Table 203.25.

Public school enrollment in prekindergarten through grade 8, by region, state, and jurisdiction: Selected years, fall 1990 through fall 2024

Region, state, and jurisdiction	Actual enrollment													Percent change in enroll-ment, 2007 to 2012	Projected enrollment						Percent change in enroll-ment, 2012 to 2024
	Fall 1990	Fall 2000	Fall 2002	Fall 2003	Fall 2004	Fall 2005	Fall 2006	Fall 2007	Fall 2008	Fall 2009	Fall 2010	Fall 2011	Fall 2012		Fall 2013	Fall 2014	Fall 2015	Fall 2016	Fall 2020	Fall 2024
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
United States	29,875,914	33,686,421	34,114,245	34,200,741	34,177,565	34,203,962	34,234,751	34,204,081	34,285,564	34,409,260	34,624,530	34,772,751	35,017,893	2.4	35,187,700	35,159,200	35,181,900	35,282,300	36,365,600	37,615,400	7.4
Region
Northeast	5,188,795	5,839,970	5,809,545	5,751,561	5,689,094	5,622,955	5,573,729	5,504,400	5,476,224	5,494,080	5,540,276	5,479,174	5,493,308	-0.2	5,487,900	5,458,400	5,436,900	5,427,600	5,485,000	5,587,800	1.7
Midwest	7,129,501	7,523,246	7,534,620	7,501,579	7,438,674	7,425,308	7,404,578	7,359,028	7,373,391	7,361,959	7,349,334	7,358,792	7,368,484	0.1	7,371,200	7,330,100	7,299,400	7,284,100	7,335,700	7,405,800	0.5
South	10,858,800	12,314,176	12,573,054	12,675,179	12,780,160	12,881,836	12,989,696	13,085,045	13,166,980	13,300,643	13,434,553	13,578,211	13,711,284	4.8	13,821,000	13,827,800	13,852,400	13,914,300	14,450,200	15,048,400	9.8
West	6,698,818	8,009,029	8,197,026	8,272,422	8,269,637	8,273,863	8,266,748	8,255,608	8,268,969	8,252,578	8,300,367	8,356,574	8,444,817	2.3	8,507,600	8,542,900	8,593,300	8,656,300	9,094,600	9,573,500	13.4
State
Alabama	527,097	538,634	533,207	525,313	521,757	529,347	528,664	525,978	528,078	529,394	533,612	527,006	527,434	0.3	526,400	521,400	517,100	514,300	514,600	516,800	-2.0
Alaska	85,297	94,442	94,380	93,695	91,981	91,225	90,167	88,980	89,263	90,824	91,990	92,057	93,069	4.6	93,800	94,600	95,700	97,300	104,900	112,100	20.5
Arizona	479,046	640,564	660,359	704,322	722,203	739,535	759,656	771,056	771,749	760,420	751,992	759,494	767,734	-0.4	778,800	789,500	800,300	812,400	876,600	957,400	24.7
Arkansas	313,505	318,023	318,826	321,508	328,187	335,746	336,552	339,920	341,603	344,209	345,808	346,022	347,631	2.3	346,500	343,600	340,900	338,800	339,900	347,700	#
California	3,613,734	4,407,035	4,525,385	4,539,777	4,507,355	4,465,615	4,410,105	4,328,968	4,306,258	4,264,022	4,293,968	4,308,447	4,331,807	0.1	4,355,900	4,361,500	4,379,200	4,402,600	4,602,600	4,809,500	11.0
Colorado	419,910	516,566	534,465	536,325	540,695	549,875	559,041	565,726	580,304	591,378	601,077	610,854	617,510	9.2	623,900	626,100	628,300	630,700	651,900	682,200	10.5
Connecticut	347,396	406,445	405,998	407,794	404,169	399,705	398,063	394,034	392,218	389,964	387,475	383,377	380,709	-3.4	375,500	370,400	366,300	363,700	365,200	377,300	-0.9
Delaware	72,606	80,801	82,221	82,898	83,599	84,639	84,996	85,019	86,811	87,710	90,279	90,624	91,004	7.0	92,000	92,400	93,100	93,700	95,700	97,500	7.2
