
| 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\1\| 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 | 64,803 | 65,674 | 66,170 | 67,309 | 67,871 | 68,334 | 69,942
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Public ...................|50,335 |48,901 |52,061 | 53,356 | 54,208 | 54,654 | 55,245 | 55,933 | 56,682 | 57,161 | 58,187 | 58,668 | 59,065 | 60,436
Private ..................| 7,971 | 8,325 | 8,206 | 8,248 | 8,478 | 8,587 | 8,741 | 8,869 | 8,993 | 9,010 | 9,121 | 9,203 | 9,269 | 9,506
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Elementary and secondary | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
education\2\ ............|46,208 |44,979 |46,448 | 47,246 | 48,198 | 48,936 | 49,707 | 50,540 | 51,375 | 51,821 | 52,718 | 53,112 | 53,445 | 54,426
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Public .................|40,877 |39,422 |41,217 | 42,047 | 42,823 | 43,465 | 44,111 | 44,840 | 45,592 | 45,953 | 46,792 | 47,143 | 47,439 | 48,335
Private ................| 5,331 | 5,557 | 5,232 | 5,199 | 5,375 | 5,471 |\3\ 5,596 |\3\ 5,700 |\3\ 5,783 | 5,867 | 5,927 | 5,970 | 6,006 | 6,091
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Grades K-8\4\ ..........|31,639 |31,229 |33,973 | 34,580 | 35,300 | 35,784 | 36,258 | 36,772 | 37,245 | 37,495 | 38,110 | 38,338 | 38,543 | 38,376
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Public ...............|27,647 |27,034 |29,878 | 30,506 | 31,088 | 31,504 | 31,898 | 32,341 | 32,759 | 32,951 | 33,522 | 33,722 | 33,903 | 33,756
Private ..............| 3,992 | 4,195 | 4,095 |\3\ 4,074 |\3\ 4,212 |\3\ 4,280 |\3\ 4,360 |\3\ 4,431 |\3\ 4,486 | 4,545 | 4,588 | 4,616 | 4,640 | 4,620
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Grades 9-12 ............|14,570 |13,750 |12,475 | 12,666 | 12,898 | 13,152 | 13,449 | 13,769 | 14,131 | 14,324 | 14,608 | 14,774 | 14,902 | 16,050
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Public ...............|13,231 |12,388 |11,338 | 11,541 | 11,735 | 11,961 | 12,213 | 12,500 | 12,834 | 13,003 | 13,270 | 13,420 | 13,537 | 14,579
Private ..............| 1,339 | 1,362 | 1,137 |\3\ 1,125 |\3\ 1,163 |\3\ 1,191 |\3\ 1,236 |\3\ 1,269 |\3\ 1,297 | 1,322 | 1,339 | 1,354 | 1,366 | 1,471
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Higher education\5\ ......|12,097 |12,247 |13,819 | 14,359 | 14,487 | 14,305 | 14,279 | 14,262 | 14,300 | 14,350 | 14,590 | 14,758 | 14,889 | 15,516
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Public .................| 9,457 | 9,479 |10,845 | 11,310 | 11,385 | 11,189 | 11,134 | 11,092 | 11,090 | 11,208 | 11,395 | 11,525 | 11,626 | 12,101
Undergraduate\6\ .....| 8,442 | 8,477 | 9,710 | 10,148 | 10,216 | 10,012 | 9,945 | 9,904 | 9,905 | 10,024 | 10,213 | 10,345 | 10,452 | 10,910
First-professional ...| 114 | 112 | 112 | 111 | 111 | 114 | 114 | 115 | 116 | 107 | 106 | 105 | 104 | 108
Graduate\7\ ..........| 901 | 890 | 1,023 | 1,050 | 1,058 | 1,064 | 1,075 | 1,074 | 1,068 | 1,076 | 1,077 | 1,075 | 1,070 | 1,084
Private ................| 2,640 | 2,768 | 2,974 | 3,049 | 3,103 | 3,116 | 3,145 | 3,169 | 3,210 | 3,143 | 3,194 | 3,233 | 3,263 | 3,415
Undergraduate\6\ .....| 2,033 | 2,120 | 2,250 | 2,291 | 2,321 | 2,312 | 2,317 | 2,328 | 2,354 | 2,333 | 2,387 | 2,428 | 2,462 | 2,601
First-professional ...| 163 | 162 | 162 | 169 | 170 | 179 | 181 | 183 | 181 | 169 | 167 | 166 | 165 | 170
Graduate\7\ ..........| 443 | 486 | 563 | 589 | 611 | 625 | 647 | 659 | 675 | 640 | 640 | 639 | 636 | 644
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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, federal schools, and home-schooled children. Based on Department 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\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 2008. (This table was prepared July 1998.)
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