Table 40. | Enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by level and grade: Fall 1987 to fall 2001 |
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall Grade | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 _______________________|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 _______________________|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______ | Number (in thousands) |________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All grades .....|40,008|40,189|40,543|41,217|42,047|42,823|43,465|44,111|44,840|45,611|46,127|46,539|46,857|47,204|47,688 |======|======|======|======|======|======|======|======|======|======|======|======|======|======|====== Elementary ............|27,933|28,501|29,152|29,878|30,506|31,088|31,504|31,898|32,341|32,764|33,073|33,346|33,488|33,688|33,952 |______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______ Prekindergarten .....| 193| 225| 262| 303| 375| 505| 545| 603| 637| 670| 695| 729| 751| 776| 867 Kindergarten ........| 3,196| 3,208| 3,225| 3,306| 3,311| 3,313| 3,377| 3,444| 3,536| 3,532| 3,503| 3,443| 3,397| 3,382| 3,381 1st grade ...........| 3,407| 3,460| 3,485| 3,499| 3,556| 3,542| 3,529| 3,593| 3,671| 3,770| 3,755| 3,727| 3,684| 3,636| 3,615 2nd grade ...........| 3,173| 3,223| 3,289| 3,327| 3,360| 3,431| 3,429| 3,440| 3,507| 3,600| 3,689| 3,681| 3,656| 3,634| 3,595 3rd grade ...........| 3,046| 3,167| 3,235| 3,297| 3,334| 3,361| 3,437| 3,439| 3,445| 3,524| 3,597| 3,696| 3,691| 3,676| 3,654 4th grade ...........| 2,938| 3,051| 3,182| 3,248| 3,315| 3,342| 3,361| 3,426| 3,431| 3,454| 3,507| 3,592| 3,686| 3,711| 3,696 5th grade ...........| 2,901| 2,945| 3,067| 3,197| 3,268| 3,325| 3,350| 3,372| 3,438| 3,453| 3,458| 3,520| 3,604| 3,707| 3,728 6th grade ...........| 2,811| 2,937| 2,987| 3,110| 3,239| 3,303| 3,356| 3,381| 3,395| 3,494| 3,492| 3,497| 3,564| 3,663| 3,770 7th grade ...........| 2,910| 2,905| 3,027| 3,067| 3,181| 3,299| 3,355| 3,404| 3,422| 3,464| 3,520| 3,530| 3,541| 3,629| 3,722 8th grade ...........| 2,839| 2,853| 2,853| 2,979| 3,020| 3,129| 3,249| 3,302| 3,356| 3,403| 3,415| 3,480| 3,497| 3,538| 3,619 Elementary ungraded .| 520| 527| 540| 543| 545| 539| 515| 494| 502| 401| 442| 451| 417| 336| 306 |======|======|======|======|======|======|======|======|======|======|======|======|======|======|====== Secondary .............|12,076|11,687|11,390|11,338|11,541|11,735|11,961|12,213|12,500|12,847|13,054|13,193|13,369|13,515|13,736 |______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______ 9th grade ...........| 3,143| 3,106| 3,141| 3,169| 3,313| 3,352| 3,487| 3,604| 3,704| 3,801| 3,819| 3,856| 3,935| 3,963| 4,013 10th grade ..........| 3,020| 2,895| 2,868| 2,896| 2,915| 3,027| 3,050| 3,131| 3,237| 3,323| 3,376| 3,382| 3,415| 3,491| 3,529 11th grade ..........| 2,936| 2,749| 2,629| 2,612| 2,645| 2,656| 2,751| 2,748| 2,826| 2,930| 2,972| 3,021| 3,034| 3,083| 3,174 12th grade ..........