District of Columbia	61,282	53,692	58,802	59,489	57,118	55,646	52,391	55,836	50,779	51,656	53,548	56,195	58,273	4.4	60,300	60,300	60,700	61,300	62,300	58,600	0.6
Florida	1,369,934	1,759,902	1,809,279	1,832,376	1,857,798	1,873,395	1,866,562	1,855,859	1,849,295	1,850,901	1,858,498	1,876,102	1,892,560	2.0	1,903,500	1,907,300	1,914,400	1,931,300	2,055,200	2,194,200	15.9
Georgia	849,082	1,059,983	1,088,561	1,103,181	1,118,379	1,145,446	1,166,508	1,178,577	1,185,684	1,194,751	1,202,479	1,211,250	1,222,289	3.7	1,228,400	1,227,300	1,227,900	1,232,600	1,282,000	1,343,900	9.9
Hawaii	122,840	132,293	130,862	130,054	128,788	127,472	126,008	125,556	125,910	127,477	127,525	131,005	133,590	6.4	135,400	135,300	135,800	135,700	136,100	134,700	0.9
Idaho	160,091	170,421	173,249	175,424	178,221	182,829	187,005	191,171	193,554	194,728	194,144	198,064	202,203	5.8	204,200	205,500	206,400	207,400	213,700	219,500	8.6
Illinois	1,309,516	1,473,933	1,487,650	1,492,725	1,483,644	1,480,320	1,477,679	1,472,909	1,479,195	1,463,713	1,454,793	1,453,156	1,448,201	-1.7	1,448,300	1,436,600	1,428,700	1,421,200	1,412,900	1,427,000	-1.5
Indiana	675,804	703,261	714,003	716,819	720,006	724,467	730,108	729,550	730,021	730,599	729,414	724,605	725,040	-0.6	722,500	716,100	708,100	704,100	712,300	728,000	0.4
Iowa	344,804	333,750	325,843	326,831	324,169	326,160	326,218	329,504	335,566	341,333	348,112	350,152	355,041	7.8	357,700	356,900	356,900	357,200	358,600	353,600	-0.4
Kansas	319,648	323,157	321,795	322,491	321,176	320,513	326,201	326,771	331,079	332,997	342,927	347,129	349,695	7.0	351,500	350,600	350,000	350,100	353,500	355,100	1.5
Kentucky	459,200	471,429	476,751	478,254	485,794	487,429	487,165	469,373	472,204	484,466	480,334	488,456	491,065	4.6	493,600	491,300	488,700	487,600	488,500	490,300	-0.2
Louisiana	586,202	546,579	536,882	536,390	533,751	482,082	492,116	499,549	504,213	509,883	512,266	518,802	524,792	5.1	528,800	526,100	524,300	522,500	522,000	512,700	-2.3
Maine	155,203	145,701	141,776	139,420	136,275	133,491	132,338	130,742	129,324	128,646	128,929	130,046	127,924	-2.2	126,600	125,200	124,200	123,500	122,800	122,500	-4.2
Maryland	526,744	609,043	610,337	605,862	597,417	588,571	579,065	576,479	576,473	581,785	588,156	594,216	602,802	4.6	611,200	616,400	624,200	631,100	671,500	708,900	17.6
Massachusetts	604,234	702,575	701,050	692,130	682,175	675,398	670,628	666,926	666,538	666,551	666,402	666,314	667,267	0.1	665,800	660,000	654,800	651,100	653,200	671,500	0.6
Michigan	1,144,878	1,222,482	1,253,811	1,229,121	1,211,698	1,191,397	1,170,558	1,136,823	1,118,569	1,114,611	1,075,584	1,070,873	1,061,930	-6.6	1,053,300	1,040,900	1,031,000	1,024,200	1,024,600	1,030,700	-2.9
Minnesota	545,556	577,766	567,701	564,049	558,447	557,757	558,445	558,180	560,184	564,661	569,963	575,544	583,363	4.5	591,700	596,600	601,600	608,100	637,700	666,800	14.3
Mississippi	371,641	363,873	360,254	360,881	361,057	358,030	356,382	353,512	351,807	351,652	350,885	352,999	356,364	0.8	357,000	354,400	352,600	351,300	349,500	341,000	-4.3
