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Table 2.Enrollment in educational institutions, by level and control of institution: Fall 1980 to fall 2000

                                                          [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  |     1989  | 1990  |     1991  |     1992  |    1993  |   1994\1\| 1995\2\ |  1996   |  1997   |  1998   |  1999   |  2000
--------------------------|-------|-------|-----------|-------|-----------|-----------|----------|----------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------
            1             |   2   |  3    |       4   |   5   |       6   |       7   |    8     |      9   |   10    |   11    |   12    |   13    |   14    |   15
--------------------------|-------|-------|-----------|-------|-----------|-----------|----------|----------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------
     All levels ..........|58,305 |57,226 |    59,436 |60,267 |    61,605 |    62,686 |   63,241 |   63,984 |  64,572 |  66,081 |  66,996 |  67,807 |  68,570 |  69,165
                          |-------|-------|-----------|-------|-----------|-----------|----------|----------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------
Public ...................|50,335 |48,901 |    51,121 |52,061 |    53,356 |    54,208 |   54,654 |   55,242 |  55,770 |  57,139 |  57,929 |  58,615 |  59,251 |  59,747
Private ..................| 7,971 | 8,325 |     8,316 | 8,206 |     8,248 |     8,478 |    8,587 |    8,741 |   8,801 |   8,943 |   9,067 |   9,192 |   9,319 |   9,418
                          |=======|=======|===========|=======|===========|===========|==========|==========|=========|=========|=========|=========|=========|=========
Elementary and secondary  |       |       |           |       |           |           |          |          |         |         |         |         |         |
 education\3\ ............|46,208 |44,979 |    45,898 |46,448 |    47,246 |    48,198 |   48,936 |   49,705 |  50,362 |  51,683 |  52,400 |  52,921 |  53,342 |  53,668
                          |-------|-------|-----------|-------|-----------|-----------|----------|----------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------
  Public .................|40,877 |39,422 |    40,543 |41,217 |    42,047 |    42,823 |   43,465 |   44,109 |  44,662 |  45,885 |  46,524 |  46,988 |  47,365 |  47,656
  Private ................| 5,331 | 5,557 |     5,355 | 5,232 |     5,199 |     5,375 |    5,471 |\4\ 5,596 |   5,700 |   5,798 |   5,876 |   5,933 |   5,977 |   6,012
                          |=======|=======|===========|=======|===========|===========|==========|==========|=========|=========|=========|=========|=========|=========
  Grades K-8\5\ ..........|31,639 |31,229 |    33,314 |33,973 |    34,580 |    35,300 |   35,784 |   36,254 |  36,516 |  37,330 |  37,772 |  38,109 |  38,303 |  38,484
                          |-------|-------|-----------|-------|-----------|-----------|----------|----------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------
    Public ...............|27,647 |27,034 |    29,152 |29,878 |    30,506 |    31,088 |   31,504 |   31,894 |  32,085 |  32,837 |  33,226 |  33,522 |  33,692 |  33,852
    Private ..............| 3,992 | 4,195 |\4\  4,162 | 4,095 |\4\  4,074 |\4\  4,212 |\4\ 4,280 |\4\ 4,360 |   4,431 |   4,493 |   4,547 |   4,587 |   4,610 |   4,632
                          |=======|=======|===========|=======|===========|===========|==========|==========|=========|=========|=========|=========|=========|=========
  Grades 9-12 ............|14,570 |13,750 |    12,583 |12,475 |    12,666 |    12,898 |   13,152 |   13,450 |  13,845 |  14,353 |  14,628 |  14,811 |  15,039 |  15,184
                          |-------|-------|-----------|-------|-----------|-----------|----------|----------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------
    Public ...............|13,231 |12,388 |    11,390 |11,338 |    11,541 |    11,735 |   11,961 |   12,214 |  12,576 |  13,049 |  13,299 |  13,466 |  13,673 |  13,804
    Private ..............| 1,339 | 1,362 |\4\  1,193 | 1,137 |\4\  1,125 |\4\  1,163 |\4\ 1,191 |\4\ 1,236 |   1,269 |   1,304 |   1,329 |   1,346 |   1,367 |   1,380
                          |=======|=======|===========|=======|===========|===========|==========|==========|=========|=========|=========|=========|=========|=========
Higher education\6\ ......|12,097 |12,247 |    13,539 |13,819 |    14,359 |    14,487 |   14,305 |   14,279 |  14,210 |  14,398 |  14,596 |  14,886 |  15,228 |  15,497
                          |-------|-------|-----------|-------|-----------|-----------|----------|----------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------
  Public .................| 9,457 | 9,479 |    10,578 |10,845 |    11,310 |    11,385 |   11,189 |   11,134 |  11,108 |  11,254 |  11,405 |  11,627 |  11,886 |  12,091
    Undergraduate\7\ .....| 8,442 | 8,477 |     9,488 | 9,710 |    10,148 |    10,216 |   10,012 |    9,945 |   9,884 |  10,016 |  10,159 |  10,368 |  10,603 |  10,797
    First-professional ...|   114 |   112 |       113 |   112 |       111 |       111 |      114 |      114 |     120 |     122 |     124 |     127 |     131 |     133
    Graduate\8\ ..........|   901 |   890 |       978 | 1,023 |     1,050 |     1,058 |    1,064 |    1,075 |   1,104 |   1,115 |   1,123 |   1,133 |   1,153 |   1,161
  Private ................| 2,640 | 2,768 |     2,961 | 2,974 |     3,049 |     3,103 |    3,116 |    3,145 |   3,101 |   3,145 |   3,191 |   3,259 |   3,342 |   3,406
    Undergraduate\7\ .....| 2,033 | 2,120 |     2,255 | 2,250 |     2,291 |     2,321 |    2,312 |    2,317 |   2,286 |   2,320 |   2,360 |   2,419 |   2,483 |   2,539
    First-professional ...|   163 |   162 |       162 |   162 |       169 |       170 |      179 |      181 |     183 |     186 |     188 |     192 |     199 |     202
    Graduate\8\ ..........|   443 |   486 |       544 |   563 |       589 |       611 |      625 |      647 |     632 |     639 |     643 |     649 |     660 |     665
--------------------------|-------|-------|-----------|-------|-----------|-----------|----------|----------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------

\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 2006. (This table was prepared August 1996.)


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