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Table 203.25. Public school enrollment in prekindergarten through grade 8, by region, state, and jurisdiction: Selected years, fall 1990 through fall 2025
Region, state, and jurisdiction Actual enrollment Percent change in enroll-ment, 2008 to 2013 Projected enrollment Percent change in enroll-ment, 2013 to 2025
Fall 1990 Fall 2000 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 2016 Fall 2017 Fall 2020 Fall 2025
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 34,200,741 34,177,565 34,203,962 34,234,751 34,204,081 34,285,564 34,409,260 34,624,530 34,772,751 35,017,893 35,250,792 2.8 35,249,000 35,297,700 35,401,900 35,451,100 35,559,400 36,051,800 2.3
                                           
Region                                          
Northeast 5,188,795 5,839,970 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 5,493,308 5,502,015 0.5 5,471,100 5,451,600 5,444,000 5,424,500 5,351,800 5,203,300 -5.4
Midwest 7,129,501 7,523,246 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 7,368,484 7,394,141 0.3 7,358,200 7,331,200 7,318,800 7,293,900 7,199,300 7,132,900 -3.5
South 10,858,800 12,314,176 12,675,179 12,780,160 12,881,836 12,989,696 13,085,045 13,166,980 13,300,643 13,434,553 13,578,211 13,711,284 13,830,129 5.0 13,883,100 13,953,300 14,047,000 14,129,500 14,378,800 14,808,200 7.1
West 6,698,818 8,009,029 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 8,444,817 8,524,507 3.1 8,536,600 8,561,600 8,592,100 8,603,200 8,629,500 8,907,400 4.5
                                           
State                                          
Alabama 527,097 538,634 525,313 521,757 529,347 528,664 525,978 528,078 529,394 533,612 527,006 527,434 527,499 -0.1 524,300 522,800 523,200 523,800 525,300 522,800 -0.9
Alaska 85,297 94,442 93,695 91,981 91,225 90,167 88,980 89,263 90,824 91,990 92,057 93,069 92,714 3.9 93,000 93,600 94,600 95,700 97,700 100,000 7.9
Arizona 479,046 640,564 704,322 722,203 739,535 759,656 771,056 771,749 760,420 751,992 759,494 767,734 775,280 0.5 783,800 793,200 802,500 809,800 830,900 891,100 14.9
Arkansas 313,505 318,023 321,508 328,187 335,746 336,552 339,920 341,603 344,209 345,808 346,022 347,631 349,709 2.4 349,500 349,600 350,400 351,300 355,100 357,100 2.1
California 3,613,734 4,407,035 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 4,331,807 4,357,989 1.2 4,337,200 4,325,200 4,316,200 4,295,600 4,232,300 4,319,400 -0.9
                                           
Colorado 419,910 516,566 536,325 540,695 549,875 559,041 565,726 580,304 591,378 601,077 610,854 617,510 627,619 8.2 631,600 635,200 638,100 639,300 645,400 673,200 7.3
Connecticut 347,396 406,445 407,794 404,169 399,705 398,063 394,034 392,218 389,964 387,475 383,377 380,709 377,162 -3.8 371,400 366,100 361,700 355,900 341,300 323,100 -14.3
Delaware 72,606 80,801 82,898 83,599 84,639 84,996 85,019 86,811 87,710 90,279 90,624 91,004 93,204 7.4 93,700 94,500 95,200 95,500 95,800 97,600 4.7
District of Columbia 61,282 53,692 59,489 57,118 55,646 52,391 55,836 50,779 51,656 53,548 56,195 58,273 60,379 18.9 62,100 64,500 67,400 70,200 77,600 85,100 40.9
Florida 1,369,934 1,759,902 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 1,892,560 1,913,710 3.5 1,928,900 1,945,000 1,965,000 1,984,700 2,040,100 2,134,000 11.5
                                           
Georgia 849,082 1,059,983 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 1,222,289 1,233,877 4.1 1,237,600 1,241,600 1,248,100 1,255,300 1,278,900 1,336,500 8.3
Hawaii 122,840 132,293 130,054 128,788 127,472 126,008 125,556 125,910 127,477 127,525 131,005 133,590 135,925 8.0 136,700 138,100 139,100 139,700 140,700 139,900 2.9
Idaho 160,091 170,421 175,424 178,221 182,829 187,005 191,171 193,554 194,728 194,144 198,064 202,203 209,333 8.2 213,000 216,400 219,900 223,000 229,000 237,300 13.4
Illinois 1,309,516 1,473,933 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 1,448,201 1,445,459 -2.3 1,435,400 1,425,700 1,418,400 1,406,200 1,365,800 1,351,200 -6.5
Indiana 675,804 703,261 716,819 720,006 724,467 730,108 729,550 730,021 730,599 729,414 724,605 725,040 731,035 0.1 725,800 719,200 716,000 714,400 708,500 705,900 -3.4
                                           
