Skip Navigation
Digest of Education Statistics
2017 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest


Table 203.40. Enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by level, grade, and state or jurisdiction: Fall 2015
State or jurisdiction Total, all grades Elementary Secondary
Total Prekinder-garten Kinder-garten Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Elementary ungraded Total Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12 Secondary ungraded2
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
United States 50,438,043 35,387,986 1,401,645   3,713,104 3,768,136 3,842,454 3,868,950 3,792,735 3,732,882 3,731,334 3,731,547 3,718,562 86,637 15,050,057 4,019,481 3,846,035 3,597,832 3,537,232 49,477
Alabama 743,789 521,607 13,230   55,613 59,023 58,766 57,963 55,808 55,340 54,900 55,172 55,792 0 222,182 60,507 57,689 53,318 50,668 0
Alaska 132,477 93,789 3,369   10,409 10,587 10,512 10,441 10,118 9,793 9,648 9,512 9,400 0 38,688 9,869 9,632 9,536 9,651 0
Arizona 1,109,040 775,446 8,747   79,396 84,804 87,325 88,194 86,594 85,719 85,202 85,222 84,084 159 333,594 85,281 83,730 79,714 84,854 15
Arkansas 492,132 349,817 16,083   37,509 38,160 38,590 38,410 35,893 35,850 36,020 36,245 36,882 175 142,315 38,044 36,951 34,862 32,385 73
California 6,305,347 4,361,930 78,610 1  530,531 444,573 463,881 470,157 485,885 476,427 471,467 470,753 465,322 4,324 1,943,417 487,202 488,004 472,968 492,835 2,408
                                         
Colorado 899,112 638,203 32,224   64,631 67,497 68,811 69,091 68,176 67,230 67,115 67,471 65,957 0 260,909 67,759 65,603 62,230 65,317 0
Connecticut 537,933 370,877 18,385   36,641 37,799 38,475 39,575 39,077 39,678 39,931 40,996 40,320 0 167,056 43,819 41,962 40,954 40,321 0
Delaware 134,847 95,002 1,553   10,040 10,544 10,793 10,532 10,533 10,352 10,251 10,314 10,090 0 39,845 11,387 10,536 9,140 8,782 0
District of Columbia 84,024 64,955 12,316   7,319 7,056 6,789 6,464 5,701 5,250 4,703 4,603 4,430 324 19,069 6,522 4,417 4,078 3,867 185
Florida 2,792,234 1,952,461 60,122   199,514 211,687 217,768 224,595 215,435 206,157 206,055 204,343 206,785 0 839,773 224,319 217,636 204,941 192,877 0
                                         
Georgia 1,757,237 1,243,372 46,685   128,788 134,520 137,584 137,678 134,343 131,777 130,543 129,945 131,509 0 513,865 151,978 135,373 117,169 109,345 0
Hawaii 181,995 131,593 1,586   14,860 11,908 15,865 15,747 15,196 15,041 14,257 13,781 13,129 223 50,402 14,016 13,537 11,925 10,741 183
Idaho 292,277 205,857 2,549   20,988 22,386 23,183 23,393 22,812 23,056 22,696 22,444 22,350 0 86,420 23,143 21,948 21,156 20,087 86
Illinois 2,041,779 1,422,487 87,589   135,924 144,616 149,112 153,015 149,373 149,167 152,526 150,968 150,193 4 619,292 163,669 159,268 148,362 147,993 0
Indiana 1,046,757 725,444 18,529   77,044 78,646 79,586 80,675 77,751 76,908 78,657 77,468 79,198 982 321,313 85,115 80,996 80,250 74,952 0
                                         
