Table 203.25.

Public school enrollment in prekindergarten through grade 8, by region, state, and jurisdiction: Selected years, fall 1990 through fall 2023

Region, state, and jurisdiction	Actual enrollment													Percent change in enrollment, 2006 to 2011	Projected enrollment						Percent change in enrollment, 2011 to 2023
	Fall 1990	Fall 2000	Fall 2001	Fall 2002	Fall 2003	Fall 2004	Fall 2005	Fall 2006	Fall 2007	Fall 2008	Fall 2009	Fall 2010	Fall 2011		Fall 2012	Fall 2013	Fall 2014	Fall 2015	Fall 2020	Fall 2023
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
United States	29,875,914	33,686,421	33,935,922	34,114,245	34,200,741	34,177,565	34,203,962	34,234,751	34,205,362	34,285,564	34,409,260	34,624,530	34,772,751	1.6	34,967,700	35,111,000	35,062,300	35,069,200	36,114,900	36,966,700	6.3
Region
Northeast	5,188,795	5,839,970	5,823,249	5,809,545	5,751,561	5,689,094	5,622,955	5,573,729	5,504,400	5,476,224	5,494,080	5,540,276	5,479,174	-1.7	5,470,500	5,459,800	5,424,200	5,396,400	5,411,600	5,477,400	#
Midwest	7,129,501	7,523,246	7,516,458	7,534,620	7,501,579	7,438,674	7,425,308	7,404,578	7,359,028	7,373,391	7,361,959	7,349,334	7,358,792	-0.6	7,363,300	7,363,700	7,323,300	7,288,400	7,316,500	7,356,600	#
South	10,858,800	12,314,176	12,453,658	12,573,054	12,675,179	12,780,160	12,881,836	12,989,696	13,086,326	13,166,980	13,300,643	13,434,553	13,578,211	4.5	13,707,500	13,795,700	13,791,500	13,804,700	14,313,400	14,716,800	8.4
West	6,698,818	8,009,029	8,142,557	8,197,026	8,272,422	8,269,637	8,273,863	8,266,748	8,255,608	8,268,969	8,252,578	8,300,367	8,356,574	1.1	8,426,300	8,491,700	8,523,300	8,579,700	9,073,400	9,415,900	12.7
State
Alabama	527,097	538,634	535,580	533,207	525,313	521,757	529,347	528,664	527,259	528,078	529,394	533,612	527,006	-0.3	526,600	523,900	518,300	512,700	506,800	506,600	-3.9
Alaska	85,297	94,442	94,888	94,380	93,695	91,981	91,225	90,167	88,980	89,263	90,824	91,990	92,057	2.1	93,000	94,300	95,400	96,700	107,000	112,600	22.3
Arizona	479,046	640,564	671,652	660,359	704,322	722,203	739,535	759,656	771,056	771,749	760,420	751,992	759,494	#	773,000	786,400	796,200	806,100	879,000	936,700	23.3
Arkansas	313,505	318,023	317,923	318,826	321,508	328,187	335,746	336,552	339,920	341,603	344,209	345,808	346,022	2.8	348,500	348,400	346,400	344,400	344,000	348,500	0.7
California	3,613,734	4,407,035	4,478,326	4,525,385	4,539,777	4,507,355	4,465,615	4,410,105	4,328,968	4,306,258	4,264,022	4,293,968	4,308,447	-2.3	4,327,800	4,349,200	4,356,000	4,384,400	4,627,600	4,779,300	10.9
Colorado	419,910	516,566	529,156	534,465	536,325	540,695	549,875	559,041	565,726	580,304	591,378	601,077	610,854	9.3	619,100	625,900	628,200	630,600	653,100	673,800	10.3
Connecticut	347,396	406,445	410,017	405,998	407,794	404,169	399,705	398,063	394,034	392,218	389,964	387,475	383,377	-3.7	379,300	376,400	372,400	369,500	373,400	382,200	-0.3
Delaware	72,606	80,801	81,274	82,221	82,898	83,599	84,639	84,996	85,019	86,811	87,710	90,279	90,624	6.6	92,000	93,300	93,900	94,400	97,400	98,700	8.9
