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Projections of Education Statistics to 2017

NCES 2008-078
September 2008


Table 5.  Actual and projected percentage changes in PK–12 enrollment in public schools, by region and state: Selected years, fall 1999 through fall 2017

[In thousands]

Region and state Actual 1999–2005   Projected
  2005–2011 2011–2017 2005–2017
           
United States 4.8   3.3 6.6 10.1
           
Northeast 0.5   -4.0 0.6 -3.5
Connecticut 3.8   -5.0 -1.4 -6.3
Maine -6.6   -8.2 0.2 -8.0
Massachusetts 0.0   -3.7 -0.3 -4.0
New Hampshire -0.5   -6.1 2.4 -3.8
New Jersey 8.2   -0.1 1.8 1.7
New York -2.5   -5.2 # -5.2
Pennsylvania 0.8   -3.4 1.4 -2.0
Rhode Island -1.9   -10.3 -1.3 -11.4
Vermont -7.6   -11.6 -0.1 -11.7
           
Midwest 0.9   -1.7 1.9 0.2
Illinois 4.1   0.7 2.4 3.2
Indiana 4.7   1.2 1.8 3.0
Iowa -2.8   -0.6 0.8 0.2
Kansas -1.0   -1.3 2.8 1.5
Michigan 0.9   -6.0 -0.2 -6.2
Minnesota -1.7   -1.4 5.6 4.2
Missouri 0.4   -0.1 3.6 3.5
Nebraska -0.6   1.0 3.5 4.6
North Dakota -12.8   -7.3 -0.3 -7.6
Ohio 0.2   -3.2 -0.1 -3.2
South Dakota -6.9   -2.2 2.6 0.4
Wisconsin -0.3   -2.4 3.3 0.9
           
South 7.5   8.3 10.0 19.1
Alabama 0.1   1.4 1.2 2.6
Arkansas 5.1   5.2 4.6 9.9
Delaware 7.2   5.9 6.8 13.1
District of Columbia -0.4   3.3 10.7 14.3
Florida 12.3   12.1 15.0 28.9
Georgia 12.3   13.5 12.0 27.1
Kentucky 4.9   1.5 1.2 2.7
Louisiana -13.5   -11.7 -0.8 -12.4
Maryland 1.6   -1.7 7.0 5.3
Mississippi -1.2   -0.1 0.5 0.4
North Carolina 11.0   10.8 11.1 23.1
Oklahoma 1.2   3.0 4.2 7.4
South Carolina 5.2   2.1 5.6 7.8
Tennessee 4.1   4.2 6.0 10.4
Texas 13.4   15.8 14.7 32.9
Virginia 7.1   4.5 8.1 13.0
West Virginia -3.8   -1.7 -1.8 -3.5
           
West 7.8   5.2 9.2 14.9
Alaska 5.0   -5.2 11.9 6.1
Arizona 28.4   21.0 19.7 44.8
California 6.6   1.6 7.0 8.7
Colorado 10.1   8.5 9.5 18.9
Hawaii -1.6   3.8 8.9 13.0
Idaho 6.9   10.9 10.9 22.9
Montana -7.7   -3.5 4.0 0.4
Nevada 26.7   20.4 18.9 43.2
New Mexico 0.7   3.5 7.3 11.1
Oregon 1.3   3.0 8.0 11.2
Utah 5.9   15.6 10.3 27.5
Washington 2.8   0.5 6.8 7.4
Wyoming -8.4   -0.7 2.5 1.8
# Rounds to zero.
NOTE: Calculations are based on unrounded numbers. Mean absolute percentage errors of selected education statistics can be found in table A2, appendix A.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), “State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education,” selected years, 1999–2000 through 2005–06; and State Public Elementary and Secondary Enrollment Model, 1980–2005. (This table was prepared December 2007.)