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Table 203.40. Enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by level, grade, and state or jurisdiction: Fall 2021
State or jurisdiction Total, all grades Prekindergarten through grade 8 Grades 9 through 12
Total Prekindergarten Kindergarten Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Ungraded1 Total Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12 Ungraded1,2
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
   United States 49,433,092 33,997,563 1,410,554   3,554,411 3,457,728 3,519,316 3,541,687 3,550,196 3,611,233 3,650,310 3,755,863 3,858,703 87,562 15,435,529 4,168,521 3,862,247 3,692,901 3,670,442 41,418
Alabama 748,274 528,264 22,374   57,794 56,671 54,427 54,102 54,610 54,801 56,286 58,221 58,978 0 220,010 62,001 55,338 52,326 50,345 0
Alaska 129,944 91,670 2,927   9,777 9,620 9,838 9,823 9,860 9,916 9,867 10,050 9,992 0 38,274 10,045 9,450 9,416 9,363 0
Arizona 1,133,284 768,692 16,641   79,394 79,159 82,265 82,144 82,048 83,147 84,065 87,936 91,599 294 364,592 94,713 90,423 86,249 93,067 140
Arkansas 489,565 343,802 15,704   36,609 35,476 35,398 35,585 35,710 35,729 36,543 38,047 38,816 185 145,763 40,919 36,411 35,190 33,165 78
California 5,959,858 4,004,105 67,785 3 469,927 408,671 421,662 427,015 433,522 441,608 441,386 435,773 456,756 0 1,955,753 484,898 495,841 479,733 495,281 0
                                         
Colorado 880,597 600,760 30,894   61,531 59,960 61,537 61,299 62,064 63,295 64,461 66,831 68,888 0 279,837 71,759 69,031 67,423 71,624 0
Connecticut 509,748 346,593 17,671   35,708 33,821 35,860 35,683 36,312 36,678 37,199 38,347 39,314 0 163,155 44,264 40,310 38,331 40,250 0
Delaware 139,935 95,876 2,040   9,957 9,796 9,946 10,114 10,320 10,636 10,763 11,037 11,267 0 44,059 13,196 11,035 10,137 9,691 0
District of Columbia 88,908 68,940 11,448   7,377 7,037 6,757 6,577 6,458 6,162 5,748 5,642 5,549 185 19,968 7,143 4,900 4,196 3,676 53
Florida 2,833,186 1,959,161 59,056   199,555 201,252 204,835 213,192 203,297 218,230 213,616 219,775 226,353 0 874,025 231,924 226,508 211,406 204,187 0
                                         
Georgia 1,740,875 1,202,718 46,841   122,076 122,275 124,219 124,942 126,651 128,536 130,748 136,475 139,955 0 538,157 159,956 136,034 124,645 117,522 0
Hawaii 173,178 120,745 1,578   12,518 12,759 13,579 13,981 13,849 13,974 13,833 10,888 13,460 326 52,433 15,866 13,240 12,288 10,898 141
Idaho 314,258 216,873 3,521   22,064 22,894 23,066 23,373 23,302 23,773 24,338 24,909 25,633 0 97,385 25,813 24,714 24,084 22,774 0
Illinois 1,868,482 1,265,454 71,222   125,150 127,207 127,837 127,655 129,739 134,009 135,734 141,131 145,770 0 603,028 157,289 149,382 146,344 150,013 0
Indiana 1,036,625 712,312 21,185   76,482 74,539 75,598 74,288 75,389 75,596 77,257 79,260 81,610 1,108 324,313 83,900 81,316 79,101 79,491 505
                                         
Iowa 510,661 356,371 29,411   38,662 35,166 35,477 35,253 34,887 35,068 36,351 37,336 38,760 0 154,290 40,216 38,953 37,670 37,451 0
Kansas 485,424 339,715 22,545   34,225 33,274 34,030 34,153 34,802 34,790 35,871 36,542 37,265 2,218 145,709 38,923 36,242 35,034 34,558 952
Kentucky 654,239 454,627 23,220   49,583 46,862 47,070 47,158 43,556 47,182 47,831 50,345 51,359 461 199,612 56,914 50,441 47,706 44,348 203
Louisiana 683,216 482,964 24,809   51,557 52,118 50,914 49,686 49,295 49,404 50,538 52,489 52,154 0 200,252 58,688 50,460 47,152 43,952 0
Maine 173,215 117,646 5,591   12,490 11,598 12,248 12,048 12,041 12,320 12,588 13,251 13,471 0 55,569 13,961 13,771 13,898 13,939 0
                                         