District of Columbia	61,282	53,692	57,967	58,802	59,489	57,118	55,646	52,391	55,836	50,779	51,656	53,548	56,195	7.3	57,300	57,300	56,700	56,400	55,400	52,900	-5.9
Florida	1,369,934	1,759,902	1,797,414	1,809,279	1,832,376	1,857,798	1,873,395	1,866,562	1,855,859	1,849,295	1,850,901	1,858,498	1,876,102	0.5	1,895,200	1,910,400	1,918,000	1,927,500	2,068,500	2,167,500	15.5
Georgia	849,082	1,059,983	1,075,195	1,088,561	1,103,181	1,118,379	1,145,446	1,166,508	1,178,577	1,185,684	1,194,751	1,202,479	1,211,250	3.8	1,217,300	1,221,500	1,218,200	1,217,200	1,266,700	1,308,600	8.0
Hawaii	122,840	132,293	131,881	130,862	130,054	128,788	127,472	126,008	125,556	125,910	127,477	127,525	131,005	4.0	131,500	131,400	130,600	130,300	127,700	126,600	-3.4
Idaho	160,091	170,421	171,423	173,249	175,424	178,221	182,829	187,005	191,171	193,554	194,728	194,144	198,064	5.9	201,100	203,600	205,400	206,900	215,500	219,500	10.8
Illinois	1,309,516	1,473,933	1,484,201	1,487,650	1,492,725	1,483,644	1,480,320	1,477,679	1,472,909	1,479,195	1,463,713	1,454,793	1,453,156	-1.7	1,453,700	1,452,600	1,443,300	1,434,200	1,422,800	1,430,700	-1.5
Indiana	675,804	703,261	711,455	714,003	716,819	720,006	724,467	730,108	729,550	730,021	730,599	729,414	724,605	-0.8	722,700	719,500	712,800	704,200	702,600	712,200	-1.7
Iowa	344,804	333,750	329,649	325,843	326,831	324,169	326,160	326,218	329,504	335,566	341,333	348,112	350,152	7.3	353,200	354,800	353,700	353,500	353,500	349,100	-0.3
Kansas	319,648	323,157	322,345	321,795	322,491	321,176	320,513	326,201	326,771	331,079	332,997	342,927	347,129	6.4	349,000	350,700	350,000	349,500	351,700	352,300	1.5
Kentucky	459,200	471,429	473,491	476,751	478,254	485,794	487,429	487,165	469,373	472,204	484,466	480,334	488,456	0.3	490,800	490,500	486,300	481,900	474,700	474,200	-2.9
Louisiana	586,202	546,579	536,953	536,882	536,390	533,751	482,082	492,116	499,549	504,213	509,883	512,266	518,802	5.4	524,400	525,400	519,500	515,100	502,000	493,700	-4.8
Maine	155,203	145,701	143,855	141,776	139,420	136,275	133,491	132,338	130,742	129,324	128,646	128,929	130,046	-1.7	129,600	129,600	129,300	129,100	130,800	130,600	0.4
Maryland	526,744	609,043	610,858	610,337	605,862	597,417	588,571	579,065	576,479	576,473	581,785	588,156	594,216	2.6	600,600	608,600	613,200	620,100	663,300	690,400	16.2
Massachusetts	604,234	702,575	699,495	701,050	692,130	682,175	675,398	670,628	666,926	666,538	666,551	666,402	666,314	-0.6	663,900	660,700	654,300	648,700	644,400	655,600	-1.6
Michigan	1,144,878	1,222,482	1,222,763	1,253,811	1,229,121	1,211,698	1,191,397	1,170,558	1,136,823	1,118,569	1,114,611	1,075,584	1,070,873	-8.5	1,060,000	1,052,000	1,039,300	1,028,500	1,024,100	1,028,000	-4.0
Minnesota	545,556	577,766	573,028	567,701	564,049	558,447	557,757	558,445	558,180	560,184	564,661	569,963	575,544	3.1	583,000	589,400	593,400	597,300	628,700	649,700	12.9
Mississippi	371,641	363,873	361,615	360,254	360,881	361,057	358,030	356,382	353,512	351,807	351,652	350,885	352,999	-0.9	355,800	354,500	350,200	346,600	334,400	327,000	-7.4
