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Table 203.25. Public school enrollment in prekindergarten through grade 8, by region, state, and jurisdiction: Selected years, fall 1990 through fall 2031
Region, state, and jurisdiction Actual enrollment Percent change in enrollment, 2016 to 2021 Projected enrollment Percent change in enrollment, 2021 to 2031
Fall 1990 Fall 2000 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 2025 Fall 2031
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 34,624,530 34,772,751 35,017,893 35,250,792 35,369,694 35,387,986 35,477,332 35,496,055 35,497,748 35,550,583   34,061,242   33,997,563   -4.2 33,723,800 33,484,500 33,266,500 33,037,300 32,225,400 -5.2
Region                                                
Northeast 5,188,795 5,839,970 5,540,276 5,479,174 5,493,308 5,502,015 5,519,184 5,486,906 5,509,561 5,494,484 5,475,308 5,476,600   5,255,181   5,199,831   -5.6 5,124,300 5,057,300 4,998,100 4,942,200 4,742,200 -8.8
Midwest 7,129,501 7,523,246 7,349,334 7,358,792 7,368,484 7,394,141 7,374,598 7,361,263 7,346,552 7,331,579 7,306,433 7,278,246   6,982,194   6,988,602   -4.9 6,943,900 6,907,000 6,873,400 6,839,200 6,627,200 -5.2
South 10,858,800 12,314,176 13,434,553 13,578,211 13,711,284 13,830,129 13,917,451 13,951,194 13,995,096 14,033,899 14,069,319 14,165,023   13,604,965   13,675,035   -2.3 13,627,400 13,584,900 13,562,600 13,531,600 13,497,200 -1.3
West 6,698,818 8,009,029 8,300,367 8,356,574 8,444,817 8,524,507 8,558,461 8,588,623 8,626,123 8,636,093 8,646,688 8,630,714   8,218,902   8,134,095   -5.7 8,028,200 7,935,400 7,832,400 7,724,400 7,358,600 -9.5
                                                 
State                                                
Alabama 527,097 538,634 533,612 527,006 527,434 527,499 523,096 521,607 522,292 523,057 523,523 529,147   518,011   528,264   1.1 529,700 530,800 532,100 534,400 539,800 2.2
Alaska 85,297 94,442 91,990 92,057 93,069 92,714 92,745 93,789 94,164 94,618 93,642 94,367   92,101   91,670   -2.6 91,400 90,800 90,300 89,500 84,500 -7.9
Arizona 479,046 640,564 751,992 759,494 767,734 775,280 780,123 775,446 783,905 777,744 793,964 797,840   757,853   768,692   -1.9 765,600 766,100 768,100 768,200 762,500 -0.8
Arkansas 313,505 318,023 345,808 346,022 347,631 349,709 349,174 349,817 350,297 352,513 351,719 352,919   342,357   343,802   -1.9 342,500 341,400 340,900 341,000 342,700 -0.3
California 3,613,734 4,407,035 4,293,968 4,308,447 4,331,807 4,357,989 4,360,241 4,361,930 4,367,509 4,357,267 4,321,648 4,285,816 1 4,094,008   4,004,105 1 -8.3 3,929,900 3,864,400 3,785,000 3,700,900 3,391,300 -15.3
                                                 
Colorado 419,910 516,566 601,077 610,854 617,510 627,619 634,363 638,203 639,519 639,875 637,758 636,247   604,662   600,760   -6.1 590,000 581,200 574,200 568,700 566,300 -5.7
Connecticut 347,396 406,445 387,475 383,377 380,709 377,162 374,888 370,877 368,843 365,546 362,125 359,799   345,480   346,593   -6.0 341,900 338,200 334,800 331,500 316,000 -8.8
Delaware 72,606 80,801 90,279 90,624 91,004 93,204 94,696 95,002 95,760 95,390 96,753 97,548   95,141   95,876   0.1 93,500 92,900 92,100 91,200 87,900 -8.3
District of Columbia 61,282 53,692 53,548 56,195 58,273 60,379 62,997 64,955 66,798 68,142 69,581 70,887   70,501   68,940   3.2 69,000 69,200 69,000 68,300 61,400 -11.0
Florida 1,369,934 1,759,902 1,858,498 1,876,102 1,892,560 1,913,710 1,933,695 1,952,461 1,969,010 1,980,941 1,994,347 2,004,202   1,930,465   1,959,161   -0.5 1,966,700 1,975,200 1,983,700 1,980,300 2,021,000 3.2
                                                 
