| Table B-5. Actual and projected fall enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, change in fall enrollment from previous year, resident population, and fall enrollment as a ratio of the population: School years 1996–97 through 2021–22 |
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| School year | Fall enrollment (in thousands) |
Change in fall enrollment from previous year (in thousands) |
Resident population (in millions) |
Fall enrollment as a ratio of the population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actual | ||||
| 1996–97 | 45,611 | 771 | 269.7 | 0.169 |
| 1997–98 | 46,127 | 516 | 272.9 | 0.169 |
| 1998–99 | 46,539 | 412 | 276.1 | 0.169 |
| 1999–2000 | 46,857 | 319 | 279.3 | 0.168 |
| 2000–01 | 47,204 | 346 | 282.4 | 0.167 |
| 2001–02 | 47,672 | 468 | 285.2 | 0.167 |
| 2002–03 | 48,183 | 511 | 287.9 | 0.167 |
| 2003–04 | 48,540 | 357 | 290.6 | 0.167 |
| 2004–05 | 48,795 | 255 | 293.2 | 0.166 |
| 2005–06 | 49,113 | 318 | 295.9 | 0.166 |
| 2006–07 | 49,316 | 203 | 298.8 | 0.165 |
| 2007–08 | 49,293 | -23 | 301.7 | 0.163 |
| 2008–09 | 49,266 | -27 | 304.5 | 0.162 |
| 2009–10 | 49,373 | 108 | 307.2 | 0.161 |
| 2010–11 | 49,484 | 111 | 309.8 | 0.160 |
| Projected | ||||
| 2011–12 | 49,636 | 151 | 312.8 | 0.159 |
| 2012–13 | 49,828 | 192 | 315.8 | 0.158 |
| 2013–14 | 50,067 | 239 | 318.9 | 0.157 |
| 2014–15 | 50,407 | 340 | 322.0 | 0.157 |
| 2015–16 | 50,773 | 366 | 325.1 | 0.156 |
| 2016–17 | 51,146 | 372 | 328.2 | 0.156 |
| 2017–18 | 51,524 | 378 | 331.4 | 0.155 |
| 2018–19 | 51,880 | 356 | 334.5 | 0.155 |
| 2019–20 | 52,260 | 380 | 337.7 | 0.155 |
| 2020–21 | 52,688 | 428 | 340.9 | 0.155 |
| 2021–22 | 53,113 | 425 | 344.1 | 0.154 |
| NOTE: Resident population includes civilian population and armed forces personnel residing with the United States: it excludes armed forces personnel overseas. Calculations were made using unrounded numbers. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Projections are from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2008 National Population Projections, ratio-adjusted to line up with the most recent historical estimate. | ||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Population Estimates, retrieved October 16, 2011 from http://www.census.gov/popest/data/index.html; and Population Projections, retrieved November 2, 2008, from http://www.census.gov/population/www/projections/2008projections.html. U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), “State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education,” 1996–97 through 2010–11; and Elementary and Secondary Enrollment Model, 1972–2010. (This table was prepared February 2012.) |
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