Table 203.25.

Public school enrollment in prekindergarten through grade 8, by region, state, and jurisdiction: Selected years, fall 1990 through fall 2026

Region, state, and jurisdiction	Actual enrollment													Percent change in enroll-ment, 2009 to 2014	Projected enrollment						Percent change in enroll-ment, 2014 to 2026
	Fall 1990	Fall 2000	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 2018	Fall 2020	Fall 2026
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	34,177,565	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	35,369,694	2.8	35,414,400	35,513,900	35,561,600	35,593,500	35,667,100	36,361,700	2.8
Region
Northeast	5,188,795	5,839,970	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	5,519,184	0.5	5,488,100	5,478,200	5,456,900	5,433,000	5,386,100	5,222,300	-5.4
Midwest	7,129,501	7,523,246	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	7,374,598	0.2	7,347,400	7,332,500	7,307,700	7,270,500	7,210,000	7,135,800	-3.2
South	10,858,800	12,314,176	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	13,917,451	4.6	13,995,500	14,095,200	14,183,400	14,273,400	14,449,700	15,026,700	8.0
West	6,698,818	8,009,029	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	8,558,461	3.7	8,583,300	8,608,000	8,613,600	8,616,600	8,621,300	8,977,000	4.9
State
Alabama	527,097	538,634	521,757	529,347	528,664	525,978	528,078	529,394	533,612	527,006	527,434	527,499	523,096	-1.2	520,500	520,300	520,800	520,900	521,900	519,100	-0.8
Alaska	85,297	94,442	91,981	91,225	90,167	88,980	89,263	90,824	91,990	92,057	93,069	92,714	92,745	2.1	93,400	94,500	95,600	96,700	98,200	100,700	8.6
Arizona	479,046	640,564	722,203	739,535	759,656	771,056	771,749	760,420	751,992	759,494	767,734	775,280	780,123	2.6	787,600	796,100	803,100	809,900	823,100	898,000	15.1
Arkansas	313,505	318,023	328,187	335,746	336,552	339,920	341,603	344,209	345,808	346,022	347,631	349,709	349,174	1.4	349,100	349,400	350,100	350,800	353,900	357,200	2.3
California	3,613,734	4,407,035	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	4,360,241	2.3	4,345,000	4,331,000	4,306,400	4,280,100	4,225,300	4,332,900	-0.6
Colorado	419,910	516,566	540,695	549,875	559,041	565,726	580,304	591,378	601,077	610,854	617,510	627,619	634,363	7.3	639,500	643,300	644,700	646,900	652,900	693,000	9.2
Connecticut	347,396	406,445	404,169	399,705	398,063	394,034	392,218	389,964	387,475	383,377	380,709	377,162	374,888	-3.9	369,200	364,700	358,600	353,200	343,100	321,500	-14.2
Delaware	72,606	80,801	83,599	84,639	84,996	85,019	86,811	87,710	90,279	90,624	91,004	93,204	94,696	8.0	95,900	97,000	97,700	98,400	99,300	101,700	7.4
District of Columbia	61,282	53,692	57,118	55,646	52,391	55,836	50,779	51,656	53,548	56,195	58,273	60,379	62,997	22.0	65,600	68,700	71,500	74,400	79,500	89,500	42.0
Florida	1,369,934	1,759,902	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	1,933,695	4.5	1,951,200	1,973,500	1,994,500	2,014,600	2,051,800	2,179,100	12.7
Georgia	849,082	1,059,983	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	1,242,832	4.0	1,249,200	1,257,000	1,265,000	1,273,000	1,289,900	1,365,000	9.8
Hawaii	122,840	132,293	128,788	127,472	126,008	125,556	125,910	127,477	127,525	131,005	133,590	135,925	131,307	3.0	136,300	137,300	138,200	138,700	139,200	138,300	5.3
Idaho	160,091	170,421	178,221	182,829	187,005	191,171	193,554	194,728	194,144	198,064	202,203	209,333	205,460	5.5	205,200	204,900	204,300	203,800	203,600	213,600	4.0
Illinois	1,309,516	1,473,933	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	1,428,964	-2.4	1,422,000	1,414,200	1,403,400	1,388,800	1,363,000	1,342,000	-6.1
Indiana	675,804	703,261	720,006	724,467	730,108	729,550	730,021	730,599	729,414	724,605	725,040	731,035	729,804	-0.1	723,500	720,800	719,200	716,000	713,400	711,200	-2.5
