Enrollment of 3-, 4-, and 5-year-old children in preprimary programs, by leveland control of program and by attendance status: October 1965 to October 1999

Table 45.

Enrollment of 3-, 4-, and 5-year-old children in preprimary programs, by leveland control of program and by attendance status: October 1965 to October 1999
[In thousands]

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              |  Total  |    Enrollment by level and control          |    Enrollment by
              | popula- |_____________________________________________|      attendance
 Year and age |  tion,  |      |        |Nursery school| Kindergarten |______________________
              | 3 to 5  |Total |Percent |______________|______________|Full- |Part- |Percent
              |years old|      |enrolled|Public|Private|Public|Private| day  | day  |full-day
______________|_________|______|________|______|_______|______|_______|______|______|________
      1       |    2    |  3   |   4    |  5   |   6   |  7   |   8   |  9   |  10  |   11
______________|_________|______|________|______|_______|______|_______|______|______|________
Total, 3 to 5 |         |      |        |      |       |      |       |      |      |
  years old   |         |      |        |      |       |      |       |      |      |
1965 .........|  12,549 |3,407 |   27.1 |  127 |   393 |2,291 |   596 |  --- |  --- |    ---
1970 .........|  10,949 |4,104 |   37.5 |  332 |   762 |2,498 |   511 |  698 |3,405 |   17.0
1975 .........|  10,185 |4,955 |   48.7 |  570 | 1,174 |2,682 |   528 |1,295 |3,659 |   26.1
1980 .........|   9,284 |4,878 |   52.5 |  628 | 1,353 |2,438 |   459 |1,551 |3,327 |   31.8
              |         |      |        |      |       |      |       |      |      |
1984 .........|  10,612 |5,480 |   51.6 |  742 | 1,593 |2,668 |   476 |1,929 |3,550 |   35.2
1985 .........|  10,733 |5,865 |   54.6 |  846 | 1,631 |2,847 |   541 |2,144 |3,722 |   36.6
1986 .........|  10,866 |5,971 |   55.0 |  829 | 1,715 |2,859 |   567 |2,241 |3,730 |   37.5
1987 .........|  10,872 |5,931 |   54.6 |  819 | 1,736 |2,842 |   534 |2,090 |3,841 |   35.2
1988 .........|  10,993 |5,978 |   54.4 |  851 | 1,770 |2,875 |   481 |2,044 |3,935 |   34.2
              |         |      |        |      |       |      |       |      |      |
1989 .........|  11,039 |6,026 |   54.6 |  930 | 1,894 |2,704 |   497 |2,238 |3,789 |   37.1
1990 .........|  11,207 |6,659 |   59.4 |1,199 | 2,180 |2,772 |   509 |2,577 |4,082 |   38.7
1991 .........|  11,370 |6,334 |   55.7 |  996 | 1,828 |2,967 |   543 |2,408 |3,926 |   38.0
1992 .........|  11,545 |6,402 |   55.5 |1,073 | 1,783 |2,995 |   550 |2,410 |3,992 |   37.6
1993 .........|  11,954 |6,581 |   55.1 |1,205 | 1,779 |3,020 |   577 |2,642 |3,939 |   40.1
              |         |      |        |      |       |      |       |      |      |
1994\1\ ......|  12,328 |7,514 |   61.0 |1,848 | 2,314 |2,819 |   534 |3,468 |4,046 |   46.2
1995\1\ ......|  12,518 |7,739 |   61.8 |1,950 | 2,381 |2,800 |   608 |3,689 |4,051 |   47.7
1996\1\ ......|  12,378 |7,580 |   61.2 |1,830 | 2,317 |2,853 |   580 |3,562 |4,019 |   47.0
1997\1\ ......|  12,121 |7,860 |   64.9 |2,207 | 2,231 |2,847 |   575 |3,922 |3,939 |   49.9
1998\1\ ......|  12,078 |7,788 |   64.5 |2,213 | 2,299 |2,674 |   602 |3,959 |3,829 |   50.8
1999\1\ ......|  11,920 |7,844 |   65.8 |2,209 | 2,298 |2,777 |   560 |4,154 |3,690 |   53.0
              |         |      |        |      |       |      |       |      |      |
 3 years old  |         |      |        |      |       |      |       |      |      |
1965 .........|   4,149 |  203 |    4.9 |   41 |   153 |    5 |     4 |  --- |  --- |    ---
