State | Percent change | State | Percent change | |
Arizona | 44.8 | Washington | 7.4 | |
Nevada | 43.2 | Oklahoma | 7.4 | |
Texas | 32.9 | Alaska | 6.1 | |
Florida | 28.9 | Maryland | 5.3 | |
Utah | 27.5 | Nebraska | 4.6 | |
Georgia | 27.1 | Minnesota | 4.2 | |
North Carolina | 23.1 | Missouri | 3.5 | |
Idaho | 22.9 | Illinois | 3.2 | |
Colorado | 18.9 | Indiana | 3.0 | |
District of Columbia | 14.3 | Kentucky | 2.7 | |
Delaware | 13.1 | Alabama | 2.6 | |
Virginia | 13.0 | Wyoming | 1.8 | |
Hawaii | 13.0 | New Jersey | 1.7 | |
Oregon | 11.2 | Kansas | 1.5 | |
New Mexico | 11.1 | Wisconsin | 0.9 | |
Tennessee | 10.4 | Mississippi | 0.4 | |
Arkansas | 9.9 | Montana | 0.4 | |
California | 8.7 | South Dakota | 0.4 | |
South Carolina | 7.8 | Iowa | 0.2 | |
SOURCE: U.S. Dept. of Education, NCES, Common Core of Data surveys and State Public Elementary and Secondary Enrollment Model. (See reference table 5.) |
The expected 10 percent national increase in public school enrollment between 2005 and 2017 plays out differently among the states (reference figures 5–7 and tables 4–9).
State | Percent change | State | Percent change | |
Louisianna | -12.2 | New York | -5.2 | |
Vermont | -11.7 | Massachusetts | -4.0 | |
Rhode Island | -11.4 | New Hampshire | -3.8 | |
Maine | -8.0 | West Virginia | -3.5 | |
North Dakota | -7.6 | Ohio | -3.2 | |
Connecticut | -6.3 | Pennsylvania | -2.0 | |
Michigan | -6.2 | |||
SOURCE: U.S. Dept. of Education, NCES, Common Core of Data surveys and State Public Elementary and Secondary Enrollment Model. (See reference table 5.) |
Between 2005 and 2017, public elementary and secondary enrollment is projected to increase 19 percent in the South;