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.)