Table 203.30.

Public school enrollment in grades 9 through 12, 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	11,340,769	13,517,118	13,735,948	14,068,841	14,339,474	14,617,900	14,909,336	15,081,091	15,087,145	14,980,008	14,951,722	14,859,651	14,748,918	-2.2	14,684,200	14,639,400	14,689,000	14,770,200	15,050,300	15,146,100	2.7
Region
Northeast	2,092,968	2,382,157	2,427,191	2,487,076	2,540,754	2,582,165	2,617,205	2,684,160	2,617,622	2,576,761	2,597,949	2,531,059	2,474,807	-7.8	2,430,800	2,392,800	2,376,600	2,370,400	2,356,800	2,313,600	-6.5
Midwest	2,814,260	3,206,741	3,228,078	3,284,350	3,307,398	3,336,735	3,393,507	3,414,670	3,411,184	3,369,582	3,310,212	3,260,270	3,215,000	-5.8	3,193,000	3,173,000	3,172,900	3,191,200	3,187,500	3,158,800	-1.7
South	3,948,216	4,693,085	4,783,256	4,898,386	4,997,566	5,111,827	5,221,330	5,303,937	5,338,393	5,323,790	5,351,246	5,370,447	5,377,721	1.4	5,408,100	5,440,400	5,508,600	5,580,900	5,747,400	5,825,900	8.3
West	2,485,325	3,235,135	3,297,423	3,399,029	3,493,756	3,587,173	3,677,294	3,678,324	3,719,946	3,709,875	3,692,315	3,697,875	3,681,390	0.1	3,652,300	3,633,300	3,630,900	3,627,600	3,758,600	3,847,800	4.5
State
Alabama	194,709	201,358	201,610	206,159	205,907	208,383	212,414	214,968	217,606	217,590	219,495	221,940	217,615	1.2	215,800	215,400	216,000	217,300	208,100	206,100	-5.3
Alaska	28,606	38,914	39,461	39,984	40,238	40,989	42,063	42,441	42,049	41,399	40,837	40,114	39,110	-7.8	38,000	38,000	38,100	38,300	40,200	42,600	8.9
Arizona	160,807	237,132	250,528	277,396	307,746	321,095	354,919	308,593	316,391	316,068	317,411	319,759	320,825	4.0	315,500	312,400	312,100	316,600	347,000	358,800	11.8
Arkansas	122,781	131,936	131,882	132,159	133,015	134,928	138,460	139,857	139,096	137,362	136,350	136,306	137,092	-2.0	137,800	139,000	139,700	140,500	141,700	140,100	2.2
California	1,336,740	1,733,779	1,769,400	1,828,282	1,874,090	1,934,202	1,971,587	1,996,645	2,014,503	2,016,270	1,999,416	1,995,610	1,979,387	-0.9	1,954,400	1,929,600	1,912,600	1,886,600	1,916,200	1,963,100	-0.8
Colorado	154,303	207,942	212,989	217,397	221,368	225,281	229,951	234,985	236,141	238,139	240,990	242,239	243,411	3.6	245,600	248,100	252,500	258,000	278,600	280,200	15.1
Connecticut	121,727	155,734	160,211	164,025	169,409	173,221	175,354	177,037	176,592	174,980	174,004	173,071	171,060	-3.4	168,700	166,200	164,100	162,600	155,100	151,300	-11.6
Delaware	27,052	33,875	34,281	34,121	34,770	35,492	36,298	37,258	37,555	38,619	39,091	39,124	38,322	2.9	37,500	37,100	37,200	37,700	40,700	41,400	8.0
District of Columbia	19,412	15,233	17,425	17,364	18,568	19,596	21,230	20,459	22,586	17,902	17,777	17,736	17,716	-13.4	17,400	16,800	16,700	16,600	16,500	16,800	-5.2
Florida	491,658	674,919	703,064	730,650	755,252	781,538	801,629	804,951	810,952	781,725	783,621	784,849	792,054	-1.6	801,000	805,400	812,200	817,500	835,000	865,300	9.2
Georgia	302,605	384,954	395,439	407,451	419,430	435,058	453,015	462,649	471,012	470,108	472,934	474,588	473,766	2.4	478,400	483,100	489,300	495,000	493,800	501,100	5.8
Hawaii	48,868	52,067	52,665	52,967	53,555	54,397	55,346	54,720	54,341	53,568	52,719	52,076	51,701	-5.5	51,100	51,100	51,400	51,100	52,900	51,400	-0.6
Idaho	60,749	74,696	75,098	75,355	76,696	77,863	79,153	80,375	80,948	81,497	81,571	81,715	81,809	1.8	82,000	83,000	83,900	85,600	92,400	94,500	15.5
Illinois	511,891	574,859	587,190	596,537	608,236	613,859	631,386	640,597	639,896	640,512	640,462	636,861	629,941	-1.7	630,400	624,900	626,300	633,200	638,800	622,300	-1.2
Indiana	278,721	286,006	284,678	289,872	294,311	301,342	310,607	315,832	317,216	316,126	316,062	317,818	316,160	0.1	315,300	314,000	312,500	314,800	302,500	297,300	-6.0
