Rankings · Schools

Lowest students by state

Public school enrollment.

This measure has no better end. The order describes the states, it does not rank them — see the other direction.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024, summed from the schools inside the county.

  1. 1Vermont77547
  2. 2Wyoming89915
  3. 3District of Columbia93627
  4. 4North Dakota119037
  5. 5Alaska126855
  6. 6Rhode Island133879
  7. 7South Dakota139984
  8. 8Delaware142156
  9. 9Montana146931
  10. 10New Hampshire162644
  11. 11Maine165148
  12. 12Hawaii167071
  13. 13West Virginia239311
  14. 14New Mexico300921
  15. 15Idaho315191
  16. 16Nebraska330318
  17. 17Mississippi431206
  18. 18Kansas461581
  19. 19Nevada466235
  20. 20Arkansas481251
  21. 21Connecticut490969
  22. 22Iowa492299
  23. 23Oregon529498
  24. 24Kentucky651751
  25. 25Louisiana659616
  26. 26Oklahoma661527
  27. 27Utah663374
  28. 28Alabama731025
  29. 29South Carolina780233
  30. 30Wisconsin794261
  31. 31Colorado845697
  32. 32Minnesota858931
  33. 33Missouri876463
  34. 34Maryland890671
  35. 35Massachusetts911127
  36. 36Tennessee989556
  37. 37Indiana1027148
  38. 38Arizona1069512
  39. 39Washington1078105
  40. 40Virginia1250621
  41. 41Michigan1346709
  42. 42New Jersey1355569
  43. 43North Carolina1537187
  44. 44Pennsylvania1601367
  45. 45Ohio1620024
  46. 46Georgia1721467
  47. 47Illinois1842881
  48. 48New York2503408
  49. 49Florida2820281
  50. 50Texas5481976
  51. 51California5748089
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Source: NCES via Urban Institute. · How this is built