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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
   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  |    1997  | 1998\1\ |  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 |     64,764 |   65,762 |   66,490 |  67,008 |  67,611 |  68,124 |  69,538
                          |_______|_______|_______|___________|___________|__________|__________|____________|__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________
Public ...................|50,335 |48,901 |52,061 |    53,356 |    54,208 |   54,654 |   55,245 |     55,933 |   56,732 |   57,323 |  57,711 |  58,391 |  58,821 |  59,997
Private ..................| 7,971 | 8,325 | 8,206 |     8,248 |     8,478 |    8,587 |    8,741 |      8,831 |    9,030 |    9,167 |   9,297 |   9,220 |   9,303 |   9,540
                          |=======|=======|=======|===========|===========|==========|==========|============|==========|==========|=========|=========|=========|=========
Elementary and secondary  |       |       |       |           |           |          |          |            |          |          |         |         |         |
 education\2\ ............|46,208 |44,979 |46,448 |    47,246 |    48,198 |   48,936 |   49,707 |     50,502 |   51,394 |   51,987 |  52,459 |  52,750 |  52,989 |  53,465
                          |_______|_______|_______|___________|___________|__________|__________|____________|__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________
  Public .................|40,877 |39,422 |41,217 |    42,047 |    42,823 |   43,465 |   44,111 |     44,840 |   45,611 |   46,127 |  46,535 |  46,812 |  47,026 |  47,474
  Private ................| 5,331 | 5,557 | 5,232 |     5,199 |     5,375 |    5,471 |\3\ 5,596 |\3\   5,662 |\3\ 5,783 |\3\ 5,860 |   5,924 |   5,938 |   5,963 |   5,990
                          |=======|=======|=======|===========|===========|==========|==========|============|==========|==========|=========|=========|=========|=========
  Grades K-8\4\ ..........|31,639 |31,229 |33,973 |    34,580 |    35,300 |   35,784 |   36,258 |     36,806 |   37,250 |   37,625 |  37,941 |  38,037 |  38,132 |  37,598
                          |_______|_______|_______|___________|___________|__________|__________|____________|__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________
    Public ...............|27,647 |27,034 |29,878 |    30,506 |    31,088 |   31,504 |   31,898 |     32,341 |   32,764 |   33,073 |  33,344 |  33,437 |  33,521 |  33,051
    Private ..............| 3,992 | 4,195 | 4,095 |\3\  4,074 |\3\  4,212 |\3\ 4,280 |\3\ 4,360 |      4,465 |\3\ 4,486 |\3\ 4,552 |   4,597 |   4,599 |   4,611 |   4,546
                          |=======|=======|=======|===========|===========|==========|==========|============|==========|==========|=========|=========|=========|=========
  Grades 9-12 ............|14,570 |13,750 |12,475 |    12,666 |    12,898 |   13,152 |   13,449 |     13,697 |   14,144 |   14,362 |  14,518 |  14,714 |  14,857 |  15,868
                          |_______|_______|_______|___________|___________|__________|__________|____________|__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________
    Public ...............|13,231 |12,388 |11,338 |    11,541 |    11,735 |   11,961 |   12,213 |     12,500 |   12,847 |   13,054 |  13,191 |  13,375 |  13,505 |  14,423
    Private ..............| 1,339 | 1,362 | 1,137 |\3\  1,125 |\3\  1,163 |\3\ 1,191 |\3\ 1,236 |\3\   1,197 |\3\ 1,297 |\3\ 1,308 |   1,327 |   1,339 |   1,352 |   1,444
                          |=======|=======|=======|===========|===========|==========|==========|============|==========|==========|=========|=========|=========|=========
Degree-granting           |       |       |       |           |           |                     |            |          |          |         |         |         |
  institutions\5\ ........|12,097 |12,247 |13,819 |    14,359 |    14,487 |   14,305 |   14,279 |     14,262 |   14,368 |   14,502 |  14,549 |  14,861 |  15,135 |  16,073
                          |_______|_______|_______|___________|___________|__________|__________|____________|__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________
  Public .................| 9,457 | 9,479 |10,845 |    11,310 |    11,385 |   11,189 |   11,134 |     11,092 |   11,120 |   11,196 |  11,176 |  11,579 |  11,795 |  12,523
    Undergraduate\6\ .....| 8,442 | 8,477 | 9,710 |    10,148 |    10,216 |   10,012 |    9,945 |      9,904 |    9,935 |   10,007 |   9,987 |  10,379 |  10,587 |  11,262
    First-professional ...|   114 |   112 |   112 |       111 |       111 |      114 |      114 |        115 |      117 |      118 |     121 |     111 |     110 |     114
    Graduate\7\ ..........|   901 |   890 | 1,023 |     1,050 |     1,058 |    1,064 |    1,075 |      1,074 |    1,069 |    1,070 |   1,068 |   1,089 |   1,098 |   1,147
  Private ................| 2,640 | 2,768 | 2,974 |     3,049 |     3,103 |    3,116 |    3,145 |      3,169 |    3,247 |    3,306 |   3,373 |   3,282 |   3,340 |   3,550
    Undergraduate\6\ .....| 2,033 | 2,120 | 2,250 |     2,291 |     2,321 |    2,312 |    2,317 |      2,328 |    2,392 |    2,443 |   2,490 |   2,438 |   2,492 |   2,665
    First-professional ...|   163 |   162 |   162 |       169 |       170 |      179 |      181 |        183 |      182 |      180 |     182 |     172 |     171 |     178
    Graduate\7\ ..........|   443 |   486 |   563 |       589 |       611 |      625 |      647 |        659 |      674 |      683 |     702 |     672 |     677 |     707
__________________________|_______|_______|_______|___________|___________|__________|__________|____________|__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|_________

\1\Private elementary and secondary school are projected.
\2\Includes enrollments in local public school systems and in most private schools (religiously affiliated and nonsectarian). Excludes home-schooled children. Based on U.S. Department of Education 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\Enrollment for 1996, 1997, and 1998 are for degree-granting institutions. All other years, including the projections are for institutions of higher education.
\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. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. 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 2010. (This table was prepared June 2000.)


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