Enrollment and percentage distribution of enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by race/ethnicity and region: Selected years, fall 1995 through fall 2029

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Table 203.50.

Region and year	Enrollment (in thousands)										Percentage distribution
Region and year	Total	White	Black	His- panic	Asian		Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaska Native	Two or more races		Total	White	Black	His- panic	Asian		Pacific Islander	American Indian/ Alaska Native	Two or more races
1	2	3	4	5	6		7	8	9		10	11	12	13	14		15	16	17
United States
1995	44,840	29,044	7,551	6,072	1,668	¹	---	505	---		100	64.8	16.8	13.5	3.7	¹	---	1.1	---
2000	47,204	28,878	8,100	7,726	1,950	¹	---	550	---		100	61.2	17.2	16.4	4.1	¹	---	1.2	---
2001	47,672	28,735	8,177	8,169	2,028	¹	---	564	---		100	60.3	17.2	17.1	4.3	¹	---	1.2	---
2002	48,183	28,618	8,299	8,594	2,088	¹	---	583	---		100	59.4	17.2	17.8	4.3	¹	---	1.2	---
2003	48,540	28,442	8,349	9,011	2,145	¹	---	593	---		100	58.6	17.2	18.6	4.4	¹	---	1.2	---
2004	48,795	28,318	8,386	9,317	2,183	¹	---	591	---		100	58.0	17.2	19.1	4.5	¹	---	1.2	---
2005	49,113	28,005	8,445	9,787	2,279	¹	---	598	---		100	57.0	17.2	19.9	4.6	¹	---	1.2	---
2006	49,316	27,801	8,422	10,166	2,332	¹	---	595	---		100	56.4	17.1	20.6	4.7	¹	---	1.2	---
2007	49,291	27,454	8,392	10,454	2,396	¹	---	594	---		100	55.7	17.0	21.2	4.9	¹	---	1.2	---
2008	49,266	27,057	8,358	10,563	2,405		46	589	247	²	100	54.9	17.0	21.4	4.9		0.1	1.2	0.5	²
2009	49,361	26,702	8,245	10,991	2,435		49	601	338	²	100	54.1	16.7	22.3	4.9		0.1	1.2	0.7	²
2010	49,484	25,933	7,917	11,439	2,296		171	566	1,164		100	52.4	16.0	23.1	4.6		0.3	1.1	2.4
2011	49,522	25,602	7,827	11,759	2,334		179	547	1,272		100	51.7	15.8	23.7	4.7		0.4	1.1	2.6
2012	49,771	25,386	7,803	12,104	2,372		180	534	1,393		100	51.0	15.7	24.3	4.8		0.4	1.1	2.8
2013	50,045	25,160	7,805	12,452	2,417		176	523	1,511		100	50.3	15.6	24.9	4.8		0.4	1.0	3.0
2014	50,313	24,923	7,807	12,805	2,470		176	519	1,612		100	49.5	15.5	25.4	4.9		0.3	1.0	3.2
2015³	50,438	24,644	7,784	13,080	2,521		177	510	1,723		100	48.9	15.4	25.9	5.0		0.4	1.0	3.4
2016⁴	50,615	24,413	7,765	13,329	2,571		184	511	1,842		100	48.2	15.3	26.3	5.1		0.4	1.0	3.6
2017³	50,686	24,124	7,709	13,571	2,640		185	498	1,959		100	47.6	15.2	26.8	5.2		0.4	1.0	3.9
2018³	50,694	23,845	7,669	13,775	2,675		186	490	2,055		100	47.0	15.1	27.2	5.3		0.4	1.0	4.1
2019⁵	50,634	23,597	7,639	13,831	2,737		188	484	2,160		100	46.6	15.1	27.3	5.4		0.4	1.0	4.3
2020⁵	50,654	23,376	7,616	13,952	2,787		189	477	2,257		100	46.1	15.0	27.5	5.5		0.4	0.9	4.5
2021⁵	50,643	23,170	7,598	14,044	2,823		190	471	2,347		100	45.8	15.0	27.7	5.6		0.4	0.9	4.6
2022⁵	50,721	23,041	7,636	14,070	2,882		189	464	2,439		100	45.4	15.1	27.7	5.7		0.4	0.9	4.8
2023⁵	50,768	22,910	7,657	14,082	2,939		187	458	2,535		100	45.1	15.1	27.7	5.8		0.4	0.9	5.0
2024⁵	50,758	22,779	7,665	14,057	2,999		186	452	2,619		100	44.9	15.1	27.7	5.9		0.4	0.9	5.2
2025⁵	50,704	22,639	7,664	14,016	3,060		186	446	2,694		100	44.6	15.1	27.6	6.0		0.4	0.9	5.3
2026⁵	50,672	22,522	7,664	13,975	3,122		185	441	2,762		100	44.4	15.1	27.6	6.2		0.4	0.9	5.5
2027⁵	50,734	22,446	7,675	13,967	3,192		186	437	2,832		100	44.2	15.1	27.5	6.3		0.4	0.9	5.6
2028⁵	50,885	22,401	7,707	13,995	3,260		186	434	2,901		100	44.0	15.1	27.5	6.4		0.4	0.9	5.7
2029⁵	51,068	22,359	7,746	14,049	3,327		186	433	2,967		100	43.8	15.2	27.5	6.5		0.4	0.8	5.8
Northeast
1995	7,894	5,497	1,202	878	295	¹	---	21	---		100	69.6	15.2	11.1	3.7	¹	---	0.3	---
2000	8,222	5,545	1,270	1,023	361	¹	---	24	---		100	67.4	15.4	12.4	4.4	¹	---	0.3	---
2005	8,240	5,317	1,282	1,189	425	¹	---	27	---		100	64.5	15.6	14.4	5.2	¹	---	0.3	---
