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Table 38. Enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by grade and state: Fall 1999

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                         |              |                                     Prekindergarten through grade 8 and elementary unclassified                                                |         Grades 9 through 12 and secondary un classified
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   State or other area   |   all levels |   Total   | Prekinder-| Kinder-  |     Grade   |     Grade   |     Grade   |  Grade   |  Grade   |  Grade   |  Grade   |  Grade   | Elementary |   Total   |  Grade   |  Grade   |  Grade   |  Grade   | Secondary
                         |              |           | garten\1\ |  garten  |       1     |       2     |       3     |    4     |    5     |    6     |    7     |    8     |unclassified|           |    9     |    10    |    11    |    12    |unclassified
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   United States ........|\2\46,857,321 |33,488,158 |   751,173 |3,397,199 |   3,683,877 |   3,655,473 |   3,690,418 |3,686,366 |3,603,664 |3,564,116 |3,541,274 |3,496,977 |    417,621 |13,369,163 |3,934,899 |3,415,425 |3,033,980 |2,781,701 |    203,158
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Alabama .................|\2\   740,732 |   538,687 |\2\ 10,548 |   56,120 |      61,517 |      59,203 |      60,033 |   60,012 |   58,381 |   57,703 |   58,969 |   56,201 |        --- |   202,045 |   61,150 |   52,304 |   46,015 |   42,576 |        ---
Alaska ..................|      134,391 |    95,601 |     1,344 |    9,583 |       9,999 |      10,656 |      10,706 |   10,926 |   10,555 |   10,574 |   10,683 |   10,575 |        --- |    38,790 |   11,568 |   10,217 |    8,624 |    8,381 |        ---
Arizona .................|      852,612 |   623,561 |     1,772 |   67,051 |      72,471 |      71,161 |      71,060 |   70,418 |   67,853 |   67,086 |   66,236 |   65,338 |      3,115 |   229,051 |   68,646 |   60,489 |   51,771 |   47,907 |        238
Arkansas ................|      451,034 |   317,714 |     1,425 |   34,218 |      34,640 |      35,062 |      35,586 |   35,707 |   35,020 |   34,397 |   35,267 |   35,403 |        989 |   133,320 |   36,657 |   35,081 |   31,839 |   29,316 |        427
California ..............|\2\ 6,038,589 | 4,336,687 |\2\ 85,991 |  459,771 |     484,535 |     485,130 |     488,981 |  489,356 |  464,380 |  451,810 |  439,075 |  431,730 |     55,928 | 1,701,902 |  482,355 |  444,161 |  401,348 |  347,914 |     26,124
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Colorado ................|      708,109 |   506,568 |    12,857 |   50,378 |      55,171 |      55,855 |      55,883 |   56,154 |   55,156 |   54,957 |   54,856 |   54,599 |        702 |   201,541 |   58,710 |   52,548 |   47,725 |   41,999 |        559
Connecticut .............|      553,993 |   403,913 |    10,518 |   42,193 |      44,825 |      43,974 |      44,930 |   45,307 |   44,712 |   43,524 |   42,725 |   41,205 |        --- |   150,080 |   43,977 |   39,273 |   35,160 |   31,670 |        ---
Delaware ................|      112,836 |    80,274 |       716 |    7,779 |       9,502 |       9,061 |       8,826 |    8,685 |    8,555 |    9,014 |    9,179 |    8,957 |        --- |    32,562 |   10,150 |    8,618 |    7,304 |    6,490 |        ---
District of Columbia ....|       77,194 |    59,917 |     4,774 |    6,617 |       7,325 |       6,972 |       6,702 |    6,070 |    5,584 |    4,539 |    4,331 |    4,408 |      2,595 |    17,277 |    5,289 |    4,113 |    3,550 |    2,897 |      1,428
Florida .................|    2,381,396 | 1,725,493 |    53,783 |  174,953 |     184,482 |     186,014 |     189,501 |  190,744 |  188,093 |  189,813 |  186,536 |  181,574 |        --- |   655,903 |  223,743 |  177,234 |  138,667 |  116,259 |        ---
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Georgia .................|    1,422,762 | 1,044,030 |    31,359 |  110,359 |     115,596 |     113,956 |     115,466 |  116,517 |  113,352 |  111,603 |  109,134 |  106,688 |        --- |   378,732 |  125,388 |   98,019 |   82,974 |   72,351 |        ---
