Table 203.20.

Enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by region, state, and jurisdiction: Selected years, fall 1990 through fall 2030

Region, state, and jurisdiction	Actual total enrollment																Percent change in total enroll-ment, 2015 to 2020	Projected enrollment					Percent change in total enroll-ment, 2020 to 2030
	Fall 1990	Fall 2000	Fall 2009	Fall 2010	Fall 2011	Fall 2012	Fall 2013	Fall 2014	Fall 2015	Fall 2016	Fall 2017	Fall 2018	Fall 2019		Fall 2020			Fall 2021	Fall 2022	Fall 2023	Fall 2024	Fall 2030
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14		15		16	17	18	19	20	21	22
United States	41,216,683	47,203,539	49,360,982	49,484,181	49,521,669	49,771,118	50,044,522	50,312,581	50,438,043	50,615,189	50,685,567	50,694,061	50,796,445		49,375,467		-2.1	50,072,200	49,934,700	49,733,800	49,484,800	47,252,500	-4.3
Region
Northeast	7,281,763	8,222,127	8,092,029	8,071,335	7,953,981	7,959,128	7,961,243	7,979,856	7,933,762	7,959,304	7,946,536	7,910,076	7,907,997		7,673,869		-3.3	7,758,500	7,720,300	7,678,900	7,635,700	7,200,000	-6.2
Midwest	9,943,761	10,729,987	10,672,171	10,609,604	10,573,792	10,559,230	10,572,920	10,560,539	10,555,579	10,538,947	10,523,753	10,491,845	10,440,828		10,157,311		-3.8	10,325,100	10,305,100	10,282,500	10,245,400	9,768,200	-3.8
South	14,807,016	17,007,261	18,651,889	18,805,000	18,955,932	19,128,376	19,298,714	19,506,193	19,641,472	19,749,816	19,824,469	19,863,988	19,998,517		19,482,353		-0.8	19,825,800	19,812,500	19,756,200	19,688,200	19,005,200	-2.4
West	9,184,143	11,244,164	11,944,893	11,998,242	12,037,964	12,124,384	12,211,645	12,265,993	12,307,230	12,367,122	12,390,809	12,428,152	12,449,103		12,061,934		-2.0	12,162,800	12,096,700	12,016,200	11,915,400	11,279,100	-6.5
State
Alabama	721,806	739,992	748,889	755,552	744,621	744,637	746,204	744,164	743,789	744,930	742,444	739,716	744,235		734,559		-1.2	750,400	753,900	756,100	757,500	740,400	0.8
Alaska	113,903	133,356	131,661	132,104	131,167	131,489	130,944	131,176	132,477	132,737	132,872	130,963	132,017		129,872		-2.0	132,600	133,100	133,400	133,400	128,500	-1.1
Arizona	639,853	877,696	1,077,831	1,071,751	1,080,319	1,089,384	1,102,445	1,111,695	1,109,040	1,123,137	1,110,851	1,141,511	1,152,586		1,116,034		0.6	1,137,800	1,144,400	1,149,100	1,152,300	1,155,000	3.5
Arkansas	436,286	449,959	480,559	482,114	483,114	486,157	489,979	490,917	492,132	493,447	496,085	495,291	496,927		486,305		-1.2	495,900	497,600	498,700	499,600	487,700	0.3
California	4,950,474	6,140,814	6,263,438	6,289,578	6,287,834	6,299,451	6,312,623	6,312,161	6,305,347	6,309,138	6,304,266	6,272,734	6,249,005	1	6,063,437	1	-3.8	6,070,000	6,005,300	5,934,900	5,854,800	5,425,900	-10.5
Colorado	574,213	724,508	832,368	843,316	854,265	863,561	876,999	889,006	899,112	905,019	910,280	911,536	913,223		883,199		-1.8	890,300	883,200	875,800	867,100	817,300	-7.5
Connecticut	469,123	562,179	563,968	560,546	554,437	550,954	546,200	542,678	537,933	535,118	531,288	526,634	523,690		509,058		-5.4	515,200	512,300	509,100	505,400	475,600	-6.6
Delaware	99,658	114,676	126,801	129,403	128,946	129,026	131,687	134,042	134,847	136,264	136,293	138,405	139,930		138,092		2.4	140,700	141,500	141,900	142,300	137,600	-0.4