Iowa	344,804	333,750	324,169	326,160	326,218	329,504	335,566	341,333	348,112	350,152	355,041	357,953	359,449	5.3	361,500	363,100	363,600	364,100	364,100	362,200	0.8
Kansas	319,648	323,157	321,176	320,513	326,201	326,771	331,079	332,997	342,927	347,129	349,695	355,929	355,305	6.7	355,900	357,000	357,300	357,500	357,700	360,000	1.3
Kentucky	459,200	471,429	485,794	487,429	487,165	469,373	472,204	484,466	480,334	488,456	491,065	485,001	491,766	1.5	493,200	496,900	499,800	502,200	506,400	509,300	3.6
Louisiana	586,202	546,579	533,751	482,082	492,116	499,549	504,213	509,883	512,266	518,802	524,792	523,310	522,009	2.4	523,400	524,700	526,800	525,900	531,500	534,400	2.4
Maine	155,203	145,701	136,275	133,491	132,338	130,742	129,324	128,646	128,929	130,046	127,924	127,071	126,109	-2.0	124,800	123,800	122,600	121,100	118,200	111,500	-11.6
Maryland	526,744	609,043	597,417	588,571	579,065	576,479	576,473	581,785	588,156	594,216	602,802	612,580	620,442	6.6	628,300	634,000	637,900	641,000	644,800	642,000	3.5
Massachusetts	604,234	702,575	682,175	675,398	670,628	666,926	666,538	666,551	666,402	666,314	667,267	668,261	666,910	0.1	663,800	661,900	658,700	655,500	651,500	644,200	-3.4
Michigan	1,144,878	1,222,482	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	1,051,722	-5.6	1,036,400	1,025,800	1,014,800	1,001,600	982,100	958,300	-8.9
Minnesota	545,556	577,766	558,447	557,757	558,445	558,180	560,184	564,661	569,963	575,544	583,363	589,564	594,161	5.2	599,900	604,800	607,300	608,100	608,600	607,600	2.3
Mississippi	371,641	363,873	361,057	358,030	356,382	353,512	351,807	351,652	350,885	352,999	356,364	356,432	352,884	0.4	350,500	349,200	348,300	347,000	344,100	331,600	-6.0
Missouri	588,070	644,766	628,667	635,142	634,275	631,746	635,411	638,082	642,991	645,376	647,530	649,061	648,864	1.7	648,100	648,600	648,200	647,500	645,900	644,600	-0.7
Montana	111,169	105,226	98,673	97,770	97,021	96,354	96,869	97,868	98,491	99,725	100,819	101,991	102,716	5.0	103,700	104,500	105,400	106,200	107,700	113,800	10.8
Nebraska	198,080	195,486	194,816	195,055	195,769	200,095	202,912	206,860	210,292	213,504	215,432	219,122	222,671	7.6	223,600	224,400	224,700	224,600	225,400	232,900	4.6
Nevada	149,881	250,720	288,753	295,989	302,953	307,573	308,328	305,512	307,297	309,360	313,730	319,240	324,518	6.2	328,500	332,700	336,900	341,000	348,000	369,500	13.9
New Hampshire	126,301	147,121	140,241	138,584	136,188	134,359	132,995	132,768	131,576	129,632	128,169	126,933	125,845	-5.2	124,000	122,100	120,300	118,300	115,000	109,500	-13.0
New Jersey	783,422	967,533	975,856	970,592	963,418	954,418	956,765	968,332	981,255	947,576	956,070	956,379	982,202	1.4	970,100	968,600	964,200	958,800	949,400	918,100	-6.5
New Mexico	208,087	224,879	227,900	229,552	230,091	229,718	231,415	235,343	239,345	239,481	240,978	241,528	241,105	2.4	240,300	240,000	239,700	239,300	238,600	242,500	0.6
New York	1,827,418	2,028,906	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	1,889,428	2.3	1,890,400	1,896,000	1,898,500	1,900,600	1,898,600	1,852,000	-2.0
North Carolina	783,132	945,470	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	1,092,368	3.7	1,092,600	1,096,000	1,098,900	1,110,700	1,119,900	1,155,300	5.8
North Dakota	84,943	72,421	67,122	65,638	64,395	63,492	63,955	64,576	66,035	67,888	70,995	73,527	76,165	17.9	78,800	81,500	83,800	85,700	89,100	94,100	23.6
Ohio	1,257,580	1,293,646	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	1,204,872	-1.7	1,196,100	1,190,900	1,185,800	1,179,900	1,168,600	1,138,100	-5.5
Oklahoma	424,899	445,402	452,942	456,954	459,944	462,629	467,960	476,962	483,464	490,196	496,144	501,504	503,846	5.6	505,100	508,500	510,800	512,900	519,900	533,900	6.0
