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Projections of Education Statistics to 2014, Thirty-third Edition, September 2005 - Actual and projected numbers for enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by grade: Fall 1989 to fall 2014

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Table 3. Actual and projected numbers for enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by grade: Fall 1989 to fall 2014

[In thousands]

Year Total Grade
PK plus K1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Elementary unclassified Secondary unclassified
Actual
1989 40,543 3,486 3,485 3,289 3,235 3,182 3,067 2,987 3,027 2,853 3,141 2,868 2,629 2,473 540 279
1990 41,217 3,610 3,499 3,327 3,297 3,248 3,197 3,110 3,067 2,979 3,169 2,896 2,612 2,381 543 282
1991 42,047 3,686 3,556 3,360 3,334 3,315 3,268 3,239 3,181 3,020 3,313 2,915 2,645 2,392 545 275
1992 42,823 3,817 3,542 3,431 3,361 3,342 3,325 3,303 3,299 3,129 3,352 3,027 2,656 2,431 539 269
1993 43,465 3,922 3,529 3,429 3,437 3,361 3,350 3,356 3,355 3,249 3,487 3,050 2,751 2,424 515 248
1994 44,111 4,047 3,593 3,440 3,439 3,426 3,372 3,381 3,404 3,302 3,604 3,131 2,748 2,488 494 242
1995 44,840 4,173 3,671 3,507 3,445 3,431 3,438 3,395 3,422 3,356 3,704 3,237 2,826 2,487 502 245
1996 45,611 4,203 3,770 3,600 3,524 3,454 3,453 3,494 3,464 3,403 3,801 3,323 2,930 2,586 401 206
1997 46,127 4,199 3,755 3,689 3,597 3,507 3,458 3,492 3,520 3,415 3,819 3,376 2,972 2,673 442 214
1998 46,539 4,172 3,727 3,681 3,696 3,592 3,520 3,497 3,530 3,480 3,856 3,382 3,021 2,722 451 212
1999 46,857 4,148 3,684 3,655 3,690 3,686 3,604 3,564 3,541 3,497 3,935 3,415 3,034 2,782 418 203
2000 47,204 4,158 3,636 3,634 3,676 3,711 3,707 3,663 3,629 3,538 3,963 3,491 3,083 2,803 336 175
2001 47,688 4,248 3,615 3,595 3,654 3,696 3,728 3,770 3,722 3,619 4,013 3,529 3,174 2,863 306 157
2002 48,202 4,368 3,594 3,565 3,623 3,669 3,711 3,788 3,821 3,709 4,105 3,584 3,229 2,990 287 159
Projected
2003 48,213 4,206 3,518 3,541 3,585 3,635 3,684 3,769 3,844 3,804 4,202 3,657 3,255 3,005 331 177
2004 48,270 4,197 3,495 3,466 3,561 3,597 3,650 3,742 3,824 3,826 4,309 3,744 3,321 3,029 326 181
2005 48,375 4,256 3,522 3,444 3,486 3,573 3,613 3,707 3,796 3,807 4,335 3,839 3,400 3,090 324 183
2006 48,574 4,441 3,571 3,470 3,464 3,498 3,589 3,669 3,762 3,779 4,313 3,861 3,487 3,164 323 185
2007 48,664 4,447 3,725 3,519 3,490 3,475 3,513 3,644 3,723 3,744 4,281 3,842 3,507 3,245 323 185
2008 48,696 4,476 3,730 3,671 3,539 3,502 3,490 3,568 3,698 3,706 4,242 3,814 3,489 3,263 324 185
2009 48,740 4,510 3,754 3,675 3,692 3,551 3,517 3,544 3,620 3,681 4,198 3,779 3,464 3,247 326 182
2010 48,842 4,550 3,783 3,699 3,696 3,704 3,566 3,571 3,596 3,603 4,170 3,740 3,432 3,223 328 180
2011 49,004 4,592 3,816 3,727 3,720 3,708 3,720 3,621 3,624 3,580 4,082 3,715 3,397 3,194 331 177
2012 49,248 4,636 3,851 3,760 3,748 3,733 3,724 3,778 3,674 3,607 4,056 3,637 3,374 3,161 335 175
2013 49,584 4,683 3,888 3,794 3,781 3,761 3,749 3,782 3,833 3,658 4,087 3,613 3,303 3,140 339 173
2014 49,993 4,732 3,928 3,831 3,816 3,794 3,777 3,807 3,838 3,816 4,144 3,641 3,281 3,074 343 173
1Includes most nursery school enrollment.
NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Mean absolute percentage errors of selected education statistics can be found in table A2, appendix A. education statistics can be found in table A2, appendix A.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics: Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 1989-2002; and National Elementary and Secondary Enrollment Model, 1972-2002. (This table was prepared August 2004.)

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