Iowa 508,014 361,206 28,971   39,218 36,359 37,574 37,526 37,030 36,297 35,935 36,331 35,965 0 146,808 37,111 37,233 36,077 36,387 0
Kansas 495,884 352,910 18,773   36,975 37,096 37,629 37,740 36,928 36,240 36,086 36,127 35,694 3,622 142,974 37,356 36,133 34,459 33,667 1,359
Kentucky 686,598 487,634 27,144   49,463 53,450 52,609 52,853 51,339 50,218 50,182 50,251 49,774 351 198,964 54,523 51,701 47,937 44,659 144
Louisiana 718,711 520,134 28,444   53,716 57,820 57,548 57,021 54,294 53,105 53,482 52,224 52,480 0 198,577 59,938 51,734 45,115 41,790 0
Maine 181,613 125,340 5,396   12,835 13,057 13,175 13,500 13,311 13,553 13,517 13,452 13,544 0 56,273 14,168 14,072 14,005 14,028 0
                                         
Maryland 879,601 626,505 31,034   64,930 67,511 69,319 68,779 66,910 65,339 64,639 64,267 63,777 0 253,096 69,678 65,732 59,193 58,493 0
Massachusetts 964,026 669,129 29,297   66,142 69,781 71,771 72,032 70,892 70,766 71,709 72,110 72,176 2,453 294,897 77,525 74,199 72,176 70,997 0
Michigan 1,536,231 1,052,418 48,961   113,090 106,061 107,793 111,558 111,267 110,266 113,735 113,362 113,640 2,685 483,813 127,117 125,824 114,899 114,700 1,273
Minnesota 864,384 598,675 15,443   63,591 64,685 66,206 66,596 65,362 64,272 65,105 64,340 63,075 0 265,709 66,150 65,546 64,572 69,441 0
Mississippi 487,200 348,569 4,867   37,573 40,236 40,341 40,845 36,092 36,150 36,109 35,796 35,922 4,638 138,631 37,823 36,202 31,789 29,561 3,256
                                         
Missouri 919,234 649,885 33,360   67,126 68,894 70,334 70,544 69,134 68,220 67,681 67,466 67,126 0 269,349 70,583 68,675 65,616 64,475 0
Montana 145,319 103,497 1,158   11,502 11,526 11,833 11,583 11,659 11,120 11,175 10,974 10,967 0 41,822 11,144 10,622 10,300 9,756 0
Nebraska 316,014 224,364 15,665   23,374 23,835 23,914 22,229 23,366 23,028 23,294 23,003 22,656 0 91,650 22,901 23,059 22,141 23,549 0
Nevada 467,527 330,593 5,554   34,495 36,054 37,483 37,745 36,474 35,630 35,184 35,360 35,802 812 136,934 35,715 35,031 34,038 32,122 28
New Hampshire 182,425 124,305 3,743   11,192 12,947 13,195 13,470 13,639 13,633 14,064 14,103 14,319 0 58,120 15,341 14,770 14,049 13,947 13
                                         
New Jersey 1,408,845 989,332 63,284   91,870 97,311 99,079 100,429 98,565 97,570 99,398 99,545 98,128 44,153 419,513 104,051 101,343 99,212 97,602 17,305
New Mexico 335,694 238,896 8,509   24,696 26,487 26,702 26,449 25,681 25,532 24,986 24,897 24,957 0 96,798 27,768 25,313 22,611 21,106 0
New York 2,711,626 1,870,048 50,430   198,024 203,164 204,628 203,473 199,866 196,821 196,373 198,693 197,997 20,579 841,578 221,967 215,680 193,193 189,562 21,176
North Carolina 1,544,934 1,080,536 18,565   116,324 121,718 122,451 121,971 118,617 116,032 109,215 117,741 117,902 0 464,398 133,777 120,659 109,180 99,258 1,524
North Dakota 108,644 77,969 2,213   8,929 9,056 8,873 8,669 8,435 7,993 8,104 7,962 7,735 0 30,675 7,994 7,689 7,533 7,459 0
                                         
