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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 2024
Region, state, and jurisdiction Fall 1990 Fall 2000 Fall 2010 Fall 2014 Fall 2015 Fall 2016 Fall 2017 Fall 2018 Fall 2019 Fall 2020 Fall 2021 Fall 2022 Fall 2023 Fall 2024 Percent change in total enrollment
2014–24 2019–24 2023–24
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
   United States 41,216,683 47,203,539 49,484,181 50,312,581 50,438,043 50,615,189 50,685,567 50,694,061 50,796,445 1 49,374,751 1 49,433,092 1 49,618,464 1 49,516,361 1 49,387,403 1 -1.8 -2.8 -0.3
Region2
  Northeast 7,281,763 8,222,127 8,071,335 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 7,604,203 7,586,857 -4.9 -4.1 -0.2
  Midwest 9,943,761 10,729,987 10,609,604 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 10,137,474 10,121,273 -4.2 -3.1 -0.2
  South 14,807,016 17,007,261 18,805,000 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 19,862,443 19,828,708 1.7 -0.8 -0.2
  West 9,184,143 11,244,164 11,998,242 12,265,993 12,307,230 12,367,122 12,390,809 12,428,152 12,449,103 1 12,058,045 1 11,986,810 1 11,953,937 1 11,912,241 1 11,850,565 1 -3.4 -4.8 -0.5

State
  Alabama 721,806 739,992 755,552 744,164 743,789 744,930 742,444 739,716 744,235 734,559 748,274 750,923 748,650 751,060 0.9 0.9 0.3
  Alaska 113,903 133,356 132,104 131,176 132,477 132,737 132,872 130,963 132,017 129,872 129,944 130,723 131,243 129,876 -1.0 -1.6 -1.0
  Arizona 639,853 877,696 1,071,751 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 1,117,630 1,103,894 -0.7 -4.2 -1.2
  Arkansas 436,286 449,959 482,114 490,917 492,132 493,447 496,085 495,291 496,927 486,305 489,565 493,130 484,978 491,239 0.1 -1.1 1.3
  California 4,950,474 6,140,814 6,289,578 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 5,924,113 1 5,897,886 1 -6.6 -5.6 -0.4

  Colorado		 574,213 724,508 843,316 889,006 899,112 905,019 910,280 911,536 913,223 883,199 880,597 870,871 865,661 865,077 -2.7 -5.3 -0.1
  Connecticut 469,123 562,179 560,546 542,678 537,933 535,118 531,288 526,634 523,690 509,058 509,748 513,513 512,652 508,402 -6.3 -2.9 -0.8
  Delaware 99,658 114,676 129,403 134,042 134,847 136,264 136,293 138,405 139,930 138,092 139,935 141,465 141,842 142,156 6.1 1.6 0.2
  District of Columbia 80,694 68,925 71,284 80,958 84,024 85,850 87,315 88,493 89,878 89,883 88,908 91,001 92,794 94,211 16.4 4.8 1.5
  Florida 1,861,592 2,434,821 2,643,347 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 2,872,335 2,859,600 3.7 # -0.4

  Georgia		 1,151,687 1,444,937 1,677,067 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 1,749,701 1,744,662
#		 -1.4 -0.3
  Hawaii 171,708 184,360 179,601 182,384 181,995 181,550 180,837 181,278 181,088 176,441 173,178 170,209 169,308 167,071 -8.4 -7.7 -1.3
  Idaho 220,840 245,117 275,859 290,885 292,277 297,200 301,186 310,522 311,096 307,581 314,258 317,555 316,414 315,626 8.5 1.5 -0.2
  Illinois 1,821,407 2,048,792 2,091,654 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 1,846,264 1,842,881 -10.1 -5.2 -0.2
  Indiana 954,525 989,267 1,047,232 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 1,032,723 1,040,190 -0.6 -1.1 0.7

