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Table 35. Enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by level, grade, and state or jurisdiction: Fall 2003 
State or jurisdiction Total, all grades Prekindergarten through grade 8 and elementary ungraded Grades 9 through 12 and secondary ungraded
Total Prekinder-
garten1 
Kindergarten Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Elementary ungraded Total Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12 Secondary ungraded
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
United States 48,540,215 2  34,202,248 949,649 2  3,503,280 3,612,509 3,543,781 3,611,041 3,619,089 3,684,539 3,771,934 3,840,514 3,809,431 256,481 14,337,967 4,190,237 3,675,255 3,277,218 3,046,491 148,766
Alabama 731,220   525,313 1,852   56,541 58,064 54,935 56,429 57,323 58,853 59,799 61,854 59,663 0 205,907 62,718 53,695 47,489 42,005 0
Alaska 133,933   93,695 1,883   9,475 9,675 9,501 9,735 10,115 10,169 10,907 11,095 11,140 0 40,238 11,803 10,623 9,161 8,651 0
Arizona 1,012,068   704,327 9,376   76,365 77,612 76,617 75,422 76,207 75,757 77,508 77,943 76,376 5,144 307,741 87,576 79,320 71,561 68,815 469
Arkansas 454,523   321,509 2,573   36,391 35,615 34,242 33,642 34,070 34,265 35,831 37,165 37,004 711 133,014 37,301 35,343 31,228 28,840 302
California 6,413,867 2  4,540,367 114,939 2  456,941 481,035 482,626 489,642 493,415 492,523 490,081 500,404 500,143 38,618 1,873,500 528,564 490,214 440,546 395,194 18,982
                                           
Colorado 757,693   536,325 19,993   55,913 57,030 56,188 55,840 56,437 57,662 59,013 59,352 58,897 0 221,368 63,312 56,844 52,288 48,924 0
Connecticut 577,203   407,794 11,823   42,310 43,250 43,102 43,124 43,494 44,259 45,245 45,333 45,854 0 169,409 48,643 43,547 39,990 37,229 0
Delaware 117,668   82,898 642   7,904 9,051 8,712 8,898 9,097 9,204 9,439 9,729 10,222 0 34,770 11,009 8,782 7,687 7,292 0
District of Columbia 78,057   59,482 5,168   5,659 5,804 5,723 5,611 5,920 6,030 5,834 5,626 5,158 2,949 18,575 5,656 4,585 3,616 2,971 1,747
Florida 2,587,628   1,832,376 49,588   191,986 194,449 188,585 210,301 178,109 199,035 205,864 209,016 205,443 0 755,252 253,565 191,640 165,283 144,764 0
                                           
Georgia 1,522,611   1,103,181 36,486   118,849 117,282 113,706 115,849 117,201 118,777 121,716 122,621 120,694 0 419,430 135,091 109,851 93,107 81,381 0
Hawaii 183,609   130,054 1,175   13,779 13,852 14,305 14,291 14,538 14,610 14,444 14,477 14,543 40 53,555 16,459 13,529 12,904 10,627 36
Idaho 252,120   175,424 2,672   18,590 18,805 18,924 18,531 18,710 19,197 19,816 20,088 20,091 0 76,696 20,771 19,963 18,500 17,462 0
Illinois 2,100,961   1,492,730 67,148   146,803 155,142 154,191 161,329 160,246 158,367 163,901 162,933 160,271 2,399 608,231 174,343 155,848 139,504 136,974 1,562
Indiana 1,011,130   716,825 5,561   72,315 79,406 78,267 77,281 77,484 79,582 81,080 83,447 81,494 908 294,305 85,025 76,648 68,227 63,632 773
                                           
Iowa 481,226   326,846 6,907   35,295 33,296 33,330 33,326 34,290 35,539 36,701 37,919 38,428 1,815 154,380 40,486 38,451 36,794 36,834 1,815
Kansas 470,490   322,575 2,446   33,677 33,314 32,964 33,436 33,799 34,358 35,440 36,025 36,602 10,514 147,915 38,684 36,652 34,404 33,819 4,356
Kentucky 663,369   478,261 32,034   48,182 51,999 46,957 46,957 47,890 48,640 50,255 51,344 50,186 3,817 185,108 54,730 47,651 42,384 38,834 1,509
Louisiana 727,709   536,390 23,187   56,629 57,028 53,021 55,554 59,928 53,646 58,268 59,116 60,013 0 191,319 58,514 48,397 43,138 41,270 0
Maine 202,084   139,420 1,797   14,021 14,117 14,073 14,350 14,841 15,499 16,510 16,878 17,321 13 62,664 16,891 16,105 15,125 14,538 5
                                           