Maryland 881,461 610,399 27,767   61,671 61,574 63,547 63,940 64,288 65,599 65,326 67,401 69,286 0 271,062 83,176 66,077 60,937 60,872 0
Massachusetts 921,180 628,437 27,816   62,462 62,728 64,287 65,774 66,155 67,439 67,675 69,721 72,277 2,103 292,743 76,673 72,120 70,876 72,095 979
Michigan 1,440,090 978,744 43,470   114,744 98,935 101,118 100,834 100,749 102,265 102,090 104,272 107,502 2,765 461,346 121,704 115,068 109,115 114,155 1,304
Minnesota 870,506 590,732 21,887   62,633 60,424 62,501 62,205 62,475 62,251 63,687 65,464 67,205 0 279,774 69,583 68,422 67,519 74,250 0
Mississippi 442,000 311,080 7,599   33,596 32,569 31,508 31,436 32,076 33,162 32,181 35,802 36,293 4,858 130,920 37,284 32,584 30,552 28,456 2,044
                                         
Missouri 888,823 618,139 31,204   64,117 62,600 63,857 63,711 64,322 64,814 65,991 67,931 69,592 0 270,684 72,927 68,335 65,310 64,112 0
Montana 150,195 105,515 1,571   12,838 11,158 11,209 11,149 11,188 11,390 11,212 11,719 12,081 0 44,680 12,152 11,724 10,727 10,077 0
Nebraska 327,564 229,944 19,059   23,391 22,964 23,222 22,937 23,087 22,969 23,700 24,274 24,341 0 97,620 23,686 24,328 24,010 25,596 0
Nevada 486,648 335,621 10,793   34,641 33,778 34,956 35,504 35,795 36,115 36,577 37,495 39,229 738 151,027 40,119 38,513 37,110 34,953 332
New Hampshire 170,005 114,699 3,859   11,223 11,819 11,890 12,217 12,193 12,525 12,360 13,071 13,542 0 55,306 15,040 13,581 13,403 13,231 51
                                         
New Jersey 1,372,381 946,529 65,510   86,314 88,486 90,510 91,326 92,346 93,840 95,367 98,945 100,392 43,493 425,852 107,673 100,507 98,816 99,288 19,568
New Mexico 316,785 215,561 9,280   21,409 21,167 21,892 22,206 22,347 23,018 23,497 25,078 25,667 0 101,224 31,147 25,466 22,901 21,710 0
New York 2,548,490 1,747,372 65,128   174,757 176,375 180,380 179,958 183,158 184,692 187,047 191,660 195,389 28,828 801,118 209,314 199,589 189,516 189,482 13,217
North Carolina 1,525,223 1,053,942 21,304   112,415 108,660 111,821 112,405 112,919 113,726 116,178 121,228 123,286 0 471,281 142,864 119,068 110,330 97,168 1,851
North Dakota 116,864 83,417 2,837   9,527 9,075 9,025 8,942 8,976 8,644 8,650 8,815 8,926 0 33,447 9,257 8,554 7,912 7,724 0
                                         
Ohio 1,683,612 1,148,029 40,447   123,650 116,886 120,720 121,332 120,420 122,211 123,619 128,369 130,375 0 535,583 142,206 131,527 130,432 131,418 0
Oklahoma 698,696 498,515 38,036   51,271 51,541 50,425 50,711 49,539 49,787 51,147 52,812 53,246 0 200,181 56,031 51,035 47,433 45,682 0
Oregon 576,201 394,238 23,189 3 37,816 38,583 40,374 40,473 40,948 41,557 42,274 43,484 45,540 0 181,963 46,429 45,549 43,769 46,216 0
Pennsylvania 1,695,092 1,145,719 6,836   120,333 118,602 123,624 124,336 125,381 127,767 128,794 133,150 136,896 0 549,373 147,041 136,697 131,439 134,196 0
Rhode Island 138,566 93,509 2,834   9,692 9,605 9,863 9,905 10,008 10,124 10,239 10,463 10,776 0 45,057 12,152 10,911 10,750 11,244 0
                                         
