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Table 36. | Enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, fall 1990 through fall 2010 |
State or jurisdiction | Total | Fall 2007 | Fall 2008 | Percent change in total enrollment, 2003 to 2008 | Projected fall 2009 enrollment | Projected fall 2010 enrollment | ||||||||||||||||
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Fall 1990 | Fall 1995 | Fall 1997 | Fall 1998 | Fall 1999 | Fall 2000 | Fall 2001 | Fall 2002 | Fall 2003 | Fall 2004 | Fall 2005 | Fall 2006 | Total | Prekinder- garten to grade 81 | Grades 9 to 122 | Total | Prekinder- garten to grade 81 | Grades 9 to 122 | |||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | |
United States | 41,216,683 | 44,840,481 | 46,126,897 | 46,538,585 | 46,857,149 | 47,203,539 | 47,671,870 | 48,183,086 | 48,540,215 | 48,795,465 | 49,113,298 | 49,315,842 | 49,292,507 | 34,205,362 | 15,087,145 | 49,265,572 | 34,285,564 | 14,980,008 | 1.5 | 49,312,000 | 49,386,000 | |
Alabama | 721,806 | 746,149 | 749,207 | 747,980 | 740,732 | 739,992 | 737,190 | 739,366 | 731,220 | 730,140 | 741,761 | 743,632 | 744,865 | 527,259 | 217,606 | 745,668 | 528,078 | 217,590 | 2.0 | 743,000 | 742,000 | |
Alaska | 113,903 | 127,618 | 132,123 | 135,373 | 134,391 | 133,356 | 134,349 | 134,364 | 133,933 | 132,970 | 133,288 | 132,608 | 131,029 | 88,980 | 42,049 | 130,662 | 89,263 | 41,399 | -2.4 | 128,000 | 127,000 | |
Arizona | 639,853 | 743,566 | 814,113 | 848,262 | 852,612 | 877,696 | 922,180 | 937,755 | 1,012,068 | 1,043,298 | 1,094,454 | 1,068,249 | 1,087,447 | 771,056 | 316,391 | 1,087,817 | 771,749 | 316,068 | 7.5 | 1,131,000 | 1,159,000 | |
Arkansas | 436,286 | 453,257 | 456,497 | 452,256 | 451,034 | 449,959 | 449,805 | 450,985 | 454,523 | 463,115 | 474,206 | 476,409 | 479,016 | 339,920 | 139,096 | 478,965 | 341,603 | 137,362 | 5.4 | 480,000 | 483,000 | |
California | 4,950,474 | 5,536,406 | 5,803,887 | 5,926,037 | 6,038,590 | 6,140,814 | 6,247,726 | 6,353,667 | 6,413,867 | 6,441,557 | 6,437,202 | 6,406,750 | 6,343,471 | 4,328,968 | 2,014,503 | 6,322,528 | 4,306,258 | 2,016,270 | -1.4 | 6,366,000 | 6,367,000 | |
Colorado | 574,213 | 656,279 | 687,167 | 699,135 | 708,109 | 724,508 | 742,145 | 751,862 | 757,693 | 765,976 | 779,826 | 794,026 | 801,867 | 565,726 | 236,141 | 818,443 | 580,304 | 238,139 | 8.0 | 816,000 | 824,000 | |
Connecticut | 469,123 | 517,935 | 535,164 | 544,698 | 553,993 | 562,179 | 570,228 | 570,023 | 577,203 | 577,390 | 575,059 | 575,100 | 570,626 | 394,034 | 176,592 | 567,198 | 392,218 | 174,980 | -1.7 | 559,000 | 554,000 | |
Delaware | 99,658 | 108,461 | 111,960 | 113,262 | 112,836 | 114,676 | 115,555 | 116,342 | 117,668 | 119,091 | 120,937 | 122,254 | 122,574 | 85,019 | 37,555 | 125,430 | 86,811 | 38,619 | 6.6 | 124,000 | 124,000 | |
District of Columbia | 80,694 | 79,802 | 77,111 | 71,889 | 77,194 | 68,925 | 75,392 | 76,166 | 78,057 | 76,714 | 76,876 | 72,850 | 78,422 | 55,836 | 22,586 | 68,681 | 50,779 | 17,902 | -12.0 | 78,000 | 79,000 | |