Iowa 344,804 333,750 326,831 324,169 326,160 326,218 329,504 335,566 341,333 348,112 350,152 355,041 357,953 6.7 358,500 360,300 361,800 362,300 362,200 359,800 0.5
Kansas 319,648 323,157 322,491 321,176 320,513 326,201 326,771 331,079 332,997 342,927 347,129 349,695 355,929 7.5 356,600 358,000 360,000 361,000 362,800 364,400 2.4
Kentucky 459,200 471,429 478,254 485,794 487,429 487,165 469,373 472,204 484,466 480,334 488,456 491,065 485,001 2.7 481,400 478,700 478,300 476,700 474,700 476,400 -1.8
Louisiana 586,202 546,579 536,390 533,751 482,082 492,116 499,549 504,213 509,883 512,266 518,802 524,792 523,310 3.8 521,800 522,300 523,000 524,100 528,700 530,300 1.3
Maine 155,203 145,701 139,420 136,275 133,491 132,338 130,742 129,324 128,646 128,929 130,046 127,924 127,071 -1.7 125,600 124,300 123,300 122,000 117,500 111,500 -12.3
                                           
Maryland 526,744 609,043 605,862 597,417 588,571 579,065 576,479 576,473 581,785 588,156 594,216 602,802 612,580 6.3 618,700 626,400 631,900 635,900 642,200 638,200 4.2
Massachusetts 604,234 702,575 692,130 682,175 675,398 670,628 666,926 666,538 666,551 666,402 666,314 667,267 668,261 0.3 663,400 659,500 656,800 653,000 643,800 635,000 -5.0
Michigan 1,144,878 1,222,482 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 1,061,930 1,060,065 -5.2 1,044,900 1,032,700 1,024,400 1,015,200 990,100 970,900 -8.4
Minnesota 545,556 577,766 564,049 558,447 557,757 558,445 558,180 560,184 564,661 569,963 575,544 583,363 589,564 5.2 594,800 598,600 603,000 605,100 604,000 601,900 2.1
Mississippi 371,641 363,873 360,881 361,057 358,030 356,382 353,512 351,807 351,652 350,885 352,999 356,364 356,432 1.3 354,200 353,400 352,800 352,900 350,100 338,600 -5.0
                                           
Missouri 588,070 644,766 632,227 628,667 635,142 634,275 631,746 635,411 638,082 642,991 645,376 647,530 649,061 2.1 646,900 646,300 647,000 647,000 645,600 644,000 -0.8
Montana 111,169 105,226 100,160 98,673 97,770 97,021 96,354 96,869 97,868 98,491 99,725 100,819 101,991 5.3 103,000 103,800 104,600 105,300 107,300 111,900 9.7
Nebraska 198,080 195,486 195,417 194,816 195,055 195,769 200,095 202,912 206,860 210,292 213,504 215,432 219,122 8.0 218,900 219,200 219,100 218,600 216,600 222,100 1.4
Nevada 149,881 250,720 280,734 288,753 295,989 302,953 307,573 308,328 305,512 307,297 309,360 313,730 319,240 3.5 322,500 326,500 330,500 334,400 345,800 362,400 13.5
New Hampshire 126,301 147,121 142,031 140,241 138,584 136,188 134,359 132,995 132,768 131,576 129,632 128,169 126,933 -4.6 124,900 123,000 121,100 119,300 114,200 109,500 -13.8
                                           
New Jersey 783,422 967,533 978,440 975,856 970,592 963,418 954,418 956,765 968,332 981,255 947,576 956,070 956,379 # 951,900 949,100 947,600 944,100 930,400 903,800 -5.5
New Mexico 208,087 224,879 226,032 227,900 229,552 230,091 229,718 231,415 235,343 239,345 239,481 240,978 241,528 4.4 241,100 240,500 240,400 240,400 239,800 242,700 0.5
New York 1,827,418 2,028,906 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 1,868,561 1,884,845 2.3 1,879,000 1,880,600 1,886,900 1,888,400 1,884,200 1,838,400 -2.5
North Carolina 783,132 945,470 974,019 985,740 1,003,118 1,027,067 1,072,324 1,058,926 1,053,801 1,058,409 1,074,063 1,080,090 1,089,594 2.9 1,090,300 1,091,300 1,094,800 1,097,800 1,116,700 1,142,400 4.8
North Dakota 84,943 72,421 67,870 67,122 65,638 64,395 63,492 63,955 64,576 66,035 67,888 70,995 73,527 15.0 76,400 79,000 81,600 83,900 88,900 92,300 25.5
                                           
