Table 2.

Enrollment in educational institutions, by level and control of institution, enrollment level, and attendance status and sex of student: Selected years, fall 1980 through fall 2021

[In thousands]
Level and control of institution, enrollment level, and attendance status and sex of student	Actual							Projected
	1980	1990		2000		2010		2011		2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
1	2	3		4		5		6		7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
All levels	58,305	60,683		68,685		75,892		75,950		76,344	76,773	77,331	77,898	78,523	79,246	79,993	80,746	81,509	82,199
Elementary and secondary       schools1	46,208	46,864		53,373		54,876		54,956		55,091	55,288	55,599	55,957	56,330	56,722	57,098	57,507	57,975	58,444
Public	40,877	41,217		47,204		49,484		49,636		49,828	50,067	50,407	50,773	51,146	51,524	51,880	52,260	52,688	53,113
Private	5,331	5,648	2	6,169	2	5,391	2	5,320		5,263	5,221	5,192	5,183	5,185	5,198	5,218	5,247	5,287	5,331
Prekindergarten to
grade 8	31,639	34,388		38,592		38,716		38,909		39,115	39,334	39,539	39,788	40,114	40,451	40,797	41,149	41,506	41,861
Public3	27,647	29,876		33,686		34,625		34,849		35,076	35,301	35,502	35,735	36,029	36,329	36,639	36,956	37,278	37,598
Private	3,992	4,512	2	4,906	2	4,091	2	4,060		4,039	4,033	4,037	4,053	4,085	4,122	4,158	4,193	4,228	4,263
Grades 9 to 12	14,570	12,476		14,781		16,160		16,047		15,976	15,954	16,060	16,169	16,217	16,271	16,301	16,358	16,469	16,583
Public3	13,231	11,341		13,517		14,860		14,787		14,752	14,766	14,905	15,038	15,116	15,195	15,241	15,304	15,410	15,515
Private	1,339	1,136	2	1,264	2	1,300	2	1,260		1,224	1,188	1,155	1,130	1,100	1,076	1,061	1,054	1,059	1,068
Postsecondary degree-       granting institu-       tions	12,097	13,819		15,312		21,016		20,994	4	21,253	21,485	21,731	21,941	22,194	22,524	22,895	23,239	23,534	23,755
Undergraduate	10,475	11,959		13,155		18,079		18,063	4	18,262	18,436	18,622	18,779	18,973	19,238	19,542	19,842	20,105	20,303
Full-time	6,362	6,976		7,923		11,452		11,359	4	11,466	11,547	11,631	11,693	11,784	11,926	12,104	12,293	12,463	12,591
Part-time	4,113	4,983		5,232		6,627		6,704	4	6,796	6,888	6,991	7,085	7,189	7,312	7,438	7,549	7,642	7,712
Male	5,000	5,380		5,778		7,835		7,817	4	7,874	7,910	7,927	7,934	7,972	8,043	8,130	8,227	8,316	8,389
Female	5,475	6,579		7,377		10,244		10,246	4	10,388	10,525	10,695	10,845	11,001	11,195	11,412	11,615	11,789	11,914
2-year	4,525	5,240		5,948		7,681		7,500	4	7,583	7,663	7,756	7,835	7,931	8,055	8,194	8,325	8,435	8,514
4-year	5,950	6,719		7,207		10,398		10,563	4	10,678	10,772	10,866	10,944	11,043	11,184	11,348	11,517	11,670	11,789
Public	8,442	9,710		10,539		13,704		13,689	4	13,840	13,975	14,120	14,242	14,393	14,598	14,830	15,061	15,259	15,408
Private	2,033	2,250		2,616		4,374		4,374	4	4,421	4,461	4,502	4,537	4,580	4,640	4,712	4,782	4,847	4,895
Postbaccalaureate	1,622	1,860		2,157		2,937		2,931	4	2,991	3,050	3,110	3,162	3,220	3,286	3,353	3,397	3,429	3,453
Full-time	736	845		1,087		1,631		1,642	4	1,680	1,714	1,746	1,773	1,801	1,835	1,867	1,887	1,898	1,906
Part-time	886	1,015		1,070		1,307		1,289	4	1,311	1,335	1,364	1,389	1,419	1,451	1,485	1,511	1,531	1,547
Male	874	904		944		1,210		1,210	4	1,233	1,250	1,262	1,273	1,289	1,307	1,327	1,339	1,347	1,353
Female	748	955		1,213		1,728		1,722	4	1,758	1,800	1,848	1,889	1,932	1,978	2,026	2,058	2,082	2,100

1 Includes enrollments in local public school systems and in most private schools (religiously affiliated and nonsectarian). Excludes homeschooled children who were not also enrolled in public and private schools. Based on the National Household Education Survey, the homeschooled children numbered approximately 1.5 million in 2007. Private elementary enrollment includes preprimary students in schools offering kindergarten or higher grades.

2 Estimated.

3 Includes prorated proportion of students classified as ungraded.

4 Data are actual.

NOTE: Postsecondary data through 1995 are for institutions of higher education, while later data are for degree-granting institutions. Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. The degree-granting classification is very similar to the earlier higher education classification, but it includes more 2-year colleges and excludes a few higher education institutions that did not grant degrees. Detail may not sum to totals because of 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; Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary and Secondary Education," 1990-91 through 2010-11; Parent and Family Involvement in Education Survey of the National Household Education Surveys Program (PFI-NHES:2007); Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 1995-96 through 2009-10; Projections of Education Statistics to 2021; Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Fall Enrollment in Institutions of Higher Education" survey, 1980; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:90-99); and IPEDS Spring 2001 through Spring 2012, Enrollment component. (This table was prepared January 2012.)