Table 203.25.

Public school enrollment in prekindergarten through grade 8, by region, state, and jurisdiction: Selected years, fall 1990 through fall 2028

Region, state, and jurisdiction	Actual enrollment													Percent change in enroll-ment, 2011 to 2016	Projected enrollment						Percent change in enroll-ment, 2016 to 2028
	Fall 1990	Fall 2000	Fall 2006	Fall 2007	Fall 2008	Fall 2009	Fall 2010	Fall 2011	Fall 2012	Fall 2013	Fall 2014	Fall 20151	Fall 20162		Fall 2017	Fall 2018	Fall 2019	Fall 2020	Fall 2021	Fall 2028
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	34,234,751	34,204,081	34,285,564	34,409,260	34,624,530	34,772,751	35,017,893	35,250,792	35,369,694	35,387,986	35,477,332	2.0	35,473,200	35,464,500	35,457,400	35,384,200	35,230,800	36,072,600	1.7
Region
Northeast	5,188,795	5,839,970	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	5,486,906	5,509,561	0.6	5,485,200	5,461,500	5,441,000	5,413,200	5,370,000	5,306,800	-3.7
Midwest	7,129,501	7,523,246	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	7,361,263	7,346,552	-0.2	7,321,200	7,288,500	7,266,800	7,231,800	7,179,200	7,219,800	-1.7
South	10,858,800	12,314,176	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	13,951,194	13,995,096	3.1	14,041,600	14,093,500	14,139,800	14,161,700	14,139,800	14,775,200	5.6
West	6,698,818	8,009,029	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	8,588,623	8,626,123	3.2	8,625,200	8,621,000	8,609,800	8,577,500	8,541,900	8,770,700	1.7
State
Alabama	527,097	538,634	528,664	525,978	528,078	529,394	533,612	527,006	527,434	527,499	523,096	521,607	522,292	-0.9	521,700	522,000	522,400	522,600	520,600	531,400	1.7
Alaska	85,297	94,442	90,167	88,980	89,263	90,824	91,990	92,057	93,069	92,714	92,745	93,789	94,164	2.3	95,200	95,900	96,700	97,300	97,600	102,500	8.9
Arizona	479,046	640,564	759,656	771,056	771,749	760,420	751,992	759,494	767,734	775,280	780,123	775,446	783,905	3.2	785,300	787,800	789,400	789,000	785,700	819,000	4.5
Arkansas	313,505	318,023	336,552	339,920	341,603	344,209	345,808	346,022	347,631	349,709	349,174	349,817	350,297	1.2	350,500	350,900	351,700	352,900	351,500	366,100	4.5
California	3,613,734	4,407,035	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	4,361,930	4,367,509	1.4	4,347,300	4,321,300	4,291,000		4,218,500	4,235,400	-3.0
Colorado	419,910	516,566	559,041	565,726	580,304	591,378	601,077	610,854	617,510	627,619	634,363	638,203	639,519	4.7	638,300	638,000	637,900	636,900	634,800	669,700	4.7
Connecticut	347,396	406,445	398,063	394,034	392,218	389,964	387,475	383,377	380,709	377,162	374,888	370,877	368,843	-3.8	363,200	357,900	352,700	347,700	341,900	328,400	-11.0
Delaware	72,606	80,801	84,996	85,019	86,811	87,710	90,279	90,624	91,004	93,204	94,696	95,002	95,760	5.7	96,300	96,700	97,000	96,800	96,500	97,000	1.3
District of Columbia	61,282	53,692	52,391	55,836	50,779	51,656	53,548	56,195	58,273	60,379	62,997	64,955	66,798	18.9	68,100	70,700	73,000	74,800	75,800	78,700	17.8
Florida	1,369,934	1,759,902	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	1,952,461	1,969,010	5.0	1,987,500	2,003,600	2,019,800	2,026,600	2,037,100	2,189,200	11.2
Georgia	849,082	1,059,983	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	1,243,372	1,245,574	2.8	1,248,000	1,250,300	1,252,000	1,251,000	1,245,900	1,281,600	2.9
Hawaii	122,840	132,293	126,008	125,556	125,910	127,477	127,525	131,005	133,590	135,925	131,307	131,593	131,141	0.1	131,000	130,100	129,000	127,800	126,100	122,900	-6.3
Idaho	160,091	170,421	187,005	191,171	193,554	194,728	194,144	198,064	202,203	209,333	205,460	205,857	208,561	5.3	210,200	211,800	212,600	213,500	213,500	226,100	8.4
Illinois	1,309,516	1,473,933	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	1,422,487	1,408,702	-3.1	1,400,800	1,388,300	1,378,000	1,363,600	1,342,500	1,300,400	-7.7