Florida | 1,861,592 | 2,176,222 | 2,294,077 | 2,337,633 | 2,381,396 | 2,434,821 | 2,500,478 | 2,539,929 | 2,587,628 | 2,639,336 | 2,675,024 | 2,671,513 | 2,666,811 | 1,855,859 | 810,952 | 2,631,020 | 1,849,295 | 781,725 | 1.7 | 2,679,000 | 2,692,000 | |
Georgia | 1,151,687 | 1,311,126 | 1,375,980 | 1,401,291 | 1,422,762 | 1,444,937 | 1,470,634 | 1,496,012 | 1,522,611 | 1,553,437 | 1,598,461 | 1,629,157 | 1,649,589 | 1,178,577 | 471,012 | 1,655,792 | 1,185,684 | 470,108 | 8.7 | 1,695,000 | 1,716,000 | |
Hawaii | 171,708 | 187,180 | 189,887 | 188,069 | 185,860 | 184,360 | 184,546 | 183,829 | 183,609 | 183,185 | 182,818 | 180,728 | 179,897 | 125,556 | 54,341 | 179,478 | 125,910 | 53,568 | -2.2 | 177,000 | 177,000 | |
Idaho | 220,840 | 243,097 | 244,403 | 244,722 | 245,136 | 245,117 | 246,521 | 248,604 | 252,120 | 256,084 | 261,982 | 267,380 | 272,119 | 191,171 | 80,948 | 275,051 | 193,554 | 81,497 | 9.1 | 281,000 | 286,000 | |
Illinois | 1,821,407 | 1,943,623 | 1,998,289 | 2,011,530 | 2,027,600 | 2,048,792 | 2,071,391 | 2,084,187 | 2,100,961 | 2,097,503 | 2,111,706 | 2,118,276 | 2,112,805 | 1,472,909 | 639,896 | 2,119,707 | 1,479,195 | 640,512 | 0.9 | 2,095,000 | 2,084,000 | |
Indiana | 954,525 | 977,263 | 986,836 | 989,001 | 988,702 | 989,267 | 996,133 | 1,003,875 | 1,011,130 | 1,021,348 | 1,035,074 | 1,045,940 | 1,046,766 | 729,550 | 317,216 | 1,046,147 | 730,021 | 316,126 | 3.5 | 1,042,000 | 1,040,000 | |
Iowa | 483,652 | 502,343 | 501,054 | 498,214 | 497,301 | 495,080 | 485,932 | 482,210 | 481,226 | 478,319 | 483,482 | 483,122 | 485,115 | 329,504 | 155,611 | 487,559 | 335,566 | 151,993 | 1.3 | 478,000 | 476,000 | |
Kansas | 437,034 | 463,008 | 468,687 | 472,353 | 472,188 | 470,610 | 470,205 | 470,957 | 470,490 | 469,136 | 467,525 | 469,506 | 468,295 | 326,771 | 141,524 | 471,060 | 331,079 | 139,981 | 0.1 | 469,000 | 470,000 | |
Kentucky | 636,401 | 659,821 | 669,322 | 655,687 | 648,180 | 665,850 | 654,363 | 660,782 | 663,369 | 674,796 | 679,878 | 683,152 | 666,225 | 469,373 | 196,852 | 670,030 | 472,204 | 197,826 | 1.0 | 682,000 | 683,000 | |
Louisiana | 784,757 | 797,366 | 776,813 | 768,734 | 756,579 | 743,089 | 731,328 | 730,464 | 727,709 | 724,281 | 654,526 | 675,851 | 681,038 | 499,549 | 181,489 | 684,873 | 504,213 | 180,660 | -5.9 | 677,000 | 675,000 | |
Maine | 215,149 | 213,569 | 212,579 | 211,051 | 209,253 | 207,037 | 205,586 | 204,337 | 202,084 | 198,820 | 195,498 | 193,986 | 196,245 | 130,742 | 65,503 | 192,935 | 129,324 | 63,611 | -4.5 | 190,000 | 186,000 | |
Maryland | 715,176 | 805,544 | 830,744 | 841,671 | 846,582 | 852,920 | 860,640 | 866,743 | 869,113 | 865,561 | 860,020 | 851,640 | 845,700 | 576,479 | 269,221 | 843,861 | 576,473 | 267,388 | -2.9 | 822,000 | 814,000 | |
Massachusetts | 834,314 | 915,007 | 949,006 | 962,317 | 971,425 | 975,150 | 973,139 | 982,989 | 980,459 | 975,574 | 971,909 | 968,661 | 962,958 | 666,926 | 296,032 | 958,910 | 666,538 | 292,372 | -2.2 | 940,000 | 930,000 | |