Georgia 849,082 1,059,983 1,202,479 1,211,250 1,222,289 1,233,877 1,242,832 1,243,372 1,245,574 1,246,608 1,245,461 1,245,759   1,199,416   1,202,718   -3.4 1,196,600 1,191,200 1,187,700 1,184,600 1,185,900 -1.4
Hawaii 122,840 132,293 127,525 131,005 133,590 135,925 131,307 131,593 131,141 130,255 130,402 129,375   124,242   120,745   -7.9 118,900 119,200 116,300 113,300 96,800 -19.8
Idaho 160,091 170,421 194,144 198,064 202,203 209,333 205,460 205,857 208,561 210,927 216,919 217,111   212,424   216,873   4.0 219,800 222,800 225,600 228,400 240,100 10.7
Illinois 1,309,516 1,473,933 1,454,793 1,453,156 1,448,201 1,445,459 1,428,964 1,422,487 1,408,702 1,388,977 1,370,182 1,341,099   1,280,694   1,265,454   -10.2 1,256,200 1,245,900 1,237,000 1,224,600 1,149,900 -9.1
Indiana 675,804 703,261 729,414 724,605 725,040 731,035 729,804 725,444 725,811 728,666 726,878 730,068   710,467   712,312   -1.9 710,100 709,100 708,800 709,300 708,700 -0.5
                                                 
Iowa 344,804 333,750 348,112 350,152 355,041 357,953 359,449 361,206 362,666 363,718 365,737 366,825   354,841   356,371   -1.7 355,300 354,900 354,600 355,400 355,800 -0.2
Kansas 319,648 323,157 342,927 347,129 349,695 355,929 355,305 352,910 351,447 353,430 353,649 353,370   337,208   339,715   -3.3 335,600 332,200 328,600 326,000 314,400 -7.5
Kentucky 459,200 471,429 480,334 488,456 491,065 485,001 491,766 487,634 485,275 481,962 479,561 490,580   458,169   454,627   -6.3 448,600 443,600 440,400 438,100 436,500 -4.0
Louisiana 586,202 546,579 512,266 518,802 524,792 523,310 522,009 520,134 516,206 514,159 511,587 509,912   492,008   482,964   -6.4 478,800 474,800 471,600 468,700 454,500 -5.9
Maine 155,203 145,701 128,929 130,046 127,924 127,071 126,109 125,340 124,938 124,937 124,850 124,658   116,965   117,646   -5.8 116,500 115,300 114,600 114,100 112,300 -4.6
                                                 
Maryland 526,744 609,043 588,156 594,216 602,802 612,580 620,442 626,505 630,440 633,791 635,285 643,092   614,539   610,399   -3.2 603,400 597,700 592,700 587,100 559,900 -8.3
Massachusetts 604,234 702,575 666,402 666,314 667,267 668,261 666,910 669,129 669,178 668,415 665,324 663,354   627,604   628,437   -6.1 619,400 613,500 608,900 604,100 591,700 -5.9
Michigan 1,144,878 1,222,482 1,075,584 1,070,873 1,061,930 1,060,065 1,051,722 1,052,418 1,047,414 1,037,784 1,031,332 1,028,257   971,179   978,744   -6.6 970,400 965,500 959,200 950,500 901,500 -7.9
Minnesota 545,556 577,766 569,963 575,544 583,363 589,564 594,161 598,675 607,084 614,476 615,709 617,870   594,472   590,732   -2.7 590,900 590,100 588,900 587,900 570,800 -3.4
Mississippi 371,641 363,873 350,885 352,999 356,364 356,432 352,884 348,569 345,125 341,927 338,465 334,743   313,028   311,080   -9.9 304,400 298,500 295,100 290,500 277,000 -11.0
                                                 
