America's Top-Rated Smaller Cities, 2016/2017
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School Enrollment by Grade & Control
Click on a column header to re-sort the tableCity | State | Region | Presch: Public (%) |
Presch: Private (%) |
Kinder: Public (%) |
Kinder: Private (%) |
Grades 1-4 Public (%) |
Grades 1-4 Private (%) |
Grades 5-8 Public (%) |
Grades 5-8 Private (%) |
Grades 9-12 Public (%) |
Grades 9-12 Private (%) |
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Aliso Viejo | CA | West | 30.3 | 69.7 | 75.2 | 24.8 | 84.2 | 15.8 | 86.2 | 13.8 | 90.4 | 9.6 |
Allen | TX | South | 25.2 | 74.8 | 90 | 10 | 91.1 | 8.9 | 93.3 | 6.7 | 97.1 | 2.9 |
Alpharetta | GA | South | 39.6 | 60.4 | 82.2 | 17.8 | 94.1 | 5.9 | 89.4 | 10.6 | 89.8 | 10.2 |
Ankeny | IA | Central | 48.8 | 51.2 | 93.8 | 6.2 | 92.3 | 7.7 | 97.4 | 2.6 | 96.2 | 3.8 |
Apex | NC | East | 22.8 | 77.2 | 92.1 | 7.9 | 89.7 | 10.3 | 90 | 10 | 96.1 | 3.9 |
Ballwin | MO | Central | 43.5 | 56.5 | 72 | 28 | 78.3 | 21.7 | 77.6 | 22.4 | 78.2 | 21.8 |
Beavercreek | OH | East | 39.4 | 60.6 | 73.2 | 26.8 | 84.2 | 15.8 | 90.6 | 9.4 | 86.8 | 13.2 |
Bella Vista | AR | South | 20.7 | 79.3 | 92.5 | 7.5 | 78.4 | 21.6 | 83.1 | 16.9 | 90.9 | 9.1 |
Bernards | NJ | East | 39 | 61 | 88.9 | 11.1 | 89.3 | 10.7 | 92.8 | 7.2 | 85.3 | 14.7 |
Bethlehem | NY | East | 20 | 80 | 80.7 | 19.3 | 91 | 9 | 92.1 | 7.9 | 84.5 | 15.5 |
Bloomfield | MI | Central | 32.6 | 67.4 | 65.1 | 34.9 | 80 | 20 | 71.8 | 28.2 | 75.3 | 24.7 |
Bowie | MD | East | 28.9 | 71.1 | 79.2 | 20.8 | 74.4 | 25.6 | 73.3 | 26.7 | 72.9 | 27.1 |
Bozeman | MT | West | 33 | 67 | 88 | 12 | 92.9 | 7.1 | 85.9 | 14.1 | 88.9 | 11.1 |
Brentwood | TN | Central | 22.4 | 77.6 | 80.4 | 19.6 | 86.9 | 13.1 | 82.7 | 17.3 | 81.5 | 18.5 |
Broomfield | CO | West | 35.3 | 64.7 | 82.7 | 17.3 | 89.8 | 10.2 | 92 | 8 | 95.1 | 4.9 |
Carmel | IN | Central | 28.5 | 71.5 | 80.7 | 19.3 | 83.8 | 16.2 | 90 | 10 | 83.4 | 16.6 |
Cedar Park | TX | South | 33 | 67 | 84.3 | 15.7 | 97.3 | 2.7 | 92.4 | 7.6 | 95.5 | 4.5 |
Cheshire | CT | East | 40.7 | 59.3 | 89.7 | 10.3 | 95.3 | 4.7 | 88.6 | 11.4 | 89.3 | 10.7 |
Chesterfield | MO | Central | 38.8 | 61.2 | 64.6 | 35.4 | 83.2 | 16.8 | 81.5 | 18.5 | 76.2 | 23.8 |
Collierville | TN | Central | 24.1 | 75.9 | 82.2 | 17.8 | 80.3 | 19.7 | 79 | 21 | 80.3 | 19.7 |
Coppell | TX | South | 33.9 | 66.1 | 82.5 | 17.5 | 90.2 | 9.8 | 87.9 | 12.1 | 90.8 | 9.2 |
