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Table 3. | Enrollment in educational institutions, by level and control of institution: Selected years, 1869-70 through fall 2021 |
[In thousands] | ||||||||||||||
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Year | Total enroll- ment, all levels |
Elemen- tary and secon- dary, total |
Public elementary and secondary schools | Private elementary and secondary schools1 | Postsecondary degree- granting institutions2 | |||||||||
Total | Prekinder- garten through grade 8 |
Grades 9 through 12 | Total | Prekinder- garten through grade 8 |
Grades 9 through 12 | Total | Public | Private | ||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |||
1869-70 | — | — | 6,872 | 6,792 | 80 | — | — | — | 52 | — | — | |||
1879-80 | — | — | 9,868 | 9,757 | 110 | — | — | — | 116 | — | — | |||
1889-90 | 14,491 | 14,334 | 12,723 | 12,520 | 203 | 1,611 | 1,516 | 95 | 157 | — | — | |||
1899-1900 | 17,092 | 16,855 | 15,503 | 14,984 | 519 | 1,352 | 1,241 | 111 | 238 | — | — | |||
1909-10 | 19,728 | 19,372 | 17,814 | 16,899 | 915 | 1,558 | 1,441 | 117 | 355 | — | — | |||
1919-20 | 23,876 | 23,278 | 21,578 | 19,378 | 2,200 | 1,699 | 1,486 | 214 | 598 | — | — | |||
1929-30 | 29,430 | 28,329 | 25,678 | 21,279 | 4,399 | 2,651 | 2,310 | 341 | 1,101 | — | — | |||
1939-40 | 29,539 | 28,045 | 25,434 | 18,832 | 6,601 | 2,611 | 2,153 | 458 | 1,494 | 797 | 698 | |||
1949-50 | 31,151 | 28,492 | 25,111 | 19,387 | 5,725 | 3,380 | 2,708 | 672 | 2,659 | 1,355 | 1,304 | |||
Fall 1959 | 44,497 | 40,857 | 35,182 | 26,911 | 8,271 | 5,675 | 4,640 | 1,035 | 3,640 | 2,181 | 1,459 | |||
Fall 1969 | 59,055 | 51,050 | 45,550 | 32,513 | 13,037 | 5,500 | 3 | 4,200 | 3 | 1,300 | 3 | 8,005 | 5,897 | 2,108 |
Fall 1979 | 58,221 | 46,651 | 41,651 | 28,034 | 13,616 | 5,000 | 3 | 3,700 | 3 | 1,300 | 3 | 11,570 | 9,037 | 2,533 |
Fall 1980 | 58,305 | 46,208 | 40,877 | 27,647 | 13,231 | 5,331 | 3,992 | 1,339 | 12,097 | 9,457 | 2,640 | |||
Fall 1981 | 57,916 | 45,544 | 40,044 | 27,280 | 12,764 | 5,500 | 3 | 4,100 | 3 | 1,400 | 3 | 12,372 | 9,647 | 2,725 |
Fall 1982 | 57,591 | 45,166 | 39,566 | 27,161 | 12,405 | 5,600 | 3 | 4,200 | 3 | 1,400 | 3 | 12,426 | 9,696 | 2,730 |
Fall 1983 | 57,432 | 44,967 | 39,252 | 26,981 | 12,271 | 5,715 | 4,315 | 1,400 | 12,465 | 9,683 | 2,782 | |||
Fall 1984 | 57,150 | 44,908 | 39,208 | 26,905 | 12,304 | 5,700 | 3 | 4,300 | 3 | 1,400 | 3 | 12,242 | 9,477 | 2,765 |
Fall 1985 | 57,226 | 44,979 | 39,422 | 27,034 | 12,388 | 5,557 | 4,195 | 1,362 | 12,247 | 9,479 | 2,768 | |||
Fall 1986 | 57,709 | 45,205 | 39,753 | 27,420 | 12,333 | 5,452 | 3 | 4,116 | 3 | 1,336 | 3 | 12,504 | 9,714 | 2,790 |
Fall 1987 | 58,254 | 45,488 | 40,008 | 27,933 | 12,076 | 5,479 | 4,232 | 1,247 | 12,767 | 9,973 | 2,793 | |||
Fall 1988 | 58,485 | 45,430 | 40,189 | 28,501 | 11,687 | 5,242 | 3 | 4,036 | 3 | 1,206 | 3 | 13,055 | 10,161 | 2,894 |
