Table 2. - | Enrollment in educational institutions, by level and control of institution: Fall 1980 to fall 2005 [In thousands] |
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | |Projected|Projected|Projected|Projected|Projected Level of instruction | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | fall | fall | fall | fall | fall and type of control | 1980 | 1985 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996\1\| 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2005 __________________________|_______|_______|_______|___________|___________|__________|__________|____________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 __________________________|_______|_______|_______|___________|___________|__________|__________|____________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________ All levels ..........|58,305 |57,226 |60,267 | 61,605 | 62,686 | 63,241 | 63,986 | 64,803 | 65,674 | 66,170 | 67,309 | 67,871 | 68,334 | 69,942 |_______|_______|_______|___________|___________|__________|__________|____________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________ Public ...................|50,335 |48,901 |52,061 | 53,356 | 54,208 | 54,654 | 55,245 | 55,933 | 56,682 | 57,161 | 58,187 | 58,668 | 59,065 | 60,436 Private ..................| 7,971 | 8,325 | 8,206 | 8,248 | 8,478 | 8,587 | 8,741 | 8,869 | 8,993 | 9,010 | 9,121 | 9,203 | 9,269 | 9,506 |=======|=======|=======|===========|===========|==========|==========|============|==========|=========|=========|=========|=========|========= Elementary and secondary | | | | | | | | | | | | | | education\2\ ............|46,208 |44,979 |46,448 | 47,246 | 48,198 | 48,936 | 49,707 | 50,540 | 51,375 | 51,821 | 52,718 | 53,112 | 53,445 | 54,426 |_______|_______|_______|___________|___________|__________|__________|____________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________ Public .................|40,877 |39,422 |41,217 | 42,047 | 42,823 | 43,465 | 44,111 | 44,840 | 45,592 | 45,953 | 46,792 | 47,143 | 47,439 | 48,335 Private ................| 5,331 | 5,557 | 5,232 | 5,199 | 5,375 | 5,471 |\3\ 5,596 |\3\ 5,700 |\3\ 5,783 | 5,867 | 5,927 | 5,970 | 6,006 | 6,091 |=======|=======|=======|===========|===========|==========|==========|============|==========|=========|=========|=========|=========|========= Grades K-8\4\ ..........|31,639 |31,229 |33,973 | 34,580 | 35,300 | 35,784 | 36,258 | 36,772 | 37,245 | 37,495 | 38,110 | 38,338 | 38,543 | 38,376 |_______|_______|_______|___________|___________|__________|__________|____________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________ Public ...............|27,647 |27,034 |29,878 | 30,506 | 31,088 | 31,504 | 31,898 | 32,341 | 32,759 | 32,951 | 33,522 | 33,722 | 33,903 | 33,756 Private ..............| 3,992 | 4,195 | 4,095 |\3\ 4,074 |\3\ 4,212 |\3\ 4,280 |\3\ 4,360 |\3\ 4,431 |\3\ 4,486 | 4,545 | 4,588 | 4,616 | 4,640 | 4,620 |=======|=======|=======|===========|===========|==========|==========|============|==========|=========|=========|=========|=========|========= Grades 9-12 ............|14,570 |13,750 |12,475 | 12,666 | 12,898 | 13,152 | 13,449 | 13,769 | 14,131 | 14,324 | 14,608 | 14,774 | 14,902 | 16,050 |_______|_______|_______|___________|___________|__________|__________|____________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________ Public ...............|13,231 |12,388 |11,338 | 11,541 | 11,735 | 11,961 | 12,213 | 12,500 | 12,834 | 13,003 | 13,270 | 13,420 | 13,537 | 14,579 Private ..............| 1,339 | 1,362 | 1,137 |\3\ 1,125 |\3\ 1,163 |\3\ 1,191 |\3\ 1,236 |\3\ 1,269 |\3\ 1,297 | 1,322 | 1,339 | 1,354 | 1,366 | 1,471 |=======|=======|=======|===========|===========|==========|==========|============|==========|=========|=========|=========|=========|========= Higher education\5\ ......|12,097 |12,247 |13,819 | 14,359 | 14,487 | 14,305 | 14,279 | 14,262 | 14,300 | 14,350 | 14,590 | 14,758 | 14,889 | 15,516 |_______|_______|_______|___________|___________|__________|__________|____________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________ Public .................| 9,457 | 9,479 |10,845 | 11,310 | 11,385 | 11,189 | 11,134 | 11,092 | 11,090 | 11,208 | 11,395 | 11,525 | 11,626 | 12,101 Undergraduate\6\ .....| 8,442 | 8,477 | 9,710 | 10,148 | 10,216 | 10,012 | 9,945 | 9,904 | 9,905 | 10,024 | 10,213 | 10,345 | 10,452 | 10,910 First-professional ...| 114 | 112 | 112 | 111 | 111 | 114 | 114 | 115 | 116 | 107 | 106 | 105 | 104 | 108 Graduate\7\ ..........| 901 | 890 | 1,023 | 1,050 | 1,058 | 1,064 | 1,075 | 1,074 | 1,068 | 1,076 | 1,077 | 1,075 | 1,070 | 1,084 Private ................| 2,640 | 2,768 | 2,974 | 3,049 | 3,103 | 3,116 | 3,145 | 3,169 | 3,210 | 3,143 | 3,194 | 3,233 | 3,263 | 3,415 Undergraduate\6\ .....| 2,033 | 2,120 | 2,250 | 2,291 | 2,321 | 2,312 | 2,317 | 2,328 | 2,354 | 2,333 | 2,387 | 2,428 | 2,462 | 2,601 First-professional ...| 163 | 162 | 162 | 169 | 170 | 179 | 181 | 183 | 181 | 169 | 167 | 166 | 165 | 170 Graduate\7\ ..........| 443 | 486 | 563 | 589 | 611 | 625 | 647 | 659 | 675 | 640 | 640 | 639 | 636 | 644 __________________________|_______|_______|_______|___________|___________|__________|__________|____________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________ |
\1\Higher education data are preliminary.
\2\Includes enrollments in local public school systems and in most private schools (religiously affiliated and nonsectarian). Excludes subcollegiate departments of institutions of higher education, residential schools for exceptional children, federal schools, and home-schooled children. Based on Department estimates, the home-schooled children numbered approximately 800,000 to 1,000,000 in 1997-98. Excludes preprimary pupils in schools that do not offer first grade or above. \3\Estimated. \4\Includes kindergarten and some nursery school pupils. \5\Includes full-time and part-time students enrolled in degree-credit and nondegree-credit programs in universities and 2-year and 4-year colleges. \6\Includes unclassified students below the baccalaureate level. \7\Includes unclassified postbaccalaureate students. NOTE.--Higher education enrollment projections are based on the middle alternative projections published by the National Center for Education Statistics. Because of rounding, details may not add to totals. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data and "Fall Enrollment in Institutions of Higher Education" surveys; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Fall Enrollment" surveys, and Projections of Education Statistics to 2008. (This table was prepared July 1998.)
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