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Projections of Education Statistics to 2017

NCES 2008-078
September 2008


Table 24.  Actual and projected numbers for high school graduates, by control of school: 1992–93 through 2017–18

[In thousands]

School year Total Public Private
       
Actual      
1992–93 2,481 2,233 247
1993–941 2,464 2,221 243
1994–95 2,519 2,274 246
1995–961 2,518 2,273 245
1996–97 2,612 2,358 254
1997–981 2,704 2,439 265
1998–99 2,759 2,486 273
1999–20001 2,833 2,554 279
2000–01 2,848 2,569 279
2001–021 2,906 2,622 285
2002–03 3,016 2,720 296
2003–041 3,054 2,753 301
2004–05 3,106 2,799 307
Projected      
2005–06 3,198 2,886 312
2006–07 3,262 2,950 312
2007–08 3,346 3,026 320
2008–09 3,328 3,011 317
2009–10 3,327 3,005 321
2010–11 3,286 2,973 313
2011–12 3,234 2,925 309
2012–13 3,235 2,933 302
2013–14 3,197 2,903 295
2014–15 3,199 2,910 288
2015–16 3,231 2,952 279
2016–17 3,250 2,976 273
2017–18 3,307 3,021 286
1 Private school numbers are estimated based on data from the Private School Universe Survey.
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.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), “State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education,” 1993–94 through 2005–06; Private School Universe Survey (PSS), selected years, 1993–94 through 2005–06; and National Elementary and Secondary High School Graduates Model, 1972–73 through 2004–05. (This table was prepared November 2007.)