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How enrollment rates are fluctuating in all 50 states

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Some 350,000 new students mean that K12 enrollment rates are recovering but still remain below pre-pandemic levels—2.09% lower, to be precise, according to the latest analysis.

About 49.8 million students were enrolled in public schools this fall compared to 50.8 million in 2019. White students account for 44.5% of this year’s number, a decrease from the more than 50% they accounted for in 2013. The percentage of Black students also dropped, and they now make up less than 15% of K12 enrollment, according to , a scholarship-search firm.

The shares of Hispanic and Asian students have, however, been rising over the last decade.


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Here’s how enrollment is changing across the country, starting with the states where it increased the most between 2022 and 2023, according to Scholaroo.

  1. Utah: 1.11%
  2. North Dakota: 1.07%
  3. South Dakota: 0.82%
  4. Minnesota: 0.67%
  5. ձԲԱ:0.46%
  6. DzԲ:0.41%
  7. dz:0.32%
  8. :0.29%
  9. ٱɲ:0.28%
  10. South Carolina: 0.23%
  11. 첹:0.22%
  12. 岹:0.22%
  13. 첹Բ:0.22%
  14. 첹:0.15%
  15. Ի徱Բ:0.07%
  16. North Carolina: 0.04%
  17. Iowa: 0.04%
  18. Ohio: 0.05%
  19. 𱹲岹:0.06%
  20. ѲԻ:0.11%
  21. ʱԲԲԾ:0.16%
  22. ²dzԲ:0.21%
  23. ԴǾ:0.23%
  24. ձ油:0.25%
  25. ǰ岹:0.31%
  26. New Jersey: 0.35%
  27. 𲵴Dz:0.38%
  28. Washington: 0.41%
  29. dzܾԲ:0.41%
  30. Ѳܲٳٲ:0.43%
  31. ѴDzԳٲԲ:0.55%
  32. Գٳܳ:0.59%
  33. Wisconsin: 0.61%
  34. Ѿ󾱲:0.61%
  35. DzԲԱ𳦳پܳ:0.63%
  36. New York: 0.78%
  37. Nebraska: 0.79%
  38. Rhode Island: 0.79%
  39. ѲԱ:0.82%
  40. Virginia: 0.84%
  41. DZǰ:0.84%
  42. ұǰ:0.88%
  43. Ѿdzܰ:1.1%
  44. 䲹ڴǰԾ:1.19%
  45. Ჹɲ:1.26%
  46. Vermont: 1.33%
  47. New Hampshire: 1.65%
  48. New Mexico: 2.03%
  49. Ѿ辱:2.14%
  50. West Virginia: 2.34%
Matt Zalaznick
Matt Zalaznick
Matt Zalaznick is the managing editor of District 91Ƭistration and a life-long journalist. Prior to writing for District 91Ƭistration he worked in daily news all over the country, from the NYC suburbs to the Rocky Mountains, Silicon Valley and the U.S. Virgin Islands. He's also in a band.

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