Michigan | 1,584,431 | 1,641,456 | 1,702,717 | 1,720,287 | 1,725,639 | 1,720,626 | 1,730,669 | 1,785,160 | 1,757,604 | 1,751,290 | 1,742,282 | 1,722,656 | 1,692,739 | 1,136,823 | 555,916 | 1,659,921 | 1,118,569 | 541,352 | -5.6 | 1,630,000 | 1,601,000 | |
Minnesota | 756,374 | 835,166 | 853,621 | 856,455 | 854,034 | 854,340 | 851,384 | 846,891 | 842,854 | 838,503 | 839,243 | 840,565 | 837,578 | 558,180 | 279,398 | 836,048 | 560,184 | 275,864 | -0.8 | 828,000 | 826,000 | |
Mississippi | 502,417 | 506,272 | 504,792 | 502,379 | 500,716 | 497,871 | 493,507 | 492,645 | 493,540 | 495,376 | 494,954 | 495,026 | 494,122 | 353,512 | 140,610 | 491,962 | 351,807 | 140,155 | -0.3 | 491,000 | 488,000 | |
Missouri | 816,558 | 889,881 | 910,613 | 913,494 | 914,110 | 912,744 | 909,792 | 906,499 | 905,941 | 905,449 | 917,705 | 920,353 | 917,188 | 631,746 | 285,442 | 917,871 | 635,411 | 282,460 | 1.3 | 906,000 | 903,000 | |
Montana | 152,974 | 165,547 | 162,335 | 159,988 | 157,556 | 154,875 | 151,947 | 149,995 | 148,356 | 146,705 | 145,416 | 144,418 | 142,823 | 96,354 | 46,469 | 141,899 | 96,869 | 45,030 | -4.4 | 141,000 | 141,000 | |
Nebraska | 274,081 | 289,744 | 292,681 | 291,140 | 288,261 | 286,199 | 285,095 | 285,402 | 285,542 | 285,761 | 286,646 | 287,580 | 291,244 | 200,095 | 91,149 | 292,590 | 202,912 | 89,678 | 2.5 | 289,000 | 290,000 | |
Nevada | 201,316 | 265,041 | 296,621 | 311,061 | 325,610 | 340,706 | 356,814 | 369,498 | 385,401 | 400,083 | 412,395 | 424,766 | 429,362 | 307,573 | 121,789 | 433,371 | 308,328 | 125,043 | 12.4 | 451,000 | 461,000 | |
New Hampshire | 172,785 | 194,171 | 201,629 | 204,713 | 206,783 | 208,461 | 206,847 | 207,671 | 207,417 | 206,852 | 205,767 | 203,572 | 200,772 | 134,359 | 66,413 | 197,934 | 132,995 | 64,939 | -4.6 | 194,000 | 192,000 | |
New Jersey | 1,089,646 | 1,197,381 | 1,250,276 | 1,268,996 | 1,289,256 | 1,313,405 | 1,341,656 | 1,367,438 | 1,380,753 | 1,393,347 | 1,395,602 | 1,388,850 | 1,382,348 | 954,418 | 427,930 | 1,381,420 | 956,765 | 424,655 | # | 1,360,000 | 1,354,000 | |
New Mexico | 301,881 | 329,640 | 331,673 | 328,753 | 324,495 | 320,306 | 320,260 | 320,234 | 323,066 | 326,102 | 326,758 | 328,220 | 329,040 | 229,718 | 99,322 | 330,245 | 231,415 | 98,830 | 2.2 | 332,000 | 334,000 | |
New York | 2,598,337 | 2,813,230 | 2,861,823 | 2,877,143 | 2,887,776 | 2,882,188 | 2,872,132 | 2,888,233 | 2,864,775 | 2,836,337 | 2,815,581 | 2,809,649 | 2,765,435 | 1,856,315 | 909,120 | 2,740,592 | 1,843,080 | 897,512 | -4.3 | 2,658,000 | 2,620,000 | |
North Carolina | 1,086,871 | 1,183,090 | 1,236,083 | 1,254,821 | 1,275,925 | 1,293,638 | 1,315,363 | 1,335,954 | 1,360,209 | 1,385,754 | 1,416,436 | 1,444,481 | 1,489,492 | 1,072,324 | 417,168 | 1,488,645 | 1,058,926 | 429,719 | 9.4 | 1,548,000 | 1,582,000 | |