Iowa	138,848	161,330	156,283	156,367	154,395	154,150	157,322	156,904	155,611	151,993	150,509	147,663	145,718	-7.1	144,800	144,700	145,400	145,900	150,600	152,400	4.6
Kansas	117,386	147,453	147,860	149,162	147,999	147,960	147,012	143,305	141,524	139,981	141,492	140,774	138,979	-3.0	139,000	139,100	140,200	142,100	147,100	147,000	5.8
Kentucky	177,201	194,421	180,872	184,031	185,115	189,002	192,449	195,987	196,852	197,826	195,623	192,794	193,531	-1.3	192,500	191,800	193,800	197,200	197,900	194,400	0.4
Louisiana	198,555	196,510	194,375	193,582	191,319	190,530	172,444	183,735	181,489	180,660	181,032	184,292	184,588	0.5	186,100	186,600	190,200	194,100	195,900	192,600	4.3
Maine	59,946	61,336	61,731	62,561	62,664	62,545	62,007	61,648	65,503	63,611	60,579	60,148	58,923	-4.4	58,000	57,300	56,900	56,800	56,500	56,600	-3.9
Maryland	188,432	243,877	249,782	256,406	263,251	268,144	271,449	272,575	269,221	267,388	266,627	264,055	259,870	-4.7	257,000	253,700	253,400	252,900	270,800	278,600	7.2
Massachusetts	230,080	272,575	273,644	281,939	288,329	293,399	296,511	298,033	296,032	292,372	290,502	289,161	287,055	-3.7	286,400	284,500	283,800	283,900	278,900	270,500	-5.8
Michigan	439,553	498,144	507,906	531,349	528,483	539,592	550,885	552,098	555,916	541,352	534,471	511,483	502,664	-9.0	495,500	489,400	484,800	484,100	455,100	445,200	-11.4
Minnesota	210,818	276,574	278,356	279,190	278,805	280,056	281,486	282,120	279,398	275,864	272,392	268,074	264,194	-6.4	262,400	261,400	263,200	265,900	284,900	288,000	9.0
Mississippi	130,776	133,998	131,892	132,391	132,659	134,319	136,924	138,644	140,610	140,155	140,829	139,641	137,620	-0.7	135,900	134,900	136,000	136,300	133,800	131,600	-4.4
Missouri	228,488	267,978	267,300	271,832	273,714	276,782	282,563	286,078	285,442	282,460	279,900	275,719	271,208	-5.2	270,500	269,500	269,600	270,100	270,400	272,700	0.6
Montana	41,805	49,649	49,226	48,818	48,196	48,032	47,646	47,397	46,469	45,030	43,939	43,202	42,624	-10.1	42,200	42,200	41,900	42,100	44,000	44,500	4.4
Nebraska	76,001	90,713	90,442	90,289	90,125	90,945	91,591	91,811	91,149	89,678	88,508	88,208	87,792	-4.4	87,600	87,500	88,000	89,400	97,100	97,200	10.7
Nevada	51,435	89,986	94,342	98,558	104,667	111,330	116,406	121,813	121,789	125,043	123,435	129,852	130,274	6.9	129,800	130,200	131,300	133,400	137,700	143,800	10.4
New Hampshire	46,484	61,340	62,360	64,055	65,386	66,611	67,183	67,384	66,413	64,939	64,372	63,135	62,268	-7.6	61,400	60,300	59,400	58,200	54,400	53,500	-14.1
New Jersey	306,224	345,872	369,882	388,829	402,313	417,491	425,010	425,432	427,930	424,655	427,697	421,293	408,855	-3.9	402,400	396,400	391,800	389,000	380,100	368,000	-10.0
New Mexico	93,794	95,427	95,224	95,737	97,034	98,202	97,206	98,129	99,322	98,830	99,076	98,777	97,744	-0.4	97,000	97,700	98,900	99,900	102,900	102,300	4.7
New York	770,919	853,282	855,285	871,951	886,594	893,762	906,553	922,365	909,120	897,512	919,049	865,805	847,144	-8.2	829,800	814,400	811,800	812,000	822,700	805,300	-4.9
North Carolina	303,739	348,168	359,398	371,987	386,190	400,014	413,318	417,414	417,168	429,719	429,596	432,196	433,801	3.9	435,400	438,800	444,600	452,500	453,200	463,900	6.9
North Dakota	32,882	36,780	35,593	35,136	34,363	33,391	32,645	32,275	31,567	30,773	30,497	30,288	29,758	-7.8	29,700	29,600	29,300	29,500	33,300	34,700	16.6
Ohio	513,509	541,403	544,353	554,490	567,226	572,944	578,352	583,529	585,862	577,669	538,951	531,383	522,804	-10.4	515,800	512,200	512,300	514,200	501,600	494,300	-5.5