Fall 1989 | 59,680 | 46,141 | 40,543 | 29,150 | 11,393 | 5,599 | 4,468 | 1,131 | 13,539 | 10,578 | 2,961 | |||
Fall 1990 | 60,683 | 46,864 | 41,217 | 29,876 | 11,341 | 5,648 | 3 | 4,512 | 3 | 1,136 | 3 | 13,819 | 10,845 | 2,974 |
Fall 1991 | 62,087 | 47,728 | 42,047 | 30,503 | 11,544 | 5,681 | 4,550 | 1,131 | 14,359 | 11,310 | 3,049 | |||
Fall 1992 | 63,181 | 48,694 | 42,823 | 31,086 | 11,737 | 5,870 | 3 | 4,746 | 3 | 1,125 | 3 | 14,487 | 11,385 | 3,103 |
Fall 1993 | 63,837 | 49,532 | 43,465 | 31,502 | 11,963 | 6,067 | 4,950 | 1,118 | 14,305 | 11,189 | 3,116 | |||
Fall 1994 | 64,385 | 50,106 | 44,111 | 31,896 | 12,215 | 5,994 | 3 | 4,856 | 3 | 1,138 | 3 | 14,279 | 11,134 | 3,145 |
Fall 1995 | 65,020 | 50,759 | 44,840 | 32,338 | 12,502 | 5,918 | 4,756 | 1,163 | 14,262 | 11,092 | 3,169 | |||
Fall 1996 | 65,911 | 51,544 | 45,611 | 32,762 | 12,849 | 5,933 | 3 | 4,755 | 3 | 1,178 | 3 | 14,368 | 11,120 | 3,247 |
Fall 1997 | 66,574 | 52,071 | 46,127 | 33,071 | 13,056 | 5,944 | 4,759 | 1,185 | 14,502 | 11,196 | 3,306 | |||
Fall 1998 | 67,033 | 52,526 | 46,539 | 33,344 | 13,195 | 5,988 | 3 | 4,776 | 3 | 1,212 | 3 | 14,507 | 11,138 | 3,369 |
Fall 1999 | 67,725 | 52,875 | 46,857 | 33,486 | 13,371 | 6,018 | 4,789 | 1,229 | 14,850 | 11,376 | 3,474 | |||
Fall 2000 | 68,685 | 53,373 | 47,204 | 33,686 | 13,517 | 6,169 | 3 | 4,906 | 3 | 1,264 | 3 | 15,312 | 11,753 | 3,560 |
Fall 2001 | 69,920 | 53,992 | 47,672 | 33,936 | 13,736 | 6,320 | 5,023 | 1,296 | 15,928 | 12,233 | 3,695 | |||
Fall 2002 | 71,015 | 54,403 | 48,183 | 34,114 | 14,069 | 6,220 | 3 | 4,915 | 3 | 1,306 | 3 | 16,612 | 12,752 | 3,860 |
Fall 2003 | 71,551 | 54,639 | 48,540 | 34,201 | 14,339 | 6,099 | 4,788 | 1,311 | 16,911 | 12,859 | 4,053 | |||
Fall 2004 | 72,154 | 54,882 | 48,795 | 34,178 | 14,618 | 6,087 | 3 | 4,756 | 3 | 1,331 | 3 | 17,272 | 12,980 | 4,292 |
Fall 2005 | 72,674 | 55,187 | 49,113 | 34,204 | 14,909 | 6,073 | 4,724 | 1,349 | 17,487 | 13,022 | 4,466 | |||
Fall 2006 | 73,066 | 55,307 | 49,316 | 34,235 | 15,081 | 5,991 | 3 | 4,631 | 3 | 1,360 | 3 | 17,759 | 13,180 | 4,579 |
Fall 2007 | 73,451 | 55,203 | 49,293 | 34,205 | 15,087 | 5,910 | 4,546 | 1,364 | 18,248 | 13,491 | 4,757 | |||
Fall 2008 | 74,076 | 54,973 | 49,266 | 34,286 | 14,980 | 5,707 | 3 | 4,365 | 3 | 1,342 | 3 | 19,103 | 13,972 | 5,131 |
Fall 2009 | 75,277 | 54,849 | 49,361 | 34,409 | 14,952 | 5,488 | 4,179 | 1,309 | 20,428 | 14,811 | 5,617 | |||
Fall 2010 | 75,892 | 54,876 | 49,484 | 34,625 | 14,860 | 5,391 | 3 | 4,091 | 3 | 1,300 | 3 | 21,016 | 15,143 | 5,873 |
Fall 20114 | 75,950 | 54,956 | 49,636 | 34,849 | 14,787 | 5,320 | 4,060 | 1,260 | 20,994 | 15,110 | 5,884 | |||
Fall 20124 | 76,344 | 55,091 | 49,828 | 35,076 | 14,752 | 5,263 | 4,039 | 1,224 | 21,253 | 15,290 | 5,963 | |||
Fall 20134 | 76,773 | 55,288 | 50,067 | 35,301 | 14,766 | 5,221 | 4,033 | 1,188 | 21,485 | 15,453 | 6,032 | |||
Fall 20144 | 77,331 | 55,599 | 50,407 | 35,502 | 14,905 | 5,192 | 4,037 | 1,155 | 21,731 | 15,627 | 6,104 | |||
