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Kindergarten to grade 12 in private school: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Kindergarten to grade 12 in private school. All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Private school enrollment by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-03

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National value: 14.1 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 16.8 %
RI 14.6 %
DE 14.4 %
CT 10.3 %
NJ 13 %
MD 15.9 %
MA 11.7 %
VT 12.3 %
NH 12.8 %

Lowest: 9.4 to 12.5 %
Group 2: 12.5 to 13.6 %
Group 3: 13.6 to 15 %
Group 4: 15 to 16.2 %
Highest: 16.2 to 22 %

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	Hawaii	22
2	Louisiana	19.9
3	Tennessee	19.8
4	Florida	19.2
5	Kentucky	18.5
6	Missouri	17.3
6	Montana	17.3
8	Idaho	17.2
9	District of Columbia	16.8
10	Ohio	16.4
11	New York	16.2
12	Virginia	16.1
13	Mississippi	16
14	Maryland	15.9
14	Pennsylvania	15.9
14	South Carolina	15.9
17	Indiana	15.8
18	Wisconsin	15.7
19	Kansas	15.4
20	North Carolina	15.3
21	Alabama	15
22	North Dakota	14.7
23	Oregon	14.6
23	Rhode Island	14.6
25	Delaware	14.4
26	Arizona	14.3
27	Alaska	14.2
28	Nebraska	14
29	South Dakota	13.8
30	Maine	13.6
30	Oklahoma	13.6
32	Michigan	13.4
33	New Mexico	13.1
34	Georgia	13
34	New Jersey	13
36	Iowa	12.9
37	Illinois	12.8
37	Minnesota	12.8
37	New Hampshire	12.8
40	Arkansas	12.5
40	West Virginia	12.5
42	Vermont	12.3
42	Washington	12.3
44	Massachusetts	11.7
45	Nevada	11.6
46	Colorado	11
46	Texas	11
48	Wyoming	10.4
49	Connecticut	10.3
50	California	10.2
51	Utah	9.4

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 kindergarten to grade 12 in private school (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table S1401; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-03. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-kindergarten-to-grade-12-in-private-school/

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