Oklahoma	154,188	177,708	176,150	175,518	175,850	176,534	177,785	179,447	179,436	177,148	177,840	176,447	175,924	-2.0	177,300	179,300	182,000	184,700	193,500	192,400	9.4
Oregon	132,151	166,967	169,802	172,083	173,221	175,572	172,514	181,998	181,988	179,972	178,388	178,119	176,898	-2.8	176,700	177,000	177,300	178,200	180,100	184,700	4.4
Pennsylvania	495,670	556,487	566,935	575,111	585,522	593,261	603,059	650,986	596,620	580,702	585,547	583,518	566,545	-13.0	552,700	545,000	541,700	541,000	542,000	541,600	-4.4
Rhode Island	37,016	43,802	45,263	46,661	48,166	49,458	49,552	49,616	48,470	47,359	46,934	46,059	45,195	-8.9	44,500	42,500	41,400	41,500	42,500	42,500	-6.0
South Carolina	170,079	184,185	189,475	193,962	198,455	199,472	203,514	206,748	207,751	210,511	211,019	210,257	207,797	0.5	207,600	208,500	211,500	215,600	221,000	223,700	7.7
South Dakota	33,999	40,765	40,560	40,598	39,522	38,907	38,482	38,021	38,182	38,952	37,968	38,192	37,487	-1.4	37,200	37,200	37,300	37,200	40,500	41,500	10.7
Tennessee	226,484	241,038	250,392	254,271	261,405	270,211	277,352	286,397	282,508	287,401	285,881	285,715	286,944	0.2	287,600	290,100	294,800	299,200	306,200	310,500	8.2
Texas	871,932	1,116,572	1,147,233	1,180,158	1,199,167	1,220,980	1,257,055	1,279,727	1,300,148	1,305,637	1,329,862	1,349,106	1,363,618	6.6	1,385,400	1,405,900	1,434,300	1,463,000	1,565,100	1,591,300	16.7
Utah	121,670	148,381	146,710	146,655	147,141	148,162	150,786	152,114	165,986	155,309	158,243	160,573	164,296	8.0	168,400	173,500	179,500	184,600	205,200	210,700	28.2
Vermont	24,902	31,729	31,880	31,944	32,371	32,417	31,976	31,659	30,942	30,631	29,265	28,869	27,762	-12.3	26,900	26,200	25,700	25,300	24,600	24,400	-12.1
Virginia	270,321	329,167	336,907	345,725	354,834	365,052	372,317	378,755	380,413	380,787	381,320	379,994	376,658	-0.6	375,100	374,500	377,000	380,800	394,600	399,600	6.1
Washington	227,112	310,403	312,943	317,607	322,101	324,600	332,503	331,916	332,840	332,224	329,960	329,616	327,269	-1.4	325,500	324,000	324,500	325,900	331,300	340,200	4.0
West Virginia	98,292	85,166	83,079	82,451	82,379	82,574	83,677	84,366	83,990	83,252	82,349	81,407	80,805	-4.2	80,300	79,600	80,000	80,000	79,400	76,500	-5.3
Wisconsin	232,164	284,736	287,557	289,528	290,219	286,807	291,176	292,100	289,421	284,222	279,000	273,807	268,295	-8.1	264,800	263,600	264,100	264,800	265,700	266,100	-0.8
Wyoming	27,285	29,792	29,035	28,190	27,703	27,448	27,214	27,198	27,179	26,526	26,330	26,223	26,042	-4.3	26,200	26,500	26,900	27,200	30,400	31,000	19.0
Jurisdiction
Bureau of Indian
Education	—	11,192	11,455	11,734	12,157	12,157	14,805	—	—	10,315	9,970	9,977	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
DoD, overseas	—	14,282	14,462	14,675	14,827	14,607	13,852	13,302	12,829	12,837	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
DoD, domestic	—	3,477	3,458	3,356	3,103	2,956	2,771	2,579	2,741	2,758	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	3,073	3,807	3,986	4,146	4,121	4,253	4,672	4,637	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Guam	7,115	8,775	8,859	—	9,021	8,919	9,040	—	—	—	—	10,057	10,020	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Northern Marianas	1,531	2,195	2,464	2,872	3,052	3,185	3,291	3,191	3,159	3,097	3,218	3,417	3,308	3.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Puerto Rico	164,378	167,201	166,062	167,089	166,267	166,977	164,043	161,491	154,051	148,520	145,755	139,122	133,816	-17.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
U.S. Virgin Islands	5,501	5,549	5,359	5,400	4,978	4,779	5,022	5,047	5,133	5,201	5,084	4,977	5,135	1.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

—Not available.

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.)