Fall 20154 | 77,898 | 55,957 | 50,773 | 35,735 | 15,038 | 5,183 | 4,053 | 1,130 | 21,941 | 15,775 | 6,166 | |||
Fall 20164 | 78,523 | 56,330 | 51,146 | 36,029 | 15,116 | 5,185 | 4,085 | 1,100 | 22,194 | 15,954 | 6,239 | |||
Fall 20174 | 79,246 | 56,722 | 51,524 | 36,329 | 15,195 | 5,198 | 4,122 | 1,076 | 22,524 | 16,191 | 6,333 | |||
Fall 20184 | 79,993 | 57,098 | 51,880 | 36,639 | 15,241 | 5,218 | 4,158 | 1,061 | 22,895 | 16,456 | 6,439 | |||
Fall 20194 | 80,746 | 57,507 | 52,260 | 36,956 | 15,304 | 5,247 | 4,193 | 1,054 | 23,239 | 16,708 | 6,532 | |||
Fall 20204 | 81,509 | 57,975 | 52,688 | 37,278 | 15,410 | 5,287 | 4,228 | 1,059 | 23,534 | 16,921 | 6,613 | |||
Fall 20214 | 82,199 | 58,444 | 53,113 | 37,598 | 15,515 | 5,331 | 4,263 | 1,068 | 23,755 | 17,082 | 6,673 |
—Not available. | ||||||||||||||
1 Beginning in fall 1980, data include estimates for an expanded universe of private schools. Therefore, direct comparisons with earlier years should be avoided. | ||||||||||||||
2 Data for 1869-70 through 1949-50 include resident degree-credit students enrolled at any time during the academic year. Beginning in 1959, data include all resident and extension students enrolled at the beginning of the fall term. | ||||||||||||||
3 Estimated. | ||||||||||||||
4 Projected data from NCES 2013-008, Projections of Education Statistics to 2021. Fall 2011 data for degree-granting institutions are actual. | ||||||||||||||
NOTE: Data for 1869-70 through 1949-50 reflect enrollment for the entire school year. Elementary and secondary enrollment includes students in local public school systems and in most private schools (religiously affiliated and nonsectarian), but generally excludes homeschooled children and students in subcollegiate departments of colleges and in federal schools. Based on the National Household Education Survey, the homeschooled children numbered approximately 1.5 million in 2007. Excludes preprimary pupils in private schools that do not offer kindergarten or above. 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. 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, Annual Report of the Commissioner of Education, 1870 to 1910; Biennial Survey of Education in the United States, 1919-20 through 1949-50; Statistics of Public Elementary and Secondary School Systems, 1959 through 1980; Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary and Secondary Education," 1981-82 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), 1989-90 through 2009-10; Projections of Education Statistics to 2021; Opening (Fall) Enrollment in Higher Education, 1959; Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Fall Enrollment in Institutions of Higher Education" surveys, 1969 through 1985; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:86-99); and IPEDS Spring 2001 through Spring 2012, Enrollment component. (This table was prepared January 2013.) |