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Table 40. Enrollment of 3-, 4-, and 5-year-old children in preprimary programs, by level of program, control of program, and attendance status: Selected years, 1965 through 2004

[In thousands]
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              |              |                       Enrollment by level and control              |     Enrollment by attendance
              |         Total|____________________________________________________________________|__________________________________
              |   population,|           |          |       Nursery school  |      Kindergarten   |           |           |
              |        3 to 5|           |   Percent|_______________________|_____________________|           |           |   Percent
Year and age  |     years old|      Total|  enrolled|     Public|    Private|     Public|  Private|   Full-day|   Part-day|  full-day
______________|______________|___________|__________|___________|___________|___________|_________|___________|___________|__________
1             |             2|          3|         4|          5|          6|          7|        8|          9|         10|        11
______________|______________|___________|__________|___________|___________|___________|_________|___________|___________|__________
Total, 3 to 5 |              |           |          |           |           |           |         |           |           |
   years old  |              |           |          |           |           |           |         |           |           |
1965 .........|12,549 (144.5)|3,407(87.1)|27.1(0.69)|  127(19.6)|  393(34.1)|2,291(75.6)|596(41.6)| ---   (†) | ---   (†) |---   (†)
1970 .........|10,949 (109.4)|4,104(71.5)|37.5(0.65)|  332(25.3)|  762(37.6)|2,498(62.0)|511(31.1)|  698(36.1)|3,405(34.0)|17.0(0.83)
1975 .........|10,185 (105.8)|4,955(71.2)|48.7(0.70)|  570(32.7)|1,174(45.5)|2,682(62.7)|528(31.6)|1,295(47.4)|3,659(43.6)|26.1(0.88)
1980 .........| 9,284 (102.6)|4,878(68.8)|52.5(0.74)|  628(34.6)|1,353(48.6)|2,438(60.6)|459(29.9)|1,551(51.4)|3,327(46.5)|31.8(0.95)
1985 .........|10,733 (115.6)|5,865(77.6)|54.6(0.72)|  846(42.0)|1,631(56.0)|2,847(68.8)|541(34.1)|2,144(62.3)|3,722(55.5)|36.6(0.95)
              |              |           |          |           |           |           |         |           |           |
1989 .........|11,039 (129.9)|6,026(87.2)|54.6(0.79)|  930(48.7)|1,894(66.1)|2,704(75.4)|497(36.3)|2,238(70.4)|3,789(62.5)|37.1(1.04)
1990 .........|11,207 (124.2)|6,659(82.3)|59.4(0.73)|1,199(51.8)|2,180(66.4)|2,772(72.3)|509(34.9)|2,577(70.6)|4,082(63.0)|38.7(0.95)
1991 .........|11,370 (125.1)|6,334(83.9)|55.7(0.74)|  996(47.8)|1,828(62.0)|2,967(74.2)|543(36.0)|2,408(69.0)|3,926(61.2)|38.0(0.97)
1992 .........|11,545 (126.0)|6,402(84.6)|55.5(0.73)|1,073(49.4)|1,783(61.5)|2,995(74.6)|550(36.3)|2,410(69.2)|3,992(61.4)|37.6(0.96)
1993 .........|11,954 (128.0)|6,581(86.1)|55.1(0.72)|1,205(52.1)|1,779(61.6)|3,020(75.3)|577(37.1)|2,642(71.9)|3,939(63.0)|40.1(0.96)
              |              |           |          |           |           |           |         |           |           |
