Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) provides education to eligible Department of Defense (DoD) military and civilian dependents from preschool through grade 12 with two programs, the DoD Domestic Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools (DDESS) for dependents at locations within the continental United States where DoD operates schools, and the DoD Dependents Schools (DoDDS) for dependents outside the continental United States. 

The DDESS system serves students in 64 schools located in seven states, Cuba, Guam, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The DoDDS system serves students in 135 schools (48 in the Pacific and 82 in Europe) in 12 countries. Specific enrollment numbers for each area can be found here.