Table 203.25.

Public school enrollment in prekindergarten through grade 8, by region, state, and jurisdiction: Selected years, fall 1990 through fall 2029

Region, state, and jurisdiction	Actual enrollment													Percent change in enroll-ment, 2012 to 2017	Projected enrollment						Percent change in enroll-ment, 2017 to 2029
	Fall 1990	Fall 2000	Fall 2007	Fall 2008	Fall 2009	Fall 2010	Fall 2011	Fall 2012	Fall 2013	Fall 2014	Fall 20151	Fall 20162	Fall 20171		Fall 2018	Fall 2019	Fall 2020	Fall 2021	Fall 2022	Fall 2029
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	34,204,081	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	35,496,055	1.4	35,443,400	35,401,800	35,293,100	35,094,100	35,018,600	35,986,900	1.4
Region
Northeast	5,188,795	5,839,970	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	5,494,484	#	5,470,900	5,453,200	5,426,200	5,383,700	5,361,400	5,360,600	-2.4
Midwest	7,129,501	7,523,246	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	7,331,579	-0.5	7,295,500	7,271,000	7,235,800	7,178,100	7,150,000	7,226,500	-1.4
South	10,858,800	12,314,176	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	14,033,899	2.4	14,051,000	14,066,600	14,058,100	14,001,500	13,989,400	14,630,900	4.3
West	6,698,818	8,009,029	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	8,636,093	2.3	8,626,000	8,611,000	8,573,100	8,530,700	8,517,900	8,768,900	1.5
State
Alabama	527,097	538,634	525,978	528,078	529,394	533,612	527,006	527,434	527,499	523,096	521,607	522,292	523,057	-0.8	521,900	521,400	521,300	518,900	517,700	534,300	2.2
Alaska	85,297	94,442	88,980	89,263	90,824	91,990	92,057	93,069	92,714	92,745	93,789	94,164	94,618	1.7	95,300	95,700	95,800	95,700	95,700	98,200	3.8
Arizona	479,046	640,564	771,056	771,749	760,420	751,992	759,494	767,734	775,280	780,123	775,446	783,905	777,744	1.3	776,500	776,600	775,300	771,000	768,300	806,100	3.6
Arkansas	313,505	318,023	339,920	341,603	344,209	345,808	346,022	347,631	349,709	349,174	349,817	350,297	352,513	1.4	352,200	352,600	353,100	350,900	350,200	366,800	4.1
California	3,613,734	4,407,035	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	4,357,267	0.6	4,336,100	4,308,500	4,266,300	4,234,800	4,221,300	4,242,500	-2.6
Colorado	419,910	516,566	565,726	580,304	591,378	601,077	610,854	617,510	627,619	634,363	638,203	639,519	639,875	3.6	638,900	638,600	637,200	634,900	635,000	675,000	5.5
Connecticut	347,396	406,445	394,034	392,218	389,964	387,475	383,377	380,709	377,162	374,888	370,877	368,843	365,546	-4.0	361,000	356,300	351,700	346,200	343,100	336,100	-8.0
Delaware	72,606	80,801	85,019	86,811	87,710	90,279	90,624	91,004	93,204	94,696	95,002	95,760	95,390	4.8	95,800	96,100	96,200	95,800	95,300	96,100	0.8
District of Columbia	61,282	53,692	55,836	50,779	51,656	53,548	56,195	58,273	60,379	62,997	64,955	66,798	68,142	16.9	69,100	71,200	72,800	73,400	74,400	74,600	9.5
Florida	1,369,934	1,759,902	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	1,980,941	4.7	1,995,100	2,008,600	2,013,500	2,021,300	2,029,200	2,196,300	10.9
Georgia	849,082	1,059,983	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	1,246,608	2.0	1,243,900	1,241,800	1,237,400	1,228,800	1,224,400	1,267,900	1.7
Hawaii	122,840	132,293	125,556	125,910	127,477	127,525	131,005	133,590	135,925	131,307	131,593	131,141	130,255	-2.5	130,200	129,400	128,200	126,400	124,900	120,000	-7.8
Idaho	160,091	170,421	191,171	193,554	194,728	194,144	198,064	202,203	209,333	205,460	205,857	208,561	210,927	4.3	212,200	213,000	213,700	213,500	213,700	227,600	7.9
Illinois	1,309,516	1,473,933	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	1,388,977	-4.1	1,379,600	1,368,700	1,357,200	1,337,700	1,322,600	1,284,200	-7.5
