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Table 1. Projected number of participants in educational institutions, by level and control of institution: Fall 2005

[In millions]
______________________________________________________________________________________
                      |      All levels|     Elementary and  |  Postsecondary Degree- 
                      |    (elementary,|   secondary schools | granting  institutions
                      |  secondary, and|_____________________|________________________
                      |   postsecondary|     |       |       |       |       |
Participants          |degree-granting)|Total| Public|Private|  Total| Public| Private
______________________|________________|_____|_______|_______|_______|_______|________
1                     |               2|    3|      4|      5|      6|      7|       8
______________________|________________|_____|_______|_______|_______|_______|________
   Total .............|            81.4| 61.6|   54.5|    6.9|   19.9|   15.0|     4.9
                      |________________|_____|_______|_______|_______|_______|________
Enrollment ...........|            72.1| 54.7|   48.4|    6.3|   17.4|   13.3|     4.1
Teachers and faculty .|             4.4|  3.5|    3.1|    0.4|    0.8|    0.6|     0.3
Other professional,   |                |     |       |       |       |       |
   administrative, and|                |     |       |       |       |       |
   support staff .....|             5.0|  3.2|    3.0|    0.3|    1.7|    1.2|     0.6
______________________|________________|_____|_______|_______|_______|_______|________
NOTE: Includes enrollments in local public school systems and in most private schools (religiously affiliated and nonsectarian). Excludes subcollegiate departments of institutions of higher education and federal schools. Excludes private preprimary enrollment in schools that do not offer first grade or above. Data for enrollment in degree-granting institutions include full-time and part-time students enrolled in universities, other 4-year colleges, and 2-year colleges that participated in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Data for teachers and other staff in public and private elementary and secondary schools and colleges and universities are reported in terms of full-time equivalents. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Projections of Education Statistics to 2014; and unpublished projections and estimates. (This table was prepared August 2005.)


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