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Table 203.80. Average daily attendance (ADA) in public elementary and secondary schools, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1969-70 through 2013-14
State or jurisdiction 1969-70 1979-80 1989-90 1999-2000 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
United States 41,934,376 38,288,911 37,799,296 43,806,726 45,931,617 46,132,663 46,155,880 46,173,477 45,919,206   46,118,737   46,400,465   46,553,754   46,784,541  
Alabama 777,123 711,432 683,833 725,212 714,197 714,302 731,161 712,179 698,208   709,225   715,402   688,614   706,566  
Alaska 72,489 79,945 98,213 122,412 122,010 120,988 119,882 119,330 120,118   119,949   119,799   119,873   119,381  
Arizona 391,526 481,905 557,252 782,851 933,663 972,404 973,689 999,386 968,764   964,683   969,825   973,369   987,171  
Arkansas 414,158 423,610 403,025 422,958 435,278 436,804 439,347 439,432 435,676   443,118   443,125   470,644   449,815  
California1 4,418,423 4,044,736 4,893,341 5,957,216 6,349,270 6,351,774 6,365,266 6,365,278 6,017,381 2 6,029,786 2 6,034,192 2 6,021,550 2 6,048,363 2
                                     
Colorado 500,388 513,475 519,419 656,700 712,476 722,168 735,549 747,845 762,190   763,147   779,747   784,242   798,520  
Connecticut 618,881 507,362 439,524 533,779 558,423 555,428 553,445 549,776 548,787   537,104   534,846   534,350   528,163  
Delaware 120,819 94,058 89,838 106,444 113,986 113,992 116,472 119,092 119,879   121,959   122,864   124,676   127,887  
District of Columbia 138,600 91,576 71,468 65,371 59,137 61,799 61,636 68,447 68,217   69,575   71,910   76,579   74,998  
Florida 1,312,693 1,464,461 1,646,583 2,175,453 2,494,778 2,527,431 2,494,397 2,468,060 2,493,694   2,541,022   2,575,910   2,600,989   2,607,281  
                                     
Georgia 1,019,427 989,433 1,054,097 1,326,713 1,499,317 1,542,305 1,561,935 1,569,767 1,596,180   1,621,397   1,646,051   1,646,352   1,670,887  
Hawaii 168,140 151,563 157,360 171,180 168,009 165,415 166,179 166,118 165,766   169,926   171,763   173,092   175,246  
Idaho 170,920 189,199 203,987 230,828 247,009 251,278 255,523 258,712 262,238   263,001   263,377   264,786   270,279  
Illinois 2,084,844 1,770,435 1,587,733 1,789,089 1,871,619 1,879,288 1,881,810 1,881,276 1,887,561   1,863,017   1,858,409   1,867,289   1,858,766  
Indiana 1,111,043 983,444 884,568 929,281 966,967 976,373 969,976 973,342 976,503   976,225   976,337   977,509   976,479  
                                     
Iowa 624,403 510,081 450,224 471,384 477,491 481,528 492,922 451,403 455,579   459,613   462,585   471,263   471,430  
Kansas 470,296 382,019 388,986 426,853 407,812 422,142 418,751 418,495 435,745   443,131   454,740   453,778   454,681  
Kentucky 647,970 619,868 569,795 565,693 580,937 583,102 585,775 585,556 587,102   593,323   594,440   618,774   622,088  
Louisiana 776,555 727,601 727,125 701,957 648,243 625,916 631,163 637,764 643,374   654,093   664,640   673,911   676,421  
Maine 225,146 211,400 195,089 194,554 180,223 178,870 175,161 173,357 168,213   165,067   166,483   164,339   163,539  
                                     
Maryland 785,989 686,336 620,617 791,133 800,553 795,473 793,881 793,333 795,577   798,953   803,656   806,686   815,029  
Massachusetts 1,056,207 935,960 763,231 913,502 930,151 933,697 917,181 913,976 912,792   910,568   906,736   907,954   912,102  
Michigan 1,991,235 1,758,427 1,446,996 1,574,894 1,574,023 1,556,297 1,528,815 1,498,107 1,477,312   1,452,125   1,438,279   1,422,806   1,412,373  
Minnesota 864,595 748,606 699,001 818,819 787,521 791,417 790,206 791,427 785,455   786,838   792,437   795,827   800,941  
Mississippi 524,623 454,401 476,048 468,746 461,112 462,251 461,459 460,797 460,327   460,894   460,703   461,356   456,100  
                                     
Missouri 906,132 777,269 729,693 836,105 859,441 858,821 852,106 853,580 852,460   839,997   840,917   843,762   847,838  
Montana 162,664 144,608 135,406 142,313 129,948 128,872 132,104 131,982 130,704   130,949   133,266   132,579   133,187  
Nebraska 314,516 270,524 254,754 261,767 262,805 263,800 264,810 266,536 269,590   271,468   285,837   288,023   292,297  
Nevada 113,421 134,995 173,149 305,067 383,403 395,536 395,355 406,792 405,097   406,965   411,919   419,638   428,067  
New Hampshire 140,203 154,187 154,915 200,283 199,952 198,004 195,383 192,890 191,969   188,913   185,947   183,571   181,193  
                                     
