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Table 203.40. Enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by level, grade, and state or jurisdiction: Fall 2020
State or jurisdiction Total, all grades Prekindergarten through grade 8 Grades 9 through 12
Total Prekinder-garten Kinder-garten Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Un- graded1 Total Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12 Un- graded1,2
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
United States 49,375,467 34,059,364 1,233,821   3,377,226 3,521,974 3,530,870 3,553,869 3,607,091 3,647,176 3,747,992 3,860,778 3,889,495 89,072 15,316,103 4,015,536 3,897,079 3,699,825 3,661,752 41,911
Alabama 734,559 518,011 18,475   53,338 55,168 54,052 53,823 53,938 55,024 57,316 58,831 58,046 0 216,548 57,864 55,750 52,379 50,555 0
Alaska 129,872 92,101 3,509   9,373 9,876 9,791 9,853 9,891 9,881 10,096 10,044 9,787 0 37,771 9,776 9,412 9,161 9,422 0
Arizona 1,116,034 761,104 13,522   73,293 80,646 80,029 80,575 81,412 82,781 86,677 90,704 91,224 241 354,930 90,961 89,106 83,900 90,850 113
Arkansas 486,305 342,357 13,301   34,791 35,574 35,591 35,588 35,518 36,235 37,641 38,785 39,096 237 143,948 37,426 37,100 35,524 33,799 99
California 6,063,437 4,092,941 61,045 3 462,172 426,963 433,314 440,250 448,103 450,355 441,675 460,700 468,364 0 1,970,496 501,906 496,344 480,526 491,720 0

Colorado
883,199 604,662 26,416   58,209 61,755 61,491 62,391 63,558 64,791 67,398 69,221 69,432 0 278,537 70,961 68,772 67,290 71,514 0
Connecticut 509,058 345,480 15,052   32,241 35,709 35,417 35,921 36,527 36,985 38,157 39,074 40,397 0 163,578 42,443 40,777 39,547 40,811 0
Delaware 138,092 95,141 2,099   9,397 9,782 9,918 10,209 10,335 10,601 10,854 11,056 10,890 0 42,951 11,966 11,097 10,135 9,753 0
District of Columbia 89,883 70,501 11,946   7,397 7,190 7,005 6,868 6,442 6,292 5,890 5,729 5,551 191 19,382 6,467 5,015 4,012 3,836 52
Florida 2,789,745 1,929,038 50,407   186,465 200,499 202,052 206,519 214,981 208,101 216,485 223,117 220,412 0 860,707 227,996 219,497 209,395 203,819 0

Georgia
1,730,015 1,199,416 43,648   114,444 122,684 123,713 125,032 126,802 129,645 134,823 138,621 140,004 0 530,599 147,800 138,737 125,445 118,617 0
Hawaii 176,441 124,242 1,737   12,064 13,832 14,241 14,157 14,239 14,543 11,216 14,118 13,765 330 52,199 14,710 13,794 12,371 11,185 139
Idaho 307,738 212,421 3,216   21,143 22,034 22,449 22,504 23,100 23,413 24,100 25,220 25,242 0 95,317 24,893 24,727 23,151 22,546 0
Illinois4 1,891,637 1,286,028 63,209   119,492 127,804 130,022 132,622 134,864 137,751 142,145 148,393 149,726 0 605,609 155,079 155,390 147,682 147,458 0
Indiana 1,033,964 710,467 16,925   72,995 76,162 73,859 75,205 75,246 76,620 78,966 81,531 81,709 1,249 323,497 82,252 81,010 81,843 77,823 569

Iowa
506,656 354,841 27,392   37,746 35,248 34,989 34,596 34,810 35,962 36,889 38,542 38,667 0 151,815 39,114 38,383 36,913 37,405 0
Kansas 481,750 337,208 19,511   32,477 33,578 33,748 34,443 34,581 35,680 36,261 37,315 37,423 2,191 144,542 37,336 36,308 35,325 34,634 939
Kentucky 658,668 458,027 20,258   45,563 49,088 48,146 43,885 47,539 48,330 50,636 51,731 52,396 455 200,641 53,890 52,232 48,687 45,632 200
Louisiana 693,150 492,008 23,129   50,415 53,220 51,515 50,448 50,603 50,894 53,237 54,415 54,132 0 201,142 55,854 52,574 48,271 44,381 62
Maine 172,455 116,965 4,727   11,442 12,104 11,974 11,878 12,260 12,477 13,084 13,370 13,649 0 55,490 13,874 14,027 13,849 13,740 0

