Enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by level, grade, and race/ethnicity: Selected years, fall 2012 through fall 2022

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Table 203.65.Enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by level, grade, and race/ethnicity: Selected years, fall 2012 through fall 2022
[In thousands]
Year	All grades	Prekindergarten through grade 8													Grades 9 through 12
Year	All grades	Total	Prekindergarten		Kindergarten	1st grade	2nd grade	3rd grade	4th grade	5th grade	6th grade	7th grade	8th grade	Ungraded¹	Total	9th grade	10th grade	11th grade	12th grade	Ungraded^1,2
1	2	3	4		5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
2012
Total	49,771	35,018	1,307		3,831	3,824	3,729	3,719	3,690	3,673	3,723	3,746	3,699	76	14,753	3,975	3,730	3,528	3,477	43
American Indian/Alaska Native	534	375	17		40	40	39	39	39	39	40	41	41	1	158	44	40	37	37	#
Asian	2,372	1,644	45		167	175	179	184	184	179	177	180	171	4	727	180	184	181	180	2
Black	7,803	5,473	246		585	588	568	566	562	568	587	596	586	21	2,330	670	594	534	521	12
Hispanic	12,104	8,804	389		1,022	1,012	967	940	916	901	898	882	856	20	3,300	934	841	770	743	11
Pacific Islander	180	129	3		15	14	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	#	51	14	13	12	12	#
White	25,386	17,535	566		1,856	1,859	1,840	1,861	1,868	1,869	1,908	1,938	1,941	30	7,851	2,035	1,971	1,916	1,912	17
Two or more races	1,393	1,057	41		146	135	122	116	108	102	100	96	91	1	335	98	87	78	72	1

2014
Total	50,313	35,370	1,369		3,772	3,863	3,857	3,806	3,719	3,719	3,710	3,710	3,757	87	14,943	4,033	3,794	3,568	3,496	52
American Indian/Alaska Native	519	363	17		39	39	39	38	38	38	38	39	39	1	156	43	40	37	36	#
Asian	2,470	1,718	51		175	183	184	185	187	191	189	184	185	5	753	194	184	184	187	3
Black	7,807	5,471	256		577	604	597	585	558	555	561	573	583	22	2,336	667	599	539	518	13
Hispanic	12,805	9,273	404		1,032	1,043	1,039	1,019	975	952	936	925	924	23	3,532	994	903	825	795	14
Pacific Islander	176	124	3		12	13	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	#	52	14	13	12	12	#
White	24,923	17,193	591		1,780	1,826	1,836	1,825	1,819	1,847	1,857	1,867	1,908	36	7,730	2,009	1,954	1,881	1,865	21
Two or more races	1,612	1,227	47		158	156	149	140	127	121	115	108	105	1	385	111	100	90	83	1

2016
Total	50,615	35,477	1,426		3,699	3,694	3,761	3,874	3,858	3,814	3,754	3,761	3,749	88	15,138	3,986	3,860	3,669	3,571	52
American Indian/Alaska Native	511	358	19		36	37	38	38	38	38	37	38	38	1	153	41	39	36	36	#
Asian	2,571	1,784	51		188	187	186	194	193	193	194	197	196	5	787	198	199	199	188	3
Black	7,765	5,440	276		549	566	585	604	588	574	561	558	558	21	2,324	637	595	551	529	12
Hispanic	13,329	9,544	387		1,019	1,002	1,026	1,058	1,050	1,034	1,000	978	965	24	3,786	1,041	980	897	853	14
Pacific Islander	184	129	4		13	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	14	#	55	15	14	13	13	#
White	24,413	16,823	635		1,723	1,723	1,752	1,804	1,820	1,815	1,814	1,847	1,857	35	7,590	1,930	1,918	1,867	1,854	20
Two or more races	1,842	1,399	54		172	165	161	162	155	146	134	128	120	2	443	124	115	105	99	1

