| Table
7.-Percent change in grades K-8 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 |
6.3
|
-1.2
|
0.3
|
-0.9 |
| Northeast
|
6.5
|
-4.1
|
-3.3
|
-7.2 |
| Connecticut
|
9.6
|
-6.1
|
-4.0
|
-9.9 |
| Maine
|
-5.0
|
-4.9
|
1.0
|
-3.9 |
| Massachusetts
|
9.4
|
-4.6
|
-3.8
|
-8.3 |
| New
Hampshire |
7.8
|
-3.1
|
0.5
|
-2.6 |
| New
Jersey |
13.1
|
-2.0
|
-2.5
|
-4.5 |
| New
York |
5.9
|
-4.2
|
-4.0
|
-8.1 |
| Pennsylvania
|
2.4
|
-4.3
|
-3.3
|
-7.4 |
| Rhode
Island |
6.0
|
-6.5
|
-2.7
|
-9.0 |
| Vermont
|
-3.4
|
-2.5
|
0.6
|
-1.9 |
| Midwest
|
2.8
|
-2.9
|
-1.3
|
-4.1 |
| Illinois
|
7.8
|
-1.5
|
-2.6
|
-4.0 |
| Indiana
|
3.0
|
-0.3
|
-2.0
|
-2.3 |
| Iowa
|
-3.5
|
-3.1
|
-0.9
|
-4.0 |
| Kansas
|
-1.2
|
-1.5
|
2.1
|
0.5 |
| Michigan
|
7.3
|
-5.5
|
-2.7
|
-8.0 |
| Minnesota
|
0.6
|
-3.7
|
0.9
|
-2.8 |
| Missouri
|
4.3
|
-2.1
|
-0.3
|
-2.4 |
| Nebraska
|
-3.2
|
-0.9
|
2.5
|
1.6 |
| North
Dakota |
-10.9
|
-3.7
|
2.8
|
-1.0 |
| Ohio
|
0.5
|
-4.0
|
-2.6
|
-6.4 |
| South
Dakota |
-12.4
|
-0.1
|
4.6
|
4.4 |
| Wisconsin
|
0.1
|
-3.1
|
0.5
|
-2.6 |
| South
|
6.6
|
-0.5
|
-0.1
|
-0.6 |
| Alabama
|
0.6
|
-0.1
|
-1.6
|
-1.7 |
| Arkansas
|
0.0
|
-2.5
|
-2.1
|
-4.5 |
| Delaware
|
4.8
|
1.6
|
-2.5
|
-1.0 |
| District
of Columbia |
-2.5
|
-4.8
|
5.0
|
-0.1 |
| Florida
|
13.9
|
-3.5
|
-0.9
|
-4.4 |
| Georgia
|
14.7
|
3.0
|
0.7
|
3.7 |
| Kentucky
|
-1.9
|
-3.4
|
-3.6
|
-6.8 |
| Louisiana
|
-6.7
|
-2.3
|
0.0
|
-2.3 |
| Maryland
|
6.6
|
-1.2
|
-0.8
|
-1.9 |
| Mississippi
|
-0.9
|
0.8
|
-2.9
|
-2.1 |
| North
Carolina |
12.9
|
-2.0
|
-4.0
|
-6.0 |
| Oklahoma
|
1.3
|
-6.9
|
0.8
|
-6.1 |
| South
Carolina |
3.6
|
-3.6
|
-2.1
|
-5.6 |
| Tennessee
|
5.5
|
2.0
|
-0.9
|
1.1 |
| Texas
|
8.0
|
1.9
|
3.8
|
5.8 |
| Virginia
|
6.5
|
2.0
|
-1.5
|
0.4 |
| West
Virginia |
-5.7
|
-5.0
|
-4.4
|
-9.2 |
| West
|
9.3
|
1.5
|
4.7
|
6.3 |
| Alaska
|
2.1
|
3.8
|
10.0
|
14.1 |
| Arizona
|
18.5
|
3.7
|
1.7
|
5.5 |
| California
|
11.1
|
0.3
|
5.3
|
5.6 |
| Colorado
|
10.1
|
2.4
|
2.2
|
4.7 |
| Hawaii
|
1.2
|
5.6
|
8.4
|
14.4 |
| Idaho
|
1.1
|
10.5
|
8.1
|
19.5 |
| Montana
|
-7.9
|
3.5
|
6.3
|
10.1 |
| Nevada
|
36.9
|
5.0
|
-1.9
|
2.9 |
| New
Mexico |
1.0
|
7.5
|
8.6
|
16.7 |
| Oregon
|
2.8
|
-1.0
|
2.8
|
1.7 |
| Utah
|
-0.2
|
4.4
|
6.3
|
11.0 |
| Washington
|
5.2
|
-0.2
|
3.2
|
2.9 |
| Wyoming
|
-13.7
|
4.8
|
13.0
|
18.4 |
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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