Cornelius | NC | East | 11.9 | 88.1 | 67.8 | 32.2 | 90.7 | 9.3 | 89.7 | 10.3 | 94.3 | 5.7 |
Cranberry | PA | East | 30 | 70 | 79.6 | 20.4 | 84 | 16 | 83.5 | 16.5 | 89.1 | 10.9 |
Cupertino | CA | West | 16.8 | 83.2 | 83 | 17 | 93.2 | 6.8 | 92.4 | 7.6 | 91.3 | 8.7 |
Danville | CA | West | 21.5 | 78.5 | 80.5 | 19.5 | 83.8 | 16.2 | 83.7 | 16.3 | 92.6 | 7.4 |
Draper | UT | West | 46.1 | 53.9 | 78.9 | 21.1 | 86 | 14 | 85.3 | 14.7 | 85.3 | 14.7 |
Dublin | OH | East | 29 | 71 | 86.2 | 13.8 | 84.6 | 15.4 | 86.7 | 13.3 | 88.8 | 11.2 |
Eastchester | NY | East | 24.4 | 75.6 | 92.5 | 7.5 | 94.6 | 5.4 | 88.2 | 11.8 | 86.1 | 13.9 |
Eden Prairie | MN | Central | 52.4 | 47.6 | 86.1 | 13.9 | 84.4 | 15.6 | 81.6 | 18.4 | 88.8 | 11.2 |
Edmond | OK | Central | 55.3 | 44.7 | 78.4 | 21.6 | 85.4 | 14.6 | 85.6 | 14.4 | 87.3 | 12.7 |
Evesham | NJ | East | 40.4 | 59.6 | 88.3 | 11.7 | 95.2 | 4.8 | 90.9 | 9.1 | 92.5 | 7.5 |
Fishers | IN | Central | 38.8 | 61.2 | 78.2 | 21.8 | 88.5 | 11.5 | 92.6 | 7.4 | 86.6 | 13.4 |
Flower Mound | TX | South | 21.5 | 78.5 | 78.3 | 21.7 | 88.3 | 11.7 | 94.7 | 5.3 | 91.7 | 8.3 |
Folsom | CA | West | 42.4 | 57.6 | 69.3 | 30.7 | 88.8 | 11.2 | 89.4 | 10.6 | 90.5 | 9.5 |
Foster City | CA | West | 9.8 | 90.2 | 87.6 | 12.4 | 81.6 | 18.4 | 83.1 | 16.9 | 81.4 | 18.6 |
Franklin | TN | Central | 32.1 | 67.9 | 79.3 | 20.7 | 85.4 | 14.6 | 83.2 | 16.8 | 84.2 | 15.8 |
Friendswood | TX | South | 32.5 | 67.5 | 92.3 | 7.7 | 94.7 | 5.3 | 93.8 | 6.2 | 94.6 | 5.4 |
Germantown | TN | Central | 9.5 | 90.5 | 71.8 | 28.2 | 70 | 30 | 62.7 | 37.3 | 55.8 | 44.2 |
Glastonbury | CT | East | 31.5 | 68.5 | 90.8 | 9.2 | 98.7 | 1.3 | 89.8 | 10.2 | 93.4 | 6.6 |
Grand Blanc | MI | Central | 82 | 18 | 83.4 | 16.6 | 92.5 | 7.5 | 88.6 | 11.4 | 95.2 | 4.8 |
Guilderland | NY | East | 23 | 77 | 95.7 | 4.3 | 95 | 5 | 97.3 | 2.7 | 93.7 | 6.3 |
Hampden | PA | East | 23.1 | 76.9 | 87.8 | 12.2 | 92.1 | 7.9 | 91.7 | 8.3 | 93.2 | 6.8 |
Holly Springs | NC | East | 10.3 | 89.7 | 83.6 | 16.4 | 87.6 | 12.4 | 90.9 | 9.1 | 89.3 | 10.7 |
Huntersville | NC | East | 31.9 | 68.1 | 81.7 | 18.3 | 80.7 | 19.3 | 82 | 18 | 81.2 | 18.8 |
Independence | KY | East | 42.2 | 57.8 | 89.1 | 10.9 | 87.3 | 12.7 | 81.5 | 18.5 | 89 | 11 |
Johns Creek | GA | South | 38 | 62 | 87.8 | 12.2 | 91.2 | 8.8 | 92.5 | 7.5 | 91.5 | 8.5 |
Keller | TX | South | 28.3 | 71.7 | 83.8 | 16.2 | 83 | 17 | 80.9 | 19.1 | 82.2 | 17.8 |
Kirkland | WA | West | 20.4 | 79.6 | 78.6 | 21.4 | 79 | 21 | 88.1 | 11.9 | 88.8 | 11.2 |