Indiana	675,804	703,261	729,550	730,021	730,599	729,414	724,605	725,040	731,035	729,804	725,444	725,811	728,666	0.5	726,800	726,700	725,300	722,000	719,400	745,200	2.3
Iowa	344,804	333,750	329,504	335,566	341,333	348,112	350,152	355,041	357,953	359,449	361,206	362,666	363,718	2.4	363,200	362,500	361,500	359,500	359,100	373,200	2.6
Kansas	319,648	323,157	326,771	331,079	332,997	342,927	347,129	349,695	355,929	355,305	352,910	351,447	353,430	1.1	351,100	349,300	346,700	343,100	340,800	340,700	-3.6
Kentucky	459,200	471,429	469,373	472,204	484,466	480,334	488,456	491,065	485,001	491,766	487,634	485,275	481,962	-1.9	480,300	479,000	476,900	473,200	471,800	491,400	2.0
Louisiana	586,202	546,579	499,549	504,213	509,883	512,266	518,802	524,792	523,310	522,009	520,134	516,206	514,159	-2.0	511,400	509,200	507,000	502,000	499,900	511,600	-0.5
Maine	155,203	145,701	130,742	129,324	128,646	128,929	130,046	127,924	127,071	126,109	125,340	124,938	124,937	-2.3	123,900	123,000	122,200	121,100	120,600	122,800	-1.8
Maryland	526,744	609,043	576,479	576,473	581,785	588,156	594,216	602,802	612,580	620,442	626,505	630,440	633,791	5.1	635,900	637,800	637,600	634,400	632,300	633,900	0.0
Massachusetts	604,234	702,575	666,926	666,538	666,551	666,402	666,314	667,267	668,261	666,910	669,129	669,178	668,415	0.2	666,100	664,300	661,400	656,600	654,100	659,100	-1.4
Michigan	1,144,878	1,222,482	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	1,037,784	-2.3	1,027,000	1,020,100	1,011,600	1,001,300	998,800	997,700	-3.9
Minnesota	545,556	577,766	558,180	560,184	564,661	569,963	575,544	583,363	589,564	594,161	598,675	607,084	614,476	5.3	617,300	619,600	620,500	619,100	619,700	638,300	3.9
Mississippi	371,641	363,873	353,512	351,807	351,652	350,885	352,999	356,364	356,432	352,884	348,569	345,125	341,927	-4.1	337,000	332,800	328,900	322,100	316,500	308,800	-9.7
Missouri	588,070	644,766	631,746	635,411	638,082	642,991	645,376	647,530	649,061	648,864	649,885	647,307	648,697	0.2	647,100	645,900	644,000	640,000	638,600	656,800	1.2
Montana	111,169	105,226	96,354	96,869	97,868	98,491	99,725	100,819	101,991	102,716	103,497	104,337	106,075	5.2	106,000	106,400	106,300	106,300	106,400	112,600	6.1
Nebraska	198,080	195,486	200,095	202,912	206,860	210,292	213,504	215,432	219,122	222,671	224,364	226,051	228,831	6.2	229,300	230,400	231,200	232,900	233,900	243,500	6.4
Nevada	149,881	250,720	307,573	308,328	305,512	307,297	309,360	313,730	319,240	324,518	330,593	333,991	343,807	9.6	348,100	352,500	355,900	357,100	359,400	386,600	12.5
New Hampshire	126,301	147,121	134,359	132,995	132,768	131,576	129,632	128,169	126,933	125,845	124,305	123,602	122,657	-4.3	121,400	120,400	119,200	117,900	117,100	115,500	-5.8
New Jersey	783,422	967,533	954,418	956,765	968,332	981,255	947,576	956,070	956,379	982,202	989,332	990,740	987,988	3.3	982,100	978,100	971,700	963,000	958,900	954,600	-3.4
New Mexico	208,087	224,879	229,718	231,415	235,343	239,345	239,481	240,978	241,528	241,105	238,896	236,407	235,839	-2.1	232,800	229,300	225,500	220,900	216,700	207,700	-11.9
New York	1,827,418	2,028,906	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	1,880,208	0.6	1,875,800	1,872,700	1,866,600	1,854,100	1,848,000	1,839,600	-2.2
North Carolina	783,132	945,470	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	1,080,861	0.1	1,086,600	1,086,900	1,085,100	1,079,800	1,077,500	1,131,400	4.7
North Dakota	84,943	72,421	63,492	63,955	64,576	66,035	67,888	70,995	73,527	76,165	77,969	79,249	81,031	14.1	80,400	81,800	82,900	83,600	84,700	93,300	15.1
Ohio	1,257,580	1,293,646	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	1,187,254	-2.0	1,179,100	1,174,200	1,166,300	1,155,800	1,151,000	1,156,400	-2.6
