Table 39.

Enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by level and grade: Selected years, fall 1980 through fall 2008

Grade	Fall 1980	Fall 1985	Fall 1990	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	Fall 2006	Fall 2007	Fall 2008
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
	Number (in thousands)
All grades	40,877	39,422	41,217	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	49,316	49,293	49,266
Elementary	27,647	27,034	29,876	31,086	31,502	31,896	32,338	32,762	33,071	33,344	33,486	33,686	33,936	34,114	34,201	34,178	34,204	34,235	34,205	34,286
Prekindergarten	96	151	303	505	545	603	637	670	695	729	751	776	865	915	950	990	1,036	1,084	1,081	1,180
Kindergarten	2,593	3,041	3,306	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	3,631	3,609	3,640
1st grade	2,894	3,239	3,499	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	3,751	3,750	3,708
2nd grade	2,800	2,941	3,327	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	3,641	3,704	3,699
3rd grade	2,893	2,895	3,297	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	3,627	3,659	3,708
4th grade	3,107	2,771	3,248	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	3,586	3,624	3,647
5th grade	3,130	2,776	3,197	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	3,602	3,600	3,629
6th grade	3,038	2,789	3,110	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	3,660	3,628	3,614
7th grade	3,085	2,938	3,067	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	3,716	3,701	3,653
8th grade	3,086	2,982	2,979	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	3,766	3,709	3,692
Elementary ungraded	924	511	541	536	513	492	500	399	440	449	415	334	304	285	255	215	205	170	139	117
Secondary	13,231	12,388	11,341	11,737	11,963	12,215	12,502	12,849	13,056	13,195	13,371	13,517	13,736	14,069	14,339	14,618	14,909	15,081	15,087	14,980
9th grade	3,377	3,439	3,169	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	4,260	4,200	4,123
10th grade	3,368	3,230	2,896	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	3,882	3,863	3,822
11th grade	3,195	2,866	2,612	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	3,454	3,551	3,558	3,548
12th grade	2,925	2,550	2,381	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	3,277	3,375	3,400
Secondary ungraded	366	303	284	272	250	244	247	208	216	214	205	177	159	161	150	122	121	110	92	87
	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	100.0	100.0
Elementary	67.6	68.6	72.5	72.6	72.5	72.3	72.1	71.8	71.7	71.6	71.5	71.4	71.2	70.8	70.5	70.0	69.6	69.4	69.4	69.6
Prekindergarten	0.2	0.4	0.7	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	2.2	2.2	2.4
Kindergarten	6.3	7.7	8.0	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	7.4	7.3	7.4
1st grade	7.1	8.2	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	7.6	7.6	7.5
2nd grade	6.8	7.5	8.1	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	7.4	7.5	7.5
3rd grade	7.1	7.3	8.0	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	7.4	7.4	7.5
4th grade	7.6	7.0	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	7.3	7.4	7.4
5th grade	7.7	7.0	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	7.3	7.3	7.4
6th grade	7.4	7.1	7.5	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	7.4	7.4	7.3
7th grade	7.5	7.5	7.4	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	7.5	7.5	7.4
8th grade	7.5	7.6	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	7.6	7.5	7.5
Elementary ungraded	2.3	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	0.3	0.3	0.2
Secondary	32.4	31.4	27.5	27.4	27.5	27.7	27.9	28.2	28.3	28.4	28.5	28.6	28.8	29.2	29.5	30.0	30.4	30.6	30.6	30.4
9th grade	8.3	8.7	7.7	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	8.6	8.5	8.4
10th grade	8.2	8.2	7.0	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	7.9	7.8	7.8
11th grade	7.8	7.3	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	7.2	7.2	7.2
12th grade	7.2	6.5	5.8	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	6.6	6.8	6.9
Secondary ungraded	0.9	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	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. 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 2008-09. (This table was prepared November 2010.)