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Table 39.Enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by level and state: Fall 1980 to fall 1994

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                      | Fall 1980 | Fall 1981 | Fall 1982 | Fall 1983 | Fall 1984 | Fall 1985 | Fall 1986 | Fall 1987 | Fall 1988 | Fall 1989 | Fall 1990 |                    Fall 1991               |              Fall 1992             |              Fall 1993             |  Estimated
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 State or other area  |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |              |   Kindergar- |              |           | Kindergar- |           |           |Kindergar- |            |______________
                      |   Total   |   Total   |   Total   |   Total   |   Total   |  Total    |   Total   |   Total   |   Total   |   Total   |   Total   |      Total   |     ten to   |     Grades   |   Total   |   ten to   |  Grades   |   Total   |  ten to   |   Grades   |
                      |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |              |    grade 8\2\|     9 to 12  |           | grade 8\2\ |  9 to 12  |           | grade 8\2\|  9 to 12   |     Total
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   United States .....|40,877,481 |40,044,093 |39,565,610 |39,252,308 |39,208,252 |39,421,961 |39,753,172 |40,008,213 |40,188,690 |40,542,707 |41,216,683 |   42,046,878 |   30,505,625 |   11,541,253 |42,815,541 | 31,080,500 |11,735,041 |43,476,268 |31,515,485 | 11,960,783 |   44,034,416
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Alabama ..............|   758,721 |   743,448 |   724,037 |   721,901 |   712,586 |   730,460 |   733,735 |   729,234 |   724,751 |   723,743 |   721,806 |      722,004 |      526,473 |      195,531 |   730,857 |    534,471 |   196,386 |   734,469 |   535,818 |    198,651 |\3\   733,458
Alaska\4\ ............|    86,514 |    90,858 |    89,413 |    98,206 |   104,599 |   107,345 |   107,848 |   106,869 |   106,481 |   109,280 |   113,903 |      118,680 |       89,124 |       29,556 |   122,487 |     91,640 |    30,847 |   125,948 |    93,601 |     32,347 |\3\   122,494
Arizona ..............|   513,790 |   507,199 |   510,296 |   506,682 |   530,062 |   548,252 |   534,538 |   572,421 |   574,890 |   607,615 |   639,853 |      656,980 |      490,242 |      166,738 |   673,477 |    497,917 |   175,560 |   709,453 |   526,412 |    183,041 |      791,689
Arkansas .............|   447,700 |   437,121 |   432,565 |   432,120 |   432,668 |   433,410 |   437,438 |   437,036 |   436,387 |   434,960 |   436,286 |      438,518 |      315,147 |      123,371 |   441,490 |    317,598 |   123,892 |   444,271 |   317,713 |    126,558 |\3\   432,317
California ...........| 4,076,421 | 4,046,156 | 4,065,486 | 4,089,017 | 4,151,110 | 4,255,554 | 4,377,989 | 4,488,398 | 4,618,120 | 4,771,978 | 4,950,474 |    5,107,145 |    3,720,302 |    1,386,843 | 5,249,275 |  3,845,188 | 1,404,087 | 5,328,558 | 3,904,471 |  1,424,087 |    5,340,000
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Colorado .............|   546,033 |   544,174 |   545,209 |   542,196 |   545,427 |   550,642 |   558,415 |   560,236 |   560,081 |   562,755 |   574,213 |      593,030 |      435,621 |      157,409 |   612,635 |    451,321 |   161,314 |   625,062 |   459,930 |    165,132 |\3\   640,521
Connecticut\5\ .......|   531,459 |   505,386 |   486,470 |   477,585 |   468,145 |   462,026 |   468,847 |   465,465 |   460,637 |   461,560 |   469,123 |      481,050 |      355,463 |      125,587 |   488,476 |    361,548 |   126,928 |   496,298 |   368,632 |    127,666 |\3\   503,216