Maryland 869,113   605,905 21,391   55,485 62,341 61,767 63,195 65,119 66,227 69,007 70,013 68,967 2,393 263,208 78,690 66,269 59,670 55,897 2,682
Massachusetts 980,459   692,130 22,533   69,704 72,667 71,840 73,614 73,478 74,842 76,945 77,872 78,635 0 288,329 83,759 73,967 68,214 62,389 0
Michigan 1,757,604   1,229,121 21,724   130,527 124,238 122,469 125,417 127,659 130,524 135,570 140,088 139,797 31,108 528,483 153,567 132,565 119,881 108,688 13,782
Minnesota 842,854   564,049 10,876   59,330 58,055 57,610 58,720 60,045 62,175 63,653 65,676 67,909 0 278,805 69,744 68,895 67,558 72,608 0
Mississippi 493,540   360,913 2,208   38,340 39,300 37,396 38,053 38,752 39,468 39,761 41,101 38,231 8,303 132,627 39,536 33,563 28,316 25,918 5,294
                                           
Missouri 905,941   632,230 11,215   66,509 65,711 65,061 65,507 66,927 70,059 73,628 74,188 72,806 619 273,711 77,175 70,278 64,387 61,626 245
Montana 148,356   100,160 664   10,147 10,295 10,319 10,416 10,779 11,102 11,839 11,944 12,409 246 48,196 12,915 12,252 11,667 11,258 104
Nebraska 285,542   195,417 5,920   20,719 20,249 20,145 20,279 20,480 21,109 21,531 22,193 22,792 0 90,125 24,374 22,372 21,507 21,872 0
Nevada 385,401   280,735 2,778   28,596 30,595 30,518 31,175 30,653 30,928 31,642 31,884 31,392 574 104,666 34,779 28,685 22,486 18,700 16
New Hampshire 207,417   142,033 2,221   9,989 15,364 14,951 15,403 15,810 16,045 16,889 17,166 17,703 492 65,384 18,286 16,715 15,879 14,445 59
                                           
New Jersey 1,380,753   978,589 22,746   93,201 99,969 98,078 100,088 99,937 102,102 103,266 104,426 103,603 51,173 402,164 108,480 99,843 90,048 84,539 19,254
New Mexico 323,066   226,032 3,976   23,636 24,165 23,518 23,769 24,382 25,258 25,428 26,043 25,857 0 97,034 29,840 25,622 22,067 19,505 0
New York 2,864,775   1,978,673 41,456   188,638 201,645 201,482 205,635 206,912 210,704 214,819 221,138 219,335 66,909 886,102 257,475 224,166 175,475 163,362 65,624
North Carolina 1,360,209   974,019 11,686   109,336 107,376 103,063 103,725 105,411 105,026 109,682 109,997 108,717 0 386,190 122,508 100,658 87,106 75,918 0
North Dakota 102,233   67,870 752   6,891 7,139 7,053 7,041 7,219 7,603 7,829 8,098 8,245 0 34,363 8,952 8,659 8,439 8,313 0
                                           
Ohio 1,845,428   1,278,202 26,151   134,036 134,611 131,269 134,403 136,776 141,935 143,406 148,551 147,064 0 567,226 160,873 144,353 134,007 127,993 0
Oklahoma 626,160   450,319 30,203   46,542 49,434 44,076 44,272 44,829 45,738 47,522 47,511 47,258 2,934 175,841 49,529 45,189 41,333 38,601 1,189
Oregon 551,273   378,072 399   38,785 40,400 40,749 40,864 40,903 41,681 43,168 44,384 44,711 2,028 173,201 46,213 43,984 41,476 40,702 826
Pennsylvania 1,821,146   1,235,624 2,588   118,647 127,988 128,030 131,904 135,765 140,412 145,421 151,157 150,652 3,060 585,522 162,097 150,643 138,685 131,199 2,898
Rhode Island 159,375   111,209 1,473   10,702 11,891 11,745 11,770 12,429 12,362 12,720 13,099 13,018 0 48,166 14,188 12,676 11,345 9,957 0
                                           
