Enrollment in educational institutions, by level and control of institution: Selected years, fall 1980 to fall 2005

Table 2.

Enrollment in educational institutions, by level and control of institution: Selected years, fall 1980 to fall 2005 [In thousands]

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                          |       |       |          |          |       |          |       |          |       |          |       |Projected|Projected|Projected
   Level of instruction   | Fall  | Fall  |    Fall  |    Fall  | Fall  |    Fall  | Fall  |    Fall  | Fall  |    Fall  | Fall  |  fall   |  fall   |  fall
   and type of control    | 1980  | 1985  |    1990  |    1994  | 1995  |    1996  | 1997  |    1998  | 1999  |    2000  | 2001  |  2002   |  2003   |  2005
__________________________|_______|_______|__________|__________|_______|__________|_______|__________|_______|__________|_______|_________|_________|_________
            1             |   2   |  3    |      4   |   5      |   6   |      7   |   8   |      9   |  10   |     11   |  12   |   13    |   14    |   15
__________________________|_______|_______|__________|__________|_______|__________|_______|__________|_______|__________|_______|_________|_________|_________
     All levels ..........| 58,305| 57,226|    60,269|    63,888| 64,764|    65,743| 66,470|    66,982| 67,667|    68,678| 69,818|   70,260|   70,657|   71,294
                          |_______|_______|__________|__________|_______|__________|_______|__________|_______|__________|_______|_________|_________|_________
Public ...................| 50,335| 48,901|    52,061|    55,245| 55,933|    56,732| 57,323|    57,676| 58,167|    58,956| 59,921|   60,271|   60,586|   61,090
Private ..................|  7,971|  8,325|     8,208|     8,643|  8,831|     9,011|  9,147|     9,306|  9,500|     9,722|  9,897|    9,990|   10,070|   10,204
                          |=======|=======|==========|==========|=======|==========|=======|==========|=======|==========|=======|=========|=========|=========
Elementary and secondary  |       |       |          |          |       |          |       |          |       |          |       |         |         |
 education\2\ ............| 46,208| 44,979|    46,451|    49,609| 50,502|    51,375| 51,968|    52,475| 52,876|    53,366| 53,890|   54,158|   54,296|   54,615
                          |_______|_______|__________|__________|_______|__________|_______|__________|_______|__________|_______|_________|_________|_________
  Public .................| 40,877| 39,422|    41,217|    44,111| 44,840|    45,611| 46,127|    46,539| 46,857|    47,204| 47,688|   47,918|   48,040|   48,304
  Private ................|  5,331|  5,557|     5,234|\3\  5,498|  5,662|\3\  5,764|  5,841|\3\  5,937|  6,018|\3\  6,162|  6,202|    6,241|    6,256|    6,311
                          |=======|=======|==========|==========|=======|==========|=======|==========|=======|==========|=======|=========|=========|=========
  Prekindergarten to      |       |       |          |          |       |          |       |          |       |          |       |         |         |
     grade 8 .............| 31,639| 31,229|    33,962|    36,233| 36,806|    37,315| 37,696|    38,048| 38,253|    38,563| 38,832|   38,827|   38,719|   38,412
                          |_______|_______|__________|__________|_______|__________|_______|__________|_______|__________|_______|_________|_________|_________
    Public ...............| 27,647| 27,034|    29,878|    31,898| 32,341|    32,764| 33,073|    33,346| 33,488|    33,688| 33,952|   33,942|   33,843|   33,534
    Private ..............|  3,992|  4,195|\3\  4,084|\3\  4,335|  4,465|\3\  4,551|  4,623|\3\  4,702|  4,765|\3\  4,875|  4,880|    4,885|    4,876|    4,878
                          |=======|=======|==========|==========|=======|==========|=======|==========|=======|==========|=======|=========|=========|=========
  Grades 9 to 12 .........| 14,570| 13,750|    12,488|    13,376| 13,697|    14,060| 14,272|    14,428| 14,623|    14,802| 15,058|   15,331|   15,577|   16,203
                          |_______|_______|__________|__________|_______|__________|_______|__________|_______|__________|_______|_________|_________|_________
    Public ...............| 13,231| 12,388|    11,338|    12,213| 12,500|    12,847| 13,054|    13,193| 13,369|    13,515| 13,736|   13,976|   14,198|   14,770
    Private ..............|  1,339|  1,362|\3\  1,150|\3\  1,163|  1,197|\3\  1,213|  1,218|\3\  1,235|  1,254|\3\  1,287|  1,322|    1,356|    1,379|    1,433
                          |=======|=======|==========|==========|=======|==========|=======|==========|=======|==========|=======|=========|=========|=========
Degree-granting           |       |       |          |          |       |          |       |          |       |          |       |         |         |
  institutions\4\ ........| 12,097| 12,247|    13,819|    14,279| 14,262|    14,368| 14,502|    14,507| 14,791|    15,312| 15,928|   16,102|   16,361|   16,679
                          |_______|_______|__________|__________|_______|__________|_______|__________|_______|__________|_______|_________|_________|_________
  Public .................|  9,457|  9,479|    10,845|    11,134| 11,092|    11,120| 11,196|    11,138| 11,309|    11,753| 12,233|   12,354|   12,546|   12,786
    Undergraduate ........|  8,442|  8,477|     9,710|     9,945|  9,904|     9,935| 10,007|     9,950| 10,110|    10,539| 10,986|   11,058|   11,229|   11,447
    First-professional ...|    114|    112|       112|       114|    115|       117|    118|       121|    123|       124|    128|      134|      137|      140
    Graduate .............|    901|    890|     1,023|     1,075|  1,074|     1,069|  1,070|     1,067|  1,077|     1,089|  1,119|    1,162|    1,181|    1,199
  Private ................|  2,640|  2,768|     2,974|     3,145|  3,169|     3,247|  3,306|     3,369|  3,482|     3,560|  3,695|    3,749|    3,814|    3,893
    Undergraduate ........|  2,033|  2,120|     2,250|     2,317|  2,328|     2,392|  2,443|     2,487|  2,571|     2,616|  2,730|    2,771|    2,820|    2,882
    First-professional ...|    163|    162|       162|       181|    183|       182|    180|       182|    180|       183|    181|      198|      203|      207
    Graduate .............|    443|    486|       563|       647|    659|       674|    683|       701|    730|       761|    784|      779|      792|      804
__________________________|_______|_______|__________|__________|_______|__________|_______|__________|_______|__________|_______|_________|_________|_________

\1\Private elementary and secondary education data are projected.
\2\Includes enrollments in local public school systems and in most private schools (religiously affiliated and nonsectarian). Excludes home-schooled children. Based on the National Household Education Survey, the home-schooled children numbered approximately 850,000 in the spring of 1999. Excludes preprimary pupils in schools that do not offer first grade or above.
\3\Estimated.
\4\Beginning in 1996-97, data are for degree-granting institutions. All other years are for institutions of higher education.

NOTE: Degree-granting enrollment projections are based on the middle alternative projections published by the National Center for Education Statistics. Data for degree-granting institutions for 1999 were imputed using alternative procedures. (See Guide to Sources for details.) Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Statistics of Public Elementary and Secondary School Systems, 1980; The NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary and Secondary Education," 1985-86 through 2001-02; Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 1995-96 through 1999-2000; Projections of Education Statistics to 2013; Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Fall Enrollment in Institutions of Higher Education" surveys, 1980 and 1985; and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment" surveys, 1990 through 1999, and Spring 2001 and 2002. (This table was prepared September 2003.)

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