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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 | |||||||||||||||||
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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 |
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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.) |