Table 1. Actual and projected numbers for enrollment in grades PK–12, PK–8, and 9–12 in elementary and secondary schools, by control of school: Fall 1992 through fall 2017

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Table 1. Actual and projected numbers for enrollment in grades PK–12, PK–8, and 9–12 in elementary and secondary schools, by control of school: Fall 1992 through fall 2017 [In thousands]

Year	Total			Public			Private
Year	PK–12¹	PK–8¹	9–12	PK–12	PK–8	9–12	PK–12¹	PK–8¹	9–12

Actual
1992²	48,500	32,478	16,022	42,823	27,950	14,874	5,677	4,528	1,148
1993	49,133	32,805	16,328	43,465	28,269	15,196	5,668	4,536	1,132
1994²	49,898	32,909	16,989	44,111	28,285	15,827	5,787	4,624	1,162
1995	50,759	33,336	17,423	44,840	28,614	16,226	5,918	4,721	1,197
1996²	51,544	33,461	18,083	45,611	28,741	16,870	5,933	4,720	1,213
1997	52,071	33,835	18,237	46,127	29,109	17,018	5,944	4,726	1,218
1998²	52,526	34,005	18,521	46,539	29,257	17,281	5,988	4,748	1,240
1999	52,875	34,183	18,692	46,857	29,419	17,439	6,018	4,765	1,254
2000²	53,373	34,382	18,991	47,204	29,504	17,700	6,169	4,878	1,292
2001	53,992	34,736	19,255	47,672	29,743	17,929	6,320	4,993	1,326
2002²	54,403	34,710	19,694	48,183	29,824	18,359	6,220	4,886	1,334
2003	54,639	34,632	20,008	48,540	29,871	18,670	6,099	4,761	1,338
2004²	54,882	34,603	20,279	48,795	29,872	18,923	6,087	4,731	1,356
2005	55,187	34,640	20,547	49,113	29,941	19,173	6,073	4,699	1,374
Projected
2006	55,559	34,904	20,655	49,464	30,193	19,270	6,095	4,711	1,384
2007	55,710	35,070	20,639	49,644	30,389	19,255	6,066	4,681	1,385
2008	55,879	35,401	20,478	49,825	30,719	19,106	6,054	4,681	1,372
2009	56,116	35,767	20,349	50,067	31,073	18,994	6,049	4,695	1,355
2010	56,400	36,171	20,229	50,353	31,450	18,903	6,047	4,721	1,326
2011	56,781	36,605	20,176	50,722	31,845	18,876	6,059	4,760	1,300
2012	57,275	37,040	20,234	51,194	32,227	18,967	6,081	4,813	1,267
2013	57,817	37,426	20,392	51,701	32,547	19,155	6,116	4,879	1,237
2014	58,446	37,815	20,631	52,284	32,882	19,402	6,162	4,933	1,228
2015	59,127	38,149	20,978	52,910	33,172	19,737	6,217	4,976	1,241
2016	59,786	38,503	21,283	53,503	33,481	20,022	6,283	5,021	1,262
2017	60,443	38,857	21,586	54,087	33,791	20,297	6,356	5,066	1,290

¹ Includes private nursery and prekindergarten enrollment in schools that offer kindergarten or higher grades.

² Private school numbers are estimated based on data from the Private School Universe Survey.

NOTE Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Mean absolute percentage errors of selected education statistics can be found in table A2, appendix A.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), “State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education,” 1992–93 through 2005–06; Private School Universe Survey (PSS), selected years 1993–94 through 2005–06; and National Elementary and Secondary Enrollment Model, 1972–2005. (This table was prepared November 2007.)

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