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Table 36. Enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by grade: Fall 1989 through fall 2003
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                       |  Fall|  Fall|  Fall|  Fall|  Fall|  Fall|  Fall|  Fall|  Fall|  Fall|  Fall|  Fall|  Fall|  Fall|  Fall
Grade                  |  1989|  1990|  1991|  1992|  1993|  1994|  1995|  1996|  1997|  1998|  1999|  2000|  2001|  2002|  2003
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1                      |     2|     3|     4|     5|     6|     7|     8|     9|    10|    11|    12|    13|    14|    15|    16
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                       |                                           Number (In thousands)
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   All grades .........|40,543|41,217|42,047|42,823|43,465|44,111|44,840|45,611|46,127|46,539|46,857|47,204|47,672|48,183|48,541
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Elementary ............|29,152|29,878|30,506|31,088|31,504|31,898|32,341|32,764|33,073|33,346|33,488|33,688|33,938|34,116|34,202
  Prekindergarten .....|   262|   303|   375|   505|   545|   603|   637|   670|   695|   729|   751|   776|   865|   915|   950
  Kindergarten ........| 3,225| 3,306| 3,311| 3,313| 3,377| 3,444| 3,536| 3,532| 3,503| 3,443| 3,397| 3,382| 3,379| 3,434| 3,503
  1st grade ...........| 3,485| 3,499| 3,556| 3,542| 3,529| 3,593| 3,671| 3,770| 3,755| 3,727| 3,684| 3,636| 3,614| 3,594| 3,613
  2nd grade ...........| 3,289| 3,327| 3,360| 3,431| 3,429| 3,440| 3,507| 3,600| 3,689| 3,681| 3,656| 3,634| 3,593| 3,565| 3,544
  3rd grade ...........| 3,235| 3,297| 3,334| 3,361| 3,437| 3,439| 3,445| 3,524| 3,597| 3,696| 3,691| 3,676| 3,653| 3,623| 3,611
  4th grade ...........| 3,182| 3,248| 3,315| 3,342| 3,361| 3,426| 3,431| 3,454| 3,507| 3,592| 3,686| 3,711| 3,695| 3,669| 3,619
  5th grade ...........| 3,067| 3,197| 3,268| 3,325| 3,350| 3,372| 3,438| 3,453| 3,458| 3,520| 3,604| 3,707| 3,727| 3,711| 3,685
  6th grade ...........| 2,987| 3,110| 3,239| 3,303| 3,356| 3,381| 3,395| 3,494| 3,492| 3,497| 3,564| 3,663| 3,769| 3,788| 3,772
  7th grade ...........| 3,027| 3,067| 3,181| 3,299| 3,355| 3,404| 3,422| 3,464| 3,520| 3,530| 3,541| 3,629| 3,720| 3,821| 3,841
  8th grade ...........| 2,853| 2,979| 3,020| 3,129| 3,249| 3,302| 3,356| 3,403| 3,415| 3,480| 3,497| 3,538| 3,616| 3,709| 3,809
  Elementary ungraded .|   540|   543|   545|   539|   515|   494|   502|   401|   442|   451|   417|   336|   306|   287|   256
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Secondary .............|11,390|11,338|11,541|11,735|11,961|12,213|12,500|12,847|13,054|13,193|13,369|13,515|13,734|14,067|14,338
  9th grade ...........| 3,141| 3,169| 3,313| 3,352| 3,487| 3,604| 3,704| 3,801| 3,819| 3,856| 3,935| 3,963| 4,012| 4,105| 4,191
  10th grade ..........| 2,868| 2,896| 2,915| 3,027| 3,050| 3,131| 3,237| 3,323| 3,376| 3,382| 3,415| 3,491| 3,528| 3,584| 3,675
  11th grade ..........| 2,629| 2,612| 2,645| 2,656| 2,751| 2,748| 2,826| 2,930| 2,972| 3,021| 3,034| 3,083| 3,174| 3,229| 3,277
  12th grade ..........| 2,473| 2,381| 2,392| 2,431| 2,424| 2,488| 2,487| 2,586| 2,673| 2,722| 2,782| 2,803| 2,863| 2,990| 3,047