Hawaii ..................|      185,860 |   133,250 |       824 |   14,618 |      15,044 |      15,195 |      15,506 |   15,703 |   14,957 |   14,441 |   13,733 |   13,175 |         54 |    52,610 |   15,629 |   13,526 |   12,592 |   10,818 |         45
Idaho ...................|      245,331 |   168,822 |     2,158 |   17,024 |      18,400 |      18,437 |      18,618 |   19,125 |   18,719 |   18,909 |   18,827 |   18,589 |         16 |    76,509 |   20,062 |   19,833 |   18,715 |   17,899 |        ---
Illinois ................|    2,027,600 | 1,462,234 |    58,604 |  149,840 |     162,324 |     158,998 |     164,982 |  158,444 |  155,168 |  153,710 |  148,459 |  149,397 |      2,308 |   565,366 |  164,554 |  145,536 |  126,866 |  126,984 |      1,426
Indiana..................|      988,702 |   699,221 |     4,997 |   70,438 |      80,167 |      78,764 |      79,409 |   79,139 |   77,709 |   76,745 |   74,743 |   74,540 |      2,570 |   289,481 |   81,049 |   73,532 |   68,054 |   64,647 |      2,199
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Iowa ....................|      497,301 |   335,919 |     5,497 |   34,596 |      35,137 |      35,666 |      36,162 |   36,766 |   36,147 |   35,819 |   36,307 |   37,966 |      5,856 |   161,382 |   41,394 |   39,159 |   37,829 |   37,124 |      5,876
Kansas ..................|      472,188 |   325,818 |     2,811 |   30,845 |      34,639 |      34,692 |      35,002 |   35,722 |   35,393 |   35,757 |   36,205 |   36,759 |      7,993 |   146,370 |   39,683 |   36,769 |   34,333 |   32,344 |      3,241
Kentucky ................|      648,180 |   458,607 |    15,609 |   46,373 |\3\   48,840 |\3\   48,581 |\3\   49,011 |   49,962 |   48,870 |   47,662 |   48,983 |   48,427 |      6,289 |   189,573 |   56,678 |   47,647 |   43,483 |   39,111 |      2,654
Louisiana ...............|      756,579 |   548,019 |    16,818 |   56,021 |      63,106 |      58,478 |      58,718 |   57,735 |   56,296 |   57,910 |   58,997 |   55,710 |      8,230 |   208,560 |   63,869 |   52,925 |   46,144 |   42,344 |      3,278
Maine ...................|      209,253 |   148,774 |     1,101 |   14,274 |      15,296 |      15,716 |      15,950 |   16,530 |   16,695 |   16,946 |   17,003 |   17,493 |      1,770 |    60,479 |   17,036 |   15,565 |   14,237 |   13,022 |        619
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Maryland ................|      846,582 |   607,125 |    19,285 |   56,942 |      65,006 |      66,746 |      67,048 |   69,077 |   66,687 |   65,675 |   64,874 |   62,776 |      3,009 |   239,457 |   70,346 |   60,685 |   54,737 |   50,632 |      3,057
Massachusetts ...........|      971,425 |   706,251 |    19,539 |   70,029 |      76,926 |      76,928 |      78,067 |   79,385 |   78,058 |   75,902 |   74,783 |   72,545 |      4,089 |   265,174 |   77,733 |   68,577 |   62,424 |   56,440 |        ---
Michigan ................|\2\ 1,725,617 | 1,244,586 |\2\ 24,573 |  128,060 |     130,947 |     129,924 |     132,547 |  133,215 |  127,190 |  123,673 |  124,554 |  122,548 |     67,355 |   481,031 |  135,896 |  117,408 |  104,634 |   96,295 |     26,798
Minnesota ...............|      854,034 |   580,363 |     9,234 |   58,952 |      60,984 |      61,957 |      62,842 |   64,934 |   64,484 |   64,547 |   64,724 |   67,705 |        --- |   273,671 |   71,222 |   69,030 |   66,375 |   67,044 |        ---
Mississippi .............|      500,716 |   365,357 |     1,549 |   37,906 |      43,318 |      40,396 |      40,462 |   40,151 |   38,182 |   37,822 |   38,850 |   37,344 |      9,377 |   135,359 |   39,404 |   34,047 |   29,391 |   26,500 |      6,017
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Missouri.................|      914,110 |   648,758 |    18,181 |   64,608 |      68,807 |      71,642 |      70,898 |   70,359 |   69,386 |   68,862 |   69,354 |   69,850 |      6,811 |   265,352 |   75,791 |   68,523 |   62,280 |   56,213 |      2,545
Montana .................|      157,556 |   107,490 |       498 |   10,335 |      11,401 |      11,597 |      11,615 |   12,046 |   11,973 |   12,192 |   12,607 |   12,975 |        251 |    50,066 |   13,532 |   12,877 |   11,985 |   11,571 |        101