North Dakota | 117,825 | 119,100 | 118,572 | 114,927 | 112,751 | 109,201 | 106,047 | 104,225 | 102,233 | 100,513 | 98,283 | 96,670 | 95,059 | 63,492 | 31,567 | 94,728 | 63,955 | 30,773 | -7.3 | 93,000 | 92,000 | |
Ohio | 1,771,089 | 1,836,015 | 1,847,114 | 1,842,163 | 1,836,554 | 1,835,049 | 1,830,985 | 1,838,285 | 1,845,428 | 1,840,032 | 1,839,683 | 1,836,722 | 1,827,184 | 1,241,322 | 585,862 | 1,817,163 | 1,239,494 | 577,669 | -1.5 | 1,786,000 | 1,768,000 | |
Oklahoma | 579,087 | 616,393 | 623,681 | 628,492 | 627,032 | 623,110 | 622,139 | 624,548 | 626,160 | 629,476 | 634,739 | 639,391 | 642,065 | 462,629 | 179,436 | 645,108 | 467,960 | 177,148 | 3.0 | 647,000 | 650,000 | |
Oregon | 472,394 | 527,914 | 541,346 | 542,809 | 545,033 | 546,231 | 551,480 | 554,071 | 551,273 | 552,505 | 552,194 | 562,574 | 565,586 | 383,598 | 181,988 | 575,393 | 395,421 | 179,972 | 4.4 | 566,000 | 568,000 | |
Pennsylvania | 1,667,834 | 1,787,533 | 1,815,151 | 1,816,414 | 1,816,716 | 1,814,311 | 1,821,627 | 1,816,747 | 1,821,146 | 1,828,089 | 1,830,684 | 1,871,060 | 1,801,971 | 1,205,351 | 596,620 | 1,775,029 | 1,194,327 | 580,702 | -2.5 | 1,768,000 | 1,755,000 | |
Rhode Island | 138,813 | 149,799 | 153,321 | 154,785 | 156,454 | 157,347 | 158,046 | 159,205 | 159,375 | 156,498 | 153,422 | 151,612 | 147,629 | 99,159 | 48,470 | 145,342 | 97,983 | 47,359 | -8.8 | 141,000 | 138,000 | |
South Carolina | 622,112 | 645,586 | 659,273 | 664,600 | 666,780 | 677,411 | 676,198 | 694,389 | 699,198 | 703,736 | 701,544 | 708,021 | 712,317 | 504,566 | 207,751 | 718,113 | 507,602 | 210,511 | 2.7 | 717,000 | 718,000 | |
South Dakota | 129,164 | 144,685 | 142,443 | 132,495 | 131,037 | 128,603 | 127,542 | 130,048 | 125,537 | 122,798 | 122,012 | 121,158 | 121,606 | 83,424 | 38,182 | 126,429 | 87,477 | 38,952 | 0.7 | 121,000 | 121,000 | |
Tennessee | 824,595 | 893,770 | 893,044 | 905,454 | 916,202 | 909,161 | 924,899 | 927,608 | 936,682 | 941,091 | 953,928 | 978,368 | 964,259 | 681,751 | 282,508 | 971,950 | 684,549 | 287,401 | 3.8 | 959,000 | 959,000 | |
Texas | 3,382,887 | 3,748,167 | 3,891,877 | 3,945,367 | 3,991,783 | 4,059,619 | 4,163,447 | 4,259,823 | 4,331,751 | 4,405,215 | 4,525,394 | 4,599,509 | 4,674,832 | 3,374,684 | 1,300,148 | 4,752,148 | 3,446,511 | 1,305,637 | 9.7 | 4,863,000 | 4,955,000 | |
Utah | 446,652 | 477,121 | 482,957 | 481,176 | 480,255 | 481,485 | 484,684 | 489,262 | 495,981 | 503,607 | 508,430 | 523,386 | 576,244 | 410,258 | 165,986 | 559,778 | 404,469 | 155,309 | 12.9 | 601,000 | 613,000 | |
Vermont | 95,762 | 105,565 | 105,984 | 105,120 | 104,559 | 102,049 | 101,179 | 99,978 | 99,103 | 98,352 | 96,638 | 95,399 | 94,038 | 63,096 | 30,942 | 93,625 | 62,994 | 30,631 | -5.5 | 90,000 | 88,000 | |
Virginia | 998,601 | 1,079,854 | 1,110,815 | 1,124,022 | 1,133,994 | 1,144,915 | 1,163,091 | 1,177,229 | 1,192,092 | 1,204,739 | 1,213,616 | 1,220,440 | 1,230,857 | 850,444 | 380,413 | 1,235,795 | 855,008 | 380,787 | 3.7 | 1,228,000 | 1,231,000 | |