Indiana	675,804	703,261	730,108	729,550	730,021	730,599	729,414	724,605	725,040	731,035	729,804	725,444	725,811	0.2	725,100	723,400	723,200	722,100	720,400	741,400	2.2
Iowa	344,804	333,750	326,218	329,504	335,566	341,333	348,112	350,152	355,041	357,953	359,449	361,206	362,666	3.6	363,400	365,000	366,300	366,800	366,400	379,600	4.7
Kansas	319,648	323,157	326,201	326,771	331,079	332,997	342,927	347,129	349,695	355,929	355,305	352,910	351,447	1.2	350,600	349,800	349,000	347,700	345,400	348,500	-0.8
Kentucky	459,200	471,429	487,165	469,373	472,204	484,466	480,334	488,456	491,065	485,001	491,766	487,634	485,275	-0.7	483,100	481,300	479,800	477,600	474,200	490,300	1.0
Louisiana	586,202	546,579	492,116	499,549	504,213	509,883	512,266	518,802	524,792	523,310	522,009	520,134	516,206	-0.5	515,800	514,700	514,200	512,600	509,800	523,400	1.4
Maine	155,203	145,701	132,338	130,742	129,324	128,646	128,929	130,046	127,924	127,071	126,109	125,340	124,938	-3.9	124,200	123,200	122,200	121,300	120,200	120,300	-3.7
Maryland	526,744	609,043	579,065	576,479	576,473	581,785	588,156	594,216	602,802	612,580	620,442	626,505	630,440	6.1	633,800	636,200	638,400	638,800	636,300	635,700	0.8
Massachusetts	604,234	702,575	670,628	666,926	666,538	666,551	666,402	666,314	667,267	668,261	666,910	669,129	669,178	0.4	666,500	663,100	660,500	657,500	652,800	652,200	-2.5
Michigan	1,144,878	1,222,482	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	1,052,418	1,047,414	-2.2	1,034,700	1,022,400	1,013,400	1,002,600	991,000	981,300	-6.3
Minnesota	545,556	577,766	558,445	558,180	560,184	564,661	569,963	575,544	583,363	589,564	594,161	598,675	607,084	5.5	612,800	615,000	617,400	618,300	617,100	630,800	3.9
Mississippi	371,641	363,873	356,382	353,512	351,807	351,652	350,885	352,999	356,364	356,432	352,884	348,569	345,125	-2.2	342,000	338,700	335,800	333,100	327,300	317,700	-7.9
Missouri	588,070	644,766	634,275	631,746	635,411	638,082	642,991	645,376	647,530	649,061	648,864	649,885	647,307	0.3	646,700	645,500	644,400	642,700	639,100	652,200	0.8
Montana	111,169	105,226	97,021	96,354	96,869	97,868	98,491	99,725	100,819	101,991	102,716	103,497	104,337	4.6	105,100	105,900	106,700	107,100	107,500	113,800	9.0
Nebraska	198,080	195,486	195,769	200,095	202,912	206,860	210,292	213,504	215,432	219,122	222,671	224,364	226,051	5.9	227,900	228,800	230,000	230,900	232,800	241,300	6.8
Nevada	149,881	250,720	302,953	307,573	308,328	305,512	307,297	309,360	313,730	319,240	324,518	330,593	333,991	8.0	337,500	341,900	345,400	347,500	347,800	367,200	10.0
New Hampshire	126,301	147,121	136,188	134,359	132,995	132,768	131,576	129,632	128,169	126,933	125,845	124,305	123,602	-4.7	121,800	119,800	118,200	116,500	114,700	112,100	-9.3
New Jersey	783,422	967,533	963,418	954,418	956,765	968,332	981,255	947,576	956,070	956,379	982,202	989,332	990,740	4.6	986,100	981,000	977,100	971,700	962,700	949,200	-4.2
New Mexico	208,087	224,879	230,091	229,718	231,415	235,343	239,345	239,481	240,978	241,528	241,105	238,896	236,407	-1.3	234,300	231,800	228,700	225,700	221,700	213,900	-9.5
New York	1,827,418	2,028,906	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	1,870,048	1,886,863	1.6	1,882,200	1,879,900	1,877,400	1,870,600	1,858,500	1,823,000	-3.4
North Carolina	783,132	945,470	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	1,080,536	1,080,196	0.6	1,081,400	1,091,300	1,094,400	1,095,300	1,092,200	1,136,500	5.2
North Dakota	84,943	72,421	64,395	63,492	63,955	64,576	66,035	67,888	70,995	73,527	76,165	77,969	79,249	16.7	78,800	80,000	81,100	82,000	82,600	90,900	14.7
Ohio	1,257,580	1,293,646	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	1,194,990	1,190,358	-2.2	1,182,400	1,175,200	1,171,300	1,164,800	1,156,200	1,157,600	-2.8