  Iowa		 483,652 495,080 495,775 505,311 508,014 509,831 511,850 514,833 517,324 506,656 510,661 511,297 508,112 504,292 -0.2 -2.5 -0.8
  Kansas 437,034 470,610 483,701 497,275 495,884 494,347 497,088 497,733 497,963 481,750 485,424 487,978 483,505 481,626 -3.1 -3.3 -0.4
  Kentucky 636,401 665,850 673,128 688,640 686,598 684,017 680,978 677,821 691,996 658,809 654,239 660,029 657,520 657,263 -4.6 -5.0 #
  Louisiana 784,757 743,089 696,558 716,800 718,711 716,293 715,135 711,783 710,439 693,150 683,216 718,145 708,190 666,840 -7.0 -6.1 -5.8
  Maine 215,149 207,037 189,077 182,470 181,613 180,512 180,473 180,461 180,291 172,455 173,215 173,853 172,545 167,309 -8.3 -7.2 -3.0

  Maryland		 715,176 852,920 852,211 874,514 879,601 886,221 893,684 896,827 909,404 882,527 881,461 889,960 890,122 891,525 1.9 -2.0 0.2
  Massachusetts 834,314 975,150 955,563 955,844 964,026 964,514 964,791 962,297 959,394 921,712 921,180 923,349 914,958 915,932 -4.2 -4.5 0.1
  Michigan 1,584,431 1,720,626 1,587,067 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 1,426,491 1,423,933 -7.4 -4.8 -0.2
  Minnesota 756,374 854,340 838,037 857,235 864,384 875,021 884,944 889,304 893,203 872,083 870,506 870,019 869,967 876,182 2.2 -1.9 0.7
  Mississippi 502,417 497,871 490,526 490,917 487,200 483,150 478,321 471,298 466,002 442,627 442,000 440,285 436,523 431,864 -12.0 -7.3 -1.1

  Missouri		 816,558 912,744 918,710 917,785 919,234 915,040 915,472 913,441 910,466 882,477 888,823 892,246 891,248 889,059 -3.1 -2.4 -0.2
  Montana 152,974 154,875 141,693 144,532 145,319 146,375 149,474 148,844 149,917 146,252 150,195 150,733 149,291 147,208 1.9 -1.8 -1.4
  Nebraska 274,081 286,199 298,500 312,635 316,014 319,194 323,766 326,392 330,018 324,697 327,564 329,234 329,162 330,622 5.8 0.2 0.4
  Nevada 201,316 340,706 437,149 459,189 467,527 473,744 485,785 492,640 496,934 482,348 486,648 484,192 479,574 477,563 4.0 -3.9 -0.4
  New Hampshire 172,785 208,461 194,711 184,670 182,425 180,888 179,433 178,515 177,351 169,027 170,005 168,909 166,594 164,153 -11.1 -7.4 -1.5

  New Jersey		 1,089,646 1,313,405 1,402,548 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 1,392,567 1,394,971 -0.4 -1.2 0.2
  New Mexico 301,881 320,306 338,122 340,365 335,694 336,263 334,345 333,537 331,206 316,840 316,785 315,023 311,719 307,110 -9.8 -7.3 -1.5
  New York 2,598,337 2,882,188 2,734,955 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 2,533,449 2,527,258 -7.8 -6.1 -0.2
  North Carolina 1,086,871 1,293,638 1,490,605 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 1,544,289 1,555,418 0.4 -0.3 0.7
  North Dakota 117,825 109,201 96,323 106,586 108,644 109,706 111,920 113,845 116,185 114,955 116,864 118,513 119,033 119,792 12.4 3.1 0.6

  Ohio		 1,771,089 1,835,049 1,754,191 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 1,675,300 1,665,566 -3.4 -1.4 -0.6
  Oklahoma 579,087 623,110 659,911 688,511 692,878 693,903 695,092 698,891 703,719 694,113 698,696 701,301 698,761 697,358 1.3 -0.9 -0.2
  Oregon 472,394 546,231 570,720 601,318 608,825 606,277 608,014 609,507 610,648 578,723 1 576,201 1 577,335 1 572,624 1 570,233 1 -5.2 -6.6 -0.4
  Pennsylvania 1,667,834 1,814,311 1,793,284 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 1,692,829 1,691,456 -3.0 -2.4 -0.1
  Rhode Island 138,813 157,347 143,793 141,959 142,014 142,150 142,949 143,436 143,557 139,184 138,566 137,449 136,154 135,978 -4.2 -5.3 -0.1

