Digest of Education Statistics
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Table 203.40. Enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by level, grade, and state or jurisdiction: Fall 2016
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
ungraded 1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
United States 50,615,189 35,477,332 1,425,654   3,699,159 3,693,847 3,760,772 3,874,023 3,858,436 3,813,738 3,753,910 3,761,002 3,748,905 87,886 15,137,857 3,986,172 3,859,678 3,669,059 3,571,441 51,507
Alabama 744,930 522,292 14,755   55,474 56,577 57,608 58,554 57,945 55,798 55,256 55,270 55,055 0 222,638 58,792 57,037 54,489 52,320 0
Alaska 132,737 94,164 3,246   10,274 10,431 10,523 10,474 10,320 10,116 9,750 9,620 9,410 0 38,573 9,615 9,569 9,649 9,740 0
Arizona 1,123,137 783,905 9,704   79,760 82,115 85,620 88,897 89,184 88,101 87,055 86,762 86,312 395 339,232 85,960 85,327 80,948 86,960 37
Arkansas 493,447 350,297 16,181   36,917 37,251 37,759 38,586 38,598 35,930 36,055 36,515 36,351 154 143,150 38,327 36,829 35,048 32,881 65
California 6,309,138 4,367,509 80,903 2 535,379 456,002 445,553 465,165 471,141 487,493 475,809 473,574 472,340 4,150 1,941,629 487,548 486,085 481,521 484,169 2,306
                                         
Colorado 905,019 639,519 32,452   64,011 65,380 67,480 69,225 69,376 68,757 67,638 67,541 67,659 0 265,500 68,476 66,463 64,317 66,244 0
Connecticut 535,118 368,843 18,536   36,621 36,877 37,815 38,651 39,859 39,417 39,820 40,119 41,128 0 166,275 43,024 41,741 40,679 40,831 0
Delaware 136,264 95,760 1,761   9,894 10,199 10,653 10,854 10,612 10,683 10,482 10,323 10,299 0 40,504 11,584 10,488 9,431 9,001 0
District of Columbia 85,850 66,798 12,544   7,574 7,138 6,825 6,590 6,295 5,596 5,024 4,655 4,557 0 19,052 6,501 4,607 4,144 3,800 0
Florida 2,816,791 1,969,010 60,332   201,060 205,870 213,263 232,380 212,595 217,601 209,332 208,241 208,336 0 847,781 218,689 220,866 210,345 197,881 0
                                         
Georgia 1,764,346 1,245,574 47,430   127,056 129,819 134,827 138,526 137,963 135,225 132,118 131,833 130,777 0 518,772 149,914 136,137 121,183 111,538 0
Hawaii 181,550 131,141 1,648   14,652 15,036 12,009 15,701 15,459 15,027 14,416 13,867 13,091 235 50,409 14,397 12,810 12,435 10,574 193
Idaho 297,200 208,561 2,536   21,085 22,102 22,724 23,592 23,765 23,209 23,563 23,167 22,818 0 88,639 23,108 22,689 21,695 21,084 63
Illinois 2,026,718 1,408,702 85,018   134,735 140,517 144,613 150,449 151,903 149,356 149,824 151,688 150,595 4 618,016 160,014 158,488 151,057 148,457 0
Indiana 1,049,547 725,811 18,882   76,874 77,100 77,930 82,108 78,034 78,511 77,690 79,373 78,029 1,280 323,736 82,040 83,417 80,776 77,503 0
                                         
Iowa 509,831 362,666 29,307   38,178 36,000 36,578 37,862 37,830 37,284 36,738 36,351 36,538 0 147,165 37,155 36,921 36,522 36,567 0
Kansas 494,347 351,447 19,302   35,750 36,675 36,794 37,498 37,692 36,894 36,066 36,120 35,948 2,708 142,900 37,185 35,989 34,923 33,784 1,019
Kentucky 684,017 485,275 26,902   48,888 50,987 51,602 52,291 52,487 51,290 50,186 50,148 50,098 396 198,742 53,529 51,678 48,704 44,668 163
Louisiana 716,293 516,206 27,974   53,103 55,067 56,039 56,546 56,267 53,558 53,103 52,937 51,612 0 200,087 58,085 51,852 47,718 42,432 0
Maine 180,512 124,938 5,437   12,650 12,661 13,102 13,249 13,561 13,424 13,630 13,724 13,500 0 55,574 13,823 14,045 13,838 13,868 0
                                         