Oklahoma	424,899	445,402	462,629	467,960	476,962	483,464	490,196	496,144	501,504	503,846	505,311	504,388	503,796	1.5	504,800	506,500	505,800	502,800	502,100	515,500	2.3
Oregon	340,243	379,264	383,598	395,421	404,451	392,601	391,310	409,325	414,405	421,561	427,227	425,768	427,690	4.5	428,800	430,700	431,400	430,600	430,900	447,800	4.7
Pennsylvania	1,172,164	1,257,824	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	1,182,944	-1.8	1,180,300	1,179,000	1,175,100	1,168,000	1,163,700	1,177,300	-0.5
Rhode Island	101,797	113,545	99,159	97,983	98,184	97,734	97,659	97,809	98,738	99,067	99,143	98,871	98,737	0.9	98,000	97,600	97,000	96,200	95,800	96,900	-1.9
South Carolina	452,033	493,226	504,566	507,602	512,124	515,581	519,389	527,350	533,822	539,800	542,753	547,928	553,414	4.9	555,800	558,200	559,200	556,700	556,100	576,200	4.1
South Dakota	95,165	87,838	83,424	87,477	85,745	87,936	90,529	93,204	94,251	95,739	97,011	98,712	99,878	7.2	100,400	100,800	101,100	101,000	101,400	106,900	7.0
Tennessee	598,111	668,123	681,751	684,549	686,668	701,707	712,749	711,525	709,668	707,067	709,394	708,027	710,398	-0.2	709,800	709,900	708,900	706,400	707,500	754,700	6.2
Texas	2,510,955	2,943,047	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	3,852,952	4.4	3,859,700	3,865,400	3,868,900	3,856,800	3,858,900	4,063,000	5.5
Utah	324,982	333,104	410,258	404,469	413,343	424,979	434,536	444,202	451,332	456,667	463,567	471,213	475,107	7.0	478,000	480,300	481,700	481,400	483,100	522,900	10.1
Vermont	70,860	70,320	63,096	62,994	62,186	67,989	62,146	62,067	61,457	60,973	61,864	62,855	63,052	1.6	62,300	61,800	61,400	60,600	60,200	58,900	-6.6
Virginia	728,280	815,748	850,444	855,008	864,020	871,446	881,225	889,444	896,573	897,688	896,809	897,696	900,027	1.2	899,700	899,500	897,700	893,400	892,300	929,000	3.2
Washington	612,597	694,367	697,407	704,794	705,387	714,172	718,184	724,560	730,868	740,320	750,222	762,362	769,992	6.3	777,100	784,800	791,000	794,300	799,100	856,600	11.3
West Virginia	224,097	201,201	198,545	199,477	200,313	201,472	202,065	202,371	201,001	199,767	197,310	194,413	193,961	-4.2	192,000	189,800	187,800	185,000	183,300	179,100	-7.7
Wisconsin	565,457	594,740	585,212	589,528	593,436	598,479	602,810	606,754	609,675	606,882	603,904	601,751	598,837	-1.3	594,200	590,900	587,500	582,100	580,100	590,300	-1.4
Wyoming	70,941	60,148	59,243	60,635	61,825	62,786	64,057	65,290	66,283	67,335	67,803	67,246	66,897	2.5	66,200	65,400	64,700	63,900	63,400	65,300	-2.3
Jurisdiction
Bureau of Indian      Education	---	35,746	---	30,612	31,381	31,985	---	---	---	---	---	34,132	35,064	---	---	---	---	---		---	---
DoDEA3	---	89,996	69,225	69,186	---	---	---	---	---	---	61,355	---	---	---	---	---	---	---		---	---
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	9,390	11,895	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	8,877	---	---	---	---	---		---	---
Guam	19,276	23,698	---	---	---	21,561	21,223	21,166	23,301	21,112	20,765	20,621	20,227	-4.4	---	---	---	---		---	---
Northern Marianas	4,918	7,809	8,140	7,816	7,743	7,688	7,703	7,396	7,340	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---		---	---
Puerto Rico	480,356	445,524	372,514	355,115	347,638	334,613	318,924	305,048	294,976	284,246	261,667	251,197	238,807	-21.7	---	---	---	---		---	---
U.S. Virgin Islands	16,249	13,910	10,770	10,567	10,409	10,518	10,576	10,302	10,283	9,724	9,503	9,037	7,427	-27.9	---	---	---	---		---	---

---Not available.

#Rounds to zero.

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 2017-18; and State Public Elementary and Secondary Enrollment Projection Model, 1980 through 2029. (This table was prepared December 2019.)