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Table 203.45. Enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by level, grade, and state or jurisdiction: Fall 2019
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 50,796,445 35,550,583 1,585,701   3,716,023 3,646,681 3,638,255 3,686,365 3,705,645 3,801,185 3,896,129 3,917,816 3,864,740 92,043 15,245,862 4,044,227 3,868,246 3,670,812 3,621,156 41,421
Alabama 744,235 529,147 20,057   56,056 56,246 54,912 54,882 55,673 57,817 58,932 58,344 56,228 0 215,088 57,898 54,589 51,712 50,889 0
Alaska 132,017 94,367 3,984   10,048 9,936 10,031 10,034 10,127 10,235 10,216 10,000 9,756 0 37,650 9,730 9,299 9,138 9,483 0
Arizona 1,152,586 797,840 21,893   81,532 82,486 82,405 83,112 83,790 87,981 91,456 92,241 90,751 193 354,746 91,445 89,085 84,185 89,945 86
Arkansas 496,927 352,919 17,495   36,761 36,606 36,312 36,165 36,754 37,954 38,834 39,223 36,613 202 144,008 37,980 36,785 35,338 33,822 83
California 6,249,005 4,285,816 86,004 3 523,009 444,120 447,239 455,273 456,361 448,701 465,730 471,541 487,838 0 1,963,189 500,397 496,819 479,381 486,592 0

Colorado
913,223 636,247 34,425   64,009 63,697 64,192 65,166 66,172 68,592 70,228 70,171 69,595 0 276,976 70,607 68,872 67,216 70,281 0
Connecticut 523,690 359,799 18,480   36,544 35,988 36,377 36,809 37,275 38,442 39,293 40,468 40,123 0 163,891 43,134 40,859 39,906 39,992 0
Delaware 139,930 97,548 2,214   9,898 10,109 10,404 10,441 10,559 10,976 11,118 10,934 10,895 0 42,382 12,227 10,834 9,890 9,431 0
District of Columbia 89,878 70,887 12,888   7,488 7,242 7,104 6,685 6,466 6,250 5,869 5,657 5,041 197 18,991 6,458 4,526 3,985 3,969 53
Florida 2,858,461 2,004,202 65,577   202,889 207,636 208,781 221,801 209,751 217,882 225,573 220,994 223,318 0 854,259 224,227 218,909 208,315 202,808 0

Georgia
1,769,657 1,245,759 50,048   126,350 127,231 128,203 129,091 131,286 136,822 139,176 140,489 137,063 0 523,898 149,902 135,331 121,690 116,975 0
Hawaii 181,088 129,375 1,757   14,004 14,717 14,545 14,673 14,895 11,816 14,786 14,242 13,611 329 51,713 14,923 13,370 12,175 11,114 131
Idaho 311,096 217,111 3,684   21,983 22,698 22,700 23,201 23,543 24,113 25,183 25,323 24,683 0 93,985 24,956 23,968 22,983 22,078 0
Illinois 1,943,117 1,341,099 77,231   130,621 132,640 134,002 137,508 139,084 143,606 148,272 150,455 147,680 0 602,018 155,786 153,846 146,340 146,046 0
Indiana 1,051,411 730,068 20,994   78,663 75,776 76,538 76,146 77,528 79,223 81,494 81,632 80,799 1,275 321,343 81,258 81,357 81,854 76,313 561

Iowa
517,324 366,825 31,468   39,832 35,894 35,274 35,253 36,360 37,185 38,547 38,823 38,189 0 150,499 38,725 37,615 37,146 37,013 0
Kansas 497,963 353,370 23,559   35,499 35,079 35,457 35,542 36,467 37,011 37,746 37,799 36,917 2,294 144,593 37,328 36,669 35,403 34,255 938
Kentucky 691,996 490,580 32,077   50,786 51,855 45,922 49,513 49,847 52,153 52,905 53,270 51,791 461 201,416 54,705 51,493 48,765 46,264 189
Louisiana 710,439 509,912 26,985   53,972 54,502 52,427 52,052 52,514 54,193 55,158 55,367 52,742 0 200,527 57,288 51,491 46,823 44,925 0
Maine 180,291 124,658 6,155   13,071 12,676 12,458 12,744 12,847 13,480 13,575 13,890 13,762 0 55,633 14,192 14,047 13,716 13,678 0

