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Table 216.75. Average enrollment of public elementary and secondary schools, by school level and state or jurisdiction: School year 2021-22
State or jurisdiction Elementary Middle Secondary and high
All schools Regular schools1 All schools Regular schools1 All schools Regular schools1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
   United States 432 433 569 574 696 821
Alabama 476 477 542 542 684 697
Alaska 282 282 396 396 391 485
Arizona 474 476 532 542 590 990
Arkansas 431 432 483 485 521 524
California 464 468 666 673 880 1,279

Colorado
384 384 496 500 633 758
Connecticut 384 384 536 536 818 836
Delaware 482 486 723 743 973 1,010
District of Columbia 357 357 342 342 519 563
Florida 612 617 836 854 1,022 1,469

Georgia
602 602 798 801 1,113 1,187
Hawaii 460 460 659 659 1,191 1,218
Idaho 342 343 524 539 462 639
Illinois 387 387 475 475 856 863
Indiana 444 444 612 612 813 830

Iowa
338 338 405 405 481 494
Kansas 312 313 416 416 409 412
Kentucky 421 427 584 591 563 885
Louisiana 451 451 473 475 716 743
Maine 232 232 375 375 451 451

Maryland
478 481 780 791 1,119 1,302
Massachusetts 384 385 544 546 801 820
Michigan 365 366 496 499 488 673
Minnesota 380 389 490 531 375 570
Mississippi 444 444 497 497 647 647

Missouri
332 333 474 475 505 512
Montana 166 166 148 148 258 261
Nebraska 295 295 453 453 395 395
Nevada 514 519 797 803 1,020 1,248
New Hampshire 267 267 384 384 562 562

New Jersey
406 409 591 592 861 1,060
New Mexico 313 313 361 365 453 511
New York 450 451 548 550 676 706
North Carolina 454 456 630 635 768 847
North Dakota 215 215 437 437 214 214

Ohio
414 414 490 491 583 595
Oklahoma 372 372 409 410 419 422
Oregon 323 324 508 508 626 683
Pennsylvania 442 442 609 609 756 834
Rhode Island 334 334 548 548 737 747

South Carolina
519 521 656 656 920 980
South Dakota 201 203 188 194 214 245
Tennessee 464 467 567 567 770 804
Texas 520 523 664 679 798 1,109
Utah 517 522 870 870 952 1,063

Vermont
222 222 293 293 498 498
Virginia 500 500 757 759 1,214 1,238
Washington 390 395 579 589 566 811
West Virginia 293 293 460 460 635 723
Wisconsin 333 333 386 387 489 544
Wyoming 223 223 336 341 328 449

Bureau of Indian Education
143 143 150 150 265 265

DoDEA2
--- --- --- --- --- ---

Other jurisdictions
           
  American Samoa --- --- --- --- --- ---
  Guam 459 459 688 688 1,292 1,484
  Northern Marianas 426 426 410 410 543 543
  Puerto Rico 259 260 284 284 446 421
  U.S. Virgin Islands 363 363 613 613 829 829
---Not available.
1Excludes special education schools, vocational schools, and alternative schools.
2DoDEA = Department of Defense Education Activity. Includes both domestic and overseas schools.
NOTE: Average enrollment calculations include data only for schools reporting enrollments greater than zero. For the 50 states and the District of Columbia, enrollment data were available for 52,244 out of 52,450 public elementary schools, 16,195 out of 16,300 public middle schools, and 22,019 out of 23,742 public secondary and high schools in 2021-22. Prekindergartens and schools in the “Other, ungraded, not applicable/not reported” category are not shown in this table.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2021-22. (This table was prepared November 2022.)

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