Missouri	588,070	644,766	642,492	634,667	632,227	628,667	635,142	634,275	631,746	635,411	638,082	642,991	645,376	1.8	645,900	647,100	644,800	643,700	653,100	657,300	1.8
Montana	111,169	105,226	102,721	101,177	100,160	98,673	97,770	97,021	96,354	96,869	97,868	98,491	99,725	2.8	100,900	101,600	102,000	102,200	103,100	102,300	2.6
Nebraska	198,080	195,486	194,653	195,113	195,417	194,816	195,055	195,769	200,095	202,912	206,860	210,292	213,504	9.1	216,500	218,700	219,000	219,300	219,600	219,200	2.7
Nevada	149,881	250,720	262,472	270,940	280,734	288,753	295,989	302,953	307,573	308,328	305,512	307,297	309,360	2.1	312,500	315,800	318,700	321,500	358,900	390,900	26.4
New Hampshire	126,301	147,121	144,487	143,616	142,031	140,241	138,584	136,188	134,359	132,995	132,768	131,576	129,632	-4.8	127,600	126,500	125,200	124,400	128,000	132,900	2.5
New Jersey	783,422	967,533	971,774	978,609	978,440	975,856	970,592	963,418	954,418	956,765	968,332	981,255	947,576	-1.6	943,900	938,100	929,400	921,200	915,800	929,300	-1.9
New Mexico	208,087	224,879	225,036	224,497	226,032	227,900	229,552	230,091	229,718	231,415	235,343	239,345	239,481	4.1	240,800	241,700	241,300	240,800	240,100	237,300	-0.9
New York	1,827,418	2,028,906	2,016,847	2,016,282	1,978,181	1,942,575	1,909,028	1,887,284	1,856,315	1,843,080	1,847,003	1,869,150	1,857,574	-1.6	1,861,300	1,862,100	1,850,600	1,842,700	1,835,100	1,847,300	-0.6
North Carolina	783,132	945,470	955,965	963,967	974,019	985,740	1,003,118	1,027,067	1,072,324	1,058,926	1,053,801	1,058,409	1,074,063	4.6	1,080,300	1,086,100	1,085,700	1,085,400	1,148,900	1,208,500	12.5
North Dakota	84,943	72,421	70,454	69,089	67,870	67,122	65,638	64,395	63,492	63,955	64,576	66,035	67,888	5.4	69,400	70,600	71,700	72,500	74,200	73,100	7.7
Ohio	1,257,580	1,293,646	1,286,632	1,283,795	1,278,202	1,267,088	1,261,331	1,253,193	1,241,322	1,239,494	1,225,346	1,222,808	1,217,226	-2.9	1,214,500	1,210,500	1,199,800	1,190,000	1,175,500	1,169,800	-3.9
Oklahoma	424,899	445,402	445,989	449,030	450,310	452,942	456,954	459,944	462,629	467,960	476,962	483,464	490,196	6.6	495,600	497,700	495,900	494,900	495,500	497,800	1.6
Oregon	340,243	379,264	381,678	381,988	378,052	376,933	379,680	380,576	383,598	395,421	404,451	392,601	391,310	2.8	393,200	395,500	396,500	398,300	423,500	442,000	13.0
Pennsylvania	1,172,164	1,257,824	1,254,692	1,241,636	1,235,624	1,234,828	1,227,625	1,220,074	1,205,351	1,194,327	1,200,446	1,209,766	1,204,850	-1.2	1,205,800	1,206,600	1,202,900	1,201,000	1,219,100	1,230,500	2.1
Rhode Island	101,797	113,545	112,783	112,544	111,209	107,040	103,870	101,996	99,159	97,983	98,184	97,734	97,659	-4.3	96,100	97,100	97,500	97,300	99,900	102,200	4.6
South Carolina	452,033	493,226	486,723	500,427	500,743	504,264	498,030	501,273	504,566	507,602	512,124	515,581	519,389	3.6	527,100	530,300	529,400	528,800	540,100	546,900	5.3
South Dakota	95,165	87,838	86,982	89,450	86,015	83,891	83,530	83,137	83,424	87,477	85,745	87,936	90,529	8.9	91,000	92,100	92,700	93,400	95,000	94,400	4.3
