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Mobile Digest of Education Statistics, 2017

Elementary and Secondary Schools

Public Schools

Overall, public school enrollment increased 28 percent between 1985 and 2017. Elementary (prekindergarten through grade 8) enrollment rose from 27.0 million in fall 1985 to a projected 35.6 million in fall 2017, an increase of 32 percent. In the secondary grades (9 through 12), the net result of changes in enrollment over the same period was a 22 percent increase.

Table 1. Enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools: Selected years, fall 1985 through fall 2017

[In thousands]

Year	Total	Elementary (prekindergarten through grade 8)	Secondary (grades 9 through 12)
1985	39,422	27,034	12,388
1990	41,217	29,876	11,341
1995	44,840	32,338	12,502
2000	47,204	33,686	13,517
2005	49,113	34,204	14,909
2010	49,484	34,625	14,860
2012	49,771	35,018	14,753
2013	50,045	35,251	14,794
2014	50,313	35,370	14,943
2015	50,438	35,388	15,050
20161	50,580	35,504	15,076
20171	50,649	35,551	15,097

¹ Projected.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

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