Lafayette | CO | West | 41.5 | 58.5 | 94.9 | 5.1 | 91 | 9 | 94 | 6 | 97.2 | 2.8 |
Lake Oswego | OR | West | 26.7 | 73.3 | 84.9 | 15.1 | 83 | 17 | 86.5 | 13.5 | 90.4 | 9.6 |
League City | TX | South | 45.1 | 54.9 | 86.6 | 13.4 | 92.3 | 7.7 | 94.2 | 5.8 | 95.9 | 4.1 |
Leawood | KS | Central | 35.4 | 64.6 | 61.4 | 38.6 | 67.3 | 32.7 | 63.8 | 36.2 | 66.5 | 33.5 |
Lee's Summit | MO | Central | 35.2 | 64.8 | 87.8 | 12.2 | 90.3 | 9.7 | 94.4 | 5.6 | 91.3 | 8.7 |
Leesburg | VA | East | 30.7 | 69.3 | 92.3 | 7.7 | 94.8 | 5.2 | 93.1 | 6.9 | 95.2 | 4.8 |
Lehi | UT | West | 36.2 | 63.8 | 95.8 | 4.2 | 95.5 | 4.5 | 94 | 6 | 97.1 | 2.9 |
Lenexa | KS | Central | 32.1 | 67.9 | 80.1 | 19.9 | 82.1 | 17.9 | 75.6 | 24.4 | 78.5 | 21.5 |
Lexington | MA | East | 19.8 | 80.2 | 90.6 | 9.4 | 93.6 | 6.4 | 87.7 | 12.3 | 86.7 | 13.3 |
Los Altos | CA | West | 23.6 | 76.4 | 82.6 | 17.4 | 83.1 | 16.9 | 76.1 | 23.9 | 72.2 | 27.8 |
Lower Makefield | PA | East | 17.1 | 82.9 | 73 | 27 | 86 | 14 | 86.6 | 13.4 | 70.1 | 29.9 |
Madison | AL | South | 62.7 | 37.3 | 72.4 | 27.6 | 91 | 9 | 91.7 | 8.3 | 89.9 | 10.1 |
Mamaroneck | NY | East | 23.3 | 76.7 | 96.2 | 3.8 | 84.1 | 15.9 | 87 | 13 | 78.2 | 21.8 |
Manheim | PA | East | 31.2 | 68.8 | 86.4 | 13.6 | 85.3 | 14.7 | 89.9 | 10.1 | 86 | 14 |
Manlius | NY | East | 52 | 48 | 77.7 | 22.3 | 91.2 | 8.8 | 94 | 6 | 85.6 | 14.4 |
Maple Grove | MN | Central | 50.7 | 49.3 | 86.7 | 13.3 | 81.9 | 18.1 | 91.4 | 8.6 | 91.6 | 8.4 |
Marion | IA | Central | 56 | 44 | 83.8 | 16.2 | 85.3 | 14.7 | 90.7 | 9.3 | 94.8 | 5.2 |
Marlboro | NJ | East | 28.4 | 71.6 | 86.5 | 13.5 | 98.5 | 1.5 | 95.4 | 4.6 | 91.2 | 8.8 |
Mason | OH | East | 57.1 | 42.9 | 78.8 | 21.2 | 83.2 | 16.8 | 89.7 | 10.3 | 87.7 | 12.3 |
McCandless | PA | East | 47 | 53 | 79.7 | 20.3 | 87.2 | 12.8 | 82.6 | 17.4 | 90.6 | 9.4 |
Menomonee Falls | WI | Central | 35.6 | 64.4 | 73.9 | 26.1 | 72.8 | 27.2 | 72.1 | 27.9 | 84.4 | 15.6 |
Meridian | ID | West | 38.5 | 61.5 | 95.5 | 4.5 | 92.5 | 7.5 | 95 | 5 | 96.7 | 3.3 |
Merrimack | NH | East | 47.1 | 52.9 | 83.7 | 16.3 | 94.5 | 5.5 | 87.8 | 12.2 | 90.4 | 9.6 |
Mount Lebanon | PA | East | 35.4 | 64.6 | 90.5 | 9.5 | 98 | 2 | 93 | 7 | 94.5 | 5.5 |
Mount Pleasant | SC | South | 33 | 67 | 68 | 32 | 81.8 | 18.2 | 80.3 | 19.7 | 85.6 | 14.4 |
Needham | MA | East | 20 | 80 | 100 | 0 | 82.3 | 17.7 | 79.4 | 20.6 | 79.7 | 20.3 |
Newtown | CT | East | 36 | 64 | 81.1 | 18.9 | 93.8 | 6.2 | 87.1 | 12.9 | 88.3 | 11.7 |
