United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

School Enrollment 139
N o . 2 2 0 . S c h o o l E n r o l l m e n t — E l e m e n t a r y , S e c o n d a r y , a n d H i g h e r E d u c a t i o n , b y S t a t e s
a n d O t h e r A r e a s : 1 9 7 5 a n d 1 9 8 0
[In thousands. As at tall of year. Public elementary refers to prekindergarten through grade 8; secondary, to grades 9-12 and
postgraduates; includes unclassified. Data for nonpublic elementary and secondaiy schools not revised; for revised U.5. totals,
see Table 217; for revised data on public schools, see table 233. See also Appendix III]
STATE OR OTHER AREA
ELEMENTARY 1 SECONDARY 1 HIGHER EDI. CATION 4
Public Private 2 3 Public Private 3 Pujlic Prlvate
1975 1980 1975 1980 1975 1980 1975 1980 1975 1980 1975 1980
United states................ 30,487 27,665 3,400 2,925 14,304 13,319 1,200 1,000 B 8,835 119,457 2,350 2,640
New England.............................. 1,749 1,466 239 156 807 721 126 108 372 391 336 376
Mains.......................................... 172 153 10 6 79 70 8 6 31 32 9 11
New Hampshire...................... 120 112 17 9 54 55 8 8 24 24 17 23
Vermont...................................... 73 66 6 3 31 29 6 4 17 IB 12 13
Massachusetts.................. °913 676 . 121 75 385 346 59 48 174 184 211 235
Rhode Island............................ 121 95 24 18 55 53 9 8 32 35 32 32
94 98 55 62
Connecticut....................... 450 364 61 45 203 168 37 34
M id d le A t la n t ic 4,756 3,889 1,007 777 2,352 2,137 348 266 1,129 1,102 643 719
New Jersey....................... B998 8 2 0 180 150 460 426 55 57 228 247 69
Pennsylvania..................... 1,481 1,231 330 255 765 678 120 93 287 292 183 215
East N o r t h C e n t r a l ..................... 5,914 5,108 898 748 2,859 2,582 293 232 1,588 1,751 383 418
Ohio...., 1,535 1,312 212 181 757 645 75 63 337 382 99 107
Indiana 796 70S 75 63 378 347 21 17 159 189 54 58
Illinois. 1.539 1,335 300 249 731 649 98 83 444 491 140 153
Michigan............................ 1,419 1,225 174 127 654 636 65 44 437 454 60 66
Wisconsin.......................... 625 520 136 128 339 303 34 25 211 235 30 34
W est North Central............. 2,316 2,034 278 243 1,188 1,040 78 78 611 676 175 197
Minnesota............... 573 482 83 59 307 272 22 15 149 162 36 44
Iowa................................... 408 351 46 38 204 183 18 13 84 97 38 43
Missouri............................. 646 567 82 87 319 277 11 28 159 165 65 69
North Dakota.................... 84 77 8 7 48 40 3 2 28 32 2 2
South Dakota.................... 100 85 8 6 51 44 3 2 22 24 8 8
210 189 28 24 105 91 12 11 61 74 13 16
Kansas.............................. 294 283 24 22 154 133 8 7 108 122 13 15
New York........................... 2,279 1,838 497 372 1,127 1,033 173 118 614 563 391 429
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S o u t h Atlantic..................... 4,900 4,590 281 254 2,201 2,080 114 85 1,242 1,365 306 359
Delaware............... ............ 84 57 12 11 43 42 5 $ 27 28 5 5
Maryland............................ 607 493 77 59 274 258 28 24 177 195 29 30
District of Columbia........... 94 71 12 10 36 29 9 5 15 14 69 73
Virginia.............................. 759 703 40 33 344 307 20 10 215 247 29 34
West Virginia..................... 283 270 7 6 121 113 4 2 68 71 11 11
North Carolina................... 818 786 20 14 367 343 5 3 201 228 50 59
S o u th Carolina.................. 443 426 22 12 186 193 5 2 108 108 25 2 5
Georgia............................. 751 742 19 20 340 327 10 7 143 140 31 44
Florida............................... 1,061 1,042 72 89 490 468 29 27 288 334 57 78
E a s t South Central............. 1,977 1,924 135 97 863 836 63 36 481 507 91 109
Kentucky............................ 4 75 464 41 43 2 1 7 206 15 15 105 116 20 28
Tennessee......................... 626 602 20 23 251 252 11 12 140 157 42 48
Alabama............................ 520 526 37 20 239 231 12 4 146 144 19 21
Mississippi......................... 356 330 37 11 156 147 24 5 90 91 10 12
W e s t S o u th C e n t r a l............ 3,309 3,302 194 203 1,401 1,402 65 52 854 954 134 146
Arkansas........................... 317 310 8 8 139 138 3 2 56 66 9 12
Louisiana........................... 592 544 94 92 255 234 33 28 132 137 21 23
Oklahoma.......................... 408 399 8 8 186 179 3 2 124 137 22 23
Texas. 1,992 2,049 84 95 821 851 26 20 542 614 82 88
M o u n ta in 1,632 1,588 71 69 709 693 25 20 517 581 64 76
Montana............................ 115 106 7 5 57 50 3 1 28 31 3 4
Idaho.. 133 144 4 3 63 59 2 1 31 34 8 9
Wyoming 59 70 2 2 29 28 (2) (z) 18 21 - (Z)
Colorado 384 374 24 19 185 172 8 5 136 146 13 17
New Mexico...................... 183 186 9 10 91 85 3 3 48 55 4 3
Arizona....................... ...... 6350 357 20 24 143 T57 7 7 169 194 5 9
Utah.... 212 250 3 2 97 93 1 2 57 60 31 34
Nevada 96 101 2 4 44 49 1 1 30 40 (Z) (Z)
Pacific... 4,030 3,765 298 379 1,919 1,825 89 118 2,007 2,080 214 241
Washington....................... 530 515 30 29 255 242 12 9 203 2 7 6 25 28
Oregon.............................. 321 319 17 IS 156 145 6 6 130 140 15 17
California........................... 2,993 2,761 237 316 1,427 1,357 66 87 1,618 1,600 170 191
Alaska 65 60 (z) 2 25 26 (z) (2) 13 21 1 1
Hawaii 121 110 14 17 56 55 6 6 43 43 3 4
O t h e r a r e a s I ........................ 523 597 46 (NA) 248 211 19 (NA) 62 6 1 44 77
Puerto Rico.......................... 467 522 38 (NA) 230 191 16 (NA) 53 54 44 77
Virgin Islands........................ 20 20 3 (NA) 5 5 1 (NA) 2 2 - -
- Represents zero. NA Not available. 2 Fewer than 500. ‘ Excludes data for private residential schools for
e x c e p tio n a l c h ild re n e n d s u b c o lle g la te d e p a rtm e n ts o f h ig h e r education. 3Elementary Includes middle schools. 1 Excludes
combined elementary and secondary schools and other schools, (1,103,704 students in fa ll 1 9 8 0 ). 43 e e h e a d n o te , ta b le 2 6 4 .
includes U.S. military academies not shown separately. Estimated. M975 elementary and secondary includes American
Samoa, Canal Zone, and Guam; other data include American Samoa, Canal Zaone (except for 1980), Guam, and Trust Territories
of the Paofflc Island.
Source: U.S. National Center for Education Statistics, Digest o f Education Statistics, annual; Statistics o f State School Systems
1976-76; and unpublished data.