Washington | 839,709 | 956,572 | 991,235 | 998,053 | 1,003,714 | 1,004,770 | 1,009,200 | 1,014,798 | 1,021,349 | 1,020,005 | 1,031,985 | 1,026,774 | 1,030,247 | 697,407 | 332,840 | 1,037,018 | 704,794 | 332,224 | 1.5 | 1,029,000 | 1,030,000 | |
West Virginia | 322,389 | 307,112 | 301,419 | 297,530 | 291,811 | 286,367 | 282,885 | 282,455 | 281,215 | 280,129 | 280,866 | 281,939 | 282,535 | 198,545 | 83,990 | 282,729 | 199,477 | 83,252 | 0.5 | 279,000 | 278,000 | |
Wisconsin | 797,621 | 870,175 | 881,780 | 879,542 | 877,753 | 879,476 | 879,361 | 881,231 | 880,031 | 864,757 | 875,174 | 876,700 | 874,633 | 585,212 | 289,421 | 873,750 | 589,528 | 284,222 | -0.7 | 857,000 | 854,000 | |
Wyoming | 98,226 | 99,859 | 97,115 | 95,241 | 92,105 | 89,940 | 88,128 | 88,116 | 87,462 | 84,733 | 84,409 | 85,193 | 86,422 | 59,243 | 27,179 | 87,161 | 60,635 | 26,526 | -0.3 | 88,000 | 89,000 | |
Bureau of Indian Education | — | — | — | 50,125 | 49,076 | 46,938 | 46,476 | 46,126 | 45,828 | 45,828 | 50,938 | — | — | — | — | 40,927 | 30,612 | 10,315 | -10.7 | — | — | |
DoD, overseas | — | — | 78,254 | 78,170 | 108,035 | 3 | 73,581 | 73,212 | 72,889 | 71,053 | 68,327 | 62,543 | 60,891 | 57,247 | 44,418 | 12,829 | 56,768 | 43,931 | 12,837 | -20.1 | — | — |
DoD, domestic | — | — | — | — | — | 34,174 | 32,847 | 32,115 | 30,603 | 29,151 | 28,329 | 26,631 | 27,548 | 24,807 | 2,741 | 28,013 | 25,255 | 2,758 | -8.5 | — | — | |
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American Samoa | 12,463 | 14,576 | 15,214 | 15,372 | 15,477 | 15,702 | 15,897 | 15,984 | 15,893 | 16,126 | 16,438 | 16,400 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Guam | 26,391 | 32,960 | 32,444 | 32,222 | 32,951 | 32,473 | 31,992 | — | 31,572 | 30,605 | 30,986 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Northern Marianas | 6,449 | 8,809 | 9,246 | 9,498 | 9,732 | 10,004 | 10,479 | 11,251 | 11,244 | 11,601 | 11,718 | 11,695 | 11,299 | 8,140 | 3,159 | 10,913 | 7,816 | 3,097 | -2.9 | — | — | |
Puerto Rico | 644,734 | 627,620 | 617,157 | 613,862 | 613,019 | 612,725 | 604,177 | 596,502 | 584,916 | 575,648 | 563,490 | 544,138 | 526,565 | 372,514 | 154,051 | 503,635 | 355,115 | 148,520 | -13.9 | — | — | |
U.S. Virgin Islands | 21,750 | 22,737 | 22,136 | 20,976 | 20,866 | 19,459 | 18,780 | 18,333 | 17,716 | 16,429 | 16,750 | 16,284 | 15,903 | 10,770 | 5,133 | 15,768 | 10,567 | 5,201 | -11.0 | — | — |
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#Rounds to zero. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1 Includes elementary unclassified. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2 Includes secondary unclassified. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3 Includes both overseas and domestic schools. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
NOTE: DoD = Department of Defense. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 1990-91 through 2008-09, and Projections of Education Statistics to 2019. (This table was prepared November 2010.) |