  Secondary ungraded ..|   279|   282|   275|   269|   248|   242|   245|   206|   214|   212|   203|   175|   157|   160|   149
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                       |                                          Percent distribution
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   All grades .........| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0
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Elementary ............|  71.9|  72.5|  72.6|  72.6|  72.5|  72.3|  72.1|  71.8|  71.7|  71.7|  71.5|  71.4|  71.2|  70.8|  70.5
  Prekindergarten .....|   0.6|   0.7|   0.9|   1.2|   1.3|   1.4|   1.4|   1.5|   1.5|   1.6|   1.6|   1.6|   1.8|   1.9|   2.0
  Kindergarten ........|   8.0|   8.0|   7.9|   7.7|   7.8|   7.8|   7.9|   7.7|   7.6|   7.4|   7.3|   7.2|   7.1|   7.1|   7.2
  1st grade ...........|   8.6|   8.5|   8.5|   8.3|   8.1|   8.1|   8.2|   8.3|   8.1|   8.0|   7.9|   7.7|   7.6|   7.5|   7.4
  2nd grade ...........|   8.1|   8.1|   8.0|   8.0|   7.9|   7.8|   7.8|   7.9|   8.0|   7.9|   7.8|   7.7|   7.5|   7.4|   7.3
  3rd grade ...........|   8.0|   8.0|   7.9|   7.8|   7.9|   7.8|   7.7|   7.7|   7.8|   7.9|   7.9|   7.8|   7.7|   7.5|   7.4
  4th grade ...........|   7.8|   7.9|   7.9|   7.8|   7.7|   7.8|   7.7|   7.6|   7.6|   7.7|   7.9|   7.9|   7.8|   7.6|   7.5
  5th grade ...........|   7.6|   7.8|   7.8|   7.8|   7.7|   7.6|   7.7|   7.6|   7.5|   7.6|   7.7|   7.9|   7.8|   7.7|   7.6
  6th grade ...........|   7.4|   7.5|   7.7|   7.7|   7.7|   7.7|   7.6|   7.7|   7.6|   7.5|   7.6|   7.8|   7.9|   7.9|   7.8
  7th grade ...........|   7.5|   7.4|   7.6|   7.7|   7.7|   7.7|   7.6|   7.6|   7.6|   7.6|   7.6|   7.7|   7.8|   7.9|   7.9
  8th grade ...........|   7.0|   7.2|   7.2|   7.3|   7.5|   7.5|   7.5|   7.5|   7.4|   7.5|   7.5|   7.5|   7.6|   7.7|   7.8
  Elementary ungraded .|   1.3|   1.3|   1.3|   1.3|   1.2|   1.1|   1.1|   0.9|   1.0|   1.0|   0.9|   0.7|   0.6|   0.6|   0.5
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Secondary .............|  28.1|  27.5|  27.4|  27.4|  27.5|  27.7|  27.9|  28.2|  28.3|  28.3|  28.5|  28.6|  28.8|  29.2|  29.5
  9th grade ...........|   7.7|   7.7|   7.9|   7.8|   8.0|   8.2|   8.3|   8.3|   8.3|   8.3|   8.4|   8.4|   8.4|   8.5|   8.6
  10th grade ..........|   7.1|   7.0|   6.9|   7.1|   7.0|   7.1|   7.2|   7.3|   7.3|   7.3|   7.3|   7.4|   7.4|   7.4|   7.6
  11th grade ..........|   6.5|   6.3|   6.3|   6.2|   6.3|   6.2|   6.3|   6.4|   6.4|   6.5|   6.5|   6.5|   6.7|   6.7|   6.8
  12th grade ..........|   6.1|   5.8|   5.7|   5.7|   5.6|   5.6|   5.5|   5.7|   5.8|   5.8|   5.9|   5.9|   6.0|   6.2|   6.3
  Secondary ungraded ..|   0.7|   0.7|   0.7|   0.6|   0.6|   0.5|   0.5|   0.5|   0.5|   0.5|   0.4|   0.4|   0.3|   0.3|   0.3
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NOTE: Because of changes in reporting practices and imputation of data for nonrespondents since 1992, data for prekindergarten enrollment for 1992 and later years are not comparable to prekindergarten enrollment for prior years. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, The NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 1989-90 through 2003-04. (This table was prepared July 2005.)


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