This chart shows that Colorado had the highest percentage of student enrollment in public K-12 schools from 2019-2020. In 2020, each states’ percentage of students enrolled in public schools slightly increased. Although Colorado wins the percentage of K-12 student enrollment for public schools between 2019-2020, Maryland was very close to surpassing Colorado’s student enrollment percentages in 2020.  

Amongst these four states, the population percentage could alter the result of student enrollment. Surprisingly, Colorado has a relatively high population percentage in comparison to other states. The population of each state matters because that affects how many students reside within a state.

At the beginning of the pandemic, let’s remember that all schools nationwide shut down and students became forced to learn online. Schools created restrictive in-person class policies in order to contain the spread of Covid-19 throughout the 2020-2021 school year. We can assume that in 2021 one would expect to see a decrease in student enrollment in K-12 schools due to the open-ended options between online and in-person learning, and the lack of vaccine accessibility for children under the age of 16.