| Table A-6. Actual and projected numbers for national enrollment rates in public schools, by grade level: Fall 2006, and 2007 through 2018 |
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| Grade level | Actual 2006 | Projected 2007 through 2018 |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Prekindergarten | 26.4 | 26.4 | |
| Kindergarten | 89.1 | 89.1 | |
| Grade 1 | 95.7 | 95.7 | |
| Elementary ungraded | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
| Secondary ungraded | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| NOTE: The base age for each grade level is as follows: kindergarten, 5 years old; grade 1, 6 years old; elementary ungraded, 5- to 13-years-olds; and secondary ungraded 14- to 17-years-olds. Projected values for 2007 through 2018 were held constant at the actual values for 2006. |
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 2006–07; and National Elementary and Secondary Enrollment Model, 1972–2006. (This table was prepared November 2008.) |
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