Estimated number of participants in elementary and secondary education and in degree-granting institutions: Fall 2000

Table 1.

Estimated number of participants in elementary and secondary education and in degree-granting institutions: Fall 2000 [In millions]

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                       | All levels |    Elementary and   |  Degree-granting
                       |(elementary,|  secondary schools  |    institutions
     Participants      | secondary, |_____________________|_____________________
                       | and higher |      |      |       |      |      |
                       | education) |Total |Public|Private|Total |Public|Private
_______________________|____________|______|______|_______|______|______|_______
           1           |     2      |  3   |  4   |   5   |  6   |  7   |   8
_______________________|____________|______|______|_______|______|______|_______
    Total .............|       76.4 | 59.1 | 52.5 |   6.6 | 17.3 | 13.1 |   4.2
                       |____________|______|______|_______|______|______|_______
Enrollment ............|       68.0 | 53.0 | 47.0 |   6.0 | 15.0 | 11.6 |   3.5
Teachers and faculty ..|        4.0 |  3.3 |  2.9 |   0.4 |  0.7 |  0.5 |   0.2
Other professional,    |            |      |      |       |      |      |
  administrative, and  |            |      |      |       |      |      |
  support staff .......|        4.4 |  2.9 |  2.6 |   0.2 |  1.5 |  1.0 |   0.5
_______________________|____________|______|______|_______|______|______|_______

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, residential schools for exceptional children, and federal schools. Elementary and secondary includes most kindergarten and some nursery school enrollment. Excludes preprimary enrollment in schools that do not offer first grade or above. Degree-granting institutions comprises full-time and part-time students enrolled in degree-credit and nondegree-credit programs 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 due to rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, unpublished projections and estimates. (This table was prepared August 2000.)

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