Table D-1. Public school enrollment of students in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade, by state:
School years 1996-97, 2004-05 and 2005-06
  -Number-

 Change in
number		 Percentage
change
in number
State 1996-97 2004-05 2005-06 2005-06
less
1996-97		 2005-06
less
2004-05		 2005-06
less
1996-97		 2005-06
less
2004-05
Alabama 747,932 730,140 741,758 -6,174 11,618 -0.83 1.59
Alaska 129,919 132,970 133,288 3,369 318 2.59 0.24
Arizona 799,250 1,043,298 1,094,454 295,204 51,156 36.94 4.90
Arkansas 457,349 463,115 474,206 16,857 11,091 3.69 2.39
California 5,686,198 6,441,557 6,437,202 751,004 -4,355 13.21 -0.07
Colorado 673,438 765,976 779,826 106,388 13,850 15.80 1.81
Connecticut 527,129 577,390 575,059 47,930 -2,331 9.09 -0.40
Delaware 110,549 119,091 120,937 10,388 1,846 9.40 1.55
District of Columbia 78,648 76,714 76,876 -1,772 162 -2.25 0.21
Florida 2,242,212 2,639,336 2,675,024 432,812 35,688 19.30 1.35
Georgia 1,346,761 1,553,437 1,598,461 251,700 45,024 18.69 2.90
Hawaii 187,653 183,185 182,818 -4,835 -367 -2.58 -0.20
Idaho 245,252 256,084 261,982 16,730 5,898 6.82 2.30
Illinois 1,973,040 2,097,503 2,111,706 138,666 14,203 7.03 0.68
Indiana 982,876 1,021,348 1,035,074 52,198 13,726 5.31 1.34
Iowa 502,941 478,319 483,482 -19,459 5,163 -3.87 1.08
Kansas 466,293 469,136 467,285 992 -1,851 0.21 -0.39
Kentucky 656,089 674,796 679,878 23,789 5,082 3.63 0.75
Louisiana 793,296 724,281 654,526 -138,770 -69,755 -17.49 -9.63
Maine 213,593 198,820 195,498 -18,095 -3,322 -8.47 -1.67
Maryland 818,583 865,561 860,020 41,437 -5,541 5.06 -0.64
Massachusetts 933,898 975,574 971,909 38,011 -3,665 4.07 -0.38
Michigan 1,685,714 1,750,919 1,741,845 56,131 -9,074 3.33 -0.52
Minnesota 847,204 838,503 839,243 -7,961 740 -0.94 0.09
Mississippi 503,967 495,376 494,954 -9,013 -422 -1.79 -0.09
Missouri 900,517 905,449 917,705 17,188 12,256 1.91 1.35
Montana 164,627 146,705 145,416 -19,211 -1,289 -11.67 -0.88
Nebraska 291,967 285,761 286,646 -5,321 885 -1.82 0.31
Nevada 282,131 400,083 412,395 130,264 12,312 46.17 3.08
New Hampshire 198,308 206,852 205,767 7,459 -1,085 3.76 -0.52
New Jersey 1,227,832 1,393,347 1,395,602 167,770 2,255 13.66 0.16
New Mexico 332,632 326,102 326,758 -5,874 656 -1.77 0.20
New York 2,843,131 2,836,337 2,815,581 -27,550 -20,756 -0.97 -0.73
North Carolina 1,210,108 1,385,754 1,416,436 206,328 30,682 17.05 2.21
North Dakota 120,123 100,513 98,283 -21,840 -2,230 -18.18 -2.22
Ohio 1,844,698 1,840,032 1,839,683 -5,015 -349 -0.27 -0.02
Oklahoma 620,695 629,476 634,739 14,044 5,263 2.26 0.84
Oregon 537,854 552,322 552,194 14,340 -128 2.67 -0.02
Pennsylvania 1,804,256 1,828,089 1,830,684 26,428 2,595 1.46 0.14
Rhode Island 151,324 156,498 153,422 2,098 -3,076 1.39 -1.97
South Carolina 652,816 703,736 701,544 48,728 -2,192 7.46 -0.31
South Dakota 143,331 122,798 122,012 -21,319 -786 -14.87 -0.64
Tennessee 904,818 941,091 953,928 49,110 12,837 5.43 1.36
Texas 3,828,975 4,405,215 4,525,394 696,419 120,179 18.19 2.73
Utah 481,812 503,607 508,430 26,618 4,823 5.52 0.96
Vermont 106,341 98,352 96,638 -9,703 -1,714 -9.12 -1.74
Virginia 1,096,093 1,204,739 1,214,472 118,379 9,733 10.80 0.81
Washington 974,504 1,020,005 1,031,985 57,481 11,980 5.90 1.17
West Virginia 304,052 280,129 280,866 -23,186 737 -7.63 0.26
Wisconsin 879,259 864,757 875,174 -4,085 10,417 -0.46 1.20
Wyoming 99,058 84,733 84,409 -14,649 -324 -14.79 -0.38
BIE schools - - 50,938 - . . .
50 states and D.C. (including BIE schools) 45,611,046 48,794,911 49,164,412 3,553,366 369,501 7.79 0.76
American Samoa 14,766 16,126 16,399 1,633 273 11.06 1.69
Guam 33,393 30,605 30,986 -2,407 381 -7.21 1.24
Northern Marianas 9,041 11,601 11,718 2,677 117 29.61 1.01
Puerto Rico 618,861 575,648 563,490 -55,371 -12,158 -8.95 -2.11
Virgin Islands 22,385 16,429 16,750 -5,635 321 -25.17 1.95
U.S. and outlying areas 46,309,492 49,445,320 49,803,755 3,494,263 358,435 7.55 0.72

 
 
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD): "State nonfiscal survey
of public elementary/secondary education," 2005-06 (version v.1a). Data retrieved September 2007 from http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/bat/.
 
Source: Common Core of Data (CCD), "Common Core Data State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education: School
Year 2004–05, Version 1e", Sable, J., (2007). Documentation for the Common Core of Data State Nonfiscal Survey of Public
Elementary/Secondary Education: School Year 2004–05 (NCES 2006-441R). U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC: National
Center for Education Statistics .Data retrieved September 2007 from http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/bat/.
 
SOURCE : U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data,
State Nonfiscal Survey, Common Core of Data (CCD), Documentation for the State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary and Secondary
Education: School Year 1996-97 (Revised 1c)", by Jonaki Bose Washington, DC.  Data retrieved September 2007 from:http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/bat/.
 
Notes:  Change in number = 2005-06 number minus 2004-05 number (or 2005-06 number minus 1996-97 number).
 
Percentage change in number = change in number divided by 2004-05 number (or 1996-07 number) multiplied by 100.
 
- Data not available.
 
. Percentage cannot be calculated.