Oregon	340,243	379,264	376,933	379,680	380,576	383,598	395,421	404,451	392,601	391,310	409,325	414,405	421,561	4.2	425,200	429,400	432,300	435,000	440,300	449,800	6.7
Pennsylvania	1,172,164	1,257,824	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	1,193,762	-0.6	1,187,000	1,183,300	1,177,300	1,170,100	1,157,000	1,116,900	-6.4
Rhode Island	101,797	113,545	107,040	103,870	101,996	99,159	97,983	98,184	97,734	97,659	97,809	98,738	99,067	0.9	98,500	97,900	97,300	96,500	95,400	93,200	-6.0
South Carolina	452,033	493,226	504,264	498,030	501,273	504,566	507,602	512,124	515,581	519,389	527,350	533,822	539,800	5.4	544,500	550,300	555,400	560,100	567,400	578,900	7.2
South Dakota	95,165	87,838	83,891	83,530	83,137	83,424	87,477	85,745	87,936	90,529	93,204	94,251	95,739	11.7	96,700	98,000	99,000	99,800	100,500	100,700	5.2
Tennessee	598,111	668,123	670,880	676,576	691,971	681,751	684,549	686,668	701,707	712,749	711,525	709,668	707,067	3.0	707,300	709,400	711,600	714,000	717,800	747,300	5.7
Texas	2,510,955	2,943,047	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	3,783,324	7.5	3,821,000	3,860,500	3,892,800	3,925,500	3,996,900	4,264,300	12.7
Utah	324,982	333,104	355,445	357,644	371,272	410,258	404,469	413,343	424,979	434,536	444,202	451,332	456,667	10.5	462,200	467,000	470,600	474,400	484,800	538,200	17.9
Vermont	70,860	70,320	65,935	64,662	63,740	63,096	62,994	62,186	67,989	62,146	62,067	61,457	60,973	-2.0	60,300	59,900	59,400	58,900	57,900	55,400	-9.1
Virginia	728,280	815,748	839,687	841,299	841,685	850,444	855,008	864,020	871,446	881,225	889,444	896,573	897,688	3.9	899,600	902,400	904,900	906,000	909,400	922,800	2.8
Washington	612,597	694,367	695,405	699,482	694,858	697,407	704,794	705,387	714,172	718,184	724,560	730,868	740,320	5.0	748,200	758,100	766,700	774,500	789,300	814,500	10.0
West Virginia	224,097	201,201	197,555	197,189	197,573	198,545	199,477	200,313	201,472	202,065	202,371	201,001	199,767	-0.3	198,500	197,600	196,800	196,000	195,300	195,300	-2.2
Wisconsin	565,457	594,740	577,950	583,998	584,600	585,212	589,528	593,436	598,479	602,810	606,754	609,675	606,882	2.3	605,000	603,500	600,500	596,800	591,600	584,100	-3.8
Wyoming	70,941	60,148	57,285	57,195	57,995	59,243	60,635	61,825	62,786	64,057	65,290	66,283	67,335	8.9	68,300	69,200	69,600	70,100	70,500	72,000	6.9
Jurisdiction
Bureau of Indian        Education	—	35,746	33,671	36,133	—	—	30,612	31,381	31,985	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
DoD, overseas	—	59,299	53,720	48,691	47,589	44,418	43,931	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
DoD, domestic	—	30,697	26,195	25,558	24,052	24,807	25,255	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	9,390	11,895	11,873	11,766	11,763	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Guam	19,276	23,698	21,686	21,946	—	—	—	—	21,561	21,223	21,166	23,301	21,112	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Northern Marianas	4,918	7,809	8,416	8,427	8,504	8,140	7,816	7,743	7,688	7,703	7,396	7,340	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Puerto Rico	480,356	445,524	408,671	399,447	382,647	372,514	355,115	347,638	334,613	318,924	305,048	294,976	284,246	-18.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
U.S. Virgin Islands	16,249	13,910	11,650	11,728	11,237	10,770	10,567	10,409	10,518	10,576	10,302	10,283	9,724	-6.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

—Not available.

NOTE: DoD = Department of Defense. The total ungraded counts of students were prorated to the elementary level (prekindergarten through grade 8) and the secondary level (grades 9 through 12) based on prior reports. 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 2014-15; and State Public Elementary and Secondary Enrollment Projection Model, 1980 through 2026. (This table was prepared November 2016.)