Table 2. Actual and projected numbers for enrollment in elementary and secondary schools, by organizational level and control of school: Fall 1993 through fall 2018

Projections of Education Statistics to 2018

NCES 2009-062
September 2009

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Table 2. Actual and projected numbers for enrollment in elementary and secondary schools, by organizational level and control of school: Fall 1993 through fall 2018 [In thousands]

Year	Total			Public			Private
Year	PK–12¹	Elementary¹	Secondary	PK–12	Elementary	Secondary	PK–12¹	Elementary¹	Secondary

Actual
1993	49,533	33,219	16,313	43,465	28,269	15,196	6,068	4,950	1,118
1994 ²	50,105	33,140	16,965	44,111	28,285	15,827	5,994	4,855	1,138
1995	50,758	33,370	17,389	44,840	28,614	16,226	5,918	4,755	1,163
1996 ²	51,543	33,496	18,048	45,611	28,741	16,870	5,932	4,754	1,178
1997	52,071	33,868	18,203	46,127	29,109	17,018	5,944	4,759	1,185
1998 ²	52,526	34,032	18,493	46,539	29,257	17,281	5,987	4,775	1,212
1999	52,876	34,208	18,668	46,857	29,419	17,439	6,018	4,789	1,229
2000 ²	53,373	34,410	18,963	47,204	29,504	17,700	6,170	4,906	1,264
2001	53,992	34,766	19,225	47,672	29,743	17,929	6,320	5,023	1,296
2002 ²	54,403	34,739	19,665	48,183	29,824	18,359	6,220	4,915	1,306
2003	54,639	34,652	19,988	48,540	29,864	18,676	6,099	4,788	1,311
2004 ²	54,882	34,628	20,254	48,795	29,873	18,923	6,086	4,755	1,331
2005	55,186	34,666	20,520	49,113	29,942	19,171	6,073	4,724	1,349
2006 ²	55,290	34,637	20,653	49,299	30,006	19,293	5,991	4,631	1,360
Projected
2007 ³	55,380	34,745	20,635	49,470	30,199	19,270	5,910	4,546	1,364
2008	55,500	35,012	20,488	49,623	30,501	19,122	5,878	4,512	1,366
2009	55,632	35,300	20,333	49,788	30,816	18,972	5,845	4,484	1,361
2010	55,850	35,615	20,236	50,034	31,151	18,883	5,817	4,464	1,353
2011	56,144	35,961	20,183	50,349	31,500	18,849	5,795	4,461	1,335
2012	56,545	36,304	20,240	50,767	31,838	18,929	5,778	4,466	1,312
2013	57,012	36,592	20,420	51,239	32,109	19,130	5,773	4,483	1,290
2014	57,544	36,929	20,615	51,769	32,420	19,349	5,775	4,509	1,265
2015	58,137	37,231	20,906	52,346	32,686	19,660	5,791	4,545	1,246
2016	58,706	37,576	21,130	52,892	32,990	19,902	5,814	4,586	1,228
2017	59,270	37,922	21,347	53,426	33,296	20,130	5,843	4,626	1,217
2018	59,813	38,262	21,551	53,933	33,596	20,338	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. For private schools, it was assumed that numbers for elementary are the same as those in table 1 for grades PK–8, and numbers for secondary are the same as those in table 1 for grades 9–12. Designation of grades as elementary or secondary varies from school to school. 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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