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Table 2. -  Enrollment in educational institutions, by level and control of institution: Fall 1980 to fall 2005 [In thousands]
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                          |       |       |       |           |           |          |          |            |          |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
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            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
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\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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