1994\1\ ......|12,328 (130.6)|7,514(86.3)|61.0(0.70)|1,848(63.1)|2,314(69.0)|2,819(74.3)|534(36.0)|3,468(79.5)|4,046(68.8)|46.2(0.92)
1995\1\ ......|12,518 (131.5)|7,739(86.6)|61.8(0.69)|1,950(64.6)|2,381(69.9)|2,800(74.2)|608(38.3)|3,689(81.2)|4,051(70.0)|47.7(0.90)
1996\1\ ......|12,378 (135.7)|7,580(89.5)|61.2(0.72)|1,830(65.2)|2,317(71.7)|2,853(77.4)|580(38.8)|3,562(83.2)|4,019(71.8)|47.0(0.95)
1997\1\ ......|12,121 (134.3)|7,860(86.8)|64.9(0.72)|2,207(70.2)|2,231(70.5)|2,847(77.1)|575(38.7)|3,922(85.1)|3,939(73.2)|49.9(0.93)
1998\1\ ......|12,078 (134.1)|7,788(86.9)|64.5(0.72)|2,213(70.2)|2,299(71.2)|2,674(75.4)|602(39.5)|3,959(85.2)|3,829(72.9)|50.8(0.94)
              |              |           |          |           |           |           |         |           |           |
1999\1\ ......|11,920 (133.3)|7,844(85.5)|65.8(0.72)|2,209(70.0)|2,298(71.1)|2,777(76.2)|560(38.2)|4,154(85.9)|3,690(73.0)|53.0(0.93)
2000\1\ ......|11,858 (133.0)|7,592(86.3)|64.0(0.73)|2,146(69.2)|2,180(69.7)|2,701(75.4)|565(38.3)|4,008(85.1)|3,584(71.8)|52.8(0.95)
2001\1\ ......|11,899 (133.2)|7,602(86.5)|63.9(0.73)|2,164(69.5)|2,201(69.9)|2,724(75.7)|512(36.6)|3,940(84.8)|3,662(71.9)|51.8(0.95)
2002\1\ ......|11,524 (131.2)|7,697(79.2)|66.8(0.69)|2,376(68.0)|2,179(65.8)|2,621(70.5)|521(34.9)|4,191(80.9)|3,507(68.4)|54.4(0.89)
2003\1\ ......|12,204 (134.8)|7,921(82.6)|64.9(0.68)|2,512(70.0)|2,347(68.2)|2,539(70.2)|523(35.0)|4,429(83.2)|3,492(69.2)|55.9(0.87)
2004\1\ ......|12,362 (145.9)|7,969(83.3)|64.5(0.67)|2,428(69.2)|2,243(67.1)|2,812(73.0)|484(33.8)|4,507(83.8)|3,461(69.3)|56.6(0.87)
              |              |           |          |           |           |           |         |           |           |
3 years old   |              |           |          |           |           |           |         |           |           |
1965 .........| 4,149  (84.9)|  203(24.3)| 4.9(0.59)|   41(11.1)|  153(21.2)|    5 (3.9)|  4 (3.5)| ---   (†) | ---   (†) |---   (†)
1970 .........| 3,516  (63.2)|  454(28.1)|12.9(0.80)|  110(14.6)|  322(24.1)|   12 (4.9)| 10 (4.5)|  142(16.5)|  312(13.9)|31.3(3.07)
1975 .........| 3,177  (60.2)|  683(32.7)|21.5(1.03)|  179(18.3)|  474(28.3)|   11 (4.7)| 18 (6.0)|  259(21.8)|  423(17.9)|37.9(2.62)
1980 .........| 3,143  (60.7)|  857(35.7)|27.3(1.14)|  221(20.5)|  604(31.6)|   16 (5.7)| 17 (5.9)|  321(24.3)|  536(20.3)|37.5(2.36)
1985 .........| 3,594  (68.2)|1,035(40.8)|28.8(1.14)|  278(24.1)|  679(35.3)|   52(10.8)| 26 (7.6)|  350(26.7)|  685(22.9)|33.8(2.21)
              |              |           |          |           |           |           |         |           |           |
1989 .........| 3,713  (76.8)|1,005(45.2)|27.1(1.22)|  277(26.7)|  707(39.9)|    3 (3.1)| 18 (7.1)|  390(31.2)|  615(25.8)|38.8(2.56)
1990 .........| 3,692  (72.7)|1,205(45.1)|32.6(1.22)|  347(28.1)|  840(40.3)|   11 (5.4)|  7 (4.2)|  447(31.4)|  758(26.6)|37.1(2.20)
1991 .........| 3,811  (73.8)|1,074(44.0)|28.2(1.15)|  313(26.8)|  702(37.9)|   38 (9.7)| 22 (7.3)|  388(29.6)|  687(24.9)|36.1(2.32)
1992 .........| 3,905  (74.7)|1,081(44.3)|27.7(1.13)|  336(27.8)|  685(37.6)|   26 (8.0)| 34 (9.3)|  371(29.0)|  711(24.7)|34.3(2.29)