Nebraska ................|      288,261 |   197,014 |     4,631 |   20,576 |      20,722 |      21,011 |      21,385 |   21,969 |   21,240 |   21,242 |   21,786 |   22,452 |        --- |    91,247 |   24,861 |   23,064 |   21,692 |   21,630 |        ---
Nevada ..................|      325,610 |   239,625 |     2,043 |   25,163 |      27,421 |      27,723 |      27,807 |   27,660 |   26,347 |   25,591 |   24,911 |   24,268 |        691 |    85,985 |   24,618 |   22,660 |   20,549 |   18,139 |         19
New Hampshire ...........|      206,783 |   146,854 |     1,711 |    9,048 |      16,676 |      16,505 |      16,685 |   17,275 |   17,214 |   17,130 |   17,249 |   16,793 |        568 |    59,929 |   17,520 |   15,297 |   14,317 |   12,734 |         61
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New Jersey ..............|    1,289,256 |   953,766 |    14,194 |   89,520 |     101,868 |      99,708 |     100,808 |  100,361 |   98,921 |   96,113 |   92,672 |   88,757 |     70,844 |   335,490 |   89,234 |   80,654 |   73,096 |   69,647 |     22,859
New Mexico ..............|      324,495 |   228,592 |     3,127 |   22,557 |      25,349 |      25,276 |      25,732 |   25,573 |   25,511 |   24,997 |   25,148 |   25,322 |        --- |    95,903 |   29,307 |   25,601 |   22,054 |   18,941 |        ---
New York ................|    2,887,776 | 2,033,748 |    37,613 |  199,271 |     222,383 |     219,688 |     222,190 |  219,305 |  213,701 |  210,895 |  206,739 |  202,221 |     79,742 |   854,028 |  252,864 |  212,708 |  165,159 |  150,444 |     72,853
North Carolina ..........|    1,275,925 |   934,725 |     8,515 |  101,816 |     107,314 |     105,677 |     105,888 |  104,658 |  103,195 |  101,621 |   99,477 |   96,542 |         22 |   341,200 |  111,493 |   88,455 |   75,694 |   65,558 |        ---
North Dakota ............|      112,751 |    74,968 |       647 |    7,560 |       7,999 |       7,895 |       8,040 |    8,135 |    8,343 |    8,523 |    8,689 |    9,137 |        --- |    37,783 |    9,677 |    9,395 |    9,405 |    9,306 |        ---
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Ohio ....................|    1,836,554 | 1,296,450 |    23,239 |  130,141 |     144,279 |     140,846 |     142,816 |  142,337 |  140,478 |  140,117 |  141,628 |  140,706 |      9,863 |   540,104 |  156,492 |  134,736 |  127,991 |  120,885 |        ---
Oklahoma ................|      627,032 |   446,719 |    20,894 |   43,603 |      51,656 |      47,318 |      47,113 |   47,039 |   46,853 |   46,296 |   46,737 |   46,999 |      2,211 |   180,313 |   50,270 |   46,441 |   42,652 |   40,024 |        926
Oregon ..................|      545,033 |   378,474 |       611 |   37,232 |      40,529 |      41,920 |      42,894 |   43,348 |   43,036 |   42,023 |   42,041 |   42,721 |      2,119 |   166,559 |   45,619 |   43,201 |   40,083 |   36,827 |        829
Pennsylvania ............|    1,816,716 | 1,262,181 |     2,620 |  122,320 |     138,860 |     137,111 |     140,010 |  141,459 |  139,925 |  140,916 |  141,885 |  141,714 |     15,361 |   554,535 |  153,464 |  137,769 |  128,787 |  121,152 |     13,363
Rhode Island ............|      156,454 |   113,520 |     1,047 |   11,078 |      12,409 |      12,486 |      12,537 |   12,578 |   12,309 |   12,108 |   12,094 |   11,592 |      3,282 |    42,934 |   12,548 |   11,099 |    9,966 |    9,138 |        183
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South Carolina ..........|      666,780 |   483,725 |    16,330 |   46,274 |      53,410 |      52,860 |      53,616 |   49,323 |   53,859 |   53,544 |   52,908 |   51,601 |        --- |   183,055 |   62,883 |   47,592 |   36,109 |   36,471 |        ---
South Dakota ............|      131,037 |    89,590 |     1,139 |    9,171 |       9,448 |       9,528 |       9,509 |    9,854 |    9,938 |    9,934 |   10,338 |   10,618 |        113 |    41,447 |   11,247 |   10,649 |    9,811 |    9,693 |         47
Tennessee ...............|\2\   916,202 |   664,393 |\2\ 13,047 |   70,814 |      75,793 |      74,049 |      73,005 |   71,433 |   69,509 |   67,708 |   68,408 |   66,243 |     14,384 |   251,809 |   74,699 |   65,873 |   58,077 |   53,160 |        ---
Texas ...................|    3,991,783 | 2,895,853 |   138,235 |  290,806 |     320,102 |     313,688 |     311,133 |  308,232 |  303,098 |  303,447 |  306,282 |  300,830 |        --- | 1,095,930 |  359,368 |  275,265 |  243,627 |  217,670 |        ---