Missouri 588,070 644,766 642,991 645,376 647,530 649,061 648,864 649,885 647,307 648,697 647,461 644,250   613,960   618,139   -4.5 613,400 609,600 606,300 604,200 597,300 -3.4
Montana 111,169 105,226 98,491 99,725 100,819 101,991 102,716 103,497 104,337 106,075 106,357 107,292   102,705   105,515   1.1 105,400 105,500 106,000 106,000 106,100 0.6
Nebraska 198,080 195,486 210,292 213,504 215,432 219,122 222,671 224,364 226,051 228,831 230,122 232,335   226,920   229,944   1.7 230,100 229,600 229,000 228,900 225,500 -1.9
Nevada 149,881 250,720 307,297 309,360 313,730 319,240 324,518 330,593 333,991 343,807 349,619 351,819   334,843   335,621   0.5 334,200 332,900 331,600 329,700 328,800 -2.0
New Hampshire 126,301 147,121 131,576 129,632 128,169 126,933 125,845 124,305 123,602 122,657 121,965 121,394   113,559   114,699   -7.2 113,500 112,700 112,100 111,300 106,200 -7.4
                                                 
New Jersey 783,422 967,533 981,255 947,576 956,070 956,379 982,202 989,332 990,740 987,988 979,147 988,018   949,696   946,529   -4.5 936,100 926,100 917,000 908,300 875,200 -7.5
New Mexico 208,087 224,879 239,345 239,481 240,978 241,528 241,105 238,896 236,407 235,839 234,323 231,940   216,891   215,561   -8.8 210,100 204,700 200,400 196,300 181,400 -15.8
New York 1,827,418 2,028,906 1,869,150 1,857,574 1,868,561 1,884,845 1,889,428 1,870,048 1,886,863 1,880,208 1,874,568 1,871,145   1,793,572   1,747,372   -7.4 1,710,300 1,675,800 1,645,100 1,618,200 1,532,200 -12.3
North Carolina 783,132 945,470 1,058,409 1,074,063 1,080,090 1,089,594 1,092,368 1,080,536 1,080,196 1,080,861 1,087,608 1,095,860   1,049,660   1,053,942   -2.4 1,045,900 1,040,000 1,037,400 1,036,300 1,047,200 -0.6
North Dakota 84,943 72,421 66,035 67,888 70,995 73,527 76,165 77,969 79,249 81,031 82,288 84,202   82,276   83,417   5.3 84,100 84,800 85,400 86,000 86,200 3.3
                                                 
Ohio 1,257,580 1,293,646 1,222,808 1,217,226 1,211,299 1,208,500 1,204,872 1,194,990 1,190,358 1,187,254 1,184,755 1,184,678   1,142,181   1,148,029   -3.6 1,137,500 1,130,300 1,124,600 1,117,900 1,076,800 -6.2
Oklahoma 424,899 445,402 483,464 490,196 496,144 501,504 503,846 505,311 504,388 503,796 505,349 509,534   497,546   498,515   -1.2 500,300 498,900 497,700 497,000 487,900 -2.1
Oregon 340,243 379,264 392,601 391,310 409,325 414,405 421,561 427,227 425,768 427,690 428,997 429,663   397,400 1 394,238 1 -7.4 387,200 381,600 376,200 371,300 353,700 -10.3
Pennsylvania 1,172,164 1,257,824 1,209,766 1,204,850 1,204,732 1,201,169 1,193,762 1,176,868 1,183,671 1,182,944 1,186,383 1,187,808   1,156,394   1,145,719   -3.2 1,135,400 1,125,700 1,117,000 1,107,400 1,066,500 -6.9
Rhode Island 101,797 113,545 97,734 97,659 97,809 98,738 99,067 99,143 98,871 98,737 98,461 98,367   94,006   93,509   -5.4 92,300 91,400 90,600 89,900 88,300 -5.6
                                                 