1970 .........|   3,516 |  454 |   12.9 |  110 |   322 |   12 |    10 |  142 |  312 |   31.3
1975 .........|   3,177 |  683 |   21.5 |  179 |   474 |   11 |    18 |  259 |  423 |   37.9
1980 .........|   3,143 |  857 |   27.3 |  221 |   604 |   16 |    17 |  321 |  536 |   37.5
              |         |      |        |      |       |      |       |      |      |
1984 .........|   3,609 |1,004 |   27.8 |  295 |   658 |   30 |    22 |  401 |  603 |   39.9
1985 .........|   3,594 |1,035 |   28.8 |  278 |   679 |   52 |    26 |  350 |  685 |   33.8
1986 .........|   3,607 |1,041 |   28.9 |  257 |   737 |   26 |    21 |  399 |  642 |   38.3
1987 .........|   3,569 |1,022 |   28.6 |  264 |   703 |   24 |    31 |  378 |  644 |   37.0
              |         |      |        |      |       |      |       |      |      |
1988 .........|   3,719 |1,027 |   27.6 |  298 |   678 |   24 |    26 |  369 |  658 |   35.9
1989 .........|   3,713 |1,005 |   27.1 |  277 |   707 |    3 |    18 |  390 |  615 |   38.8
1990 .........|   3,692 |1,205 |   32.6 |  347 |   840 |   11 |     7 |  447 |  758 |   37.1
1991 .........|   3,811 |1,074 |   28.2 |  313 |   702 |   38 |    22 |  388 |  687 |   36.1
1992 .........|   3,905 |1,081 |   27.7 |  336 |   685 |   26 |    34 |  371 |  711 |   34.3
              |         |      |        |      |       |      |       |      |      |
1993 .........|   4,053 |1,097 |   27.1 |  369 |   687 |   20 |    20 |  426 |  670 |   38.9
1994\1\ ......|   4,081 |1,385 |   33.9 |  469 |   887 |   19 |     9 |  670 |  715 |   48.4
1995\1\ ......|   4,148 |1,489 |   35.9 |  511 |   947 |   15 |    17 |  754 |  736 |   50.6
1996\1\ ......|   4,045 |1,506 |   37.2 |  511 |   947 |   22 |    26 |  657 |  848 |   43.7
1997\1\ ......|   3,947 |1,528 |   38.7 |  643 |   843 |   25 |    18 |  754 |  774 |   49.4
1998\1\.......|   3,989 |1,498 |   37.6 |  587 |   869 |   27 |    14 |  735 |  763 |   49.1
1999\1\.......|   3,862 |1,505 |   39.0 |  621 |   859 |   13 |    12 |  773 |  732 |   51.3
              |         |      |        |      |       |      |       |      |      |
 4 years old  |         |      |        |      |       |      |       |      |      |
1965 .........|   4,238 |  683 |   16.1 |   68 |   213 |  284 |   118 |  --- |  --- |    ---
1970 .........|   3,620 |1,007 |   27.8 |  176 |   395 |  318 |   117 |  230 |  776 |   22.8
1975 .........|   3,499 |1,418 |   40.5 |  332 |   644 |  313 |   129 |  411 |1,008 |   29.0
1980 .........|   3,072 |1,423 |   46.3 |  363 |   701 |  239 |   120 |  467 |  956 |   32.8
              |         |      |        |      |       |      |       |      |      |
1984 .........|   3,579 |1,603 |   44.8 |  376 |   860 |  257 |   110 |  521 |1,082 |   32.5
1985 .........|   3,598 |1,766 |   49.1 |  496 |   859 |  276 |   135 |  643 |1,123 |   36.4
1986 .........|   3,616 |1,772 |   49.0 |  498 |   903 |  257 |   115 |  622 |1,150 |   35.1
1987 .........|   3,597 |1,717 |   47.7 |  431 |   881 |  280 |   125 |  548 |1,169 |   31.9
1988 .........|   3,598 |1,768 |   49.1 |  481 |   922 |  261 |   104 |  519 |1,249 |   29.4
              |         |      |        |      |       |      |       |      |      |
1989 .........|   3,692 |1,882 |   51.0 |  524 | 1,055 |  202 |   100 |  592 |1,290 |   31.4
1990 .........|   3,723 |2,087 |   56.1 |  695 | 1,144 |  157 |    91 |  716 |1,371 |   34.3
1991 .........|   3,763 |1,994 |   53.0 |  584 |   982 |  287 |   140 |  667 |1,326 |   33.5
1992 .........|   3,807 |1,982 |   52.1 |  602 |   971 |  282 |   126 |  632 |1,350 |   31.9
1993 .........|   4,044 |2,178 |   53.9 |  719 |   957 |  349 |   154 |  765 |1,413 |   35.1
              |         |      |        |      |       |      |       |      |      |