District of Columbia	80,694	68,925	69,433	71,284	73,911	76,140	78,153	80,958	84,024	85,850	87,315	88,493	89,878		89,883		7.0	96,500	98,000	98,900	99,500	94,700	5.4
Florida	1,861,592	2,434,821	2,634,522	2,643,347	2,668,156	2,692,162	2,720,744	2,756,944	2,792,234	2,816,791	2,832,424	2,846,444	2,858,461		2,789,745		-0.1	2,821,200	2,814,600	2,806,000	2,791,000	2,704,600	-3.1
Georgia	1,151,687	1,444,937	1,667,685	1,677,067	1,685,016	1,703,332	1,723,909	1,744,437	1,757,237	1,764,346	1,768,642	1,767,202	1,769,657		1,730,015		-1.5	1,748,700	1,738,100	1,723,000	1,707,200	1,606,600	-7.1
Hawaii	171,708	184,360	180,196	179,601	182,706	184,760	186,825	182,384	181,995	181,550	180,837	181,278	181,088		176,441		-3.1	178,400	177,200	175,000	173,200	158,900	-9.9
Idaho	220,840	245,117	276,299	275,859	279,873	284,834	296,476	290,885	292,277	297,200	301,186	310,522	311,096		307,738		5.3	312,600	314,300	315,000	315,400	312,000	1.4
Illinois	1,821,407	2,048,792	2,104,175	2,091,654	2,083,097	2,072,880	2,066,990	2,050,239	2,041,779	2,026,718	2,005,153	1,982,327	1,943,117		1,891,637	2	-7.4	1,924,300	1,924,000	1,919,600	1,914,100	1,800,900	-4.8
Indiana	954,525	989,267	1,046,661	1,047,232	1,040,765	1,041,369	1,047,385	1,046,269	1,046,757	1,049,547	1,054,187	1,055,706	1,051,411		1,033,964		-1.2	1,050,100	1,051,400	1,052,100	1,050,300	1,017,800	-1.6
Iowa	483,652	495,080	491,842	495,775	495,870	499,825	502,964	505,311	508,014	509,831	511,850	514,833	517,324		506,656		-0.3	520,100	521,500	521,700	520,700	505,900	-0.1
Kansas	437,034	470,610	474,489	483,701	486,108	489,043	496,440	497,275	495,884	494,347	497,088	497,733	497,963		481,750		-2.9	488,100	484,500	480,700	476,200	440,300	-8.6
Kentucky	636,401	665,850	680,089	673,128	681,987	685,167	677,389	688,640	686,598	684,017	680,978	677,821	691,996		658,668		-4.1	668,300	665,700	661,800	657,500	626,500	-4.9
Louisiana	784,757	743,089	690,915	696,558	703,390	710,903	711,491	716,800	718,711	716,293	715,135	711,783	710,439		693,150		-3.6	707,000	705,000	702,100	699,600	671,700	-3.1
Maine	215,149	207,037	189,225	189,077	188,969	185,739	183,995	182,470	181,613	180,512	180,473	180,461	180,291		172,455		-5.0	174,200	173,000	171,600	170,300	161,800	-6.2
Maryland	715,176	852,920	848,412	852,211	854,086	859,638	866,169	874,514	879,601	886,221	893,684	896,827	909,404		882,527		0.3	900,900	903,100	902,100	900,800	859,700	-2.6
Massachusetts	834,314	975,150	957,053	955,563	953,369	954,773	955,739	955,844	964,026	964,514	964,791	962,297	959,394		921,712		-4.4	930,700	927,200	923,200	920,100	879,900	-4.5
Michigan	1,584,431	1,720,626	1,649,082	1,587,067	1,573,537	1,555,370	1,548,841	1,537,922	1,536,231	1,528,666	1,516,398	1,504,194	1,495,925		1,434,137		-6.6	1,441,900	1,427,600	1,418,900	1,409,200	1,329,900	-7.3
Minnesota	756,374	854,340	837,053	838,037	839,738	845,404	850,973	857,235	864,384	875,021	884,944	889,304	893,203		872,083		0.9	895,900	902,200	908,300	912,800	903,100	3.6
Mississippi	502,417	497,871	492,481	490,526	490,619	493,650	492,586	490,917	487,200	483,150	478,321	471,298	466,002		442,627		-9.1	439,000	429,800	420,800	412,000	364,700	-17.6
Missouri	816,558	912,744	917,982	918,710	916,584	917,900	918,288	917,785	919,234	915,040	915,472	913,441	910,466		882,388		-4.0	891,000	882,700	873,100	862,100	792,200	-10.2