1993 .........| 4,053  (76.1)|1,097(44.8)|27.1(1.11)|  369(29.0)|  687(37.8)|   20 (7.1)| 20 (7.1)|  426(30.9)|  670(25.6)|38.9(2.33)
              |              |           |          |           |           |           |         |           |           |
1994\1\ ......| 4,081  (76.8)|1,385(48.2)|33.9(1.18)|  469(32.5)|  887(42.0)|   19 (7.0)|  9 (4.9)|  670(37.7)|  715(29.6)|48.4(2.14)
1995\1\ ......| 4,148  (77.4)|1,489(49.2)|35.9(1.19)|  511(33.7)|  947(43.0)|   15 (6.1)| 17 (6.5)|  754(39.6)|  736(30.7)|50.6(2.06)
1996\1\ ......| 4,045  (79.3)|1,506(50.8)|37.2(1.26)|  511(34.9)|  947(44.5)|   22 (7.7)| 26 (8.4)|  657(38.8)|  848(31.8)|43.7(2.11)
1997\1\ ......| 3,947  (78.3)|1,528(50.5)|38.7(1.28)|  643(38.3)|  843(42.5)|   25 (8.2)| 18 (7.0)|  754(40.8)|  774(32.3)|49.4(2.11)
1998\1\ ......| 3,989  (78.7)|1,498(50.5)|37.6(1.27)|  587(37.0)|  869(43.1)|   27 (8.6)| 14 (6.2)|  735(40.4)|  763(32.0)|49.1(2.13)
              |              |           |          |           |           |           |         |           |           |
1999\1\ ......| 3,862  (77.5)|1,505(50.0)|39.0(1.30)|  621(37.7)|  859(42.7)|   13 (6.0)| 12 (5.7)|  773(41.1)|  732(32.0)|51.3(2.13)
2000\1\ ......| 3,929  (78.2)|1,541(50.5)|39.2(1.29)|  644(38.3)|  854(42.7)|   27 (8.5)| 16 (6.7)|  761(40.9)|  779(32.4)|49.4(2.10)
2001\1\ ......| 3,985  (78.7)|1,538(50.7)|38.6(1.27)|  599(37.3)|  901(43.6)|   14 (6.2)| 23 (7.9)|  715(40.0)|  823(32.3)|46.5(2.10)
2002\1\ ......| 3,831  (77.2)|1,711(48.2)|44.7(1.26)|  779(39.0)|  864(40.5)|   45(10.5)| 24 (7.6)|  937(41.7)|  775(32.3)|54.7(1.88)
2003\1\ ......| 4,260  (81.3)|1,806(50.5)|42.4(1.19)|  783(39.6)|  915(42.0)|   83(14.1)| 24 (7.7)|  979(43.0)|  826(33.2)|54.2(1.84)
2004\1\ ......| 4,089  (85.7)|1,583(48.8)|38.7(1.19)|  674(37.2)|  849(40.6)|   40 (9.9)| 20 (7.0)|  808(39.9)|  775(31.2)|51.0(1.97)
              |              |           |          |           |           |           |         |           |           |
4 years old   |              |           |          |           |           |           |         |           |           |
1965 .........| 4,238  (85.8)|  683(41.8)|16.1(0.99)|   68(14.3)|  213(24.9)|  284(28.4)|118(18.7)| ---   (†) | ---   (†) |---   (†)
1970 .........| 3,620  (64.1)|1,007(38.0)|27.8(1.05)|  176(18.3)|  395(26.5)|  318(24.0)|117(15.0)|  230(20.7)|  776(18.8)|22.8(1.87)
1975 .........| 3,499  (63.1)|1,418(41.0)|40.5(1.17)|  332(24.5)|  644(32.3)|  313(23.8)|129(15.7)|  411(26.9)|1,008(24.1)|29.0(1.70)
1980 .........| 3,072  (60.0)|1,423(39.5)|46.3(1.29)|  363(25.6)|  701(33.3)|  239(21.2)|120(15.4)|  467(28.5)|  956(25.3)|32.8(1.78)
1985 .........| 3,598  (68.2)|1,766(45.1)|49.1(1.25)|  496(31.1)|  859(38.5)|  276(24.0)|135(17.1)|  643(34.6)|1,123(30.4)|36.4(1.72)
              |              |           |          |           |           |           |         |           |           |
1989 .........| 3,692  (76.6)|1,882(50.7)|51.0(1.37)|  524(35.4)|1,055(45.8)|  202(23.1)|100(16.5)|  592(37.2)|1,290(33.6)|31.4(1.79)