Delaware .............|    99,403 |    95,072 |    92,646 |    91,406 |    91,767 |    92,901 |    94,410 |    95,659 |    96,678 |    97,808 |    99,658 |      102,196 |       74,555 |       27,641 |   104,321 |     75,983 |    28,338 |   105,547 |    76,617 |     28,930 |\3\   106,813
District of Columbia .|   100,049 |    94,975 |    91,105 |    88,843 |    87,397 |    87,092 |    85,612 |    86,435 |    84,792 |    81,301 |    80,694 |       80,618 |       61,019 |       19,599 |    80,937 |     61,133 |    19,804 |    80,678 |    61,434 |     19,244 |\6\    80,420
Florida ..............| 1,510,225 | 1,487,721 | 1,484,734 | 1,495,543 | 1,524,107 | 1,562,283 | 1,607,320 | 1,664,774 | 1,720,930 | 1,789,925 | 1,861,592 |    1,932,131 |    1,427,613 |      504,518 | 1,981,407 |  1,469,850 |   511,557 | 2,040,763 | 1,515,194 |    525,569 |    2,108,978
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Georgia ..............| 1,068,737 | 1,056,117 | 1,053,689 | 1,050,859 | 1,062,315 | 1,079,594 | 1,096,425 | 1,110,947 | 1,107,994 | 1,126,535 | 1,151,687 |    1,177,569 |      868,130 |      309,439 | 1,207,186 |    891,647 |   315,539 | 1,235,304 |   910,425 |    324,879 |\3\ 1,270,948
Hawaii ...............|   165,068 |   162,805 |   162,024 |   162,241 |   163,860 |   164,169 |   164,640 |   166,160 |   167,488 |   169,493 |   171,708 |      174,747 |      126,855 |       47,892 |   177,448 |    128,610 |    48,838 |   180,430 |   131,658 |     48,772 |\3\   183,164
Idaho ................|   203,247 |   204,524 |   202,973 |   206,352 |   208,080 |   208,669 |   208,391 |   212,444 |   214,615 |   214,932 |   220,840 |      225,680 |      161,458 |       64,222 |   231,668 |    164,634 |    67,034 |   236,774 |   166,999 |     69,775 |\3\   240,448
Illinois .............| 1,983,463 | 1,924,084 | 1,880,289 | 1,853,316 | 1,834,355 | 1,826,478 | 1,825,185 | 1,811,446 | 1,794,916 | 1,797,355 | 1,821,407 |    1,848,166 |    1,327,834 |      520,332 | 1,873,567 |  1,344,549 |   529,018 | 1,893,078 | 1,356,329 |    536,749 |    1,919,226
Indiana...............| 1,055,589 | 1,025,172 |   999,542 |   984,384 |   972,659 |   966,106 |   966,780 |   964,129 |   960,994 |   954,165 |   954,525 |      956,988 |      676,481 |      280,507 |   960,630 |    677,249 |   283,381 |   965,599 |   679,006 |    286,593 |      972,521
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Iowa .................|   533,857 |   516,216 |   504,983 |   497,287 |   491,011 |   485,332 |   481,286 |   480,826 |   478,200 |   478,486 |   483,652 |      491,363 |      348,231 |      143,132 |   494,839 |    348,648 |   146,191 |   498,519 |   348,006 |    150,513 |\3\   498,837
Kansas ...............|   415,291 |   409,909 |   407,074 |   405,222 |   405,347 |   410,229 |   416,091 |   421,112 |   426,596 |   430,864 |   437,034 |      445,390 |      325,126 |      120,264 |   451,536 |    328,244 |   123,292 |   457,614 |   329,708 |    127,906 |\3\   460,905
Kentucky .............|   669,798 |   658,350 |   651,084 |   647,414 |   644,421 |   643,833 |   642,778 |   642,696 |   637,627 |   630,688 |   636,401 |      646,024 |      466,170 |      179,854 |   655,041 |    469,897 |   185,144 |   655,265 |   467,315 |    187,950 |\6\   655,489
Louisiana ............|   777,560 |   782,053 |   784,027 |   800,193 |   800,941 |   788,349 |   795,188 |   793,093 |   786,683 |   783,025 |   784,757 |      794,128 |      590,660 |      203,468 |   797,985 |    590,824 |   207,161 |   800,560 |   587,490 |    213,070 |\3\   781,857
Maine ................|   222,497 |   216,293 |   211,986 |   209,753 |   207,537 |   206,101 |   211,752 |   211,817 |   212,902 |   213,775 |   215,149 |      216,400 |      156,764 |       59,636 |   216,453 |    156,368 |    60,085 |   216,995 |   156,528 |     60,467 |      215,517
