Table 105.30.

Enrollment in elementary, secondary, and degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by level and control of institution: Selected years, 1869-70 through fall 2024

[In thousands]
Year	Total enroll- ment, all levels	Elemen- tary and secon- dary, total	Public elementary and secondary schools			Private elementary and secondary schools1						Degree-granting postsecondary 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 1985	57,226	44,979	39,422	27,034	12,388	5,557		4,195		1,362		12,247	9,479	2,768
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	73,449	55,201	49,291	34,204	15,086	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	75,163	54,849	49,361	34,409	14,952	5,488		4,179		1,309		20,314	14,811	5,503
Fall 2010	75,886	54,867	49,484	34,625	14,860	5,382	3	4,084	3	1,299	3	21,019	15,142	5,877
Fall 2011	75,800	54,790	49,522	34,773	14,749	5,268		3,977		1,291		21,011	15,116	5,894
Fall 2012	75,595	54,952	49,771	35,018	14,753	5,181	4	3,906	4	1,275	4	20,643	14,880	5,762
Fall 20134	75,412	55,036	49,942	35,188	14,754	5,094		3,858		1,236		20,376	14,746	5,630
Fall 20144	75,219	54,965	49,986	35,159	14,826	4,979		3,779		1,200		20,255	14,660	5,595
Fall 20154	75,227	54,994	50,094	35,182	14,912	4,899		3,744		1,155		20,234	14,646	5,588
Fall 20164	75,563	55,077	50,229	35,282	14,947	4,848		3,728		1,120		20,486	14,820	5,666
Fall 20174	76,372	55,447	50,584	35,595	14,989	4,863		3,768		1,095		20,925	15,129	5,796
Fall 20184	77,049	55,719	50,871	35,856	15,015	4,848		3,786		1,063		21,330	15,421	5,909
Fall 20194	77,661	56,031	51,183	36,125	15,058	4,848		3,813		1,035		21,630	15,639	5,991
Fall 20204	78,263	56,404	51,547	36,366	15,182	4,856		3,839		1,017		21,859	15,802	6,057
Fall 20214	78,948	56,779	51,910	36,587	15,324	4,869		3,863		1,006		22,168	16,022	6,146
Fall 20224	79,662	57,151	52,260	36,839	15,421	4,891		3,889		1,003		22,511	16,267	6,243
Fall 20234	80,405	57,524	52,601	37,223	15,378	4,922		3,924		998		22,881	16,531	6,350
Fall 20244	81,007	57,872	52,920	37,615	15,304	4,952		3,959		994		23,135	16,716	6,419

—Not available.

1 Beginning in fall 1985, 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. Fall 2013 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. 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 1979; Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary and Secondary Education," 1989-90 through 2012-13; Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 1991-92 through 2011-12; National Elementary and Secondary Enrollment Projection Model, 1972 through 2024; Opening (Fall) Enrollment in Higher Education, 1959; Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Fall Enrollment in Institutions of Higher Education" surveys, 1969, 1979, and 1985; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:90-99); IPEDS Spring 2001 through Spring 2014, Enrollment component; and Enrollment in Degree-Granting Institutions Projection Model, 1980 through 2024. (This table was prepared March 2015.)