Enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by region, state, and jurisdiction: Selected years, fall 1990 through fall 2031

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Table 203.20.Enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by region, state, and jurisdiction: Selected years, fall 1990 through fall 2031
Region, state, and jurisdiction	Actual total enrollment																		Percent change in total enrollment, 2017 to 2022	Projected enrollment					Projected percent change in total enrollment, 2022 to 2031
Region, state, and jurisdiction	Fall 1990	Fall 2000	Fall 2011	Fall 2012	Fall 2013	Fall 2014	Fall 2015	Fall 2016	Fall 2017	Fall 2018	Fall 2019		Fall 2020		Fall 2021		Fall 2022		Percent change in total enrollment, 2017 to 2022	Fall 2023	Fall 2024	Fall 2025	Fall 2026	Fall 2031	Projected percent change in total enrollment, 2022 to 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	41,216,683	47,203,539	49,521,669	49,771,118	50,044,522	50,312,581	50,438,043	50,615,189	50,685,567	50,694,061	50,796,445		49,374,751		49,433,092		49,618,464		-2.1	49,012,400	48,707,400	48,227,500	47,644,200	46,889,600	-5.5
Region
Northeast	7,281,763	8,222,127	7,953,981	7,959,128	7,961,243	7,979,856	7,933,762	7,959,304	7,946,536	7,910,076	7,907,997		7,678,941		7,612,652		7,610,792		-4.2	7,476,800	7,388,200	7,281,800	7,165,800	6,915,600	-9.1
Midwest	9,943,761	10,729,987	10,573,792	10,559,230	10,572,920	10,560,539	10,555,579	10,538,947	10,523,753	10,491,845	10,440,828		10,151,900		10,199,317		10,177,118		-3.3	10,078,600	10,024,200	9,941,000	9,828,900	9,672,300	-5.0
South	14,807,016	17,007,261	18,955,932	19,128,376	19,298,714	19,506,193	19,641,472	19,749,816	19,824,469	19,863,988	19,998,517		19,485,865		19,634,313		19,876,617		0.3	19,718,500	19,716,700	19,600,200	19,438,400	19,512,600	-1.8
West	9,184,143	11,244,164	12,037,964	12,124,384	12,211,645	12,265,993	12,307,230	12,367,122	12,390,809	12,428,152	12,449,103		12,058,045		11,986,810		11,953,937		-3.5	11,738,600	11,578,200	11,404,600	11,211,100	10,789,200	-9.7

State
Alabama	721,806	739,992	744,621	744,637	746,204	744,164	743,789	744,930	742,444	739,716	744,235		734,559		748,274		750,923		1.1	759,000	762,400	761,700	758,500	772,500	2.9
Alaska	113,903	133,356	131,167	131,489	130,944	131,176	132,477	132,737	132,872	130,963	132,017		129,872		129,944		130,723		-1.6	130,400	130,100	129,300	127,900	124,000	-5.1
Arizona	639,853	877,696	1,080,319	1,089,384	1,102,445	1,111,695	1,109,040	1,123,137	1,110,851	1,141,511	1,152,586		1,111,500		1,133,284		1,132,223		1.9	1,135,900	1,135,100	1,129,400	1,120,900	1,131,400	-0.1
Arkansas	436,286	449,959	483,114	486,157	489,979	490,917	492,132	493,447	496,085	495,291	496,927		486,305		489,565		493,130		-0.6	491,500	492,100	489,400	485,600	489,000	-0.8
California	4,950,474	6,140,814	6,287,834	6,299,451	6,312,623	6,312,161	6,305,347	6,309,138	6,304,266	6,272,734	6,249,005	¹	6,064,504		5,959,858	¹	5,930,473	¹	-5.9	5,744,500	5,619,800	5,501,100	5,376,500	4,999,800	-15.7