Maryland
909,404 643,092 32,203   65,087 65,978 66,560 67,747 67,971 69,552 70,503 69,786 67,705 0 266,312 75,950 67,425 61,783 61,154 0
Massachusetts 959,394 663,354 30,737   65,388 67,746 67,921 68,940 69,361 71,201 73,421 73,875 72,775 1,989 296,040 76,817 74,698 72,691 70,947 887
Michigan 1,495,925 1,028,257 47,614   120,133 105,086 103,887 104,815 103,774 105,603 108,670 112,982 112,842 2,851 467,668 120,936 119,750 112,209 113,477 1,296
Minnesota 893,203 617,870 25,204   65,423 64,089 64,153 63,971 65,010 66,117 67,853 68,607 67,443 0 275,333 68,421 68,634 66,976 71,302 0
Mississippi 466,002 334,743 7,161   34,968 35,109 34,540 35,629 33,046 36,909 38,278 38,305 35,313 5,485 131,259 35,625 33,851 30,737 28,895 2,151

Missouri
910,466 644,250 34,109   66,050 65,525 65,622 66,168 67,249 68,967 70,637 70,961 68,962 0 266,216 70,281 67,462 65,150 63,323 0
Montana 149,917 107,292 1,908   12,398 11,393 11,349 11,467 11,342 11,778 12,125 11,791 11,741 0 42,625 11,504 11,145 10,300 9,676 0
Nebraska 330,018 232,335 19,495   23,835 23,204 23,246 23,102 23,838 24,395 24,307 22,948 23,965 0 97,683 24,388 24,564 23,807 24,924 0
Nevada 496,934 351,819 12,044   35,882 36,590 36,500 36,798 37,079 37,770 39,462 40,206 38,795 693 145,115 37,904 36,743 35,991 34,191 286
New Hampshire 177,351 121,394 4,533   11,709 12,588 12,398 12,817 12,689 13,222 13,592 13,921 13,925 0 55,957 14,826 14,080 13,631 13,381 39

New Jersey
1,411,917 988,018 68,279   91,109 93,672 94,488 95,054 96,208 99,279 101,105 102,876 101,515 44,433 423,899 104,750 102,693 99,897 97,495 19,064
New Mexico 331,206 231,940 10,487   23,098 23,421 23,323 23,745 24,277 25,814 26,191 26,120 25,464 0 99,266 28,824 25,829 22,929 21,684 0
New York 2,692,589 1,871,145 76,829   190,030 190,490 193,043 192,701 195,145 198,669 200,254 202,306 200,051 31,627 821,444 214,322 206,663 194,475 192,099 13,885
North Carolina 1,560,350 1,095,860 22,430   115,573 115,861 115,699 115,821 117,950 122,407 124,504 124,361 121,254 0 464,490 130,058 113,466 113,537 105,663 1,766
North Dakota 116,185 84,202 3,129   9,622 9,177 9,216 8,828 8,753 8,928 8,963 8,922 8,664 0 31,983 8,545 8,201 7,731 7,506 0

Ohio
1,689,867 1,184,678 42,389   124,626 124,558 122,412 124,684 123,652 128,212 130,684 132,691 130,770 0 505,189 137,579 132,636 117,457 117,517 0
Oklahoma 703,719 509,534 41,903   52,770 52,814 50,548 50,995 50,975 52,628 53,000 52,840 51,061 0 194,185 51,334 50,874 47,698 44,279 0
Oregon 610,648 429,663 27,987   42,322 42,987 43,075 43,838 44,220 45,374 47,024 46,851 45,985 0 180,985 45,430 45,511 44,085 45,959 0
Pennsylvania 1,732,449 1,187,808 10,108   123,347 126,148 126,492 128,521 129,156 132,587 136,942 138,103 136,404 0 544,641 142,225 138,500 132,393 131,523 0
Rhode Island 143,557 98,367 3,008   10,038 10,208 10,244 10,376 10,542 10,746 10,971 11,241 10,993 0 45,190 11,816 11,535 10,893 10,946 0