| 2,681| 2,650| 2,473| 2,381| 2,392| 2,431| 2,424| 2,488| 2,487| 2,586| 2,673| 2,722| 2,782| 2,803| 2,863 Secondary ungraded ..| 296| 288| 279| 282| 275| 269| 248| 242| 245| 206| 214| 212| 203| 175| 157 |______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______ | Percent |________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All grades .....| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0 |======|======|======|======|======|======|======|======|======|======|======|======|======|======|====== Elementary ............| 69.8| 70.9| 71.9| 72.5| 72.6| 72.6| 72.5| 72.3| 72.1| 71.8| 71.7| 71.7| 71.5| 71.4| 71.2 |______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______ Prekindergarten .....| 0.5| 0.6| 0.6| 0.7| 0.9| 1.2| 1.3| 1.4| 1.4| 1.5| 1.5| 1.6| 1.6| 1.6| 1.8 Kindergarten ........| 8.0| 8.0| 8.0| 8.0| 7.9| 7.7| 7.8| 7.8| 7.9| 7.7| 7.6| 7.4| 7.3| 7.2| 7.1 1st grade ...........| 8.5| 8.6| 8.6| 8.5| 8.5| 8.3| 8.1| 8.1| 8.2| 8.3| 8.1| 8.0| 7.9| 7.7| 7.6 2nd grade ...........| 7.9| 8.0| 8.1| 8.1| 8.0| 8.0| 7.9| 7.8| 7.8| 7.9| 8.0| 7.9| 7.8| 7.7| 7.5 3rd grade ...........| 7.6| 7.9| 8.0| 8.0| 7.9| 7.8| 7.9| 7.8| 7.7| 7.7| 7.8| 7.9| 7.9| 7.8| 7.7 4th grade ...........| 7.3| 7.6| 7.8| 7.9| 7.9| 7.8| 7.7| 7.8| 7.7| 7.6| 7.6| 7.7| 7.9| 7.9| 7.8 5th grade ...........| 7.2| 7.3| 7.6| 7.8| 7.8| 7.8| 7.7| 7.6| 7.7| 7.6| 7.5| 7.6| 7.7| 7.9| 7.8 6th grade ...........| 7.0| 7.3| 7.4| 7.5| 7.7| 7.7| 7.7| 7.7| 7.6| 7.7| 7.6| 7.5| 7.6| 7.8| 7.9 7th grade ...........| 7.3| 7.2| 7.5| 7.4| 7.6| 7.7| 7.7| 7.7| 7.6| 7.6| 7.6| 7.6| 7.6| 7.7| 7.8 8th grade ...........| 7.1| 7.1| 7.0| 7.2| 7.2| 7.3| 7.5| 7.5| 7.5| 7.5| 7.4| 7.5| 7.5| 7.5| 7.6 Elementary ungraded .| 1.3| 1.3| 1.3| 1.3| 1.3| 1.3| 1.2| 1.1| 1.1| 0.9| 1.0| 1.0| 0.9| 0.7| 0.6 |======|======|======|======|======|======|======|======|======|======|======|======|======|======|====== Secondary .............| 30.2| 29.1| 28.1| 27.5| 27.4| 27.4| 27.5| 27.7| 27.9| 28.2| 28.3| 28.3| 28.5| 28.6| 28.8 |______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______ 9th grade ...........| 7.9| 7.7| 7.7| 7.7| 7.9| 7.8| 8.0| 8.2| 8.3| 8.3| 8.3| 8.3| 8.4| 8.4| 8.4 10th grade ..........| 7.5| 7.2| 7.1| 7.0| 6.9| 7.1| 7.0| 7.1| 7.2| 7.3| 7.3| 7.3| 7.3| 7.4| 7.4 11th grade ..........| 7.3| 6.8| 6.5| 6.3| 6.3| 6.2| 6.3| 6.2| 6.3| 6.4| 6.4| 6.5| 6.5| 6.5| 6.7 12th grade ..........| 6.7| 6.6| 6.1| 5.8| 5.7| 5.7| 5.6| 5.6| 5.5| 5.7| 5.8| 5.8| 5.9| 5.9| 6.0 Secondary ungraded ..| 0.7| 0.7| 0.7| 0.7| 0.7| 0.6| 0.6| 0.5| 0.5| 0.5| 0.5| 0.5| 0.4| 0.4| 0.3 _______________________|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______ |
NOTE: Because of changes in reporting practices and imputation of data for nonrespondents since 1992, data for prekindergarten enrollment are not comparable over time. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, The NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 1987-88 through 2001-02. (This table was prepared July 2003.)
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