Table D-1. Public school enrollment of students in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade, by state:
School years 1997-98, 2005-06 and 2006-07
  -Number-

Change in
number
Percentage
change
in number



State



1997-98



2005-06



2006-07
2006-07
less
1997-98
2006-07
less
2005-06
2006-07
less
1997-98
2006-07
less
2005-06
Alabama 738,473 741,761 743,632 5,159 1,871 0.70 0.25
Alaska 132,258 133,288 132,608 350 -680 0.26 -0.51
Arizona 859,104 1,094,454 1,065,082 205,978 -29,372 23.98 -2.68
Arkansas 461,478 474,206 476,409 14,931 2,203 3.24 0.46
California 5,640,269 6,437,202 6,406,821 766,552 -30,381 13.59 -0.47
Colorado 688,438 779,826 794,026 105,588 14,200 15.34 1.82
Connecticut 535,000 575,059 575,100 40,100 41 7.50 0.01
Delaware 111,960 120,937 122,254 10,294 1,317 9.19 1.09
District of Columbia 77,511 76,876 72,850 -4,661 -4,026 -6.01 -5.24
Florida 2,291,681 2,675,024 2,671,513 379,832 -3,511 16.57 -0.13
Georgia 1,375,918 1,598,461 1,629,157 253,239 30,696 18.41 1.92
Hawaii 189,281 182,818 180,728 -8,553 -2,090 -4.52 -1.14
Idaho 250,300 261,982 267,380 17,080 5,398 6.82 2.06
Illinois 2,000,550 2,111,706 2,118,276 117,726 6,570 5.88 0.31
Indiana 988,750 1,035,074 1,045,940 57,190 10,866 5.78 1.05
Iowa 503,540 483,482 483,122 -20,418 -360 -4.05 -0.07
Kansas 469,740 467,525 469,506 -234 1,981 -0.05 0.42
Kentucky 639,579 679,878 683,173 43,594 3,295 6.82 0.48
Louisiana 780,758 654,526 675,851 -104,907 21,325 -13.44 3.26
Maine 217,081 195,498 193,986 -23,095 -1,512 -10.64 -0.77
Maryland 833,489 860,020 851,640 18,151 -8,380 2.18 -0.97
Massachusetts 954,335 971,909 968,661 14,326 -3,248 1.50 -0.33
Michigan 1,728,500 1,742,282 1,714,709 -13,791 -27,573 -0.80 -1.58
Minnesota 845,700 839,243 840,565 -5,135 1,322 -0.61 0.16
Mississippi 504,995 494,954 495,026 -9,969 72 -1.97 0.01
Missouri 910,319 917,705 920,353 10,034 2,648 1.10 0.29
Montana 163,999 145,416 144,418 -19,581 -998 -11.94 -0.69
Nebraska 292,681 286,646 287,580 -5,101 934 -1.74 0.33
Nevada 296,621 412,395 424,240 127,619 11,845 43.02 2.87
New Hampshire 196,647 205,767 203,551 6,904 -2,216 3.51 -1.08
New Jersey 1,231,059 1,395,602 1,388,850 157,791 -6,752 12.82 -0.48
New Mexico 316,754 326,758 328,220 11,466 1,462 3.62 0.45
New York 2,831,900 2,815,581 2,809,649 -22,251 -5,932 -0.79 -0.21
North Carolina 1,226,293 1,416,436 1,444,481 218,188 28,045 17.79 1.98
North Dakota 116,813 98,283 96,670 -20,143 -1,613 -17.24 -1.64
Ohio 1,845,000 1,839,683 1,836,096 -8,904 -3,587 -0.48 -0.19
Oklahoma 625,011 634,739 639,391 14,380 4,652 2.30 0.73
Oregon 540,584 552,194 562,574 21,990 10,380 4.07 1.88
Pennsylvania 1,812,880 1,830,684 1,871,060 58,180 40,376 3.21 2.21
Rhode Island 152,042 153,422 151,612 -430 -1,810 -0.28 -1.18
South Carolina 647,430 701,544 703,119 55,689 1,575 8.60 0.22
South Dakota 141,390 122,012 121,158 -20,232 -854 -14.31 -0.70
Tennessee 905,860 953,928 978,368 72,508 24,440 8.00 2.56
Texas 3,905,256 4,525,394 4,599,509 694,253 74,115 17.78 1.64
Utah 479,150 508,430 523,586 44,436 15,156 9.27 2.98
Vermont 105,687 96,638 95,399 -10,288 -1,239 -9.73 -1.28
Virginia 1,110,815 1,213,616 1,220,440 109,625 6,824 9.87 0.56
Washington 991,235 1,031,985 1,026,774 35,539 -5,211 3.59 -0.50
West Virginia 300,737 280,866 281,939 -18,798 1,073 -6.25 0.38
Wisconsin 891,588 875,174 876,700 -14,888 1,526 -1.67 0.17
Wyoming 96,579 84,409 85,193 -11,386 784 -11.79 0.93
BIE schools - 50,938 - - . . .
50 states and D.C. (including BIE schools) 45,953,018 49,164,236 49,298,945 3,345,927 134,709 7.28 0.27
American Samoa 15,220 16,438 16,427 1,207 -11 7.93 -0.07
Guam 32,923 30,986 - - . . .
Northern Marianas 9,246 11,718 11,695 2,449 -23 26.49 -0.20
Puerto Rico 617,157 563,490 544,138 -73,019 -19,352 -11.83 -3.43
Virgin Islands 21,714 16,750 16,284 -5,430 -466 -25.01 -2.78
U.S. and outlying areas 46,649,278 49,803,618 49,887,489 3,238,211 83,871 6.94 0.17
 
 
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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,"
2006-07 (version v.1a).  Data retrieved January 2008 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 2005-06, Version 1e", Sable, J., (2008). Documentation for the Common Core of Data State Nonfiscal Survey
of Public Elementary/Secondary Education: School Year 2006-07 (NCES 2009-305). U.S. Department of Education.
Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics .Data retrieved January 2008 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 1997-98 (Revised 1c)", by Jonaki Bose Washington, DC.  Data retrieved September 2007
from:http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/bat/
 
Notes:  Change in number = 2006-07 number minus 2005-06 number (or 2005-06 number minus 1997-98 number).
 
Percentage change in number = change in number divided by 2005-06 number (or 1997-98 number) multiplied by 100.
 
- Data not available.
 
. Percentage cannot be calculated.