Colorado	574,213	724,508	854,265	863,561	876,999	889,006	899,112	905,019	910,280	911,536	913,223		883,199		880,597		870,871		-4.3	860,700	849,700	837,800	824,000	812,500	-6.7
Connecticut	469,123	562,179	554,437	550,954	546,200	542,678	537,933	535,118	531,288	526,634	523,690		509,058		509,748		513,513		-3.3	500,400	495,800	489,100	482,000	465,200	-9.4
Delaware	99,658	114,676	128,946	129,026	131,687	134,042	134,847	136,264	136,293	138,405	139,930		138,092		139,935		141,465		3.8	138,100	137,500	135,800	134,200	130,600	-7.7
District of Columbia	80,694	68,925	73,911	76,140	78,153	80,958	84,024	85,850	87,315	88,493	89,878		89,883		88,908		91,001		4.2	90,800	91,100	90,500	89,200	84,300	-7.4
Florida	1,861,592	2,434,821	2,668,156	2,692,162	2,720,744	2,756,944	2,792,234	2,816,791	2,832,424	2,846,444	2,858,461		2,791,707		2,833,186		2,870,527		1.3	2,882,600	2,895,500	2,902,200	2,895,400	2,963,700	3.2

Georgia	1,151,687	1,444,937	1,685,016	1,703,332	1,723,909	1,744,437	1,757,237	1,764,346	1,768,642	1,767,202	1,769,657		1,730,015		1,740,875		1,750,972		-1.0	1,743,200	1,741,600	1,729,500	1,714,200	1,720,200	-1.8
Hawaii	171,708	184,360	182,706	184,760	186,825	182,384	181,995	181,550	180,837	181,278	181,088		176,441		173,178		170,209		-5.9	169,000	166,300	162,100	157,900	143,000	-16.0
Idaho	220,840	245,117	279,873	284,834	296,476	290,885	292,277	297,200	301,186	310,522	311,096		307,581		314,258		317,555		5.4	323,300	327,100	329,900	331,700	351,700	10.8
Illinois	1,821,407	2,048,792	2,083,097	2,072,880	2,066,990	2,050,239	2,041,779	2,026,718	2,005,153	1,982,327	1,943,117		1,886,137		1,868,482		1,852,242		-7.6	1,843,400	1,828,400	1,806,800	1,779,100	1,715,900	-7.4
Indiana	954,525	989,267	1,040,765	1,041,369	1,047,385	1,046,269	1,046,757	1,049,547	1,054,187	1,055,706	1,051,411		1,033,964		1,036,625		1,036,108		-1.7	1,032,700	1,030,600	1,026,600	1,019,300	1,025,900	-1.0

Iowa	483,652	495,080	495,870	499,825	502,964	505,311	508,014	509,831	511,850	514,833	517,324		506,656		510,661		511,297		-0.1	512,300	511,400	509,400	505,200	511,500	#
Kansas	437,034	470,610	486,108	489,043	496,440	497,275	495,884	494,347	497,088	497,733	497,963		481,750		485,424		487,978		-1.8	479,900	476,500	471,500	464,800	452,600	-7.2
Kentucky	636,401	665,850	681,987	685,167	677,389	688,640	686,598	684,017	680,978	677,821	691,996		658,809		654,239		660,029		-3.1	644,900	639,600	631,500	622,400	617,300	-6.5
Louisiana	784,757	743,089	703,390	710,903	711,491	716,800	718,711	716,293	715,135	711,783	710,439		693,150		683,216		718,145		0.4	673,300	667,100	658,100	648,500	635,500	-11.5
Maine	215,149	207,037	188,969	185,739	183,995	182,470	181,613	180,512	180,473	180,461	180,291		172,455		173,215		173,853		-3.7	170,000	168,600	167,000	164,900	162,900	-6.3

Maryland	715,176	852,920	854,086	859,638	866,169	874,514	879,601	886,221	893,684	896,827	909,404		882,527		881,461		889,960		-0.4	873,600	869,100	856,900	843,900	818,300	-8.1
Massachusetts	834,314	975,150	953,369	954,773	955,739	955,844	964,026	964,514	964,791	962,297	959,394		921,712		921,180		923,349		-4.3	902,800	895,000	884,800	872,900	857,100	-7.2
Michigan	1,584,431	1,720,626	1,573,537	1,555,370	1,548,841	1,537,922	1,536,231	1,528,666	1,516,398	1,504,194	1,495,925		1,434,137		1,440,090		1,433,914		-5.4	1,407,800	1,394,000	1,376,700	1,358,700	1,317,700	-8.1
Minnesota	756,374	854,340	839,738	845,404	850,973	857,235	864,384	875,021	884,944	889,304	893,203		872,083		870,506		870,019		-1.7	873,500	872,100	868,300	861,100	854,700	-1.8
Mississippi	502,417	497,871	490,619	493,650	492,586	490,917	487,200	483,150	478,321	471,298	466,002		442,627		442,000		440,285		-8.0	430,500	424,300	415,600	406,400	387,300	-12.0