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Maryland .............|   750,665 |   721,841 |   699,201 |   683,491 |   673,840 |   671,560 |   675,747 |   683,797 |   688,947 |   698,806 |   715,176 |      736,238 |      543,492 |      192,746 |   751,850 |    555,565 |   196,285 |   772,638 |   569,497 |    203,141 |\3\   790,935
Massachusetts ........| 1,021,885 |   947,037 |   908,984 |   878,844 |   859,391 |   844,330 |   833,918 |   825,320 |   823,428 |   825,588 |   834,314 |      846,155 |      615,990 |      230,165 |   859,948 |    629,649 |   230,299 |   877,726 |   645,518 |    232,208 |      897,705
Michigan .............| 1,797,052 | 1,724,787 | 1,674,697 | 1,635,963 | 1,609,448 | 1,602,747 | 1,597,154 | 1,589,287 | 1,582,785 | 1,576,785 | 1,584,431 |    1,593,561 |    1,158,568 |      434,993 | 1,603,610 |  1,164,879 |   438,731 | 1,599,377 | 1,159,968 |    439,409 |    1,603,535
Minnesota ............|   754,318 |   733,741 |   715,190 |   705,236 |   701,697 |   705,140 |   711,134 |   721,481 |   726,950 |   739,553 |   756,374 |      773,571 |      556,735 |      216,836 |   793,724 |    569,298 |   224,426 |   810,233 |   576,980 |    233,253 |      826,600
Mississippi ..........|   477,059 |   471,615 |   468,294 |   467,744 |   466,058 |   471,195 |   498,639 |   505,550 |   503,326 |   502,020 |   502,417 |      504,127 |      369,936 |      134,191 |   506,668 |    370,006 |   136,662 |   505,907 |   368,688 |    137,219 |      503,301
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Missouri..............|   844,648 |   818,705 |   802,535 |   795,453 |   793,793 |   795,107 |   800,606 |   802,060 |   806,639 |   807,934 |   816,558 |      842,965 |      611,603 |      231,362 |   859,357 |    621,712 |   237,645 |   875,639 |   631,552 |    244,087 |\3\   861,542
Montana ..............|   155,193 |   153,435 |   152,335 |   153,646 |   154,412 |   153,869 |   153,327 |   152,207 |   152,191 |   151,265 |   152,974 |      155,779 |      112,780 |       42,999 |   160,011 |    115,315 |    44,696 |   163,009 |   116,668 |     46,341 |\3\   164,295
Nebraska .............|   280,430 |   273,340 |   269,009 |   266,998 |   265,599 |   265,819 |   267,139 |   268,100 |   269,434 |   270,920 |   274,081 |      279,552 |      201,367 |       78,185 |   282,414 |    202,439 |    79,975 |   285,097 |   203,426 |     81,671 |\3\   286,405
Nevada ...............|   149,481 |   151,339 |   151,104 |   150,442 |   151,633 |   154,948 |   161,239 |   168,353 |   176,474 |   186,834 |   201,316 |      211,810 |      157,713 |       54,097 |   222,974 |    165,348 |    57,626 |   235,800 |   175,054 |     60,746 |\3\   250,747
New Hampshire ........|   167,232 |   163,827 |   160,197 |   159,030 |   158,614 |   160,974 |   163,717 |   166,045 |   169,413 |   171,696 |   172,785 |      177,138 |      129,698 |       47,440 |   181,247 |    133,182 |    48,065 |   185,360 |   136,211 |     49,149 |\3\   186,398
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New Jersey ...........| 1,246,008 | 1,199,643 | 1,172,520 | 1,147,841 | 1,129,223 | 1,116,194 | 1,107,467 | 1,092,982 | 1,080,871 | 1,076,005 | 1,089,646 |    1,109,796 |      800,696 |      309,100 | 1,130,560 |    817,661 |   312,899 | 1,151,307 |   843,526 |    307,781 |\3\ 1,174,545
New Mexico ...........|   271,198 |   268,091 |   268,632 |   269,711 |   272,478 |   277,551 |   281,943 |   287,229 |   292,425 |   296,057 |   301,881 |      308,667 |      212,836 |       95,831 |   315,668 |    217,418 |    98,250 |   322,292 |   226,287 |     96,005 |      315,730
New York .............| 2,871,724 | 2,783,017 | 2,718,678 | 2,674,818 | 2,645,811 | 2,621,378 | 2,607,719 | 2,594,070 | 2,573,715 | 2,565,841 | 2,598,337 |    2,643,993 |    1,862,215 |      781,778 | 2,689,686 |  1,893,303 |   796,383 | 2,733,813 | 1,920,609 |    813,204 |    2,790,700