Maryland 886,221 630,440 30,945   64,472 66,290 68,059 69,776 69,182 67,087 65,026 65,081 64,522 0 255,781 71,465 65,022 60,991 58,303 0
Massachusetts 964,514 669,178 29,633   66,249 68,327 70,079 72,167 72,481 71,399 71,121 72,454 72,576 2,692 295,336 77,287 74,452 72,595 71,002 0
Michigan 1,528,666 1,047,414 48,416   115,715 104,619 105,309 107,885 111,742 111,760 110,994 114,603 113,678 2,693 481,252 123,873 124,056 116,442 115,605 1,276
Minnesota 875,021 607,084 18,960   63,295 63,819 65,247 66,846 67,087 65,921 65,048 66,005 64,856 0 267,937 65,465 66,679 65,578 70,215 0
Mississippi 483,150 345,125 5,361   36,652 37,449 38,922 39,728 39,282 35,963 35,947 36,223 35,049 4,549 138,025 36,763 35,340 32,994 29,717 3,211
                                         
Missouri 915,040 647,307 31,808   66,052 67,198 68,602 70,499 70,736 69,159 68,141 67,834 67,278 0 267,733 69,279 68,496 66,214 63,744 0
Montana 146,375 104,337 1,066   11,678 11,149 11,546 11,990 11,687 11,764 11,186 11,227 11,044 0 42,038 11,336 10,802 10,081 9,819 0
Nebraska 319,194 226,051 16,467   22,283 23,400 24,019 24,026 22,378 23,525 23,168 23,607 23,178 0 93,143 23,348 23,276 22,922 23,597 0
Nevada 473,744 333,991 5,426   34,626 35,868 36,178 37,853 38,160 36,922 36,417 35,778 35,895 868 139,753 36,053 35,895 34,835 32,940 30
New Hampshire 180,888 123,602 3,965   11,430 12,460 12,907 13,325 13,644 13,747 13,771 14,186 14,167 0 57,286 15,316 14,473 13,989 13,502 6
                                         
New Jersey 1,410,421 990,740 62,149   91,197 95,812 98,025 100,139 101,704 99,427 98,545 100,625 100,200 42,917 419,681 103,145 101,373 99,872 98,490 16,801
New Mexico 336,263 236,407 7,430   24,301 24,703 26,112 26,528 26,358 25,692 25,409 24,973 24,901 0 99,856 29,185 26,105 23,143 21,423 0
New York 2,729,776 1,886,863 65,600   194,163 199,955 202,245 202,909 203,159 200,174 197,035 197,909 200,060 23,654 842,913 217,639 211,140 196,645 193,375 24,114
North Carolina 1,550,062 1,080,196 18,782   114,414 117,638 120,924 122,483 122,411 119,305 116,637 109,554 118,048 0 469,866 130,064 123,258 112,763 102,028 1,753
North Dakota 109,706 79,249 2,665   8,843 8,723 8,847 8,761 8,678 8,458 8,132 8,204 7,938 0 30,457 8,015 7,793 7,273 7,376 0
                                         