Tennessee	598,111	668,123	674,507	673,337	675,277	670,880	676,576	691,971	681,751	684,549	686,668	701,707	712,749	3.0	718,900	722,500	721,900	722,200	748,000	770,600	8.1
Texas	2,510,955	2,943,047	3,016,214	3,079,665	3,132,584	3,184,235	3,268,339	3,319,782	3,374,684	3,446,511	3,520,348	3,586,609	3,636,852	9.6	3,686,800	3,729,600	3,744,100	3,763,300	3,946,000	4,077,700	12.1
Utah	324,982	333,104	337,974	342,607	348,840	355,445	357,644	371,272	410,258	404,469	413,343	424,979	434,536	17.0	444,100	451,200	455,000	458,900	478,500	493,900	13.7
Vermont	70,860	70,320	69,299	68,034	66,732	65,935	64,662	63,740	63,096	62,994	62,186	67,989	62,146	-2.5	62,900	62,800	62,500	62,500	65,200	66,800	7.5
Virginia	728,280	815,748	826,184	831,504	837,258	839,687	841,299	841,685	850,444	855,008	864,020	871,446	881,225	4.7	888,100	894,600	895,700	898,400	938,400	970,700	10.2
Washington	612,597	694,367	696,257	697,191	699,248	695,405	699,482	694,858	697,407	704,794	705,387	714,172	718,184	3.4	723,700	728,400	731,000	735,400	792,900	837,200	16.6
West Virginia	224,097	201,201	199,806	200,004	198,836	197,555	197,189	197,573	198,545	199,477	200,313	201,472	202,065	2.3	202,300	201,200	198,100	195,400	183,300	176,600	-12.6
Wisconsin	565,457	594,740	591,804	591,703	589,812	577,950	583,998	584,600	585,212	589,528	593,436	598,479	602,810	3.1	604,500	605,700	602,900	602,300	615,700	620,900	3.0
Wyoming	70,941	60,148	59,093	59,926	59,759	57,285	57,195	57,995	59,243	60,635	61,825	62,786	64,057	10.5	65,700	66,700	67,100	67,600	66,500	63,900	-0.2
Jurisdiction
Bureau of Indian
Education	—	35,746	35,021	34,392	33,671	33,671	36,133	—	—	30,612	31,381	31,985	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
DoD, overseas	—	59,299	58,750	58,214	56,226	53,720	48,691	47,589	44,418	43,931	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
DoD, domestic	—	30,697	29,389	28,759	27,500	26,195	25,558	24,052	24,807	25,255	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	9,390	11,895	11,911	11,838	11,772	11,873	11,766	11,763	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Guam	19,276	23,698	23,133	—	22,551	21,686	21,946	—	—	—	—	21,561	21,223	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Northern Marianas	4,918	7,809	8,015	8,379	8,192	8,416	8,427	8,504	8,140	7,816	7,743	7,688	7,703	-9.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Puerto Rico	480,356	445,524	438,115	429,413	418,649	408,671	399,447	382,647	372,514	355,115	347,638	334,613	318,924	-16.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
U.S. Virgin Islands	16,249	13,910	13,421	12,933	12,738	11,650	11,728	11,237	10,770	10,567	10,409	10,518	10,576	-5.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

—Not available.

#Rounds to zero.

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 2011-12; and State Public Elementary and Secondary Enrollment Projection Model, 1980 through 2023. (This table was prepared January 2014.)