Table 1. Actual and projected numbers for enrollment in grades PK–12, PK–8, and 9–12 in elementary and secondary schools, by control of school: Fall 1993 through fall 2018

Projections of Education Statistics to 2018

NCES 2009-062
September 2009

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Table 1. Actual and projected numbers for enrollment in grades PK–12, PK–8, and 9–12 in elementary and secondary schools, by control of school: Fall 1993 through fall 2018 [In thousands]

Year	Total			Public			Private
Year	PK–12¹	PK–8¹	9–12	PK–12	PK–8	9–12	PK–12¹	PK–8¹	9–12

Actual
1993	49,533	36,454	13,079	43,465	31,504	11,961	6,068	4,950	1,118
1994 ²	50,105	36,754	13,352	44,111	31,898	12,213	5,994	4,855	1,138
1995	50,758	37,096	13,662	44,840	32,341	12,500	5,918	4,755	1,163
1996 ²	51,543	37,519	14,025	45,611	32,764	12,847	5,932	4,754	1,178
1997	52,071	37,832	14,239	46,127	33,073	13,054	5,944	4,759	1,185
1998 ²	52,526	38,121	14,405	46,539	33,346	13,193	5,987	4,775	1,212
1999	52,876	38,278	14,598	46,857	33,488	13,369	6,018	4,789	1,229
2000 ²	53,373	38,594	14,779	47,204	33,688	13,515	6,170	4,906	1,264
2001	53,992	38,961	15,031	47,672	33,938	13,734	6,320	5,023	1,296
2002 ²	54,403	39,031	15,373	48,183	34,116	14,067	6,220	4,915	1,306
2003	54,639	38,990	15,649	48,540	34,202	14,338	6,099	4,788	1,311
2004 ²	54,882	38,934	15,948	48,795	34,179	14,617	6,086	4,755	1,331
2005	55,186	38,929	16,257	49,113	34,205	14,908	6,073	4,724	1,349
2006 ²	55,290	38,852	16,438	49,299	34,221	15,078	5,991	4,631	1,360
Projected
2007 ³	55,380	38,929	16,451	49,470	34,383	15,087	5,910	4,546	1,364
2008	55,500	39,179	16,322	49,623	34,667	14,955	5,878	4,512	1,366
2009	55,632	39,457	16,175	49,788	34,973	14,815	5,845	4,484	1,361
2010	55,850	39,799	16,051	50,034	35,335	14,698	5,817	4,464	1,353
2011	56,144	40,193	15,951	50,349	35,732	14,617	5,795	4,461	1,335
2012	56,545	40,592	15,952	50,767	36,126	14,641	5,778	4,466	1,312
2013	57,012	41,005	16,006	51,239	36,523	14,716	5,773	4,483	1,290
2014	57,544	41,412	16,132	51,769	36,903	14,866	5,775	4,509	1,265
2015	58,137	41,705	16,432	52,346	37,160	15,186	5,791	4,545	1,246
2016	58,706	42,082	16,624	52,892	37,496	15,396	5,814	4,586	1,228
2017	59,270	42,465	16,805	53,426	37,838	15,588	5,843	4,626	1,217
2018	59,813	42,845	16,968	53,933	38,179	15,754	5,879	4,666	1,214

¹ Includes private nursery and prekindergarten enrollment in schools that offer kindergarten or higher grades.

² Private school numbers are estimated based on data from the Private School Universe Survey.

³ The private school numbers are actual numbers from the 2007–08 PSS.

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 2006–07; Private School Universe Survey (PSS), selected years 1993–94 through 2007–08; and National Elementary and Secondary Enrollment Model, 1972–2006. (This table was prepared March 2009.)

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