Missouri	588,070	644,766	634,667	632,227	628,667	635,142	634,275	631,746	635,411	638,082	642,991	645,376	647,530	2.5	646,600	643,100	641,000	640,400	646,700	654,000	1.0
Montana	111,169	105,226	101,177	100,160	98,673	97,770	97,021	96,354	96,869	97,868	98,491	99,725	100,819	4.6	102,200	103,400	104,200	105,100	108,200	107,100	6.3
Nebraska	198,080	195,486	195,113	195,417	194,816	195,055	195,769	200,095	202,912	206,860	210,292	213,504	215,432	7.7	218,900	219,200	219,400	219,400	220,100	220,300	2.3
Nevada	149,881	250,720	270,940	280,734	288,753	295,989	302,953	307,573	308,328	305,512	307,297	309,360	313,730	2.0	316,900	320,300	324,400	329,400	365,600	410,700	30.9
New Hampshire	126,301	147,121	143,616	142,031	140,241	138,584	136,188	134,359	132,995	132,768	131,576	129,632	128,169	-4.6	126,400	125,000	124,000	123,200	126,200	132,700	3.5
New Jersey	783,422	967,533	978,609	978,440	975,856	970,592	963,418	954,418	956,765	968,332	981,255	947,576	956,070	0.2	953,100	947,300	942,500	939,900	949,400	971,200	1.6
New Mexico	208,087	224,879	224,497	226,032	227,900	229,552	230,091	229,718	231,415	235,343	239,345	239,481	240,978	4.9	242,100	242,100	241,700	241,600	242,600	238,900	-0.8
New York	1,827,418	2,028,906	2,016,282	1,978,181	1,942,575	1,909,028	1,887,284	1,856,315	1,843,080	1,847,003	1,869,150	1,857,574	1,868,561	0.7	1,876,300	1,872,100	1,871,200	1,872,700	1,898,500	1,921,000	2.8
North Carolina	783,132	945,470	963,967	974,019	985,740	1,003,118	1,027,067	1,072,324	1,058,926	1,053,801	1,058,409	1,074,063	1,080,090	0.7	1,086,100	1,086,500	1,087,600	1,093,000	1,157,300	1,243,600	15.1
North Dakota	84,943	72,421	69,089	67,870	67,122	65,638	64,395	63,492	63,955	64,576	66,035	67,888	70,995	11.8	73,900	76,100	78,100	79,900	84,200	82,800	16.6
Ohio	1,257,580	1,293,646	1,283,795	1,278,202	1,267,088	1,261,331	1,253,193	1,241,322	1,239,494	1,225,346	1,222,808	1,217,226	1,211,299	-2.4	1,206,500	1,195,500	1,185,400	1,178,200	1,169,700	1,165,200	-3.8
Oklahoma	424,899	445,402	449,030	450,310	452,942	456,954	459,944	462,629	467,960	476,962	483,464	490,196	496,144	7.2	500,100	499,800	500,400	501,300	509,300	515,100	3.8
Oregon	340,243	379,264	381,988	378,052	376,933	379,680	380,576	383,598	395,421	404,451	392,601	391,310	409,325	6.7	404,700	406,000	408,300	411,800	435,900	462,200	12.9
Pennsylvania	1,172,164	1,257,824	1,241,636	1,235,624	1,234,828	1,227,625	1,220,074	1,205,351	1,194,327	1,200,446	1,209,766	1,204,850	1,204,732	-0.1	1,204,500	1,199,400	1,195,700	1,195,800	1,209,600	1,226,600	1.8
Rhode Island	101,797	113,545	112,544	111,209	107,040	103,870	101,996	99,159	97,983	98,184	97,734	97,659	97,809	-1.4	97,600	97,100	96,100	95,300	95,000	97,900	0.1
South Carolina	452,033	493,226	500,427	500,743	504,264	498,030	501,273	504,566	507,602	512,124	515,581	519,389	527,350	4.5	532,500	534,100	536,100	539,400	559,000	570,600	8.2
South Dakota	95,165	87,838	89,450	86,015	83,891	83,530	83,137	83,424	87,477	85,745	87,936	90,529	93,204	11.7	93,800	94,700	95,700	96,600	98,600	98,100	5.2