North Carolina .......| 1,129,376 | 1,108,960 | 1,096,815 | 1,089,606 | 1,088,724 | 1,086,165 | 1,085,248 | 1,085,976 | 1,083,156 | 1,080,744 | 1,086,871 |    1,097,598 |      794,773 |      302,825 | 1,114,083 |    810,576 |   303,507 | 1,133,231 |   828,171 |    305,060 |\3\ 1,146,639
North Dakota .........|   116,885 |   117,708 |   117,078 |   117,213 |   118,711 |   118,570 |   118,703 |   119,004 |   118,809 |   117,816 |   117,825 |      118,376 |       84,941 |       33,435 |   118,734 |     84,569 |    34,165 |   119,127 |    84,127 |     35,000 |\3\   119,288
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Ohio .................| 1,957,381 | 1,898,501 | 1,860,245 | 1,827,300 | 1,805,440 | 1,793,965 | 1,793,508 | 1,793,431 | 1,778,544 | 1,764,410 | 1,771,089 |    1,783,767 |    1,277,403 |      506,364 | 1,795,199 |  1,283,869 |   511,330 | 1,807,319 | 1,290,197 |    517,122 |    1,825,410
Oklahoma .............|   577,807 |   582,572 |   593,825 |   591,389 |   589,690 |   592,327 |   593,183 |   584,212 |   580,426 |   578,580 |   579,087 |      588,263 |      432,334 |      155,929 |   597,096 |    438,796 |   158,300 |   604,076 |   441,094 |    162,982 |\6\   611,138
Oregon ...............|   464,599 |   457,165 |   448,184 |   447,109 |   446,884 |   447,527 |   449,307 |   455,895 |   461,752 |   472,394 |   472,394 |      498,614 |      359,348 |      139,266 |   510,122 |    365,416 |   144,706 |   516,611 |   368,141 |    148,470 |\3\   521,945
Pennsylvania .........| 1,909,292 | 1,839,015 | 1,783,969 | 1,737,952 | 1,701,880 | 1,683,221 | 1,674,161 | 1,668,542 | 1,659,714 | 1,655,279 | 1,667,834 |    1,692,797 |    1,195,012 |      497,785 | 1,717,613 |  1,215,974 |   501,639 | 1,744,082 | 1,233,113 |    510,969 |    1,779,790
Rhode Island .........|   148,956 |   143,414 |   139,959 |   136,412 |   134,610 |   133,949 |   134,690 |   134,800 |   133,585 |   135,729 |   138,813 |      142,144 |      104,146 |       37,998 |   143,798 |    105,677 |    38,121 |   145,676 |   107,047 |     38,629 |\3\   147,490
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South Carolina .......|   619,223 |   609,158 |   608,518 |   604,553 |   602,718 |   606,643 |   611,629 |   614,921 |   615,774 |   616,177 |   622,112 |      627,470 |      456,039 |      171,431 |   639,942 |    466,783 |   173,159 |   643,859 |   467,114 |    176,745 |\3\   641,820
South Dakota .........|   128,507 |   125,657 |   123,897 |   123,060 |   123,314 |   124,291 |   125,458 |   126,817 |   126,910 |   127,329 |   129,164 |      131,576 |       96,423 |       35,153 |   134,573 |     97,882 |    36,691 |   142,825 |   102,281 |     40,544 |      143,411
Tennessee ............|   853,569 |   838,297 |   828,264 |   822,057 |   817,212 |   813,753 |   818,073 |   823,783 |   821,580 |   819,660 |   824,595 |      833,651 |      604,571 |      229,080 |   854,329 |    620,899 |   233,430 |   866,991 |   630,449 |    236,542 |\3\   865,729
Texas ................| 2,900,073 | 2,935,547 | 2,985,659 | 2,989,796 | 3,040,305 | 3,131,705 | 3,209,515 | 3,236,787 | 3,283,707 | 3,328,514 | 3,382,887 |    3,464,371 |    2,574,983 |      889,388 | 3,541,769 |  2,634,346 |   907,423 | 3,608,262 | 2,681,053 |    927,209 |    3,680,271
Utah .................|   343,618 |   355,554 |   370,183 |   378,208 |   390,141 |   403,305 |   415,994 |   423,386 |   431,119 |   438,554 |   446,652 |      456,430 |      326,969 |      129,461 |   463,870 |    329,883 |   133,987 |   471,365 |   329,926 |    141,439 |\3\   471,557