Montana	152,974	154,875	141,807	141,693	142,349	142,908	144,129	144,532	145,319	146,375	149,474	148,844	149,917		146,252		0.6	148,000	147,400	146,600	145,200	136,800	-6.5
Nebraska	274,081	286,199	295,368	298,500	301,296	303,505	307,677	312,635	316,014	319,194	323,766	326,392	330,018		324,697		2.7	333,900	334,400	334,900	335,100	329,200	1.4
Nevada	201,316	340,706	428,947	437,149	439,634	445,707	451,831	459,189	467,527	473,744	485,785	492,640	496,934		482,348		3.2	493,300	494,300	494,000	492,400	476,300	-1.3
New Hampshire	172,785	208,461	197,140	194,711	191,900	188,974	186,310	184,670	182,425	180,888	179,433	178,515	177,351		169,027		-7.3	168,400	165,900	163,200	160,500	144,600	-14.5
New Jersey	1,089,646	1,313,405	1,396,029	1,402,548	1,356,431	1,372,203	1,370,295	1,400,579	1,408,845	1,410,421	1,408,102	1,400,069	1,411,917		1,373,960		-2.5	1,398,100	1,393,000	1,388,200	1,382,300	1,307,600	-4.8
New Mexico	301,881	320,306	334,419	338,122	337,225	338,220	339,244	340,365	335,694	336,263	334,345	333,537	331,206		316,840		-5.6	316,800	311,400	305,200	299,100	263,700	-16.8
New York	2,598,337	2,882,188	2,766,052	2,734,955	2,704,718	2,710,703	2,732,770	2,741,185	2,711,626	2,729,776	2,724,663	2,700,833	2,692,589		2,601,676		-4.1	2,630,400	2,613,000	2,592,700	2,573,000	2,399,100	-7.8
North Carolina	1,086,871	1,293,638	1,483,397	1,490,605	1,507,864	1,518,465	1,530,857	1,548,895	1,544,934	1,550,062	1,553,513	1,552,497	1,560,350		1,513,677		-2.0	1,537,000	1,545,000	1,545,600	1,545,400	1,524,800	0.7
North Dakota	117,825	109,201	95,073	96,323	97,646	101,111	103,947	106,586	108,644	109,706	111,920	113,845	116,185		114,955		5.8	118,900	120,400	121,700	122,600	123,500	7.4
Ohio	1,771,089	1,835,049	1,764,297	1,754,191	1,740,030	1,729,916	1,724,111	1,724,810	1,716,585	1,710,143	1,704,399	1,695,762	1,689,867		1,645,412		-4.1	1,670,800	1,670,300	1,669,400	1,666,100	1,599,400	-2.8
Oklahoma	579,087	623,110	654,802	659,911	666,120	673,483	681,848	688,511	692,878	693,903	695,092	698,891	703,719		694,113		0.2	715,400	717,300	719,600	719,200	692,900	-0.2
Oregon	472,394	546,231	582,839	570,720	568,208	587,564	593,000	601,318	608,825	606,277	608,014	609,507	610,648		578,723	1	-4.9	586,400	584,300	581,900	577,800	538,900	-6.9
Pennsylvania	1,667,834	1,814,311	1,785,993	1,793,284	1,771,395	1,763,677	1,755,236	1,743,160	1,717,414	1,727,497	1,726,809	1,730,757	1,732,449		1,704,396		-0.8	1,716,200	1,712,900	1,710,100	1,705,200	1,626,600	-4.6
Rhode Island	138,813	157,347	145,118	143,793	142,854	142,481	142,008	141,959	142,014	142,150	142,949	143,436	143,557		139,184		-2.0	140,500	139,500	138,400	137,500	130,200	-6.5
South Carolina	622,112	677,411	723,143	725,838	727,186	735,998	745,657	756,523	763,533	771,250	777,507	780,882	786,879		766,819		0.4	786,000	790,300	792,100	792,400	772,200	0.7
South Dakota	129,164	128,603	123,713	126,128	128,016	130,471	130,890	133,040	134,253	136,302	137,823	138,975	139,949		139,566		4.0	144,100	145,500	146,700	147,200	145,800	4.5
Tennessee	824,595	909,161	972,549	987,422	999,693	993,496	993,556	995,475	1,001,235	1,001,562	1,001,967	1,007,624	1,014,744		985,207		-1.6	1,008,600	1,014,100	1,018,800	1,022,000	1,029,900	4.5
