372,278	353,264	301,947	287,937	273,277	264,798	262,581	260,365	266,078	271,197	271,780	272,045
Wisconsin	880,609	770,554	711,466	782,395	825,699	824,002	821,934	831,939	826,864	831,809	834,177	835,072
Wyoming	81,293	89,471	91,277	93,691	86,092	83,243	81,734	79,921	78,652	77,878	77,757	79,090
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	—	—	11,448	14,000	15,102	14,818	15,487	15,243	15,123	15,302	15,237	14,606
Guam	20,315	—	23,883	31,779	—	—	—	—	28,301	—	29,617	29,515
Northern Marianas	—	—	6,809	7,351	8,712	8,968	9,426	9,739	10,047	10,301	10,871	10,277
Puerto Rico	—	656,709	597,436	547,561	540,676	538,738	536,481	535,874	534,941	540,365	522,655	531,273
U.S. Virgin Islands	—	—	18,924	20,339	18,676	16,069	17,181	16,187	15,878	15,841	15,241	14,927

—Not available.

1 Data for California for 1989-90 and earlier years are not strictly comparable with those for other states because California's attendance figures included excused absences.

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 Common Core of Data (CCD), "National Public Education Financial Survey," 1989-90 through 2006-07. (This table was prepared July 2009.)