  South Carolina		 622,112 677,411 725,838 756,523 763,533 771,250 777,507 780,882 786,879 766,819 780,878 789,231 793,860 796,780 5.3 1.3 0.4
  South Dakota 129,164 128,603 126,128 133,040 134,253 136,302 137,823 138,975 139,949 139,566 141,307 141,888 141,467 141,065 6.0 0.8 -0.3
  Tennessee 824,595 909,161 987,422 995,475 1,001,235 1,001,562 1,001,967 1,007,624 1,014,744 985,207 996,709 1,006,752 1,004,625 1,003,622 0.8 -1.1 -0.1
  Texas 3,382,887 4,059,619 4,935,715 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 5,532,518 5,545,640 6.0 0.9 0.2
  Utah 446,652 481,485 585,552 635,577 647,870 659,801 668,274 677,031 684,694 680,659 690,934 691,906 689,883 684,604 7.7 # -0.8

  Vermont		 95,762 102,049 96,858 87,311 87,866 88,428 88,028 87,074 86,759 82,401 83,975 83,654 82,455 81,398 -6.8 -6.2 -1.3
  Virginia 998,601 1,144,915 1,251,440 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 1,258,852 1,257,315 -1.8 -3.1 -0.1
  Washington 839,709 1,004,770 1,043,788 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 1,093,745 1,094,502 1.9 -4.2 0.1
  West Virginia 322,389 286,367 282,879 280,310 277,452 273,855 272,266 267,976 263,486 253,930 252,720 251,224 246,883 242,155 -13.6 -8.1 -1.9
  Wisconsin 797,621 879,476 872,286 871,432 867,800 864,432 860,753 859,333 855,400 830,066 829,359 823,040 814,202 806,065 -7.5 -5.8 -1.0
  Wyoming 98,226 89,940 89,009 94,067 94,717 94,170 94,258 94,313 94,616 92,772 93,093 92,467 91,036 89,915 -4.4 -5.0 -1.2

  Bureau of Indian 
     Education
---		 46,938 41,962
---
---		 45,399 46,330 43,706 38,199 34,724 32,457 36,692 36,779 36,705
---		 -3.9 -0.2

  DoDEA3
---		 107,755 86,182 76,627 74,970 72,557 71,025 71,042 70,043 65,812 66,573 66,505 65,303 67,109
4		 -12.4 -4.2 2.8

  Other jurisdictions
    American Samoa 12,463 15,702 --- --- --- --- 12,620 12,106 10,448 10,246 --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
    Guam 26,391 32,473 31,618 31,144 30,821 30,758 30,112 29,719 28,812 27,497 28,402 --- --- --- --- --- ---
    Northern Marianas 6,449 10,004 11,105 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 9,491 9,370 9,217 8,965 --- --- -2.7
    Puerto Rico 644,734 612,725 473,735 410,950 379,818 365,181 346,096 307,282 292,518 276,413 259,535 250,668 240,910 235,819 -42.6 -19.4 -2.1
    U.S. Virgin Islands 21,750 19,459 15,495 14,241 13,805 13,194 10,868 10,718 10,907 10,993 10,234 10,166 10,312 10,410 -26.9 -4.6 1.0
---Not available.
#Rounds to zero.
1Includes imputations for nonreported prekindergarten enrollment.
2Region is based on 2020 Census definitions (https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/about/glossary/geo-terms.html).
3The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) includes both domestic and overseas schools. The CCD collected data for DoD schools for fall 2000 and fall 2015. The DoDEA Data Center provided the enrollment for Fall 2014 and provides the enrollment for Fall 2016 and onwards. Starting in 2016, enrollment is the count of all DoDEA students in October, except for 2019, when the enrollment in October is not available and enrollment is the average of September and November.
4In the 2024–25 school year, DoDEA initiated an expansion of prekindergarten programs.
NOTE: The United States includes the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Due to changes in reporting and imputation practices, prekindergarten enrollment for years prior to 1992 represent an undercount compared with later years. Previous editions of this table included projections, which can be found at https://nces.ed.gov/programs/PES/current_tables.asp. 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,” selected years 1990–91 through 2024–25. Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Data Center, Enrollment Data, 2010 and 2014, retrieved September 27, 2021, from https://www.dodea.edu/datacenter/enrollment.cfm (site no longer available); Oct 2016 through Oct 2018, September 2019, November 2019, and October 2020 through October 2024, retrieved March 25, 2026, from https://www.dodea.edu/education/research-accountability-and-evaluation/enrollment-management. (This table was prepared March 2026.)

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