1994\1\ ......|   4,202 |2,532 |   60.3 |1,020 | 1,232 |  198 |    82 |1,095 |1,438 |   43.2
1995\1\ ......|   4,145 |2,553 |   61.6 |1,054 | 1,208 |  207 |    84 |1,104 |1,449 |   43.3
1996\1\ ......|   4,148 |2,454 |   59.2 |1,029 | 1,168 |  180 |    77 |1,034 |1,420 |   42.1
1997\1\ ......|   4,033 |2,665 |   66.1 |1,197 | 1,169 |  207 |    92 |1,161 |1,505 |   43.5
1998\1\.......|   4,002 |2,666 |   66.6 |1,183 | 1,219 |  210 |    53 |1,179 |1,487 |   44.2
1999\1\.......|   4,021 |2,769 |   68.9 |1,212 | 1,227 |  207 |   122 |1,355 |1,414 |   48.9
              |         |      |        |      |       |      |       |      |      |
5 years old\2\|         |      |        |      |       |      |       |      |      |
              |         |      |        |      |       |      |       |      |      |
1965 .........|   4,162 |2,521 |   60.6 |   18 |    27 |2,002 |   474 |  --- |  --- |    ---
1970 .........|   3,814 |2,643 |   69.3 |   45 |    45 |2,168 |   384 |  326 |2,317 |   12.3
1975 .........|   3,509 |2,854 |   81.3 |   59 |    57 |2,358 |   381 |  625 |2,228 |   21.9
1980 .........|   3,069 |2,598 |   84.7 |   44 |    48 |2,183 |   322 |  763 |1,835 |   29.4
              |         |      |        |      |       |      |       |      |      |
1984 .........|   3,423 |2,872 |   83.9 |   72 |    76 |2,381 |   344 |1,007 |1,865 |   35.1
1985 .........|   3,542 |3,065 |   86.5 |   73 |    94 |2,519 |   379 |1,151 |1,914 |   37.6
1986 .........|   3,643 |3,157 |   86.7 |   75 |    75 |2,576 |   432 |1,220 |1,937 |   38.6
1987 .........|   3,706 |3,192 |   86.1 |  124 |   152 |2,538 |   378 |1,163 |2,028 |   36.4
1988 .........|   3,676 |3,184 |   86.6 |   72 |   170 |2,590 |   351 |1,155 |2,028 |   36.3
              |         |      |        |      |       |      |       |      |      |
1989 .........|   3,633 |3,139 |   86.4 |  129 |   132 |2,499 |   378 |1,255 |1,883 |   40.0
1990 .........|   3,792 |3,367 |   88.8 |  157 |   196 |2,604 |   411 |1,414 |1,953 |   42.0
1991 .........|   3,796 |3,267 |   86.0 |  100 |   143 |2,642 |   382 |1,354 |1,913 |   41.4
1992 .........|   3,832 |3,339 |   87.1 |  135 |   127 |2,688 |   390 |1,408 |1,931 |   42.2
1993 .........|   3,857 |3,306 |   85.7 |  116 |   136 |2,651 |   403 |1,451 |1,856 |   43.9
              |         |      |        |      |       |      |       |      |      |
1994\1\ ......|   4,044 |3,597 |   88.9 |  359 |   194 |2,601 |   442 |1,704 |1,893 |   47.4
1995\1\ ......|   4,224 |3,697 |   87.5 |  385 |   226 |2,578 |   507 |1,830 |1,867 |   49.5
1996\1\ ......|   4,185 |3,621 |   86.5 |  290 |   202 |2,652 |   477 |1,870 |1,750 |   51.7
1997\1\ ......|   4,141 |3,667 |   88.5 |  368 |   219 |2,616 |   465 |2,007 |1,660 |   54.7
1998\1\ ......|   4,087 |3,624 |   88.7 |  442 |   211 |2,437 |   535 |2,044 |1,579 |   56.4
1999\1\ ......|   4,037 |3,571 |   88.4 |  376 |   212 |2,557 |   426 |2,027 |1,544 |   56.8
______________|_________|______|________|______|_______|______|_______|______|______|________

---Not Available.
\1\Data collected using new procedures. May not be comparable with figures prior to 1994.
\2\Enrollment data include only those students in preprimary programs.

NOTE: Data are based on sample surveys of the civilian noninstitutional population. Although cells with fewer than 75,000 children are subject to wide sampling variation, they are included in the table to permit various types of aggregations. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Preprimary Enrollment, various years; and U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Survey, unpublished data. (This table was prepared August 2000.)

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