South Carolina 452,033 493,226 515,581 519,389 527,350 533,822 539,800 542,753 547,928 553,414 556,875 561,509   538,037   545,791   -0.4 545,100 544,700 545,600 546,100 548,800 0.5
South Dakota 95,165 87,838 87,936 90,529 93,204 94,251 95,739 97,011 98,712 99,878 100,700 100,831   99,036   99,607   0.9 99,300 99,200 99,100 99,000 98,700 -0.9
Tennessee 598,111 668,123 701,707 712,749 711,525 709,668 707,067 709,394 708,027 710,398 716,021 722,878   690,465   698,341   -1.4 697,600 700,400 703,200 705,800 721,800 3.4
Texas 2,510,955 2,943,047 3,586,609 3,636,852 3,690,146 3,742,266 3,783,324 3,809,025 3,835,671 3,852,952 3,868,443 3,906,590   3,761,597   3,791,583   -1.1 3,790,600 3,782,400 3,779,800 3,777,300 3,768,600 -0.6
Utah 324,982 333,104 424,979 434,536 444,202 451,332 456,667 463,567 471,213 475,107 479,370 483,131   473,101   479,578   1.8 479,600 479,500 479,400 479,700 490,200 2.2
                                                 
Vermont 70,860 70,320 67,989 62,146 62,067 61,457 60,973 61,864 62,855 63,052 62,486 62,057   57,904   59,327   -5.6 58,800 58,500 57,900 57,400 53,900 -9.2
Virginia 728,280 815,748 871,446 881,225 889,444 896,573 897,688 896,809 897,696 900,027 898,317 903,037   857,282   853,678   -4.9 843,500 835,800 829,200 823,100 805,200 -5.7
Washington 612,597 694,367 714,172 718,184 724,560 730,868 740,320 750,222 762,362 769,992 786,827 799,378   744,195   736,568   -3.4 732,800 723,800 716,800 710,200 695,000 -5.6
West Virginia 224,097 201,201 201,472 202,065 202,371 201,001 199,767 197,310 194,413 193,961 190,424 186,825   176,744   175,355   -9.8 171,100 167,500 164,400 161,600 151,100 -13.9
Wisconsin 565,457 594,740 598,479 602,810 606,754 609,675 606,882 603,904 601,751 598,837 597,619 594,462   568,960   566,137   -5.9 561,000 555,800 552,100 549,600 541,800 -4.3
Wyoming 70,941 60,148 62,786 64,057 65,290 66,283 67,335 67,803 67,246 66,897 66,862 66,735   64,476   64,169   -4.6 63,400 62,900 62,500 62,300 61,900 -3.6
                                                 
Bureau of Indian
     Education
--- 35,746 31,985 --- --- --- --- --- 34,132 35,064 32,632 28,712   26,014   24,183   -29.1 --- --- --- --- --- ---
                                                 
DoDEA2 --- 89,996 70,195 71,359 69,557 67,056 62,866 61,355 58,942 57,975 58,483 57,546   53,430   54,153   -8.1 --- --- --- --- --- ---
                                                 
Other jurisdictions                                                
American Samoa 9,390 11,895 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 8,877 8,352 6,760   6,669   ---   --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Guam 19,276 23,698 21,561 21,223 21,166 23,301 21,112 20,765 20,621 20,227 20,183 19,611   18,453   19,142   -7.2 --- --- --- --- --- ---
Northern Marianas 4,918 7,809 7,688 7,703 7,396 7,340 --- --- --- --- --- ---   ---   6,347   --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Puerto Rico 480,356 445,524 334,613 318,924 305,048 294,976 284,246 261,667 251,197 238,807 210,452 198,918   185,718   172,920   -31.2 --- --- --- --- --- ---
U.S. Virgin Islands 16,249 13,910 10,518 10,576 10,302 10,283 9,724 9,503 9,037 12,698 7,309 7,457   7,537   6,917   -23.5 --- --- --- --- --- ---
---Not available.
1Includes imputations for nonreported prekindergarten enrollment.
2DoDEA = Department of Defense Education Activity. Includes both domestic and overseas schools.
NOTE: The total counts of ungraded students and those whose grade was not specified 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. 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 2021-22; Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Data Center, Enrollment Data, 2009 through 2014 and 2016 through 2021, retrieved October 18, 2022, from https://www.dodea.edu/datacenter/enrollment.cfm; and State Public Elementary and Secondary Enrollment Projection Model, through 2031. (This table was prepared October 2022.)

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