
| Table 2. | Enrollment in educational institutions, by level and control of institution: Fall 1980 to fall 2005 [In thousands] |
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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 | 1999 | 2000 | 2005
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15
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All levels ..........|58,305 |57,226 |60,267 | 61,605 | 62,686 | 63,241 | 63,986 | 64,791 | 65,400 | 66,301 | 67,036 | 67,665 | 68,265 | 70,054
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Public ...................|50,335 |48,901 |52,061 | 53,356 | 54,208 | 54,654 | 55,245 | 55,933 | 56,594 | 57,381 | 58,011 | 58,548 | 59,050 | 60,544
Private ..................| 7,971 | 8,325 | 8,206 | 8,248 | 8,478 | 8,587 | 8,741 | 8,857 | 8,807 | 8,920 | 9,025 | 9,117 | 9,215 | 9,510
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Elementary and secondary | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
education\2\ ............|46,208 |44,979 |46,448 | 47,246 | 48,198 | 48,936 | 49,707 | 50,528 | 51,484 | 52,217 | 52,725 | 53,132 | 53,465 | 54,349
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Public .................|40,877 |39,422 |41,217 | 42,047 | 42,823 | 43,465 | 44,111 | 44,840 | 45,700 | 46,353 | 46,806 | 47,170 | 47,467 | 48,276
Private ................| 5,331 | 5,557 | 5,232 | 5,199 | 5,375 | 5,471 |\3\ 5,596 |\3\ 5,688 | 5,784 | 5,863 | 5,920 | 5,963 | 5,998 | 6,073
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Grades K-8\4\ ..........|31,639 |31,229 |33,973 | 34,580 | 35,300 | 35,784 | 36,258 | 36,768 | 37,316 | 37,759 | 38,096 | 38,309 | 38,490 | 38,264
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Public ...............|27,647 |27,034 |29,878 | 30,506 | 31,088 | 31,504 | 31,898 | 32,341 | 32,826 | 33,216 | 33,512 | 33,699 | 33,858 | 33,660
Private ..............| 3,992 | 4,195 | 4,095 |\3\ 4,074 |\3\ 4,212 |\3\ 4,280 |\3\ 4,360 |\3\ 4,427 | 4,490 | 4,544 | 4,584 | 4,610 | 4,631 | 4,604
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Grades 9-12 ............|14,570 |13,750 |12,475 | 12,666 | 12,898 | 13,152 | 13,449 | 13,760 | 14,167 | 14,457 | 14,629 | 14,823 | 14,976 | 16,085
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Public ...............|13,231 |12,388 |11,338 | 11,541 | 11,735 | 11,961 | 12,213 | 12,500 | 12,874 | 13,138 | 13,294 | 13,470 | 13,609 | 14,617
Private ..............| 1,339 | 1,362 | 1,137 |\3\ 1,125 |\3\ 1,163 |\3\ 1,191 |\3\ 1,236 |\3\ 1,260 | 1,293 | 1,320 | 1,335 | 1,353 | 1,367 | 1,468
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Higher education\5\ ......|12,097 |12,247 |13,819 | 14,359 | 14,487 | 14,305 | 14,279 | 14,262 | 13,917 | 14,085 | 14,310 | 14,532 | 14,800 | 15,705
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Public .................| 9,457 | 9,479 |10,845 | 11,310 | 11,385 | 11,189 | 11,134 | 11,092 | 10,894 | 11,028 | 11,205 | 11,378 | 11,583 | 12,268
Undergraduate\6\ .....| 8,442 | 8,477 | 9,710 | 10,148 | 10,216 | 10,012 | 9,945 | 9,904 | 9,737 | 9,866 | 10,042 | 10,210 | 10,406 | 11,039
First-professional ...| 114 | 112 | 112 | 111 | 111 | 114 | 114 | 115 | 107 | 106 | 106 | 106 | 107 | 117
Graduate\7\ ..........| 901 | 890 | 1,023 | 1,050 | 1,058 | 1,064 | 1,075 | 1,074 | 1,050 | 1,056 | 1,058 | 1,062 | 1,070 | 1,112
Private ................| 2,640 | 2,768 | 2,974 | 3,049 | 3,103 | 3,116 | 3,145 | 3,169 | 3,023 | 3,057 | 3,105 | 3,154 | 3,217 | 3,437
Undergraduate\6\ .....| 2,033 | 2,120 | 2,250 | 2,291 | 2,321 | 2,312 | 2,317 | 2,328 | 2,243 | 2,275 | 2,323 | 2,368 | 2,425 | 2,608
First-professional ...| 163 | 162 | 162 | 169 | 170 | 179 | 181 | 183 | 167 | 166 | 165 | 165 | 167 | 180
Graduate\7\ ..........| 443 | 486 | 563 | 589 | 611 | 625 | 647 | 659 | 613 | 616 | 617 | 620 | 625 | 650
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\1\Higher education data are preliminary. \2\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. \3\Estimated. \4\Includes kindergarten and some nursery school pupils. \5\Includes full-time and part-time students enrolled in degree-credit and nondegree-credit programs in universities and 2-year and 4-year colleges. \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. 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), Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Fall Enrollment" surveys, and Projections of Education Statistics to 2007. (This table was prepared August 1997.)
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