Tennessee	598,111	668,123	673,337	675,277	670,880	676,576	691,971	681,751	684,549	686,668	701,707	712,749	711,525	4.4	716,100	715,700	716,400	719,100	744,600	778,300	9.4
Texas	2,510,955	2,943,047	3,079,665	3,132,584	3,184,235	3,268,339	3,319,782	3,374,684	3,446,511	3,520,348	3,586,609	3,636,852	3,690,146	9.3	3,740,000	3,755,100	3,772,200	3,799,500	3,972,300	4,164,100	12.8
Utah	324,982	333,104	342,607	348,840	355,445	357,644	371,272	410,258	404,469	413,343	424,979	434,536	444,202	8.3	452,200	456,600	460,700	464,700	483,700	507,600	14.3
Vermont	70,860	70,320	68,034	66,732	65,935	64,662	63,740	63,096	62,994	62,186	67,989	62,146	62,067	-1.6	62,000	61,800	62,000	62,300	65,100	67,200	8.3
Virginia	728,280	815,748	831,504	837,258	839,687	841,299	841,685	850,444	855,008	864,020	871,446	881,225	889,444	4.6	896,600	897,500	900,000	904,700	942,000	988,500	11.1
Washington	612,597	694,367	697,191	699,248	695,405	699,482	694,858	697,407	704,794	705,387	714,172	718,184	724,560	3.9	731,000	734,800	740,400	749,400	805,200	867,200	19.7
West Virginia	224,097	201,201	200,004	198,836	197,555	197,189	197,573	198,545	199,477	200,313	201,472	202,065	202,371	1.9	201,900	198,600	195,900	192,900	184,500	176,700	-12.7
Wisconsin	565,457	594,740	591,703	589,812	577,950	583,998	584,600	585,212	589,528	593,436	598,479	602,810	606,754	3.7	606,400	603,800	603,500	604,600	616,800	624,100	2.9
Wyoming	70,941	60,148	59,926	59,759	57,285	57,195	57,995	59,243	60,635	61,825	62,786	64,057	65,290	10.2	66,700	67,300	67,800	68,200	67,700	64,300	-1.5
Jurisdiction
Bureau of Indian       Education	—	35,746	34,392	33,671	33,671	36,133	—	—	30,612	31,381	31,985	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
DoD, overseas	—	59,299	58,214	56,226	53,720	48,691	47,589	44,418	43,931	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
DoD, domestic	—	30,697	28,759	27,500	26,195	25,558	24,052	24,807	25,255	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	9,390	11,895	11,838	11,772	11,873	11,766	11,763	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Guam	19,276	23,698	—	22,551	21,686	21,946	—	—	—	—	21,561	21,223	21,166	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Northern Marianas	4,918	7,809	8,379	8,192	8,416	8,427	8,504	8,140	7,816	7,743	7,688	7,703	7,396	-9.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Puerto Rico	480,356	445,524	429,413	418,649	408,671	399,447	382,647	372,514	355,115	347,638	334,613	318,924	305,048	-18.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
U.S. Virgin Islands	16,249	13,910	12,933	12,738	11,650	11,728	11,237	10,770	10,567	10,409	10,518	10,576	10,302	-4.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

—Not available.

#Rounds to zero.

NOTE: DoD = Department of Defense. 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 2012-13; and State Public Elementary and Secondary Enrollment Projection Model, 1980 through 2024. (This table was prepared August 2015.)