Northbrook | IL | Central | 29.2 | 70.8 | 78.3 | 21.7 | 85.7 | 14.3 | 90.6 | 9.4 | 94.9 | 5.1 |
Northville | MI | Central | 29.2 | 70.8 | 80.3 | 19.7 | 80.8 | 19.2 | 90.7 | 9.3 | 81.5 | 18.5 |
Novi | MI | Central | 54.1 | 45.9 | 88.8 | 11.2 | 89.6 | 10.4 | 92.6 | 7.4 | 87.9 | 12.1 |
O'Fallon | IL | Central | 69.3 | 30.7 | 83 | 17 | 91 | 9 | 88.2 | 11.8 | 97.5 | 2.5 |
O'Fallon | MO | Central | 35.2 | 64.8 | 89.4 | 10.6 | 83.2 | 16.8 | 88.1 | 11.9 | 85.5 | 14.5 |
Orchard Park | NY | East | 47.7 | 52.3 | 77.5 | 22.5 | 88 | 12 | 83 | 17 | 83.6 | 16.4 |
Oviedo | FL | South | 51.6 | 48.4 | 64.8 | 35.2 | 87.2 | 12.8 | 84.2 | 15.8 | 91.6 | 8.4 |
Parker | CO | West | 50.7 | 49.3 | 92.5 | 7.5 | 91.8 | 8.2 | 93.1 | 6.9 | 93.8 | 6.2 |
Parkland | FL | South | 10 | 90 | 86.2 | 13.8 | 88.4 | 11.6 | 85.9 | 14.1 | 77.1 | 22.9 |
Peachtree City | GA | South | 43.4 | 56.6 | 94.5 | 5.5 | 89.5 | 10.5 | 84.2 | 15.8 | 90.4 | 9.6 |
Pflugerville | TX | South | 51.1 | 48.9 | 84.5 | 15.5 | 84.7 | 15.3 | 94.3 | 5.7 | 96 | 4 |
Plainfield | IL | Central | 57.8 | 42.2 | 86.4 | 13.6 | 90.9 | 9.1 | 89.2 | 10.8 | 96.6 | 3.4 |
Princeton | NJ | East | 3.2 | 96.8 | 75.8 | 24.2 | 84.6 | 15.4 | 84.8 | 15.2 | 84.4 | 15.6 |
Queen Creek | AZ | South | 38 | 62 | 97.4 | 2.6 | 90.8 | 9.2 | 89.9 | 10.1 | 82.8 | 17.2 |
Rancho Palos Verdes | CA | West | 23.9 | 76.1 | 81.4 | 18.6 | 87.8 | 12.2 | 90.7 | 9.3 | 93.8 | 6.2 |
Redmond | WA | West | 22.5 | 77.5 | 79.2 | 20.8 | 88 | 12 | 80.2 | 19.8 | 90.3 | 9.7 |
Richland | WA | West | 45.9 | 54.1 | 87.7 | 12.3 | 85.1 | 14.9 | 88.8 | 11.2 | 93.8 | 6.2 |
Ridgefield | CT | East | 10.7 | 89.3 | 84.2 | 15.8 | 94.4 | 5.6 | 94.8 | 5.2 | 92 | 8 |
Ridgewood | NJ | East | 13.3 | 86.7 | 90.1 | 9.9 | 96.8 | 3.2 | 93.4 | 6.6 | 84 | 16 |
Rio Rancho | NM | West | 70.3 | 29.7 | 87 | 13 | 90.3 | 9.7 | 91.5 | 8.5 | 95.1 | 4.9 |
Sahuarita | AZ | South | 77.8 | 22.2 | 90.1 | 9.9 | 97.9 | 2.1 | 95.7 | 4.3 | 90.3 | 9.7 |
Sammamish | WA | West | 27.7 | 72.3 | 61 | 39 | 90.5 | 9.5 | 89.4 | 10.6 | 87.9 | 12.1 |
San Ramon | CA | West | 22.2 | 77.8 | 77.1 | 22.9 | 91.8 | 8.2 | 96.9 | 3.1 | 95.6 | 4.4 |
Saratoga | CA | West | 27.5 | 72.5 | 85.2 | 14.8 | 85.6 | 14.4 | 87.5 | 12.5 | 80.5 | 19.5 |
Schertz | TX | South | 48.7 | 51.3 | 92.5 | 7.5 | 84.8 | 15.2 | 95.2 | 4.8 | 92.7 | 7.3 |
Shrewsbury | MA | East | 52.7 | 47.3 | 82.8 | 17.2 | 88.6 | 11.4 | 87.5 | 12.5 | 87.7 | 12.3 |
South Brunswick | NJ | East | 27 | 73 | 82.8 | 17.2 | 95.7 | 4.3 | 97.2 | 2.8 | 93.6 | 6.4 |
