Table 36.

Enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by grade: Selected years, fall 1980 through fall 2005

Grade	Fall 1980	Fall 1985	Fall 1990	Fall 1991	Fall 1992	Fall 1993	Fall 1994	Fall 1995	Fall 1996	Fall 1997	Fall 1998	Fall 1999	Fall 2000	Fall 2001	Fall 2002	Fall 2003	Fall 2004	Fall 2005
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
	Number (in thousands)
All grades	40,877	39,422	41,217	42,047	42,823	43,465	44,111	44,840	45,611	46,127	46,539	46,857	47,204	47,672	48,183	48,540	48,795	49,113
Elementary	27,647	27,034	29,878	30,506	31,088	31,504	31,898	32,341	32,764	33,073	33,346	33,488	33,688	33,938	34,116	34,202	34,178	34,205
Prekindergarten	96	151	303	375	505	545	603	637	670	695	729	751	776	865	915	950	990	1,036
Kindergarten	2,593	3,041	3,306	3,311	3,313	3,377	3,444	3,536	3,532	3,503	3,443	3,397	3,382	3,379	3,434	3,503	3,544	3,619
1st grade	2,894	3,239	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	3,613	3,663	3,691
2nd grade	2,800	2,941	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	3,544	3,560	3,606
3rd grade	2,893	2,895	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	3,611	3,580	3,586
4th grade	3,107	2,771	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	3,619	3,612	3,578
5th grade	3,130	2,776	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	3,685	3,635	3,633
6th grade	3,038	2,789	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	3,772	3,735	3,670
7th grade	3,085	2,938	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	3,841	3,818	3,777
8th grade	3,086	2,982	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	3,809	3,825	3,802
Elementary ungraded	924	511	543	545	539	515	494	502	401	442	451	417	336	306	287	256	216	206
Secondary	13,231	12,388	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	14,338	14,617	14,909
9th grade	3,377	3,439	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	4,190	4,281	4,287
10th grade	3,368	3,230	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	3,675	3,750	3,866
11th grade	3,195	2,866	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	3,277	3,369	3,455
12th grade	2,925	2,550	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	3,046	3,094	3,180
Secondary ungraded	366	303	282	275	269	248	242	245	206	214	212	203	175	157	160	149	121	120
	Percentage distribution
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	100.0	100.0	100.0
Elementary	67.6	68.6	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	70.5	70.0	69.6
Prekindergarten	0.2	0.4	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	2.0	2.0	2.1
Kindergarten	6.3	7.7	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	7.2	7.3	7.4
1st grade	7.1	8.2	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	7.4	7.5	7.5
2nd grade	6.8	7.5	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	7.3	7.3	7.3
3rd grade	7.1	7.3	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	7.4	7.3	7.3
4th grade	7.6	7.0	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	7.5	7.4	7.3
5th grade	7.7	7.0	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	7.6	7.4	7.4
6th grade	7.4	7.1	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	7.8	7.7	7.5
7th grade	7.5	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	7.9	7.8	7.7
8th grade	7.5	7.6	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	7.8	7.8	7.7
Elementary ungraded	2.3	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	0.5	0.4	0.4
Secondary	32.4	31.4	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	29.5	30.0	30.4
9th grade	8.3	8.7	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	8.6	8.8	8.7
10th grade	8.2	8.2	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	7.6	7.7	7.9
11th grade	7.8	7.3	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	6.8	6.9	7.0
12th grade	7.2	6.5	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	6.3	6.3	6.5
Secondary ungraded	0.9	0.8	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	0.3	0.2	0.2

NOTE: Because of changes in reporting practices and imputation of data for nonrespondents since 1992, prekindergarten enrollment data for 1992 and later years are not comparable to prekindergarten enrollment data for prior years. 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, Statistics of Public Elementary and Secondary School Systems, 1980-81; Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 1985-86 through 2005-06. (This table was prepared July 2007.)