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Share of the population enrolled in school: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Share of the population enrolled in school (%). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in School enrollment by level by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

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2026-11-14
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National value: 24.4 (United States).

Washington: 23.1Idaho: 24.9Montana: 21.3North Dakota: 25.3Minnesota: 24.1Michigan: 23.2Ohio: 23.4Pennsylvania: 23New York: 23.8Vermont: 21.5New Hampshire: 20.2Maine: 20.5Arizona: 24California: 25.9New Mexico: 24.3Texas: 26.8Louisiana: 25.1Mississippi: 25.6Alabama: 24.7Florida: 22.4Georgia: 25.9South Carolina: 23.3North Carolina: 24.1Virginia: 24.7District of Columbia: 24.7Maryland: 25.4Delaware: 23.1New Jersey: 24.8Connecticut: 24.4Rhode Island: 22.5Massachusetts: 24.2Oregon: 22.1Utah: 30.4Wyoming: 23.3Nevada: 22.8Colorado: 23.7South Dakota: 24.5Nebraska: 25.7Kansas: 25.6Oklahoma: 25.5Iowa: 24.8Missouri: 23.6Wisconsin: 23Illinois: 24.4Kentucky: 23.8Arkansas: 23.6Tennessee: 23West Virginia: 21.4Indiana: 24.9Alaska: 23.4Hawaii: 22.4

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 20.2 to 23 %
  • Group 2: 23 to 23.6 %
  • Group 3: 23.6 to 24.4 %
  • Group 4: 24.4 to 25.1 %
  • Highest: 25.1 to 30.4 %
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. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.

1Utah30.4
2Texas26.8
3California25.9
3Georgia25.9
5Nebraska25.7
6Kansas25.6
6Mississippi25.6
8Oklahoma25.5
9Maryland25.4
10North Dakota25.3
11Louisiana25.1
12Idaho24.9
12Indiana24.9
14Iowa24.8
14New Jersey24.8
16Alabama24.7
16District of Columbia24.7
16Virginia24.7
19South Dakota24.5
20Connecticut24.4
20Illinois24.4
22New Mexico24.3
23Massachusetts24.2
24Minnesota24.1
24North Carolina24.1
26Arizona24
27Kentucky23.8
27New York23.8
29Colorado23.7
30Arkansas23.6
30Missouri23.6
32Alaska23.4
32Ohio23.4
34South Carolina23.3
34Wyoming23.3
36Michigan23.2
37Delaware23.1
37Washington23.1
39Pennsylvania23
39Tennessee23
39Wisconsin23
42Nevada22.8
43Rhode Island22.5
44Florida22.4
44Hawaii22.4
46Oregon22.1
47Vermont21.5
48West Virginia21.4
49Montana21.3
50Maine20.5
51New Hampshire20.2

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year estimates, Table B14001: School enrollment by level of school for the population 3 years and over. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by share of the population enrolled in school (%) (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year estimates, Table B14001: School enrollment by level of school for the population 3 years and over; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-14. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-share-of-the-population-enrolled-in-school/

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