South Jordan | UT | West | 47.3 | 52.7 | 92.3 | 7.7 | 92.6 | 7.4 | 95.7 | 4.3 | 95.4 | 4.6 |
South Kingstown | RI | East | 42 | 58 | 92 | 8 | 92.3 | 7.7 | 97.7 | 2.3 | 77.4 | 22.6 |
South Windsor | CT | East | 64.1 | 35.9 | 92.8 | 7.2 | 92.1 | 7.9 | 96.7 | 3.3 | 84.5 | 15.5 |
Southlake | TX | South | 24.6 | 75.4 | 81.1 | 18.9 | 86.4 | 13.6 | 90.1 | 9.9 | 89.7 | 10.3 |
Spring Hill | TN | Central | 57.2 | 42.8 | 87.4 | 12.6 | 95.9 | 4.1 | 89.2 | 10.8 | 83.2 | 16.8 |
Stow | OH | East | 27.5 | 72.5 | 71 | 29 | 85.2 | 14.8 | 87.6 | 12.4 | 88.7 | 11.3 |
Sugar Land | TX | South | 27.9 | 72.1 | 79.3 | 20.7 | 83.4 | 16.6 | 91.5 | 8.5 | 92.6 | 7.4 |
Sun Prairie | WI | Central | 48 | 52 | 86.8 | 13.2 | 94.2 | 5.8 | 91.3 | 8.7 | 95.9 | 4.1 |
Syracuse | UT | West | 59 | 41 | 99.4 | 0.6 | 98.5 | 1.5 | 98.1 | 1.9 | 97.6 | 2.4 |
Tredyffrin | PA | East | 8.1 | 91.9 | 73.3 | 26.7 | 90.2 | 9.8 | 88 | 12 | 84.4 | 15.6 |
Upper Arlington | OH | East | 43.5 | 56.5 | 93.1 | 6.9 | 92.2 | 7.8 | 87.2 | 12.8 | 87.9 | 12.1 |
Upper Dublin | PA | East | 10.5 | 89.5 | 79.4 | 20.6 | 81.3 | 18.7 | 83.8 | 16.2 | 82.6 | 17.4 |
Vestavia Hills | AL | South | 25.8 | 74.2 | 80.5 | 19.5 | 89 | 11 | 91.2 | 8.8 | 94.2 | 5.8 |
Webster | NY | East | 47.6 | 52.4 | 88.4 | 11.6 | 91.2 | 8.8 | 90 | 10 | 87.4 | 12.6 |
Wellesley | MA | East | 23.3 | 76.7 | 66.4 | 33.6 | 82.6 | 17.4 | 79.4 | 20.6 | 82.4 | 17.6 |
West Fargo | ND | Central | 65.8 | 34.2 | 100 | 0 | 99.6 | 0.4 | 95.7 | 4.3 | 93.1 | 6.9 |
West Linn | OR | West | 30.9 | 69.1 | 84 | 16 | 91.9 | 8.1 | 91.4 | 8.6 | 90.3 | 9.7 |
West Windsor | NJ | East | 25 | 75 | 92.5 | 7.5 | 90.9 | 9.1 | 95.5 | 4.5 | 92.5 | 7.5 |
Westlake | OH | East | 39 | 61 | 72.7 | 27.3 | 81.1 | 18.9 | 80.7 | 19.3 | 81.8 | 18.2 |
Weston | FL | South | 34.1 | 65.9 | 79.4 | 20.6 | 79.3 | 20.7 | 88.6 | 11.4 | 84.7 | 15.3 |
Westport | CT | East | 28.4 | 71.6 | 89.5 | 10.5 | 94.8 | 5.2 | 82.5 | 17.5 | 87.3 | 12.7 |
Wilmette | IL | Central | 20.5 | 79.5 | 83.7 | 16.3 | 80.8 | 19.2 | 83.6 | 16.4 | 89 | 11 |
Woodbury | MN | Central | 32.8 | 67.2 | 83.3 | 16.7 | 89.4 | 10.6 | 86.4 | 13.6 | 89.3 | 10.7 |
Yorba Linda | CA | West | 28.9 | 71.1 | 83.7 | 16.3 | 77.7 | 22.3 | 80.5 | 19.5 | 85.3 | 14.7 |
U.S. | 57.4 | 42.6 | 87.8 | 12.2 | 89.8 | 10.2 | 89.9 | 10.1 | 90.6 | 9.4 |
Note: Figures shown cover persons 3 years old and over
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010-2012 American Community Survey 3-Year Estimates