1990 .........| 3,723  (73.0)|2,087(48.0)|56.1(1.29)|  695(37.7)|1,144(44.6)|  157(19.4)| 91(14.9)|  716(38.1)|1,371(34.4)|34.3(1.65)
1991 .........| 3,763  (73.4)|1,994(48.5)|53.0(1.29)|  584(35.2)|  982(42.7)|  287(25.8)|140(18.4)|  667(37.1)|1,326(33.4)|33.5(1.67)
1992 .........| 3,807  (73.8)|1,982(48.8)|52.1(1.28)|  602(35.7)|  971(42.6)|  282(25.6)|126(17.5)|  632(36.4)|1,350(32.9)|31.9(1.66)
1993 .........| 4,044  (76.0)|2,178(50.2)|53.9(1.24)|  719(38.5)|  957(42.8)|  349(28.3)|154(19.3)|  765(39.5)|1,413(35.3)|35.1(1.62)
              |              |           |          |           |           |           |         |           |           |
1994\1\ ......| 4,202  (77.9)|2,532(50.5)|60.3(1.20)|1,020(44.3)|1,232(47.0)|  198(21.9)| 82(14.3)|1,095(45.3)|1,438(39.7)|43.2(1.57)
1995\1\ ......| 4,145  (77.4)|2,553(49.9)|61.6(1.20)|1,054(44.6)|1,208(46.6)|  207(22.3)| 84(14.5)|1,104(45.3)|1,449(39.9)|43.3(1.56)
1996\1\ ......| 4,148  (80.3)|2,454(52.3)|59.2(1.26)|1,029(45.9)|1,168(47.8)|  180(21.7)| 77(14.3)|1,034(46.0)|1,420(40.4)|42.1(1.65)
1997\1\ ......| 4,033  (79.2)|2,665(49.6)|66.1(1.23)|1,197(47.9)|1,169(47.6)|  207(23.1)| 92(15.7)|1,161(47.5)|1,505(42.3)|43.5(1.59)
1998\1\ ......| 4,002  (78.9)|2,666(49.3)|66.6(1.23)|1,183(47.7)|1,219(48.1)|  210(23.3)| 53(11.9)|1,179(47.6)|1,487(42.3)|44.2(1.59)
              |              |           |          |           |           |           |         |           |           |
1999\1\ ......| 4,021  (79.0)|2,769(48.5)|68.9(1.21)|1,212(48.1)|1,227(48.2)|  207(23.1)|122(18.0)|1,355(49.5)|1,414(43.4)|48.9(1.57)
2000\1\ ......| 3,940  (78.3)|2,556(49.5)|64.9(1.26)|1,144(47.0)|1,121(46.8)|  227(24.2)| 65(13.2)|1,182(47.5)|1,374(41.6)|46.2(1.63)
2001\1\ ......| 3,927  (78.1)|2,608(48.9)|66.4(1.24)|1,202(47.7)|1,121(46.7)|  236(24.6)| 49(11.5)|1,255(48.3)|1,354(42.1)|48.1(1.62)
2002\1\ ......| 3,851  (77.4)|2,615(45.4)|67.9(1.18)|1,198(45.0)|1,163(44.6)|  174(20.2)| 80(13.9)|1,259(45.6)|1,355(40.0)|48.2(1.53)
2003\1\ ......| 4,076  (79.6)|2,785(46.5)|68.3(1.14)|1,324(46.8)|1,176(45.3)|  184(20.7)|101(15.5)|1,400(47.5)|1,384(41.3)|50.3(1.48)
2004\1\ ......| 4,339  (88.2)|2,969(48.0)|68.4(1.11)|1,462(48.8)|1,213(46.3)|  208(22.1)| 85(14.3)|1,484(48.9)|1,485(42.7)|50.0(1.44)
              |              |           |          |           |           |           |         |           |           |
5 years       |              |           |          |           |           |           |         |           |           |
   old\2\     |              |           |          |           |           |           |         |           |           |
1965 .........| 4,162  (85.1)|2,521(55.1)|60.6(1.32)|   18 (7.4)|   27 (9.1)|2,002(56.3)|474(35.8)| ---   (†) | ---   (†) |---   (†)
1970 .........| 3,814  (65.8)|2,643(40.2)|69.3(1.05)|   45 (9.4)|   45 (9.4)|2,168(43.2)|384(26.2)|  326(24.4)|2,317(23.9)|12.3(0.90)
1975 .........| 3,509  (63.2)|2,854(32.6)|81.3(0.93)|   59(10.7)|   57(10.6)|2,358(39.2)|381(26.0)|  625(32.0)|2,228(31.2)|21.9(1.09)
1980 .........| 3,069  (60.0)|2,598(28.6)|84.7(0.93)|   44 (9.4)|   48 (9.8)|2,183(35.9)|322(24.3)|  763(34.2)|1,835(33.2)|29.4(1.28)
