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Table 105.20. Enrollment in elementary, secondary, and degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by level and control of institution, enrollment level, and attendance status and sex of student: Selected years, fall 1990 through fall 2026
[In thousands]
Level and control of institution, enrollment level, and attendance status and sex of student Actual Projected
1990 2000 2010 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
All levels 60,683   68,685   75,886   75,843   75,740   76,044 76,304 76,580 76,957 77,425 77,875 78,244 78,637 78,963 79,218 79,465
Elementary and secondary
      schools1
46,864   53,373   54,867   55,635   55,763   55,859 55,891 55,892 55,947 56,079 56,216 56,356 56,513 56,632 56,715 56,834
Public 41,217   47,204   49,484   50,313   50,485   50,625 50,710 50,759 50,843 50,996 51,152 51,301 51,455 51,562 51,632 51,738
Private 5,648 2 6,169 2 5,382 2 5,323 2 5,278   5,234 5,181 5,133 5,104 5,083 5,064 5,055 5,058 5,070 5,083 5,096
                                           
Prekindergarten to                                          
grade 8 34,388   38,592   38,708   39,358   39,363   39,432 39,440 39,446 39,502 39,516 39,494 39,523 39,697 39,884 40,077 40,304
Public3 29,876   33,686   34,625   35,370   35,414   35,514 35,562 35,593 35,657 35,667 35,639 35,660 35,815 35,982 36,156 36,362
Private 4,512 2 4,906 2 4,084 2 3,988 2 3,949   3,918 3,879 3,852 3,845 3,849 3,855 3,863 3,882 3,902 3,921 3,942
                                           
Grades 9 to 12 12,476   14,781   16,159   16,277   16,400   16,427 16,451 16,447 16,445 16,563 16,722 16,833 16,816 16,748 16,637 16,530
Public3,4 11,341   13,517   14,860   14,943   15,070   15,111 15,148 15,166 15,186 15,329 15,513 15,641 15,640 15,579 15,476 15,376
Private 1,136 2 1,264 2 1,299 2 1,334 2 1,329   1,316 1,303 1,281 1,259 1,234 1,210 1,192 1,176 1,169 1,161 1,154
Degree-granting
      postsecondary
      institutions
13,819   15,312   21,019   20,207   19,977 5 20,185 20,413 20,688 21,009 21,346 21,659 21,888 22,124 22,331 22,504 22,631
Undergraduate 11,959   13,155   18,082   17,293   17,037 5 17,269 17,462 17,696 17,967 18,245 18,502 18,690 18,891 19,075 19,232 19,349
Full-time 6,976   7,923   11,457   10,784   10,605 5 10,723 10,870 11,004 11,161 11,341 11,498 11,601 11,725 11,829 11,898 11,945
Part-time 4,983   5,232   6,625   6,509   6,432 5 6,546 6,591 6,692 6,806 6,904 7,005 7,090 7,166 7,246 7,334 7,404
                                           
Male 5,380   5,778   7,836   7,586   7,500 5 7,619 7,628 7,708 7,810 7,918 8,017 8,086 8,160 8,229 8,286 8,328
Female 6,579   7,377   10,246   9,707   9,537 5 9,650 9,834 9,988 10,157 10,328 10,486 10,604 10,731 10,846 10,946 11,021
                                           
2-year 5,240   5,948   7,684   6,714   6,491 5 6,969 7,034 7,136 7,251 7,354 7,455 7,537 7,619 7,697 7,774 7,831
4-year 6,719   7,207   10,399   10,578   10,546 5 10,300 10,428 10,560 10,716 10,891 11,048 11,153 11,272 11,378 11,458 11,519
                                           
Public 9,710   10,539   13,703   13,245   13,146 5 13,433 13,575 13,759 13,971 14,184 14,383 14,531 14,687 14,832 14,959 15,054
Private 2,250   2,616   4,379   4,048   3,891 5 3,836 3,887 3,937 3,996 4,061 4,119 4,159 4,204 4,243 4,273 4,295
                                           
Postbaccalaureate 1,860   2,157   2,937   2,915   2,940 5 2,916 2,951 2,992 3,042 3,101 3,157 3,198 3,234 3,256 3,271 3,282
Full-time 845   1,087   1,630   1,670   1,686 5 1,673 1,693 1,712 1,738 1,773 1,804 1,825 1,845 1,852 1,852 1,852
Part-time 1,015   1,070   1,307   1,244   1,255 5 1,243 1,258 1,280 1,304 1,328 1,353 1,372 1,389 1,404 1,420 1,431
                                           
Male 904   944   1,209   1,211   1,222 5 1,236 1,241 1,254 1,272 1,294 1,314 1,328 1,339 1,345 1,348 1,350
Female 955   1,213   1,728   1,703   1,719 5 1,680 1,710 1,738 1,770 1,807 1,842 1,869 1,894 1,911 1,923 1,933
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. Private elementary enrollment includes preprimary students in schools offering kindergarten or higher grades.
2 Estimated.
3 Includes prorated proportion of students classified as ungraded. The total ungraded counts of students were prorated to the elementary level (prekindergarten to grade 8) and the secondary level (grades 9 to 12) based on prior reports.
4 In addition to students in grades 9 to 12 and ungraded secondary students, includes a small number of students reported as being enrolled in grade 13.
5 Data are actual.
NOTE: Postsecondary data for 1990 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, Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary and Secondary Education," 1990-91 through 2014-15; Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 1995-96 through 2013-14; National Elementary and Secondary Enrollment Projection Model, 1972 through 2026; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:90-99); IPEDS Spring 2001 through Spring 2016, Fall Enrollment component; and Enrollment in Degree-Granting Institutions Projection Model, 2000 through 2026. (This table was prepared February 2017.)

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