Ohio 1,710,143 1,190,358 36,148   122,516 124,598 127,317 132,576 129,706 128,995 126,726 130,737 131,039 0 519,785 142,344 136,286 119,688 121,467 0
Oklahoma 693,903 504,388 41,249   52,194 53,916 53,165 53,818 52,289 50,213 47,729 49,389 49,235 1,191 189,515 51,259 48,995 46,119 42,672 470
Oregon 606,277 425,768 27,330 3 41,796 43,117 44,379 45,985 46,094 45,125 43,818 44,174 43,950 0 180,509 44,230 44,893 43,927 47,459 0
Pennsylvania 1,727,497 1,183,671 7,859   122,763 125,819 128,865 132,987 133,723 132,238 131,299 134,541 133,577 0 543,826 139,907 138,338 133,335 132,246 0
Rhode Island 142,150 98,871 2,498   10,059 10,231 10,490 10,891 11,055 10,933 10,788 11,087 10,839 0 43,279 11,826 11,199 10,210 10,044 0
                                         
South Carolina 771,250 547,928 25,613   55,424 57,152 60,004 60,403 60,797 58,277 57,346 56,736 56,176 0 223,322 64,797 57,792 52,476 48,257 0
South Dakota 136,302 98,712 3,290   11,643 10,518 10,635 10,840 10,866 10,574 10,503 10,115 9,728 0 37,590 10,326 9,584 8,972 8,708 0
Tennessee 1,001,562 708,027 27,987   74,667 74,356 74,699 77,792 78,472 77,105 74,948 74,290 73,711 0 293,535 76,802 75,428 72,453 68,852 0
Texas 5,360,849 3,835,671 248,116   372,019 395,816 408,841 412,782 411,117 400,196 398,196 396,167 392,421 0 1,525,178 432,402 395,697 364,110 332,969 0
Utah 659,801 471,213 15,280   48,264 49,951 51,045 52,473 52,802 51,404 50,232 50,264 49,498 0 188,588 48,596 47,912 46,803 45,277 0
                                         
Vermont 88,428 62,855 8,498   5,822 5,832 5,766 6,231 6,194 6,034 6,201 6,160 6,117 0 25,573 6,561 6,517 6,308 6,187 0
Virginia 1,287,026 897,696 33,281   90,800 94,000 96,570 99,022 99,258 97,165 95,956 96,410 95,234 0 389,330 104,051 99,936 94,843 90,500 0
Washington 1,101,711 762,362 13,933   81,102 82,224 84,872 86,566 86,114 83,639 81,483 81,390 81,039 0 339,349 81,927 83,512 83,265 90,645 0
West Virginia 273,855 194,413 14,949   19,869 19,570 19,840 20,178 20,324 19,608 19,936 20,208 19,931 0 79,442 22,065 20,289 18,933 18,155 0
Wisconsin 864,432 601,751 55,436   57,332 58,225 60,524 61,750 62,408 61,207 61,265 62,172 61,432 0 262,681 65,868 65,170 65,340 66,303 0
Wyoming 94,170 67,246 664   7,584 7,308 7,422 7,616 7,642 7,452 7,352 7,071 7,135 0 26,924 7,212 6,932 6,518 6,262 0
                                         
Bureau of Indian
    Education
45,399 34,132   4,330 3,942 3,823 3,944 3,762 3,736 3,705 3,508 3,382 11,267 3,335 2,936 2,575 2,421
                                         
DoDEA  
                                         
Other jurisdictions                                        
American Samoa  
Guam 30,758 20,621 585   1,976 2,174 2,244 2,377 2,355 2,268 2,187 2,273 2,182 10,137 3,135 2,892 2,454 1,656
Northern Marianas  
Puerto Rico 365,181 251,197 2,876   23,599 26,777 26,477 26,294 26,859 26,916 27,649 27,953 27,279 8,518 113,984 27,576 28,466 27,507 25,830 4,605
U.S. Virgin Islands 13,194 9,037   886 956 1,051 1,061 1,030 1,048 1,022 1,030 953 4,157 1,401 973 911 872
—Not available.
1 Includes students reported as being enrolled in grade 13.
2 Estimated by the National Center for Education Statistics based on reports for prior years.
3 Based on later data submissions not included in the published data file.
NOTE: DoDEA = Department of Defense Education Activity. 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," 2016-17. (This table was prepared September 2018.)

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