Texas	3,382,887	4,059,619	4,850,210	4,935,715	5,000,470	5,077,659	5,153,702	5,233,765	5,301,477	5,360,849	5,401,341	5,433,471	5,495,398		5,372,806		1.3	5,493,900	5,495,100	5,481,200	5,469,300	5,311,300	-1.1
Utah	446,652	481,485	571,586	585,552	598,832	613,279	625,461	635,577	647,870	659,801	668,274	677,031	684,694		680,659		5.1	701,700	710,700	718,700	724,600	742,900	9.1
Vermont	95,762	102,049	91,451	96,858	89,908	89,624	88,690	87,311	87,866	88,428	88,028	87,074	86,759		82,401		-6.2	84,700	83,600	82,500	81,500	74,600	-9.5
Virginia	998,601	1,144,915	1,245,340	1,251,440	1,257,883	1,265,419	1,273,825	1,280,381	1,283,590	1,287,026	1,291,462	1,289,367	1,297,012		1,250,713		-2.6	1,262,000	1,254,300	1,243,900	1,235,200	1,177,500	-5.9
Washington	839,709	1,004,770	1,035,347	1,043,788	1,045,453	1,051,694	1,058,936	1,073,638	1,087,030	1,101,711	1,110,367	1,123,736	1,142,073		1,087,354		#	1,100,800	1,096,900	1,092,700	1,086,600	1,033,500	-5.0
West Virginia	322,389	286,367	282,662	282,879	282,870	283,044	280,958	280,310	277,452	273,855	272,266	267,976	263,486		253,447		-8.7	254,500	249,100	243,400	237,600	202,400	-20.1
Wisconsin	797,621	879,476	872,436	872,286	871,105	872,436	874,414	871,432	867,800	864,432	860,753	859,333	855,400		830,066		-4.3	845,900	840,500	835,400	829,100	780,200	-6.0
Wyoming	98,226	89,940	88,155	89,009	90,099	91,533	92,732	94,067	94,717	94,170	94,258	94,313	94,616		93,037		-1.8	94,100	94,200	94,000	93,500	89,400	-3.9
Bureau of Indian     Education	---	46,938	41,351	41,962	---	---	---	---	---	45,399	46,330	43,706	38,199		34,545		---	---	---	---	---	---	---
DoDEA3	---	107,755	85,122	86,182	87,216	84,997	81,771	76,627	74,970	72,226	71,134	71,406	70,419		66,136		-11.8	---	---	---	---	---	---
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	12,463	15,702	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	12,620	12,106	10,448		10,246		---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Guam	26,391	32,473	---	31,618	31,243	31,186	33,414	31,144	30,821	30,758	30,112	29,719	28,812		27,497		-10.8	---	---	---	---	---	---
Northern Marianas	6,449	10,004	10,961	11,105	11,011	10,646	10,638	---	---	---	---	---	---		---		---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Puerto Rico	644,734	612,725	493,393	473,735	452,740	434,609	423,934	410,950	379,818	365,181	346,096	307,282	292,518		276,413		-27.2	---	---	---	---	---	---
U.S. Virgin Islands	21,750	19,459	15,493	15,495	15,711	15,192	14,953	14,241	13,805	13,194	10,868	10,718	10,907		10,993		-20.4	---	---	---	---	---	---

---Not available.

#Rounds to zero.

1Includes imputations for nonreported prekindergarten enrollment.

2Includes imputations for nonreported enrollment for all grades.

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

NOTE: Projections in this table were calculated after the onset of the coronavirus pandemic and take into account the expected impacts of the pandemic. 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 2019-20 and 2020-21 Preliminary; Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Data Center, Enrollment Data, 2009 through 2014 and 2016 through 2020, retrieved September 27, 2021, from https://www.dodea.edu/datacenter/enrollment.cfm; and State Public Elementary and Secondary Enrollment Projection Model, through 2030. (This table was prepared March 2022.)