South Carolina 780,878 545,791 25,249   54,768 56,008 55,940 56,261 56,854 57,667 58,741 61,634 62,669 0 235,087 72,377 60,253 52,779 49,678 0
South Dakota 141,307 99,607 3,364   12,226 10,125 10,268 10,353 10,361 10,448 10,727 10,810 10,925 0 41,700 12,492 10,500 9,444 9,264 0
Tennessee 996,709 698,341 29,431   76,204 72,385 73,844 74,004 73,962 73,449 73,311 74,267 77,484 0 298,368 81,324 75,916 72,237 68,891 0
Texas 5,428,613 3,791,583 245,135   371,522 386,255 383,848 384,902 386,038 389,996 400,482 418,825 424,580 0 1,637,030 476,154 408,945 389,575 362,356 0
Utah 690,934 479,578 16,042   48,778 49,611 50,473 51,324 50,503 51,766 52,376 53,730 54,975 0 211,356 55,270 53,822 51,732 50,532 0
                                         
Vermont 83,975 59,327 7,560   5,714 5,441 5,773 5,638 5,718 5,760 5,860 5,751 6,112 0 24,648 6,548 6,113 6,214 5,773 0
Virginia 1,249,815 853,678 31,446   86,998 87,167 89,537 89,996 90,891 91,371 92,406 95,041 98,825 0 396,137 109,485 98,187 93,990 94,475 0
Washington 1,081,835 736,568 19,150   78,015 74,595 78,524 79,229 78,824 79,974 80,080 83,058 85,119 0 345,267 87,192 84,531 82,597 90,947 0
West Virginia 252,720 175,355 14,316   17,718 16,988 15,684 17,861 17,685 18,021 18,375 19,101 19,606 0 77,365 22,953 18,882 17,935 17,595 0
Wisconsin 829,359 566,137 51,208   54,458 54,749 55,415 55,843 56,392 57,059 58,179 60,789 62,045 0 263,222 67,887 64,209 64,268 66,858 0
Wyoming 93,093 64,169 764   7,074 6,720 6,718 6,904 6,886 6,973 7,139 7,418 7,573 0 28,924 7,993 7,434 6,944 6,553 0
                                         
Bureau of Indian
   Education
32,457 24,183 ---   2,773 2,460 2,753 2,737 2,756 2,684 2,662 2,640 2,718 0 8,274 2,334 1,962 2,006 1,972 0
                                         
DoDEA4 66,955 54,153 3,339   6,392 6,432 6,225 6,146 5,871 5,710 5,074 4,723 4,241 0 12,802 3,930 3,350 2,904 2,618 0
                                         
Other jurisdictions                                        
  American Samoa --- --- ---   --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
  Guam 28,402 19,142 663   1,687 1,842 2,111 2,148 2,166 2,100 2,095 2,078 2,252 0 9,260 3,056 2,255 2,149 1,800 0
  Northern Marianas 9,491 6,347 290   566 575 611 637 649 712 741 779 746 41 3,144 1,037 757 684 646 20
  Puerto Rico 259,535 172,920 1,996   16,731 15,376 16,613 17,464 18,721 18,982 19,551 20,470 21,026 5,990 86,615 21,829 21,625 21,107 19,053 3,001
  U.S. Virgin Islands 10,234 6,917 89   654 673 689 729 779 771 794 906 833 0 3,317 1,024 820 757 716 0
---Not available.
1Includes 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.
2Includes students reported as being enrolled in grade 13.
3Includes imputations for nonreported prekindergarten enrollment.
4DoDEA = 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," 2021-22; and Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Data Center, Enrollment Data, 2021, retrieved October 18, 2022, from https://www.dodea.edu/datacenter/enrollment.cfm. (This table was prepared December 2022.)

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