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| Table 40. | Enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by grade: Fall 1988 to fall 2002 |
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| Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall
Grade | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002
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1 | 2| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16
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| Number (In thousands)
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All grades .........|40,189|40,543|41,217|42,047|42,823|43,465|44,111|44,840|45,611|46,127|46,539|46,857|47,204|47,672|48,202
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Elementary ............|28,501|29,152|29,878|30,506|31,088|31,504|31,898|32,341|32,764|33,073|33,346|33,488|33,688|33,938|34,135
Prekindergarten .....| 225| 262| 303| 375| 505| 545| 603| 637| 670| 695| 729| 751| 776| 865| 936
Kindergarten ........| 3,208| 3,225| 3,306| 3,311| 3,313| 3,377| 3,444| 3,536| 3,532| 3,503| 3,443| 3,397| 3,382| 3,379| 3,432
1st grade ...........| 3,460| 3,485| 3,499| 3,556| 3,542| 3,529| 3,593| 3,671| 3,770| 3,755| 3,727| 3,684| 3,636| 3,614| 3,594
2nd grade ...........| 3,223| 3,289| 3,327| 3,360| 3,431| 3,429| 3,440| 3,507| 3,600| 3,689| 3,681| 3,656| 3,634| 3,593| 3,565
3rd grade ...........| 3,167| 3,235| 3,297| 3,334| 3,361| 3,437| 3,439| 3,445| 3,524| 3,597| 3,696| 3,691| 3,676| 3,653| 3,623
4th grade ...........| 3,051| 3,182| 3,248| 3,315| 3,342| 3,361| 3,426| 3,431| 3,454| 3,507| 3,592| 3,686| 3,711| 3,695| 3,669
5th grade ...........| 2,945| 3,067| 3,197| 3,268| 3,325| 3,350| 3,372| 3,438| 3,453| 3,458| 3,520| 3,604| 3,707| 3,727| 3,711
6th grade ...........| 2,937| 2,987| 3,110| 3,239| 3,303| 3,356| 3,381| 3,395| 3,494| 3,492| 3,497| 3,564| 3,663| 3,769| 3,788
7th grade ...........| 2,905| 3,027| 3,067| 3,181| 3,299| 3,355| 3,404| 3,422| 3,464| 3,520| 3,530| 3,541| 3,629| 3,720| 3,821
8th grade ...........| 2,853| 2,853| 2,979| 3,020| 3,129| 3,249| 3,302| 3,356| 3,403| 3,415| 3,480| 3,497| 3,538| 3,616| 3,709
Elementary ungraded .| 527| 540| 543| 545| 539| 515| 494| 502| 401| 442| 451| 417| 336| 306| 287
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Secondary .............|11,687|11,390|11,338|11,541|11,735|11,961|12,213|12,500|12,847|13,054|13,193|13,369|13,515|13,734|14,067
9th grade ...........| 3,106| 3,141| 3,169| 3,313| 3,352| 3,487| 3,604| 3,704| 3,801| 3,819| 3,856| 3,935| 3,963| 4,012| 4,105
10th grade ..........| 2,895| 2,868| 2,896| 2,915| 3,027| 3,050| 3,131| 3,237| 3,323| 3,376| 3,382| 3,415| 3,491| 3,528| 3,584
11th grade ..........| 2,749| 2,629| 2,612| 2,645| 2,656| 2,751| 2,748| 2,826| 2,930| 2,972| 3,021| 3,034| 3,083| 3,174| 3,229