South Carolina 699,198   500,743 20,107   50,985 52,555 50,539 51,634 52,715 54,801 56,563 57,460 53,384 0 198,455 69,415 51,238 39,529 38,273 0
South Dakota 125,537   86,015 2,132   9,201 8,869 8,818 8,762 9,140 9,430 9,825 9,756 10,082 0 39,522 10,375 9,996 9,585 9,566 0
Tennessee 936,682 2  675,277 16,786 2  73,202 71,581 68,746 69,911 70,446 71,876 73,218 74,812 72,505 12,194 261,405 79,195 68,430 59,665 54,115 0
Texas 4,331,751   3,132,584 194,150   323,502 338,727 325,943 323,373 321,788 324,047 327,094 329,579 324,381 0 1,199,167 377,912 309,851 267,914 243,490 0
Utah 495,981   348,890 8,598   39,348 38,485 37,380 36,935 36,064 35,566 36,526 36,457 36,386 7,145 147,091 36,028 36,479 35,004 34,629 4,951
                                           
Vermont 99,103   66,732 3,027   6,078 6,517 6,558 6,767 7,049 7,239 7,579 7,820 8,098 0 32,371 8,422 8,218 7,837 7,614 280
Virginia 1,192,092   837,258 16,524   86,374 87,674 87,430 88,870 90,729 91,882 95,158 96,661 95,586 370 354,834 107,033 90,009 81,313 76,477 2
Washington 1,021,349   699,248 11,352   70,663 73,989 72,558 74,394 75,108 77,856 80,054 81,000 82,274 0 322,101 88,869 82,120 76,774 74,338 0
West Virginia 281,215   198,836 7,911   20,946 20,446 19,846 20,559 20,753 21,164 22,066 22,885 22,255 5 82,379 23,723 20,659 19,439 18,554 4
Wisconsin 880,031   589,812 26,668   59,372 58,368 58,877 59,196 61,744 62,970 65,762 68,192 68,663 0 290,219 77,798 72,043 70,989 69,389 0
Wyoming 87,462   59,759 2,184   6,224 6,039 5,978 5,842 6,174 6,436 6,711 6,998 7,173 0 27,703 7,346 7,170 6,687 6,500 0
                                           
Bureau of Indian Affairs 45,828   33,671 (3)   4,266 3,756 3,432 3,466 3,614 3,685 3,890 3,855 3,707 0 12,157 3,932 3,410 2,509 2,306 0
                                           
DoDDS, overseas 71,053   56,226 2,018   6,516 6,610 6,595 6,327 6,126 5,926 5,731 5,347 5,030 0 14,827 4,784 3,945 3,332 2,766 0
DoDDS, domestic 30,603   27,500 3,164   3,623 3,478 3,251 3,037 2,816 2,598 2,386 1,651 1,496 0 3,103 1,044 815 660 584 0
                                           
Other jurisdictions                                          
American Samoa 15,893   11,772 1,420   1,028 1,140 1,114 1,162 1,215 1,250 1,211 1,125 1,107 0 4,121 1,142 1,037 983 895 64
Guam 31,572   22,551 430   2,343 2,443 2,549 2,569 2,193 2,581 2,472 2,491 2,480 0 9,021 3,122 2,687 1,815 1,397 0
Northern Marianas 11,244   8,192 585   672 897 970 883 841 875 807 808 776 78 3,052 929 802 725 596 0
Puerto Rico 584,916   418,588 232   40,441 45,977 44,647 44,741 46,101 46,175 44,871 46,529 45,866 13,008 166,328 45,479 43,889 37,885 32,824 6,251
Virgin Islands 17,716   12,738 (3)   1,002 1,173 1,091 1,259 1,482 1,549 1,490 1,956 1,388 348 4,978 1,735 1,218 1,081 944 0
1 Data include imputations for nonrespondents.
2 Includes imputations for underreporting.
3 No prekindergarten pupils reported.
NOTE: DoDDS = Department of Defense dependents schools. 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 NonĀ­fiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2003–04. (This table was prepared June 2006.)

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