Table 39.

Average daily attendance in public elementary and secondary schools, by state or jurisdiction: Selected years, 1969–70 through 2003–04

State or jurisdiction	1969–70	1979–80	1989–90	1990–91	1995–96	1999–2000	2000–01	2002–03	2003–04
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
United States	41,934,376	38,288,911	37,799,296	38,426,543	41,501,596	43,806,726	44,075,930	45,017,360	45,325,731
Alabama	777,123	711,432	683,833	682,524	687,076	725,212	719,562	701,235	706,446
Alaska	72,489	79,945	98,213	102,585	115,958	122,412	122,932	123,145	122,341
Arizona	391,526	481,905	557,252	573,140	684,740	782,851	803,453	868,547	878,891
Arkansas	414,158	423,610	403,025	408,145	423,520	422,958	421,625	418,775	425,571
California1	4,418,423	4,044,736	4,893,341	5,065,647	5,351,475	5,957,216	6,075,001	6,312,362	6,384,882
Colorado	500,388	513,475	519,419	521,899	608,633	656,700	671,909	709,349	673,285
Connecticut	618,881	507,362	439,524	450,808	495,188	533,779	540,946	557,701	561,530
Delaware	120,819	94,058	89,838	91,052	99,941	106,444	105,681	109,945	108,751
District of Columbia	138,600	91,576	71,468	69,092	71,001	65,371	62,881	61,236	65,625
Florida	1,312,693	1,464,461	1,646,583	1,714,394	1,947,777	2,175,453	2,269,372	2,362,841	2,418,329
Georgia	1,019,427	989,433	1,054,097	1,075,728	1,232,852	1,326,713	1,347,218	1,400,007	1,424,004
Hawaii	168,140	151,563	157,360	160,193	171,977	171,180	171,117	169,797	167,739
Idaho	170,920	189,199	203,987	209,085	228,371	230,828	230,890	234,244	237,095
Illinois	2,084,844	1,770,435	1,587,733	1,618,101	1,750,417	1,789,089	1,805,582	1,855,417	1,862,274
Indiana	1,111,043	983,444	884,568	888,177	909,553	929,281	928,703	942,506	943,735
Iowa	624,403	510,081	450,224	456,614	477,053	471,384	467,404	459,761	457,771
Kansas	470,296	382,019	388,986	397,609	416,674	426,853	425,036	419,285	415,529
Kentucky	647,970	619,868	569,795	569,713	571,934	565,693	564,198	569,538	570,911
Louisiana	776,555	727,601	727,125	720,551	710,925	701,957	684,566	674,949	674,333
Maine	225,146	211,400	195,089	196,229	200,700	194,554	191,963	188,776	187,492
Maryland	785,989	686,336	620,617	637,370	719,433	791,133	797,522	809,398	808,557
Massachusetts	1,056,207	935,960	763,231	770,802	845,270	913,502	920,522	921,201	932,417
Michigan	1,991,235	1,758,427	1,446,996	1,452,700	1,554,358	1,574,894	1,577,260	1,591,900	1,590,555
Minnesota	864,595	748,606	699,001	714,072	786,241	818,819	820,457	813,660	792,896
Mississippi	524,623	454,401	476,048	474,029	470,657	468,746	465,505	461,269	463,470
Missouri	906,132	777,269	729,693	733,680	805,404	836,105	836,411	849,040	851,749
Montana	162,664	144,608	135,406	138,341	148,616	142,313	139,198	133,988	132,356
Nebraska	314,516	270,524	254,754	257,587	270,938	261,767	268,897	269,499	260,352
Nevada	113,421	134,995	173,149	185,755	243,718	305,067	321,679	346,512	364,409
New Hampshire	140,203	154,187	154,915	156,579	187,067	200,283	198,389	200,184	202,352
New Jersey	1,322,124	1,140,111	997,561	1,016,159	1,125,877	1,222,438	1,257,124	1,312,610	1,336,869
New Mexico	259,997	253,453	290,245	291,215	330,851	323,963	319,939	320,189	319,637
New York	3,099,192	2,530,289	2,244,110	2,278,531	2,463,349	2,595,070	2,598,176	2,614,977	2,599,902
North Carolina	1,104,295	1,072,150	1,012,274	1,012,613	1,096,812	1,185,737	1,203,143	1,242,234	1,264,266
North Dakota	141,961	118,986	109,659	109,691	111,870	105,123	103,420	97,879	96,231
Ohio	2,246,282	1,849,283	1,584,735	1,603,025	1,661,014	1,659,903	1,653,316	1,683,337	1,700,533
Oklahoma	560,993	548,065	543,170	548,387	574,538	586,266	580,754	581,767	583,932
Oregon	436,736	418,593	419,771	431,806	462,108	479,321	481,223	487,544	486,073
Pennsylvania	2,169,225	1,808,630	1,524,839	1,542,077	1,651,741	1,684,913	1,683,637	1,694,148	1,701,096
Rhode Island	163,205	139,195	125,934	129,856	137,870	144,422	144,895	144,813	143,792
South Carolina	600,292	569,612	569,029	573,138	605,526	624,456	623,008	629,997	635,750
South Dakota	158,543	124,934	119,823	121,403	127,754	122,252	120,966	118,383	116,651
Tennessee	836,010	806,696	761,766	767,738	819,831	844,878	846,551	850,322	859,522
Texas	2,432,420	2,608,817	3,075,333	3,085,648	3,435,010	3,706,550	3,771,568	3,940,776	4,016,791
Utah	287,405	312,813	408,917	417,609	444,679	448,096	447,450	451,063	456,183
Vermont	97,772	95,045	87,832	88,901	100,166	98,894	97,717	95,868	95,160
Virginia	995,580	955,105	989,197	1,011,513	1,098,862	1,195,123	1,087,591	1,109,459	1,118,446
Washington	764,735	710,929	755,141	781,371	888,142	925,696	927,530	933,702	937,656
West Virginia	372,278	353,264	301,947	300,067	285,548	273,277	264,798	260,365	266,078
Wisconsin	880,609	770,554	711,466	731,088	799,391	825,699	824,002	831,939	826,864
Wyoming	81,293	89,471	91,277	92,506	93,190	86,092	83,243	79,921	78,652
Other jurisdictions
American Samoa	—	—	11,448	12,272	14,074	15,102	14,818	15,243	15,123
Guam	20,315	—	23,883	25,330	31,998	—	—	—	28,301
Northern Marianas	—	—	6,809	6,062	7,511	8,712	8,968	9,739	10,047
Puerto Rico	—	656,709	597,436	597,418	548,788	540,676	538,738	535,874	534,941
Virgin Islands	—	—	18,924	19,984	19,867	18,676	16,069	16,187	15,878

—Not available. 1 Data for California for 1990–91 and earlier years are not strictly comparable with those for other states because California's attendance figures included excused absences. NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Statistics of State School Systems, 1969–70; Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Sec­ondary Education, 1979–80; and Common Core of Data (CCD), "National Public Education Financial Survey," 1989–90 through 2003–04. (This table was prepared August 2006.)