South Carolina
786,879 561,509 28,070   56,058 57,222 57,430 57,762 58,044 61,369 62,339 62,972 60,243 0 225,370 66,094 57,693 51,957 49,626 0
South Dakota 139,949 100,831 3,312   12,006 10,527 10,382 10,472 10,651 10,808 10,950 11,031 10,692 0 39,118 11,292 10,141 8,985 8,700 0
Tennessee 1,014,744 722,878 33,423   76,793 76,354 75,494 75,020 75,065 75,633 78,605 79,064 77,427 0 291,866 78,141 74,650 70,687 68,388 0
Texas 5,495,398 3,906,590 275,170   384,125 391,476 388,701 391,813 400,139 417,477 422,772 423,581 411,336 0 1,588,808 449,619 407,303 377,340 354,546 0
Utah 684,694 483,131 16,747   48,787 50,702 49,740 50,954 51,661 52,764 54,137 54,599 53,026 14 201,563 52,016 51,371 50,025 48,145 6

Vermont
86,759 62,057 8,672   5,909 5,704 5,801 5,734 5,943 5,819 6,254 6,217 6,004 0 24,702 6,464 6,298 6,182 5,758 0
Virginia 1,297,012 903,037 34,421   92,359 94,392 94,798 94,684 95,344 97,617 100,324 100,539 98,559 0 393,975 106,296 99,968 93,749 93,962 0
Washington 1,142,073 799,378 33,931   82,609 83,538 83,105 84,208 84,190 86,768 88,147 87,764 85,118 0 342,695 84,888 84,471 82,890 90,446 0
West Virginia 263,486 186,825 16,683   16,623 18,964 18,493 18,553 18,765 19,528 19,951 19,952 19,313 0 76,661 21,148 19,776 18,010 17,727 0
Wisconsin 855,400 594,462 56,338   56,756 56,992 57,345 57,949 59,044 61,357 62,483 63,740 62,458 0 260,938 65,854 65,486 63,948 65,650 0
Wyoming 94,616 66,735 402   7,575 7,032 6,967 7,108 7,263 7,455 7,590 7,801 7,542 0 27,881 7,714 7,065 6,708 6,394 0

Bureau of Indian
    Education
38,199 28,712 0   3,512 3,272 3,298 3,170 3,104 3,210 3,251 2,931 2,964 0 9,487 2,697 2,405 2,161 2,224 0

DoDEA4
70,419 57,546 3,812   6,980 6,904 6,574 6,548 5,954 5,787 5,413 5,092 4,482 0 12,873 3,713 3,307 3,052 2,801 0

Other jurisdictions
                                       
American Samoa 10,448 6,760 0   589 705 728 756 767 810 792 816 797 0 3,688 1,067 948 906 767 0
Guam 28,812 19,611 722   1,882 2,054 2,143 2,092 2,126 2,126 2,173 2,161 2,132 0 9,201 2,754 2,536 2,196 1,715 0
Northern Marianas --- --- ---   --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Puerto Rico 292,518 198,918 2,653   18,832 19,046 20,134 20,302 20,689 21,557 22,254 22,910 22,666 7,875 93,600 24,328 22,820 21,566 21,181 3,705
U.S. Virgin Islands 10,907 7,457 31   728 738 822 783 845 958 886 900 766 0 3,450 1,126 796 763 765 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 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," 2019-20; and Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Data Center, Enrollment Data, 2019, retrieved September 3, 2021, from https://www.dodea.edu/datacenter/enrollment.cfm. (This table was prepared September 2021.)

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