Missouri	816,558	912,744	916,584	917,900	918,288	917,785	919,234	915,040	915,472	913,441	910,466		882,477		888,823		892,246		-2.5	884,300	880,200	873,400	863,700	857,300	-3.9
Montana	152,974	154,875	142,349	142,908	144,129	144,532	145,319	146,375	149,474	148,844	149,917		146,252		150,195		150,733		0.8	152,200	152,600	152,600	151,800	154,100	2.2
Nebraska	274,081	286,199	301,296	303,505	307,677	312,635	316,014	319,194	323,766	326,392	330,018		324,697		327,564		329,234		1.7	329,600	329,900	330,500	328,000	329,100	-#
Nevada	201,316	340,706	439,634	445,707	451,831	459,189	467,527	473,744	485,785	492,640	496,934		482,348		486,648		484,192		-0.3	487,200	485,000	481,000	476,500	476,400	-1.6
New Hampshire	172,785	208,461	191,900	188,974	186,310	184,670	182,425	180,888	179,433	178,515	177,351		169,027		170,005		168,909		-5.9	166,800	165,300	163,300	161,000	156,600	-7.3

New Jersey	1,089,646	1,313,405	1,356,431	1,372,203	1,370,295	1,400,579	1,408,845	1,410,421	1,408,102	1,400,069	1,411,917		1,373,960		1,372,381		1,383,830		-1.7	1,351,900	1,340,800	1,324,200	1,306,100	1,269,100	-8.3
New Mexico	301,881	320,306	337,225	338,220	339,244	340,365	335,694	336,263	334,345	333,537	331,206		316,840		316,785		315,023		-5.8	307,500	302,300	294,400	286,900	267,400	-15.1
New York	2,598,337	2,882,188	2,704,718	2,710,703	2,732,770	2,741,185	2,711,626	2,729,776	2,724,663	2,700,833	2,692,589		2,606,748		2,548,490		2,532,888		-7.0	2,451,400	2,406,100	2,358,400	2,308,700	2,186,000	-13.7
North Carolina	1,086,871	1,293,638	1,507,864	1,518,465	1,530,857	1,548,895	1,544,934	1,550,062	1,553,513	1,552,497	1,560,350		1,513,677		1,525,223		1,541,722		-0.8	1,534,100	1,534,100	1,522,400	1,509,900	1,518,600	-1.5
North Dakota	117,825	109,201	97,646	101,111	103,947	106,586	108,644	109,706	111,920	113,845	116,185		114,955		116,864		118,513		5.9	119,700	120,600	121,000	121,100	124,000	4.6

Ohio	1,771,089	1,835,049	1,740,030	1,729,916	1,724,111	1,724,810	1,716,585	1,710,143	1,704,399	1,695,762	1,689,867		1,645,412		1,683,612		1,680,639		-1.4	1,634,700	1,625,600	1,611,300	1,593,300	1,556,400	-7.4
Oklahoma	579,087	623,110	666,120	673,483	681,848	688,511	692,878	693,903	695,092	698,891	703,719		694,113		698,696		701,301		0.9	707,500	708,500	706,000	700,500	699,700	-0.2
Oregon	472,394	546,231	568,208	587,564	593,000	601,318	608,825	606,277	608,014	609,507	610,648		578,723	¹	576,201	¹	577,335	¹	-5.0	563,500	555,600	546,800	536,400	515,000	-10.8
Pennsylvania	1,667,834	1,814,311	1,771,395	1,763,677	1,755,236	1,743,160	1,717,414	1,727,497	1,726,809	1,730,757	1,732,449		1,704,396		1,695,092		1,693,347		-1.9	1,715,400	1,700,400	1,681,600	1,660,000	1,613,400	-4.7
Rhode Island	138,813	157,347	142,854	142,481	142,008	141,959	142,014	142,150	142,949	143,436	143,557		139,184		138,566		137,449		-3.8	135,300	134,000	132,100	130,300	127,900	-6.9

