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Public School Student, Staff, and Graduate Counts by State: School Year 2001-02--Ed Tabs: April, 2004
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Table 1. Public school student membership, by grade and state: School year 2001–02 — Part 1 || Part 2
State
Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12 Ungraded
United States 3,770,057 3,721,862 3,618,837 4,012,770 3,528,573 3,174,203 2,863,083 456,011
 
Alabama 60,546 60,194 56,591 61,038 51,525 46,138 42,909
Alaska 10,941 10,967 10,702 11,734 10,147 9,240 8,340 0
Arizona 74,408 72,303 69,643 72,859 67,117 57,782 52,162 8,311
Arkansas 36,124 36,284 35,372 35,894 34,418 32,257 28,849 1,546
California 493,218 472,363 461,133 499,505 459,588 420,295 365,907 73,072
 
Colorado 58,213 57,494 56,540 62,756 54,862 50,459 44,912 0
Connecticut 45,879 45,254 43,954 46,621 41,778 37,511 34,301
Delaware 9,137 9,222 9,397 10,618 9,036 7,597 7,030 0
District of Columbia 4,945 4,261 3,662 4,012 3,584 3,119 2,815 4,319
Florida 202,978 202,100 194,250 248,764 172,935 150,752 130,613
 
Georgia 121,152 116,877 112,145 128,734 102,590 88,301 75,814
Hawaii 15,184 14,017 13,705 16,036 13,521 12,424 10,632 114
Idaho 19,698 19,372 19,592 19,923 19,074 18,473 17,628 0
Illinois 163,556 157,988 151,737 165,529 150,646 137,810 131,411 4,616
Indiana 80,588 79,863 76,999 78,945 73,024 67,649 62,913 4,708
 
Iowa 37,548 37,666 37,115 39,818 39,126 38,443 36,469 4,809
Kansas 36,336 35,844 36,120 38,621 37,083 34,645 33,221 14,373
Kentucky 49,718 48,961 47,019 53,583 46,656 41,876 37,160 5,662
Louisiana 55,222 58,494 61,115 57,164 48,767 45,994 41,611 3,061
Maine 16,756 17,223 17,347 16,689 16,155 14,813 13,410 2,427
 
Maryland 68,590 68,600 66,211 73,300 63,530 57,306 52,671 5,703
Massachusetts 78,815 78,147 75,219 80,394 69,692 64,105 59,453
Michigan 139,669 134,917 129,908 145,651 129,993 117,676 103,839 35,853
Minnesota 66,189 66,701 66,797 69,032 70,837 69,490 68,997 0
Mississippi 39,522 39,304 36,731 38,498 33,388 28,659 25,816 14,196
 
Missouri 71,587 71,290 69,677 75,156 69,519 63,408 57,727 5,336
Montana 12,200 12,087 12,389 13,004 12,757 12,083 11,307 255
Nebraska 22,239 21,759 21,757 23,855 22,824 22,084 21,679
Nevada 30,045 28,424 27,028 32,086 25,082 17,694 19,461 673
New Hampshire 17,422 17,314 17,111 17,646 16,156 15,175 13,309 703
 
New Jersey 102,400 101,679 97,127 98,784 91,065 83,286 76,271 78,610
New Mexico 25,423 25,403 25,012 28,816 25,843 21,907 18,658 0
New York 219,314 217,811 210,369 245,540 219,003 172,609 153,505 133,282
North Carolina 107,997 106,669 102,126 114,236 94,231 81,329 69,602
North Dakota 7,990 8,385 8,514 8,906 9,040 8,986 8,661 0
 
Ohio 145,029 145,388 141,218 155,727 139,530 131,413 117,683 11,881
Oklahoma 47,558 47,198 45,745 49,034 45,877 41,575 38,638 3,503
Oregon 44,784 43,986 42,988 45,067 44,268 41,403 38,379 2,359
Pennsylvania 147,884 147,957 146,138 159,919 147,555 133,282 122,942 6,823
Rhode Island 13,172 12,945 12,458 13,538 11,631 10,587 9,507 0
 
South Carolina 52,856 57,301 55,939 64,700 49,751 40,588 36,057 0
South Dakota 10,028 10,049 9,997 10,629 10,562 9,834 9,454 273
Tennessee 73,413 72,738 68,184 74,322 66,409 58,383 51,278 15,533
Texas 317,578 316,287 310,762 366,895 293,235 260,674 226,429
Utah 36,113 35,538 35,786 35,029 36,118 35,923 34,951 11,147
 
Vermont 8,059 8,146 7,972 8,595 8,137 7,633 7,422 93
Virginia 94,724 92,725 88,184 100,599 86,814 78,877 70,607 2,263
Washington 80,858 79,677 77,933 86,396 81,650 75,361 69,536
West Virginia 22,241 22,252 21,650 23,328 21,392 19,801 18,336 507
Wisconsin 67,208 67,398 66,558 77,802 73,512 70,297 65,946 0
Wyoming 7,003 7,040 7,211 7,443 7,540 7,197 6,855 0
Outlying Areas, DoD Dependents Schools, and Bureau of Indian Affairs
Bureau of Indian Affairs 3,821 3,928 3,676 3,828 3,095 2,423 2,109
DoDDS: DoDs Overseas 6,037 5,734 4,985 4,663 3,801 3,323 2,675
DDESS: DoDs Domestic 2,539 1,840 1,631 1,212 934 719 593 564
American Samoa 1,151 1,160 1,086 1,141 1,029 930 838 48
Guam 2,661 2,545 2,311 3,494 2,412 1,414 1,539
Northern Marianas 813 781 779 861 737 434 432 54
Puerto Rico 48,204 50,768 46,410 45,056 44,521 37,615 32,699 19,823
Virgin Islands
 
— Not available.
† Not applicable.
1 Data imputed based on current year (fall 2001) data.
2 DC membership includes 6,943 charter school students for which grade enrollment is not known.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2001–02.

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