Maryland
882,527 614,539 23,616   58,391 63,571 64,169 64,733 66,318 66,590 68,074 69,699 69,378 0 267,988 74,317 69,409 62,473 61,789 0
Massachusetts 921,712 627,604 21,282   57,609 63,966 65,569 66,108 67,404 68,009 70,018 72,395 73,199 2,045 294,108 74,320 74,065 72,725 72,039 959
Michigan 1,434,137 971,179 31,853   106,539 101,222 100,705 100,684 102,060 101,621 104,129 107,578 112,092 2,696 462,958 119,113 116,087 113,184 113,289 1,285
Minnesota 872,083 594,472 21,318   59,535 62,600 62,053 62,401 62,363 63,743 65,038 67,378 68,043 0 277,611 68,475 67,951 68,028 73,157 0
Mississippi 442,627 313,028 6,013   30,623 32,407 32,310 32,219 33,648 31,640 35,419 36,889 37,005 4,855 129,599 34,579 33,260 31,245 28,505 2,010

Missouri
882,388 613,824 27,174   59,927 62,955 62,800 63,581 64,368 65,683 67,635 69,633 70,068 0 268,564 70,314 68,251 65,708 64,291 0
Montana 146,252 102,705 1,567   11,650 10,915 10,796 10,822 11,046 10,943 11,476 11,882 11,608 0 43,547 11,949 11,178 10,626 9,794 0
Nebraska 324,697 226,920 17,786   22,894 23,035 22,705 22,939 22,855 23,511 24,122 24,291 22,782 0 97,777 24,174 24,341 24,090 25,172 0
Nevada 482,348 334,843 9,399   31,995 34,631 35,134 35,174 35,712 36,153 37,156 39,030 39,752 707 147,505 38,646 37,634 36,095 34,818 312
New Hampshire 169,027 113,559 2,932   10,122 11,728 11,906 11,985 12,403 12,334 12,925 13,454 13,770 0 55,468 14,499 13,971 13,571 13,347 80

New Jersey
1,373,960 949,696 56,563   82,691 91,113 91,626 92,714 94,151 95,176 98,755 100,528 102,517 43,862 424,264 102,803 101,393 100,646 99,827 19,595
New Mexico 316,840 216,891 8,373   20,210 21,748 22,026 22,143 22,747 23,468 24,974 25,539 25,663 0 99,949 28,232 26,333 23,416 21,968 0
New York 2,601,676 1,786,774 53,484   172,921 185,085 185,036 187,349 188,336 191,407 194,987 197,720 200,437 30,012 814,902 208,507 206,141 193,686 192,880 13,688
North Carolina 1,513,677 1,049,660 18,137   102,311 111,816 111,465 112,193 112,864 115,380 120,037 122,402 123,055 0 464,017 128,583 120,608 106,578 106,438 1,810
North Dakota 114,955 82,276 2,782   8,994 9,060 8,848 8,918 8,572 8,568 8,762 8,924 8,848 0 32,679 8,812 8,327 7,846 7,694 0

Ohio
1,645,412 1,142,181 30,246   113,852 121,438 121,224 120,238 122,015 122,996 127,631 130,336 132,205 0 503,231 137,303 130,828 117,533 117,567 0
Oklahoma 694,113 497,546 37,162   50,385 51,686 50,430 49,901 49,588 50,646 52,264 52,809 52,675 0 196,567 53,034 49,819 48,312 45,402 0
Oregon 578,723 397,400 17,806 2 36,151 40,342 40,824 41,152 41,989 42,893 44,012 46,031 46,200 0 181,323 46,115 44,972 44,381 45,855 0
Pennsylvania 1,704,396 1,156,394 7,119   110,948 123,941 124,389 125,482 127,877 128,630 132,505 137,480 138,023 0 548,002 141,708 138,308 134,364 133,622 0
Rhode Island 139,184 94,006 2,276   8,948 9,860 9,939 9,998 10,178 10,357 10,485 10,854 11,111 0 45,178 11,502 11,439 11,047 11,190 0