South Carolina	622,112	677,411	727,186	735,998	745,657	756,523	763,533	771,250	777,507	780,882	786,879		766,819		780,878		789,231		1.5	791,300	793,500	790,600	786,000	795,600	0.8
South Dakota	129,164	128,603	128,016	130,471	130,890	133,040	134,253	136,302	137,823	138,975	139,949		139,566		141,307		141,888		2.9	142,500	142,900	142,400	141,500	142,100	0.1
Tennessee	824,595	909,161	999,693	993,496	993,556	995,475	1,001,235	1,001,562	1,001,967	1,007,624	1,014,744		985,207		996,709		1,006,752		0.5	1,001,900	1,003,100	1,001,700	998,000	1,023,900	1.7
Texas	3,382,887	4,059,619	5,000,470	5,077,659	5,153,702	5,233,765	5,301,477	5,360,849	5,401,341	5,433,471	5,495,398		5,372,806		5,428,613		5,519,599		2.2	5,478,500	5,491,200	5,463,000	5,423,400	5,470,400	-0.9
Utah	446,652	481,485	598,832	613,279	625,461	635,577	647,870	659,801	668,274	677,031	684,694		680,659		690,934		691,906		3.5	698,900	699,900	699,200	696,200	712,800	3.0

Vermont	95,762	102,049	89,908	89,624	88,690	87,311	87,866	88,428	88,028	87,074	86,759		82,401		83,975		83,654		-5.0	82,700	82,100	81,200	79,900	77,300	-7.6
Virginia	998,601	1,144,915	1,257,883	1,265,419	1,273,825	1,280,381	1,283,590	1,287,026	1,291,462	1,289,367	1,297,012		1,251,639		1,249,815		1,260,351		-2.4	1,231,700	1,222,900	1,207,400	1,189,900	1,168,400	-7.3
Washington	839,709	1,004,770	1,045,453	1,051,694	1,058,936	1,073,638	1,087,030	1,101,711	1,110,367	1,123,736	1,142,073		1,087,354		1,081,835		1,090,227		-1.8	1,073,200	1,063,100	1,049,900	1,034,400	1,011,700	-7.2
West Virginia	322,389	286,367	282,870	283,044	280,958	280,310	277,452	273,855	272,266	267,976	263,486		253,930		252,720		251,224		-7.7	245,900	242,900	238,000	232,300	217,400	-13.5
Wisconsin	797,621	879,476	871,105	872,436	874,414	871,432	867,800	864,432	860,753	859,333	855,400		830,066		829,359		823,040		-4.4	818,100	811,900	803,300	793,000	785,000	-4.6
Wyoming	98,226	89,940	90,099	91,533	92,732	94,067	94,717	94,170	94,258	94,313	94,616		92,772		93,093		92,467		-1.9	92,400	91,800	91,000	90,000	89,300	-3.4

Bureau of Indian Education	---	46,938	---	---	---	---	---	45,399	46,330	43,706	38,199		34,724		32,457		36,692		-20.8	---	---	---	---	---	---

DoDEA²	---	107,755	87,216	84,997	81,771	76,627	74,970	72,226	71,134	71,406	70,419		66,136		66,955		61,928		-12.9	---	---	---	---	---	---

Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	12,463	15,702	---	---	---	---	---	---	12,620	12,106	10,448		10,246		---		---		---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Guam	26,391	32,473	31,243	31,186	33,414	31,144	30,821	30,758	30,112	29,719	28,812		27,497		28,402		---		---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Northern Marianas	6,449	10,004	11,011	10,646	10,638	---	---	---	---	---	---		---		9,491		9,370		---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Puerto Rico	644,734	612,725	452,740	434,609	423,934	410,950	379,818	365,181	346,096	307,282	292,518		276,413		259,535		250,668		-27.6	---	---	---	---	---	---
U.S. Virgin Islands	21,750	19,459	15,711	15,192	14,953	14,241	13,805	13,194	10,868	10,718	10,907		10,993		10,234		10,166		-6.5	---	---	---	---	---	---
---Not available.
#Rounds to zero.
¹Includes imputations for nonreported prekindergarten enrollment.
²DoDEA = Department of Defense Education Activity. Includes both domestic and overseas schools.
NOTE: 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 2022-23; Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Data Center, Enrollment Data, fall 2011 through fall 2022, retrieved December 12, 2022, from https://www.dodea.edu/education/research-accountability-and-evaluation/enrollment-management; and State Public Elementary and Secondary Enrollment Projection Model, through 2031. (This table was prepared December 2023.)

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