Ohio 1,257,580 1,293,646 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 1,211,299 1,208,500 -2.5 1,199,000 1,191,300 1,185,900 1,179,500 1,159,300 1,131,200 -6.4
Oklahoma 424,899 445,402 450,310 452,942 456,954 459,944 462,629 467,960 476,962 483,464 490,196 496,144 501,504 7.2 502,800 506,600 511,000 513,900 522,700 533,000 6.3
Oregon 340,243 379,264 378,052 376,933 379,680 380,576 383,598 395,421 404,451 392,601 391,310 409,325 414,405 4.8 416,100 418,900 422,100 424,600 431,200 437,700 5.6
Pennsylvania 1,172,164 1,257,824 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 1,204,732 1,201,169 0.6 1,195,500 1,190,800 1,189,500 1,185,700 1,168,400 1,134,600 -5.5
Rhode Island 101,797 113,545 111,209 107,040 103,870 101,996 99,159 97,983 98,184 97,734 97,659 97,809 98,738 0.8 98,500 97,800 97,200 96,500 94,500 92,100 -6.7
                                           
South Carolina 452,033 493,226 500,743 504,264 498,030 501,273 504,566 507,602 512,124 515,581 519,389 527,350 533,822 5.2 537,900 542,400 548,000 553,100 565,000 573,500 7.4
South Dakota 95,165 87,838 86,015 83,891 83,530 83,137 83,424 87,477 85,745 87,936 90,529 93,204 94,251 7.7 94,800 96,300 97,600 98,700 100,300 100,600 6.7
Tennessee 598,111 668,123 675,277 670,880 676,576 691,971 681,751 684,549 686,668 701,707 712,749 711,525 709,668 3.7 710,300 712,200 715,900 719,400 729,900 754,900 6.4
Texas 2,510,955 2,943,047 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 3,690,146 3,742,266 8.6 3,773,100 3,804,000 3,840,500 3,870,200 3,965,600 4,165,600 11.3
Utah 324,982 333,104 348,840 355,445 357,644 371,272 410,258 404,469 413,343 424,979 434,536 444,202 451,332 11.6 456,100 461,400 466,300 470,200 484,900 526,200 16.6
                                           
Vermont 70,860 70,320 66,732 65,935 64,662 63,740 63,096 62,994 62,186 67,989 62,146 62,067 61,457 -2.4 60,900 60,400 59,900 59,400 57,600 55,200 -10.1
Virginia 728,280 815,748 837,258 839,687 841,299 841,685 850,444 855,008 864,020 871,446 881,225 889,444 896,573 4.9 897,900 900,700 905,000 908,900 915,800 927,300 3.4
Washington 612,597 694,367 699,248 695,405 699,482 694,858 697,407 704,794 705,387 714,172 718,184 724,560 730,868 3.7 735,200 740,700 748,700 755,600 774,200 793,600 8.6
West Virginia 224,097 201,201 198,836 197,555 197,189 197,573 198,545 199,477 200,313 201,472 202,065 202,371 201,001 0.8 198,500 197,300 196,500 195,900 194,800 195,100 -3.0
Wisconsin 565,457 594,740 589,812 577,950 583,998 584,600 585,212 589,528 593,436 598,479 602,810 606,754 609,675 3.4 606,100 604,700 604,000 601,900 595,200 588,500 -3.5
Wyoming 70,941 60,148 59,759 57,285 57,195 57,995 59,243 60,635 61,825 62,786 64,057 65,290 66,283 9.3 67,300 68,200 69,100 69,500 70,600 72,100 8.7
                                           
Jurisdiction                                          
Bureau of Indian
      Education
35,746 33,671 33,671 36,133 30,612 31,381 31,985
DoD, overseas 59,299 56,226 53,720 48,691 47,589 44,418 43,931
DoD, domestic 30,697 27,500 26,195 25,558 24,052 24,807 25,255
Other jurisdictions                                          
American Samoa 9,390 11,895 11,772 11,873 11,766 11,763
Guam 19,276 23,698 22,551 21,686 21,946 21,561 21,223 21,166 23,301
Northern Marianas 4,918 7,809 8,192 8,416 8,427 8,504 8,140 7,816 7,743 7,688 7,703 7,396 7,340 -6.1
Puerto Rico 480,356 445,524 418,649 408,671 399,447 382,647 372,514 355,115 347,638 334,613 318,924 305,048 294,976 -16.9
U.S. Virgin Islands 16,249 13,910 12,738 11,650 11,728 11,237 10,770 10,567 10,409 10,518 10,576 10,302 10,283 -2.7
—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 2013-14; and State Public Elementary and Secondary Enrollment Projection Model, 1980 through 2025. (This table was prepared January 2016.)

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