New Jersey 1,322,124 1,140,111 997,561 1,222,438 1,358,562 1,348,279 1,340,220 1,342,419 1,343,405   1,339,012   1,340,367   1,336,336   1,334,583  
New Mexico 259,997 253,453 290,245 323,963 323,964 327,244 326,034 327,562 331,152   334,272   335,165   335,773   334,150  
New York 3,099,192 2,530,289 2,244,110 2,595,070 2,556,705 2,542,259 2,520,932 2,510,519 2,516,922   2,513,770   2,512,327   2,500,382   2,498,180  
North Carolina 1,104,295 1,072,150 1,012,274 1,185,737 1,319,335 1,343,357 1,364,608 1,374,267 1,366,164   1,377,899   1,393,621   1,400,981   1,417,740  
North Dakota 141,961 118,986 109,659 105,123 92,843 91,078 91,972 91,816 91,114   92,440   94,310   97,135   99,380  
                                     
Ohio 2,246,282 1,849,283 1,584,735 1,659,903 1,730,080 1,691,206 1,660,981 1,628,515 1,609,008   1,601,188   1,605,571   1,587,878   1,583,866  
Oklahoma 560,993 548,065 543,170 586,266 591,486 596,172 596,450 603,375 610,019   616,775   624,410   630,766   639,376  
Oregon 436,736 418,593 419,771 479,321 513,650 516,258 515,834 518,119 515,644   517,373   518,896   520,326   525,879  
Pennsylvania 2,169,225 1,808,630 1,524,839 1,684,913 1,702,566 1,701,044 1,693,569 1,680,772 1,661,990   1,668,916   1,659,616   1,649,205   1,640,755  
Rhode Island 163,205 139,195 125,934 144,422 139,001 138,993 134,737 131,963 131,538   131,494   131,379   131,056   130,705  
                                     
South Carolina 600,292 569,612 569,029 624,456 647,703 652,803 656,996 662,231 664,136   664,133   673,850   681,402   688,327  
South Dakota 158,543 124,934 119,823 122,252 114,673 114,863 114,723 114,209 115,242   119,449   120,950   123,220   123,988  
Tennessee 836,010 806,696 761,766 844,878 881,414 889,312 891,430 895,335 896,130   899,382   903,695   910,540   912,575  
Texas 2,432,420 2,608,817 3,075,333 3,706,550 4,186,812 4,255,963 4,322,975 4,393,893 4,473,236   4,551,084   4,634,133   4,699,372   4,780,788  
Utah 287,405 312,813 408,917 448,096 478,233 488,514 503,562 513,884 528,608   540,683   556,885   561,680   572,091  
                                     
Vermont 97,772 95,045 87,832 98,894 92,508 91,437 89,880 87,931 86,378   85,501   85,184   84,326   84,187  
Virginia 995,580 955,105 989,197 1,195,123 1,141,790 1,142,342 1,150,316 1,154,689 1,159,105   1,165,907   1,177,274   1,180,497   1,191,090  
Washington 764,735 710,929 755,141 925,696 946,824 947,857 947,791 953,719 960,084   965,191   964,255   968,149   974,361  
West Virginia 372,278 353,264 301,947 273,277 271,780 272,045 267,989 269,623 268,872   270,961   273,355   273,305   270,744  
Wisconsin 880,609 770,554 711,466 825,699 834,177 835,072 823,754 823,595 817,284   825,622   825,949   829,261   829,249  
Wyoming 81,293 89,471 91,277 86,092 77,757 79,090 79,788 81,006 80,717   81,654   83,131   83,983   85,439  
                                     
Other jurisdictions                                    
American Samoa 11,448 15,102 15,237 14,606 14,646 14,646 14,403   15,451   15,541   13,355   13,028  
Guam 20,315 23,883 29,617 29,515 28,358 28,521 28,075   28,765   28,735   29,591   28,932  
Northern Marianas 6,809 8,712 10,871 10,277 9,927 9,815 9,900   9,965   9,731   9,564   9,545  
Puerto Rico 656,709 597,436 540,676 522,655 531,273 494,880 477,918 466,483   411,164   429,799   422,560   397,960  
U.S. Virgin Islands 18,924 18,676 15,241 14,927 15,903 15,768 15,493   15,747   15,711   15,192   14,953  
—Not available.
1 Data for California for 1989-90 and earlier years are not strictly comparable with those for other states because California's attendance figures included excused absences.
2 Excludes average daily attendance for regional occupational programs and summer school programs that were reported in prior years.
NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Statistics of State School Systems, 1969-70; Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education, 1979-80; and Common Core of Data (CCD), "National Public Education Financial Survey," 1989-90 through 2013-14. (This table was prepared July 2016.)

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