Enrollment in educational institutions, by level and control of institution: Fall 1980 to fall 2000

Table 2.

[In thousands]

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                          |       |       |          |       |          |           |       |           |           |          |       |Projected|Projected
   Level of instruction   | Fall  | Fall  |    Fall  | Fall  |    Fall  |     Fall  | Fall  |     Fall  |     Fall  |    Fall  | Fall  |  fall   |  fall
   and type of control    | 1980  | 1985  |    1986  | 1987  |    1988  |     1989  | 1990  |     1991  |     1992  |   1993\1\|1994\2\|  1995   |  2000
__________________________|_______|_______|__________|_______|__________|___________|_______|___________|___________|__________|_______|_________|_________
            1             |   2   |  3    |     4    |   5   |      6   |       7   |   8   |       9   |      10   |     11   |  12   |   13    |   14
__________________________|_______|_______|__________|_______|__________|___________|_______|___________|___________|__________|_______|_________|_________
     All levels ..........|58,305 |57,226 |   57,709 |58,254 |   58,485 |    59,436 |60,267 |    61,605 |    62,677 |   63,253 |63,939 |  65,148 |  69,924
                          |_______|_______|__________|_______|__________|___________|_______|___________|___________|__________|_______|_________|_________
Public ...................|50,335 |48,901 |   49,467 |49,981 |   50,350 |    51,121 |52,061 |    53,356 |    54,200 |   54,665 |55,266 |  56,348 |  60,510
Private ..................| 7,971 | 8,325 |    8,242 | 8,273 |    8,135 |     8,316 | 8,206 |     8,248 |     8,477 |    8,588 | 8,673 |   8,800 |   9,414
                          |=======|=======|==========|=======|==========|===========|=======|===========|===========|==========|=======|=========|=========
Elementary and secondary  |       |       |          |       |          |           |       |           |           |          |       |         |
 education\3\ ............|46,208 |44,979 |   45,205 |45,488 |   45,430 |    45,898 |46,448 |    47,246 |    48,190 |   48,947 |49,610 |  50,709 |  54,402
                          |_______|_______|__________|_______|__________|___________|_______|___________|___________|__________|_______|_________|_________
  Public .................|40,877 |39,422 |   39,753 |40,008 |   40,189 |    40,543 |41,217 |    42,047 |    42,816 |   43,476 |44,034 |  45,037 |  48,323
  Private ................| 5,331 | 5,557 |\4\ 5,452 | 5,479 |    5,241 |     5,355 | 5,232 |     5,199 |     5,375 |    5,471 | 5,576 |   5,672 |   6,079
                          |=======|=======|==========|=======|==========|===========|=======|===========|===========|==========|=======|=========|=========
  Grades K-8\5\ ..........|31,639 |31,229 |   31,536 |32,165 |   32,537 |    33,314 |33,973 |    34,580 |    35,292 |   35,795 |36,048 |  36,698 |  39,152
                          |_______|_______|__________|_______|__________|___________|_______|___________|___________|__________|_______|_________|_________
    Public ...............|27,647 |27,034 |   27,420 |27,933 |   28,501 |    29,152 |29,878 |    30,506 |    31,081 |   31,515 |31,703 |  32,293 |  34,452
    Private ..............| 3,992 | 4,195 |\4\ 4,116 | 4,232 |\4\ 4,036 |\4\  4,162 | 4,095 |\4\  4,074 |\4\  4,212 |\4\ 4,280 | 4,345 |   4,405 |   4,700
                          |=======|=======|==========|=======|==========|===========|=======|===========|===========|==========|=======|=========|=========
  Grades 9-12 ............|14,570 |13,750 |   13,669 |13,323 |   12,893 |    12,583 |12,475 |    12,666 |    12,898 |   13,152 |13,563 |  14,011 |  15,250
                          |_______|_______|__________|_______|__________|___________|_______|___________|___________|__________|_______|_________|_________
    Public ...............|13,231 |12,388 |   12,333 |12,076 |   11,687 |    11,390 |11,338 |    11,541 |    11,735 |   11,961 |12,331 |  12,744 |  13,871
    Private ..............| 1,339 | 1,362 |\4\ 1,336 | 1,247 |\4\ 1,206 |\4\  1,193 | 1,137 |\4\  1,125 |\4\  1,163 |\4\ 1,191 | 1,232 |   1,267 |   1,379
                          |=======|=======|==========|=======|==========|===========|=======|===========|===========|==========|=======|=========|=========
Higher education\6\ ......|12,097 |12,247 |   12,504 |12,767 |   13,055 |    13,539 |13,819 |    14,359 |    14,486 |   14,306 |14,329 |  14,439 |  15,522
                          |_______|_______|__________|_______|__________|___________|_______|___________|___________|__________|_______|_________|_________
  Public .................| 9,457 | 9,479 |    9,714 | 9,973 |   10,161 |    10,578 |10,845 |    11,310 |    11,385 |   11,189 |11,232 |  11,311 |  12,187
    Undergraduate\7\ .....| 8,442 | 8,477 |    8,661 | 8,919 |    9,103 |     9,488 | 9,710 |    10,148 |    10,216 |   10,012 |10,005 |  10,089 |  10,907
    First-professional ...|   114 |   112 |      112 |   110 |      109 |       113 |   112 |       111 |       111 |      114 |   118 |     117 |     117
    Graduate\8\ ..........|   901 |   890 |      941 |   945 |      949 |       978 | 1,023 |     1,050 |     1,058 |    1,064 | 1,109 |   1,105 |   1,163
  Private ................| 2,640 | 2,768 |    2,790 | 2,793 |    2,894 |     2,961 | 2,974 |     3,049 |     3,102 |    3,117 | 3,097 |   3,128 |   3,335
    Undergraduate\7\ .....| 2,033 | 2,120 |    2,137 | 2,128 |    2,213 |     2,255 | 2,250 |     2,291 |     2,320 |    2,312 | 2,296 |   2,330 |   2,504
    First-professional ...|   163 |   162 |      158 |   158 |      158 |       162 |   162 |       169 |       170 |      179 |   175 |     174 |     177
    Graduate\8\ ..........|   443 |   486 |      494 |   507 |      522 |       544 |   563 |       589 |       611 |      626 |   626 |     624 |     654
__________________________|_______|_______|__________|_______|__________|___________|_______|___________|___________|__________|_______|_________|_________

\1\ Preliminary.
\2\ Based on "Early Estimates" surveys for public elementary and secondary schools.
\3\ 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. Excludes preprimary pupils in schools that do not offer first grade or above.
\4\ Estimated.
\5\ Includes kindergarten and some nursery school pupils.
\6\ Includes full-time and part-time students enrolled in degree-credit and nondegree-credit programs in universities and 2-year and 4-year colleges.
\7\ Includes unclassified students below the baccalaureate level.
\8\ 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), "Fall Enrollment" surveys, and Projections of Education Statistics to 2005. (This table was prepared June 1995.)

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