2010	8,071	4,876	1,208	1,364	494		6	27	96		100	60.4	15.0	16.9	6.1		0.1	0.3	1.2
2015	7,934	4,409	1,136	1,610	547		7	29	197		100	55.6	14.3	20.3	6.9		0.1	0.4	2.5
2016	7,959	4,345	1,132	1,668	558		13	30	214		100	54.6	14.2	21.0	7.0		0.2	0.4	2.7
2017	7,947	4,269	1,117	1,714	570		13	30	232		100	53.7	14.1	21.6	7.2		0.2	0.4	2.9
2018	7,910	4,185	1,109	1,748	577		13	31	247		100	52.9	14.0	22.1	7.3		0.2	0.4	3.1
Midwest
1995	10,512	8,335	1,450	438	197	¹	---	92	---		100	79.3	13.8	4.2	1.9	¹	---	0.9	---
2000	10,730	8,208	1,581	610	239	¹	---	92	---		100	76.5	14.7	5.7	2.2	¹	---	0.9	---
2005	10,819	7,950	1,654	836	283	¹	---	96	---		100	73.5	15.3	7.7	2.6	¹	---	0.9	---
2010	10,610	7,327	1,505	1,077	303		9	94	294		100	69.1	14.2	10.2	2.9		0.1	0.9	2.8
2015	10,556	6,968	1,458	1,284	348		12	84	400		100	66.0	13.8	12.2	3.3		0.1	0.8	3.8
2016	10,539	6,893	1,449	1,312	360		12	86	426		100	65.4	13.8	12.4	3.4		0.1	0.8	4.0
2017	10,524	6,825	1,446	1,340	372		13	82	447		100	64.9	13.7	12.7	3.5		0.1	0.8	4.2
2018	10,492	6,750	1,436	1,363	378		13	81	471		100	64.3	13.7	13.0	3.6		0.1	0.8	4.5
South
1995	16,118	9,565	4,236	1,890	280	¹	---	148	---		100	59.3	26.3	11.7	1.7	¹	---	0.9	---
2000	17,007	9,501	4,516	2,468	352	¹	---	170	---		100	55.9	26.6	14.5	2.1	¹	---	1.0	---
2005	18,103	9,381	4,738	3,334	456	¹	---	194	---		100	51.8	26.2	18.4	2.5	¹	---	1.1	---
2010	18,805	8,869	4,545	4,206	533	0	22	207	424		100	47.2	24.2	22.4	2.8		0.1	1.1	2.3
2015	19,641	8,601	4,583	4,994	637	0	29	181	615		100	43.8	23.3	25.4	3.2		0.1	0.9	3.1
2016	19,750	8,513	4,571	5,142	665	0	30	177	652		100	43.1	23.1	26.0	3.4		0.2	0.9	3.3
2017	19,824	8,439	4,555	5,249	689	0	32	174	688		100	42.6	23.0	26.5	3.5		0.2	0.9	3.5
2018	19,864	8,342	4,532	5,355	706		33	169	727		100	42.0	22.8	27.0	3.6		0.2	0.9	3.7
West
1995	10,316	5,648	662	2,866	896	¹	---	244	---		100	54.7	6.4	27.8	8.7	¹	---	2.4	---
2000	11,244	5,624	733	3,625	998	¹	---	264	---		100	50.0	6.5	32.2	8.9	¹	---	2.4	---
2005	11,951	5,356	771	4,428	1,115	¹	---	281	---		100	44.8	6.5	37.1	9.3	¹	---	2.4	---
2010	11,998	4,861	659	4,792	966		133	237	349		100	40.5	5.5	39.9	8.1		1.1	2.0	2.9
2015³	12,307	4,665	606	5,192	988		129	216	511		100	37.9	4.9	42.2	8.0		1.1	1.8	4.2
2016⁴	12,367	4,662	612	5,208	989		128	217	550		100	37.7	5.0	42.1	8.0		1.0	1.8	4.4
2017³	12,391	4,592	592	5,268	1,009		127	211	592		100	37.1	4.8	42.5	8.1		1.0	1.7	4.8
2018³	12,428	4,568	591	5,309	1,013		127	209	611		100	36.8	4.8	42.7	8.2		1.0	1.7	4.9

---Not available.

¹ Includes Pacific Islanders.

² For this year, data on Pacific Islanders and students of Two or more races were reported by only a small number of states. Therefore, the data are not comparable to figures for 2010 and later years.

³ Includes imputations for prekindergarten enrollment in California and Oregon.

⁴ Includes imputations for prekindergarten enrollment in California.

⁵ Projected.

NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Enrollment data for students not reported by race/ethnicity were prorated based on the known racial/ethnic composition of a state by grade to match state totals. Prior to 2008, data on students of Two or more races were not collected. Projections in this table were calculated prior to the coronavirus pandemic and therefore do not take into account the actual or potential impacts of the pandemic. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary and Secondary Education," 1995-96 through 2018-19; and National Elementary and Secondary Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Projection Model, 1972 through 2029. (This table was prepared September 2020.)

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