Oklahoma	424,899	445,402	459,944	462,629	467,960	476,962	483,464	490,196	496,144	501,504	503,846	505,311	504,388	2.9	505,600	506,100	509,000	509,700	508,200	525,500	4.2
Oregon	340,243	379,264	380,576	383,598	395,421	404,451	392,601	391,310	409,325	414,405	421,561	427,227	425,768	8.8	427,800	430,500	433,700	435,700	436,000	456,000	7.1
Pennsylvania	1,172,164	1,257,824	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	1,176,868	1,183,671	-1.8	1,182,000	1,178,800	1,176,800	1,172,900	1,166,200	1,170,100	-1.1
Rhode Island	101,797	113,545	101,996	99,159	97,983	98,184	97,734	97,659	97,809	98,738	99,067	99,143	98,871	1.2	98,000	97,000	96,100	95,200	94,000	94,000	-5.0
South Carolina	452,033	493,226	501,273	504,566	507,602	512,124	515,581	519,389	527,350	533,822	539,800	542,753	547,928	5.5	551,900	556,300	559,800	561,800	560,400	579,900	5.8
South Dakota	95,165	87,838	83,137	83,424	87,477	85,745	87,936	90,529	93,204	94,251	95,739	97,011	98,712	9.0	99,600	100,500	101,000	101,500	101,700	107,600	9.0
Tennessee	598,111	668,123	691,971	681,751	684,549	686,668	701,707	712,749	711,525	709,668	707,067	709,394	708,027	-0.7	708,200	709,200	710,300	710,000	708,300	750,800	6.0
Texas	2,510,955	2,943,047	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	3,809,025	3,835,671	5.5	3,857,600	3,879,400	3,899,100	3,918,400	3,922,700	4,169,200	8.7
Utah	324,982	333,104	371,272	410,258	404,469	413,343	424,979	434,536	444,202	451,332	456,667	463,567	471,213	8.4	474,200	477,000	479,900	481,800	482,200	518,200	10.0
Vermont	70,860	70,320	63,740	63,096	62,994	62,186	67,989	62,146	62,067	61,457	60,973	61,864	62,855	1.1	61,500	60,900	60,200	59,700	58,900	57,400	-8.7
Virginia	728,280	815,748	841,685	850,444	855,008	864,020	871,446	881,225	889,444	896,573	897,688	896,809	897,696	1.9	898,000	896,600	895,900	894,200	890,100	921,200	2.6
Washington	612,597	694,367	694,858	697,407	704,794	705,387	714,172	718,184	724,560	730,868	740,320	750,222	762,362	6.2	772,500	782,900	793,200	801,500	806,300	859,600	12.8
West Virginia	224,097	201,201	197,573	198,545	199,477	200,313	201,472	202,065	202,371	201,001	199,767	197,310	194,413	-3.8	192,300	189,500	187,200	185,400	183,100	181,000	-6.9
Wisconsin	565,457	594,740	584,600	585,212	589,528	593,436	598,479	602,810	606,754	609,675	606,882	603,904	601,751	-0.2	598,400	594,600	591,700	588,800	583,900	588,100	-2.3
Wyoming	70,941	60,148	57,995	59,243	60,635	61,825	62,786	64,057	65,290	66,283	67,335	67,803	67,246	5.0	66,400	66,000	65,400	64,900	64,200	66,600	-1.0
Jurisdiction
Bureau of Indian    Education	—	35,746	—	—	30,612	31,381	31,985	—	—	—	—	—	34,132	—	—	—	—	—		—	—
DoDEA3	—	89,996	71,641	69,225	69,186	—	—	—	—	—	—	61,355	—	—	—	—	—	—		—	—
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	9,390	11,895	11,763	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		—	—
Guam	19,276	23,698	—	—	—	—	21,561	21,223	21,166	23,301	21,112	20,765	20,621	-2.8	—	—	—	—		—	—
Northern Marianas	4,918	7,809	8,504	8,140	7,816	7,743	7,688	7,703	7,396	7,340	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		—	—
Puerto Rico	480,356	445,524	382,647	372,514	355,115	347,638	334,613	318,924	305,048	294,976	284,246	261,667	251,197	-21.2	—	—	—	—		—	—
U.S. Virgin Islands	16,249	13,910	11,237	10,770	10,567	10,409	10,518	10,576	10,302	10,283	9,724	9,503	9,037	-14.6	—	—	—	—		—	—

—Not available.

1 Includes imputations for prekindergarten enrollment in California and Oregon.

2 Includes imputations for prekindergarten enrollment in California.

3 DoDEA = Department of Defense Education Activity. Includes both domestic and overseas schools.

NOTE: 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 2016-17; and State Public Elementary and Secondary Enrollment Projection Model, 1980 through 2028. (This table was prepared March 2019.)