12th grade ..........| 2,650| 2,473| 2,381| 2,392| 2,431| 2,424| 2,488| 2,487| 2,586| 2,673| 2,722| 2,782| 2,803| 2,863| 2,990
Secondary ungraded ..| 288| 279| 282| 275| 269| 248| 242| 245| 206| 214| 212| 203| 175| 157| 160
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| Percent distribution
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All grades .........| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0
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Elementary ............| 70.9| 71.9| 72.5| 72.6| 72.6| 72.5| 72.3| 72.1| 71.8| 71.7| 71.7| 71.5| 71.4| 71.2| 70.8
Prekindergarten .....| 0.6| 0.6| 0.7| 0.9| 1.2| 1.3| 1.4| 1.4| 1.5| 1.5| 1.6| 1.6| 1.6| 1.8| 1.9
Kindergarten ........| 8.0| 8.0| 8.0| 7.9| 7.7| 7.8| 7.8| 7.9| 7.7| 7.6| 7.4| 7.3| 7.2| 7.1| 7.1
1st grade ...........| 8.6| 8.6| 8.5| 8.5| 8.3| 8.1| 8.1| 8.2| 8.3| 8.1| 8.0| 7.9| 7.7| 7.6| 7.5
2nd grade ...........| 8.0| 8.1| 8.1| 8.0| 8.0| 7.9| 7.8| 7.8| 7.9| 8.0| 7.9| 7.8| 7.7| 7.5| 7.4
3rd grade ...........| 7.9| 8.0| 8.0| 7.9| 7.8| 7.9| 7.8| 7.7| 7.7| 7.8| 7.9| 7.9| 7.8| 7.7| 7.5
4th grade ...........| 7.6| 7.8| 7.9| 7.9| 7.8| 7.7| 7.8| 7.7| 7.6| 7.6| 7.7| 7.9| 7.9| 7.8| 7.6
5th grade ...........| 7.3| 7.6| 7.8| 7.8| 7.8| 7.7| 7.6| 7.7| 7.6| 7.5| 7.6| 7.7| 7.9| 7.8| 7.7
6th grade ...........| 7.3| 7.4| 7.5| 7.7| 7.7| 7.7| 7.7| 7.6| 7.7| 7.6| 7.5| 7.6| 7.8| 7.9| 7.9
7th grade ...........| 7.2| 7.5| 7.4| 7.6| 7.7| 7.7| 7.7| 7.6| 7.6| 7.6| 7.6| 7.6| 7.7| 7.8| 7.9
8th grade ...........| 7.1| 7.0| 7.2| 7.2| 7.3| 7.5| 7.5| 7.5| 7.5| 7.4| 7.5| 7.5| 7.5| 7.6| 7.7
Elementary ungraded .| 1.3| 1.3| 1.3| 1.3| 1.3| 1.2| 1.1| 1.1| 0.9| 1.0| 1.0| 0.9| 0.7| 0.6| 0.6
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Secondary .............| 29.1| 28.1| 27.5| 27.4| 27.4| 27.5| 27.7| 27.9| 28.2| 28.3| 28.3| 28.5| 28.6| 28.8| 29.2
9th grade ...........| 7.7| 7.7| 7.7| 7.9| 7.8| 8.0| 8.2| 8.3| 8.3| 8.3| 8.3| 8.4| 8.4| 8.4| 8.5
10th grade ..........| 7.2| 7.1| 7.0| 6.9| 7.1| 7.0| 7.1| 7.2| 7.3| 7.3| 7.3| 7.3| 7.4| 7.4| 7.4
11th grade ..........| 6.8| 6.5| 6.3| 6.3| 6.2| 6.3| 6.2| 6.3| 6.4| 6.4| 6.5| 6.5| 6.5| 6.7| 6.7
12th grade ..........| 6.6| 6.1| 5.8| 5.7| 5.7| 5.6| 5.6| 5.5| 5.7| 5.8| 5.8| 5.9| 5.9| 6.0| 6.2
Secondary ungraded ..| 0.7| 0.7| 0.7| 0.7| 0.6| 0.6| 0.5| 0.5| 0.5| 0.5| 0.5| 0.4| 0.4| 0.3| 0.3
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NOTE: Because of changes in reporting practices and imputation of data for nonrespondents since 1992, data for prekindergarten enrollment are not comparable over time. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, The NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 1988-89 through 2002-03. (This table was prepared October 2004.)
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