Ohio 1,716,585 1,194,990 33,118   124,097 128,660 130,308 132,853 127,995 125,870 129,497 130,900 131,692 0 521,595 144,674 136,058 120,911 119,952 0
Oklahoma 692,878 505,311 41,660   53,462 55,782 53,560 54,005 50,354 47,601 49,466 49,410 48,858 1,153 187,567 51,018 48,890 45,122 42,088 449
Oregon 608,825 427,227 32,418 1  41,625 43,791 45,461 45,603 44,558 43,427 43,782 43,495 43,067 0 181,598 44,663 44,521 43,679 48,735 0
Pennsylvania 1,717,414 1,176,868 8,201   120,874 127,764 131,450 132,179 130,671 129,637 132,022 132,565 131,505 0 540,546 141,412 137,812 131,401 129,921 0
Rhode Island 142,014 99,143 2,450   9,897 10,483 10,799 11,013 10,900 10,792 11,005 10,859 10,945 0 42,871 11,677 10,595 9,847 10,752 0
                                         
South Carolina 763,533 542,753 24,654   55,389 60,275 59,994 60,325 57,740 56,268 55,958 56,000 56,150 0 220,780 65,293 57,691 50,887 46,909 0
South Dakota 134,253 97,011 3,112   11,552 10,582 10,809 10,811 10,460 10,362 10,024 9,750 9,549 0 37,242 10,088 9,625 8,913 8,616 0
Tennessee 1,001,235 709,394 30,352   74,240 75,126 77,501 78,550 76,904 75,058 73,959 73,805 73,899 0 291,841 77,989 75,317 69,950 68,585 0
Texas 5,301,477 3,809,025 243,496   376,824 410,000 411,307 409,407 397,085 394,152 390,566 389,561 386,627 0 1,492,452 429,386 386,870 352,488 323,708 0
Utah 647,870 463,567 13,838   48,293 50,322 51,884 52,149 50,918 49,546 49,581 49,132 47,904 0 184,303 47,672 47,215 45,588 43,828 0
                                         
Vermont 87,866 61,864 7,279   5,863 5,776 6,198 6,206 5,975 6,191 6,088 6,115 6,173 0 26,002 6,650 6,503 6,578 6,271 0
Virginia 1,283,590 896,809 33,453   90,942 96,422 98,697 99,241 96,851 95,387 96,016 94,579 95,221 0 386,781 104,133 99,977 92,280 90,391 0
Washington 1,087,030 750,222 13,733   79,692 83,762 85,395 85,010 82,404 80,643 80,274 79,826 79,483 0 336,808 83,094 82,905 81,551 89,258 0
West Virginia 277,452 197,310 15,077   20,163 20,418 20,485 20,494 19,814 20,043 20,320 20,070 20,426 0 80,142 22,154 20,712 18,844 18,432 0
Wisconsin 867,800 603,904 55,907   58,078 60,459 61,405 62,323 60,999 60,924 61,677 61,048 61,084 0 263,896 67,070 65,926 64,647 66,253 0
Wyoming 94,717 67,803 509   7,841 7,660 7,704 7,839 7,551 7,451 7,155 7,191 6,902 0 26,914 7,248 6,919 6,448 6,299 0
                                         
Bureau of Indian
      Education
 
                                         
DoD, education
      activities
74,970 61,355 3,991   7,470 7,340 7,366 7,109 6,645 6,004 5,517 5,074 4,839 0 13,615 3,911 3,614 3,166 2,924
                                         
Other jurisdictions                                        
American Samoa  
Guam 30,821 20,765 514   2,055 2,272 2,378 2,350 2,261 2,260 2,252 2,185 2,238 0 10,056 3,312 2,707 2,368 1,669 0
Northern Marianas  
Puerto Rico 379,818 261,667 2,728   23,228 29,289 27,418 27,882 27,753 28,851 27,682 28,397 29,884 8,555 118,151 28,654 29,375 28,818 26,700 4,604
U.S. Virgin Islands 13,805 9,503   963 1,041 1,106 1,028 1,100 1,068 1,064 1,098 1,035 0 4,302 1,464 990 934 914 0
—Not available.
1 Estimated by the National Center for Education Statistics based on reports for prior years.
2 Includes students reported as being enrolled in grade 13.
NOTE: DoD = Department of Defense. The total ungraded counts of students were prorated to the elementary and secondary levels based on prior state reports of the percentage of elementary and of secondary ungraded students.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2015-16. (This table was prepared July 2017.)

2017 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest