Table
5.-Percent change in grades K-12 enrollment in public schools, by
region and state, with projections: Fall 1993 to fall 2011 |
Region
and state |
Actual
|
Projected |
1993
to 1999 |
1999
to 2005 |
2005
to 2011 |
1999
to 2011 |
United
States |
7.8
|
1.4
|
-0.8
|
0.7 |
Northeast
|
7.1
|
0.1
|
-4.3
|
-4.2 |
Connecticut |
11.6
|
-0.3
|
-5.7
|
-6.0 |
Maine |
-3.6
|
-4.1
|
-1.6
|
-5.7 |
Massachusetts |
10.7
|
0.5
|
-5.1
|
-4.6 |
New Hampshire |
11.6
|
0.6
|
-1.5
|
-0.9 |
New Jersey |
12.0
|
3.2
|
-3.1
|
0.0 |
New York |
5.6
|
0.2
|
-4.8
|
-4.7 |
Pennsylvania |
4.2
|
-1.3
|
-4.3
|
-5.6 |
Rhode Island |
7.4
|
-2.1
|
-4.9
|
-6.9 |
Vermont |
1.8
|
-2.6
|
-0.8
|
-3.4 |
Midwest
|
4.2
|
-1.0
|
-2.3
|
-3.3 |
Illinois |
7.1
|
2.4
|
-2.7
|
-0.4 |
Indiana |
2.4
|
1.4
|
-2.1
|
-0.7 |
Iowa |
-0.2
|
-2.5
|
-2.3
|
-4.8 |
Kansas |
3.2
|
-1.9
|
0.9
|
-1.1 |
Michigan |
7.9
|
-2.7
|
-4.2
|
-6.7 |
Minnesota |
5.4
|
-2.5
|
-1.2
|
-3.7 |
Missouri |
5.5
|
-0.4
|
-1.4
|
-1.8 |
Nebraska |
1.1
|
-2.2
|
1.2
|
-1.0 |
North Dakota |
-5.4
|
-7.1
|
0.5
|
-6.7 |
Ohio |
1.6
|
-2.4
|
-3.5
|
-5.8 |
South Dakota |
-8.3
|
-4.6
|
3.0
|
-1.7 |
Wisconsin |
4.0
|
-2.0
|
-1.2
|
-3.2 |
South
|
8.0
|
1.7
|
-0.6
|
1.0 |
Alabama |
0.9
|
0.1
|
-1.4
|
-1.3 |
Arkansas |
1.5
|
-1.7
|
-2.8
|
-4.4 |
Delaware |
6.9
|
2.7
|
-1.3
|
1.3 |
District of Columbia |
-4.3
|
-0.2
|
1.2
|
1.0 |
Florida |
16.7
|
1.6
|
-2.6
|
-1.1 |
Georgia |
15.2
|
6.1
|
1.0
|
7.2 |
Kentucky |
-1.1
|
-2.7
|
-3.9
|
-6.5 |
Louisiana |
-5.5
|
-3.3
|
-1.0
|
-4.2 |
Maryland |
9.6
|
2.6
|
-1.7
|
0.9 |
Mississippi |
-1.0
|
0.6
|
-2.1
|
-1.5 |
North Carolina |
12.6
|
3.0
|
-4.3
|
-1.5 |
Oklahoma |
3.8
|
-6.1
|
-1.7
|
-7.8 |
South Carolina |
3.6
|
-1.7
|
-2.6
|
-4.3 |
Tennessee |
5.7
|
2.6
|
-0.1
|
2.5 |
Texas |
10.6
|
3.3
|
3.2
|
6.6 |
Virginia |
8.5
|
4.5
|
-1.0
|
3.5 |
West Virginia |
-7.2
|
-5.5
|
-4.8
|
-10.0 |
West
|
11.7
|
4.5
|
2.9
|
7.5 |
Alaska |
6.7
|
5.4
|
6.8
|
12.6 |
Arizona |
20.2
|
7.8
|
1.7
|
9.6 |
California |
13.4
|
4.6
|
2.8
|
7.4 |
Colorado |
13.3
|
4.5
|
1.9
|
6.6 |
Hawaii |
3.0
|
4.5
|
6.8
|
11.7 |
Idaho |
3.6
|
7.2
|
8.7
|
16.6 |
Montana |
-3.3
|
-0.1
|
5.4
|
5.3 |
Nevada |
38.1
|
13.8
|
-0.5
|
13.2 |
New Mexico |
0.7
|
5.9
|
7.9
|
14.3 |
Oregon |
5.5
|
0.0
|
1.0
|
1.0 |
Utah |
1.9
|
2.5
|
5.5
|
8.1 |
Washington |
9.6
|
1.4
|
1.4
|
2.9 |
Wyoming |
-8.7
|
-1.9
|
10.5
|
8.4 |
NOTE: Calculations are based on unrounded numbers. Includes most
kindergarten and some nursery school enrollment. Mean absolute percentage
errors of selected education statistics can be found in table A2.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education
Statistics, Common Core of Data surveys and State Public Elementary
and Secondary Enrollment Model. (This table was prepared May 2001.)
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