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Ages 5–9 enrolled: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Ages 5–9 enrolled. All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in School enrollment by age and state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-10-29

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National value: 94.8 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 96.7 %
RI 96.5 %
DE 91.1 %
CT 96.8 %
NJ 97.1 %
MD 95.5 %
MA 94.9 %
VT 96.8 %
NH 91.7 %

Lowest: 90.3 to 93 %
Group 2: 93 to 93.9 %
Group 3: 93.9 to 94.9 %
Group 4: 94.9 to 95.6 %
Highest: 95.6 to 97.1 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.


1	New Jersey	97.1
2	Louisiana	96.9
3	Connecticut	96.8
3	Vermont	96.8
5	District of Columbia	96.7
6	Maine	96.6
7	Rhode Island	96.5
8	New York	96.1
9	Georgia	96
10	California	95.9
11	Wisconsin	95.6
12	Maryland	95.5
12	South Carolina	95.5
14	Kansas	95.4
14	Mississippi	95.4
14	Virginia	95.4
17	Florida	95.3
18	Colorado	95.2
19	Oklahoma	95.1
19	Texas	95.1
21	Illinois	94.9
21	Massachusetts	94.9
21	New Mexico	94.9
24	Iowa	94.8
24	Utah	94.8
26	Nevada	94.6
27	Hawaii	94.4
27	Michigan	94.4
29	North Dakota	94.2
30	Alabama	94.1
31	Arizona	93.9
31	Arkansas	93.9
33	Nebraska	93.7
34	Washington	93.6
35	Minnesota	93.5
35	West Virginia	93.5
37	Ohio	93.4
38	Missouri	93.1
38	North Carolina	93.1
40	Indiana	93
40	Oregon	93
42	Tennessee	92.6
43	Idaho	92.5
43	Pennsylvania	92.5
45	Kentucky	92.3
46	Alaska	92.2
47	South Dakota	91.8
48	New Hampshire	91.7
49	Delaware	91.1
50	Montana	90.9
51	Wyoming	90.3

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table S1401: School Enrollment. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by ages 5–9 enrolled (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table S1401; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-29. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-ages-5-to-9-enrolled/

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