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Vermont ..............|    95,815 |    93,183 |    91,454 |    90,416 |    90,089 |    90,157 |    92,112 |    92,755 |    93,381 |    94,779 |    95,762 |       97,137 |       72,702 |       24,435 |    98,558 |     73,865 |    24,693 |   102,755 |    74,828 |     27,927 |\6\   107,131
Virginia .............| 1,010,371 |   989,548 |   975,727 |   966,110 |   965,222 |   968,104 |   975,135 |   979,417 |   982,393 |   985,346 |   998,601 |\6\ 1,016,204 |\6\   741,005 |\6\   275,199 | 1,031,925 |    757,847 |   274,078 | 1,045,471 |   767,347 |    278,124 |\6\ 1,059,195
Washington ...........|   757,639 |   750,188 |   739,215 |   736,239 |   741,177 |   749,706 |   761,428 |   775,755 |   790,918 |   810,232 |   839,709 |      869,327 |      632,781 |      236,546 |   896,475 |    651,743 |   244,732 |   915,952 |   660,424 |    255,528 |\3\   934,309
West Virginia.........|   383,503 |   377,772 |   375,115 |   371,251 |   362,941 |   357,923 |   351,837 |   344,236 |   335,912 |   327,540 |   322,389 |      320,249 |      221,545 |       98,704 |   318,296 |    219,037 |    99,259 |   314,383 |   215,784 |     98,599 |\3\   309,888
Wisconsin ............|   830,247 |   804,262 |   784,830 |   774,646 |   767,542 |   768,234 |   767,819 |   772,363 |   774,857 |   782,905 |   797,621 |      814,671 |      579,863 |      234,808 |   829,415 |    588,447 |   240,968 |   844,001 |   595,717 |    248,284 |      856,661
Wyoming ..............|    98,305 |    99,541 |   101,665 |    99,254 |   101,261 |   102,779 |   100,955 |    98,455 |    97,793 |    97,172 |    98,226 |      102,074 |       73,890 |       28,184 |   100,313 |     71,798 |    28,515 |   100,899 |    71,402 |     29,497 |\6\   101,488
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American Samoa .......|     9,647 |     9,896 |        ---|    10,124 |       --- |       --- |    11,055 |    11,248 |    11,764 |    12,258 |    12,463 |       13,365 |       10,050 |        3,315 |    13,994 |     10,582 |     3,412 |    14,484 |    10,974 |      3,510 |\3\    14,345
Guam .................|    26,420 |    25,084 |    25,676 |    26,249 |       --- |    26,043 |    25,676 |    25,936 |    26,041 |    26,493 |    26,391 |       28,334 |       20,800 |        7,534 |    30,077 |     22,428 |     7,649 |    30,920 |    23,153 |      7,767 |       31,711
Northern Marianas ....|       --- |     5,300 |       --- |     4,499 |     4,841 |       --- |        ---|     5,819 |     6,079 |     6,101 |     6,449 |        7,096 |        5,628 |        1,468 |     8,086 |      6,133 |     1,953 |     8,188 |     6,380 |      1,808 |\6\     8,291
Puerto Rico ..........|   712,880 |   721,419 |   708,794 |   701,925 |   692,923 |   686,914 |   679,489 |   672,837 |   661,693 |   651,225 |   644,734 |      642,392 |      474,976 |      167,416 |   637,034 |    469,764 |   167,270 |   631,460 |   464,931 |    166,529 |\3\   621,895
Virgin Islands .......|    25,201 |    25,525 |    25,699 |    26,126 |    26,122 |    25,448 |    24,435 |    24,020 |    23,492 |    21,193 |    21,750 |       22,346 |       16,675 |        5,671 |    22,887 |     16,804 |     6,083 |    22,752 |    16,706 |      6,046 |\3\    23,353
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\1\Data estimated by state education agencies.
\2\Includes a relatively small number of prekindergarten students.
\3\Actual data.
\4\Beginning in 1983, data include students enrolled in public schools on federal bases and other special arrangements.
\5\Beginning in 1986, data include state vocational/technical schools.
\6\Data estimated by the National Center for Education Statistics.
---Data not available.

NOTE.--Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data surveys. (This table was prepared May 1995.)


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