How enrollment rates are fluctuating in all 50 states

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 map produced by Scholaroo, 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. Tennessee: ↑0.46%
6. Arizona: ↑0.41%
7. Oklahoma: ↑0.32%
8. Alabama: ↑0.29%
9. Delaware: ↑0.28%
10. South Carolina: ↑0.23%
11. Alaska: ↑0.22%
12. Idaho: ↑0.22%
13. Arkansas: ↑0.22%
14. Nebraska: ↑0.15%
15. Indiana: ↑0.07%
16. North Carolina: ↑0.04%
17. Iowa: ↑0.04%
18. Ohio: ↓0.05%
19. Nevada: ↓0.06%
20. Maryland: ↓0.11%
21. Pennsylvania: ↓0.16%
22. Wyoming: ↓0.21%
23. Illinois: ↓0.23%
24. Texas: ↓0.25%
25. Florida: ↓0.31%
26. New Jersey: ↓0.35%
27. Oregon: ↓0.38%
28. Washington: ↓0.41%
29. Louisiana: ↓0.41%
30. Massachusetts: ↓0.43%
31. Montana: ↓0.55%
32. Kentucky: ↓0.59%
33. Wisconsin: ↓0.61%
34. Michigan: ↓0.61%
35. Connecticut: ↓0.63%
36. New York: ↓0.78%
37. Nebraska: ↓0.79%
38. Rhode Island: ↓0.79%
39. Maine: ↓0.82%
40. Virginia: ↓0.84%
41. Colorado: ↓0.84%
42. Georgia: ↓0.88%
43. Missouri: ↓1.1%
44. California: ↓1.19%
45. Hawaii: ↓1.26%
46. Vermont: ↓1.33%
47. New Hampshire: ↓1.65%
48. New Mexico: ↓2.03%
49. Mississippi: ↓2.14%
50. West Virginia: ↓2.34%