1985 .........| 3,542  (67.7)|3,065(30.6)|86.5(0.86)|   73(12.7)|   94(14.4)|2,519(40.6)|379(27.7)|1,151(41.9)|1,914(40.3)|37.6(1.32)
              |                          |          |           |           |           |         |           |           |
1989 .........| 3,633  (76.0)|3,139(34.5)|86.4(0.95)|  129(18.6)|  132(18.8)|2,499(46.6)|378(30.7)|1,255(47.8)|1,883(45.8)|40.0(1.46)
1990 .........| 3,792  (73.7)|3,367(30.8)|88.8(0.81)|  157(19.4)|  196(21.6)|2,604(45.2)|411(30.3)|1,414(47.2)|1,953(45.4)|42.0(1.35)
1991 .........| 3,796  (73.7)|3,267(33.8)|86.0(0.89)|  100(15.6)|  143(18.6)|2,642(44.9)|382(29.4)|1,354(46.7)|1,913(44.6)|41.4(1.37)
1992 .........| 3,832  (74.1)|3,339(32.8)|87.1(0.86)|  135(18.1)|  127(17.5)|2,688(44.9)|390(29.6)|1,408(47.3)|1,931(45.2)|42.2(1.35)
1993 .........| 3,857  (74.3)|3,306(34.4)|85.7(0.89)|  116(16.8)|  136(18.1)|2,651(45.6)|403(30.1)|1,451(47.7)|1,856(45.2)|43.9(1.37)
              |              |           |          |           |           |           |         |           |           |
1994\1\ ......| 4,044  (76.4)|3,597(31.8)|88.9(0.79)|  359(28.8)|  194(21.6)|2,601(48.5)|442(31.6)|1,704(50.0)|1,893(47.7)|47.4(1.33)
1995\1\ ......| 4,224  (78.1)|3,697(34.2)|87.5(0.81)|  385(29.8)|  226(23.3)|2,578(50.5)|507(33.7)|1,830(51.3)|1,867(48.4)|49.5(1.31)
1996\1\ ......| 4,185  (80.6)|3,621(36.5)|86.5(0.87)|  290(27.1)|  202(22.9)|2,652(51.5)|477(34.0)|1,870(53.1)|1,750(49.7)|51.7(1.37)
1997\1\ ......| 4,141  (80.2)|3,667(33.8)|88.5(0.82)|  368(30.2)|  219(23.8)|2,616(51.3)|465(33.5)|2,007(53.1)|1,660(49.8)|54.7(1.36)
1998\1\ ......| 4,087  (79.7)|3,624(33.5)|88.7(0.82)|  442(32.8)|  211(23.3)|2,437(51.8)|535(35.6)|2,044(52.8)|1,579(49.3)|56.4(1.36)
              |              |           |          |           |           |           |         |           |           |
1999\1\ ......| 4,037  (79.2)|3,571(33.5)|88.4(0.83)|  376(30.5)|  212(23.4)|2,557(50.6)|426(32.2)|2,027(52.5)|1,544(48.9)|56.8(1.37)
2000\1\ ......| 3,989  (78.7)|3,495(34.3)|87.6(0.86)|  359(29.8)|  206(23.1)|2,447(50.8)|484(34.1)|2,065(52.1)|1,431(48.0)|59.1(1.37)
2001\1\ ......| 3,987  (78.7)|3,456(35.4)|86.7(0.89)|  363(30.0)|  179(21.6)|2,474(50.6)|440(32.7)|1,970(52.1)|1,485(48.1)|57.0(1.39)
2002\1\ ......| 3,841  (77.3)|3,371(31.8)|87.8(0.83)|  399(29.6)|  153(19.0)|2,403(47.0)|417(30.2)|1,994(48.5)|1,377(44.7)|59.2(1.33)
2003\1\ ......| 3,867  (77.5)|3,331(33.7)|86.1(0.87)|  404(29.8)|  256(24.2)|2,272(47.9)|398(29.6)|2,050(48.6)|1,281(44.0)|61.5(1.32)
2004\1\ ......| 3,934  (84.1)|3,417(33.2)|86.9(0.84)|  293(25.8)|  181(20.6)|2,564(46.8)|380(29.0)|2,215(48.7)|1,201(43.7)|64.8(1.28)
______________|______________|___________|__________|___________|___________|___________|_________|___________|___________|__________
---Not available.
†Not applicable.
\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. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Preprimary Enrollment, 1965, 1970, and 1975. U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS), October 1980 through October 2004, unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared November 2005.)


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