Utah ....................|      480,255 |   329,185 |     4,281 |   34,963 |      35,396 |      36,285 |      35,953 |   35,921 |   35,134 |   35,472 |   34,493 |   35,170 |      6,117 |   151,070 |   35,961 |   36,990 |   36,905 |   36,594 |      4,620
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Vermont .................|      104,559 |    72,276 |     2,491 |    6,893 |       7,273 |       7,462 |       7,772 |    7,965 |    8,168 |    8,035 |    8,040 |    8,177 |        --- |    32,283 |    8,748 |    8,356 |    7,795 |    7,014 |        370
Virginia ................|    1,133,994 |   817,143 |     5,293 |   83,938 |      88,996 |      89,819 |      90,494 |   90,781 |   87,933 |   86,303 |   85,872 |   85,092 |     22,622 |   316,851 |   95,017 |   80,490 |   71,917 |   69,333 |         94
Washington ..............|    1,003,714 |   694,750 |     6,134 |   68,699 |      75,988 |      77,383 |      77,993 |   79,257 |   77,928 |   76,893 |   76,932 |   77,543 |        --- |   308,964 |   86,602 |   80,493 |   73,383 |   68,486 |        ---
West Virginia............|      291,811 |   203,475 |     6,176 |   21,216 |      21,800 |      21,736 |      22,117 |   21,928 |   21,729 |   21,558 |   22,459 |   22,409 |        347 |    88,336 |   23,876 |   22,049 |   21,142 |   20,982 |        287
Wisconsin ...............|      877,753 |   596,439 |    20,790 |   58,524 |      61,401 |      62,251 |      63,674 |   64,908 |   64,943 |   64,967 |   67,103 |   67,878 |        --- |   281,314 |   78,961 |   70,934 |   67,343 |   64,076 |        ---
Wyoming .................|       92,105 |    61,654 |     (\4\) |    6,133 |       6,400 |       6,487 |       6,736 |    6,878 |    6,797 |    7,091 |    7,389 |    7,715 |         28 |    30,451 |    8,059 |    7,958 |    7,370 |    7,049 |         15
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   Affairs ..............|       49,076 |    37,450 |     (\4\) |    4,614 |       4,418 |       4,412 |       4,172 |    4,134 |    4,158 |    3,975 |    3,876 |    3,691 |        --- |    11,626 |    4,001 |    3,238 |    2,422 |    1,965 |        ---
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   dependents schools\5\ |      107,585 |    90,048 |     5,069 |   11,057 |      11,110 |      11,222 |      10,200 |    9,896 |    9,170 |    8,434 |    7,261 |    6,423 |        206 |    17,537 |    5,671 |    4,640 |    3,871 |    3,355 |        ---
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American Samoa ..........|       15,477 |    11,899 |     1,399 |    1,170 |       1,312 |       1,264 |       1,172 |    1,157 |    1,161 |    1,086 |    1,131 |    1,047 |        --- |     3,578 |    1,059 |      926 |      825 |      725 |         43
Guam ....................|       32,951 |    24,151 |       584 |    2,756 |       2,310 |       2,860 |       2,734 |    2,813 |    2,663 |    2,543 |    2,446 |    2,442 |        --- |     8,800 |    3,457 |    2,234 |    1,717 |    1,392 |        ---
Northern Marianas .......|        9,692 |     7,594 |       549 |      574 |         974 |         837 |         878 |      838 |      787 |      763 |      700 |      694 |        --- |     2,098 |      746 |      567 |      441 |      344 |        ---
Puerto Rico .............|      613,019 |   447,204 |       619 |   43,261 |      51,589 |      48,094 |      46,939 |   49,835 |   50,331 |   47,470 |   49,789 |   45,842 |     13,435 |   165,815 |   43,438 |   43,885 |   38,037 |   34,428 |      6,027
Virgin Islands ..........|       20,866 |    14,821 |     (\4\) |    1,368 |       1,546 |       1,656 |       1,740 |    1,669 |    1,565 |    1,534 |    2,033 |    1,540 |        170 |     6,045 |    2,052 |    1,569 |    1,187 |    1,096 |        141
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---Not available.
\1\Data include imputations for nonrespondents.
\2\Includes imputations for underreporting.
\3\Data disaggregated from reported data.
\4\No prekindergarten pupils reported.
\5\Includes both overseas schools and domestic schools.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data survey. (This table was prepared February 2001.)


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