2018
Total	50,694	35,498	1,540	³	3,681	3,641	3,654	3,709	3,777	3,876	3,893	3,849	3,788	92	15,196	4,004	3,849	3,653	3,649	41
American Indian/Alaska Native	490	342	17	³	35	34	34	35	37	37	38	37	37	1	149	41	37	35	35	#
Asian	2,675	1,848	63	³	200	198	194	195	194	201	199	199	200	5	827	209	209	202	205	2
Black	7,669	5,406	273	³	536	547	554	569	582	592	592	577	560	23	2,263	613	572	536	531	10
Hispanic	13,775	9,784	465	³	1,009	988	1,003	1,021	1,044	1,073	1,073	1,057	1,026	26	3,991	1,081	1,021	950	927	12
Pacific Islander	186	129	4	³	13	14	14	14	13	14	14	15	15	#	57	16	14	14	13	#
White	23,845	16,440	650	³	1,703	1,683	1,685	1,706	1,743	1,794	1,816	1,813	1,812	35	7,405	1,900	1,865	1,798	1,825	16
Two or more races	2,055	1,549	67	³	184	177	171	169	165	165	160	150	138	2	505	145	130	118	112	1

2020
Total	49,375	34,061	1,242	⁴	3,378	3,522	3,529	3,552	3,607	3,646	3,748	3,860	3,889	89	15,314	4,014	3,894	3,700	3,664	42
American Indian/Alaska Native	461	317	13	⁴	30	32	32	33	33	34	35	36	37	#	144	39	36	34	34	#
Asian	2,683	1,841	54	⁴	189	194	200	202	197	198	196	203	203	5	842	207	209	210	213	3
Black	7,407	5,164	210	⁴	482	528	532	535	550	553	577	589	587	22	2,242	612	575	528	517	10
Hispanic	13,851	9,626	375	⁴	957	981	987	998	1,020	1,032	1,063	1,091	1,095	26	4,226	1,138	1,096	1,004	975	12
Pacific Islander	181	123	3	⁴	11	13	13	13	14	14	13	14	14	#	58	15	15	14	13	#
White	22,575	15,348	528	⁴	1,524	1,586	1,584	1,593	1,619	1,645	1,694	1,755	1,788	33	7,227	1,838	1,813	1,775	1,784	16
Two or more races	2,218	1,643	58	⁴	185	188	181	178	175	171	170	170	165	2	575	164	148	135	127	1

2022⁵
Total	49,618	34,071	1,528	^3,4	3,526	3,590	3,502	3,573	3,561	3,591	3,643	3,685	3,783	88	15,547	4,142	3,992	3,709	3,663	42
American Indian/Alaska Native	449	307	15	^3,4	31	32	31	32	32	32	33	34	35	#	143	39	37	33	33	#
Asian	2,715	1,864	68	^3,4	193	192	195	200	205	206	199	200	201	6	851	214	212	208	214	3
Black	7,396	5,106	274	^3,4	509	528	513	529	524	532	549	554	574	21	2,290	646	597	525	512	10
Hispanic	14,362	9,847	471	^3,4	1,033	1,027	1,005	1,020	1,015	1,030	1,054	1,066	1,099	27	4,515	1,231	1,178	1,065	1,029	13
Pacific Islander	182	124	3	^3,4	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	#	58	16	15	14	14	#
White	22,062	15,029	619	^3,4	1,536	1,589	1,551	1,586	1,584	1,594	1,614	1,640	1,685	31	7,032	1,805	1,780	1,712	1,720	15
Two or more races	2,452	1,793	78	^3,4	212	208	195	193	187	183	181	177	175	2	659	191	173	152	141	1
#Rounds to zero.
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 in California.
⁴Includes imputations for nonreported prekindergarten enrollment in Oregon.
⁵Data by race/ethnicity include imputations for suppressed data in California.
NOTE: Data in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Enrollment data for students not reported by race/ethnicity were prorated based on the known racial/ethnic composition of a state by grade to match state totals. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2012-13 through 2022-23. (This table was prepared January 2024.)

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