South Carolina
766,819 538,037 21,002   51,801 55,109 54,923 55,954 56,563 57,229 60,742 62,102 62,612 0 228,782 66,199 59,504 52,853 50,226 0
South Dakota 139,566 99,036 3,176   11,458 10,295 10,269 10,223 10,360 10,588 10,777 10,884 11,006 0 40,530 11,769 10,439 9,510 8,812 0
Tennessee 985,207 690,465 26,458   70,109 73,232 73,139 72,998 72,941 72,814 73,662 77,088 78,024 0 294,742 78,535 75,602 71,975 68,630 0
Texas 5,372,806 3,761,597 218,120   361,369 381,417 380,146 381,161 385,385 395,681 414,392 421,380 422,546 0 1,611,209 436,956 420,900 388,553 364,800 0
Utah 680,659 473,101 14,096   46,872 49,191 50,025 49,368 50,625 51,496 52,678 54,197 54,553 0 207,558 53,644 52,379 51,240 50,295 0

Vermont
82,401 57,904 6,686   5,192 5,628 5,496 5,572 5,635 5,725 5,772 6,075 6,123 0 24,497 6,194 6,363 6,076 5,864 0
Virginia 1,250,713 856,356 28,027   80,542 89,210 89,877 91,029 91,834 92,706 95,292 98,634 99,205 0 394,357 102,964 101,536 95,430 94,427 0
Washington 1,087,354 744,195 19,196   70,518 78,157 79,316 79,289 80,642 81,250 83,706 85,922 86,199 0 343,159 85,422 83,852 83,157 90,728 0
West Virginia 253,447 176,616 12,849   17,220 15,873 18,041 17,747 17,975 18,284 19,169 19,665 19,793 0 76,831 20,729 20,073 18,474 17,555 0
Wisconsin 830,066 568,960 47,126   53,961 55,037 55,579 56,227 56,976 58,195 60,555 61,928 63,376 0 261,106 65,809 64,717 64,871 65,709 0
Wyoming 93,037 64,640 673   7,031 6,790 6,789 6,800 6,912 7,099 7,297 7,534 7,715 0 28,397 7,762 7,347 6,726 6,562 0

Bureau of Indian
    Education
34,545 25,835 ---   2,691 2,995 2,998 2,988 2,878 2,810 2,912 2,841 2,722 0 8,710 2,256 2,358 2,139 1,957 0

DoDEA5
66,136 53,430 2,843   6,192 6,303 6,322 5,967 5,908 5,367 5,238 4,713 4,577 0 12,706 3,714 3,337 2,922 2,733 0

Other jurisdictions
                                       
American Samoa 10,246 6,669 ---   666 656 693 721 750 765 808 797 813 0 3,577 873 990 894 820 0
Guam 27,497 18,453 637   1,279 1,991 2,027 2,111 2,051 2,095 1,988 2,150 2,124 0 9,044 2,482 2,468 2,294 1,800 0
Northern Marianas --- --- ---   --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Puerto Rico 276,413 185,718 2,124   16,279 17,865 18,363 19,435 19,697 20,081 20,686 21,824 22,201 7,163 90,695 22,311 23,609 21,300 19,977 3,498
U.S. Virgin Islands 10,993 7,537 64   698 781 766 845 786 862 929 952 854 0 3,456 1,031 904 762 759 0
---Not available.
1 Includes ungraded students as well as students whose grade was not specified. These students were prorated into either the prekindergarten through grade 8 level or the grades 9 through 12 level based on the known grade-level distribution of a state.
2 Includes students reported as being enrolled in grade 13.
3 Includes imputations for nonreported prekindergarten enrollment.
4 Includes imputations for nonreported enrollment for all grades.
5 DoDEA = Department of Defense Education Activity. Includes both domestic and overseas schools.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2020-21 Preliminary; and Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Data Center, Enrollment Data, 2020, retrieved September 10, 2021, from https://www.dodea.edu/datacenter/enrollment.cfm. (This table was prepared September 2021.)

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