Table 203.10.

Enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by level and grade: Selected years, fall 1980 through fall 2026

[In thousands]
Year	All grades	Elementary												Secondary
		Total	Prekin- dergar- ten	Kinder- garten	1st grade	2nd grade	3rd grade	4th grade	5th grade	6th grade	7th grade	8th grade	Un- graded	Total	9th grade	10th grade	11th grade	12th grade	Un- graded1
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
1980	40,877	27,647	96	2,593	2,894	2,800	2,893	3,107	3,130	3,038	3,085	3,086	924	13,231	3,377	3,368	3,195	2,925	366
1985	39,422	27,034	151	3,041	3,239	2,941	2,895	2,771	2,776	2,789	2,938	2,982	511	12,388	3,439	3,230	2,866	2,550	303
1990	41,217	29,876	303	3,306	3,499	3,327	3,297	3,248	3,197	3,110	3,067	2,979	541	11,341	3,169	2,896	2,612	2,381	284
1991	42,047	30,503	375	3,311	3,556	3,360	3,334	3,315	3,268	3,239	3,181	3,020	542	11,544	3,313	2,915	2,645	2,392	278
1992	42,823	31,086	505	3,313	3,542	3,431	3,361	3,342	3,325	3,303	3,299	3,129	536	11,737	3,352	3,027	2,656	2,431	272
1993	43,465	31,502	545	3,377	3,529	3,429	3,437	3,361	3,350	3,356	3,355	3,249	513	11,963	3,487	3,050	2,751	2,424	250
1994	44,111	31,896	603	3,444	3,593	3,440	3,439	3,426	3,372	3,381	3,404	3,302	492	12,215	3,604	3,131	2,748	2,488	244
1995	44,840	32,338	637	3,536	3,671	3,507	3,445	3,431	3,438	3,395	3,422	3,356	500	12,502	3,704	3,237	2,826	2,487	247
1996	45,611	32,762	670	3,532	3,770	3,600	3,524	3,454	3,453	3,494	3,464	3,403	399	12,849	3,801	3,323	2,930	2,586	208
1997	46,127	33,071	695	3,503	3,755	3,689	3,597	3,507	3,458	3,492	3,520	3,415	440	13,056	3,819	3,376	2,972	2,673	216
1998	46,539	33,344	729	3,443	3,727	3,681	3,696	3,592	3,520	3,497	3,530	3,480	449	13,195	3,856	3,382	3,021	2,722	214
1999	46,857	33,486	751	3,397	3,684	3,656	3,691	3,686	3,604	3,564	3,541	3,497	415	13,371	3,935	3,415	3,034	2,782	205
2000	47,204	33,686	776	3,382	3,636	3,634	3,676	3,711	3,707	3,663	3,629	3,538	334	13,517	3,963	3,491	3,083	2,803	177
2001	47,672	33,936	865	3,379	3,614	3,593	3,653	3,695	3,727	3,769	3,720	3,616	304	13,736	4,012	3,528	3,174	2,863	159
2002	48,183	34,114	915	3,434	3,594	3,565	3,623	3,669	3,711	3,788	3,821	3,709	285	14,069	4,105	3,584	3,229	2,990	161
2003	48,540	34,201	950	3,503	3,613	3,544	3,611	3,619	3,685	3,772	3,841	3,809	255	14,339	4,190	3,675	3,277	3,046	150
2004	48,795	34,178	990	3,544	3,663	3,560	3,580	3,612	3,635	3,735	3,818	3,825	215	14,618	4,281	3,750	3,369	3,094	122
2005	49,113	34,204	1,036	3,619	3,691	3,606	3,586	3,578	3,633	3,670	3,777	3,802	205	14,909	4,287	3,866	3,454	3,180	121
2006	49,316	34,235	1,084	3,631	3,751	3,641	3,627	3,586	3,602	3,660	3,716	3,766	170	15,081	4,260	3,882	3,551	3,277	110
2007	49,291	34,204	1,081	3,609	3,750	3,704	3,659	3,624	3,600	3,628	3,700	3,709	139	15,086	4,200	3,863	3,557	3,375	92
2008	49,266	34,286	1,180	3,640	3,708	3,699	3,708	3,647	3,629	3,614	3,653	3,692	117	14,980	4,123	3,822	3,548	3,400	87
2009	49,361	34,409	1,223	3,678	3,729	3,665	3,707	3,701	3,652	3,644	3,641	3,651	119	14,952	4,080	3,809	3,541	3,432	90
2010	49,484	34,625	1,279	3,682	3,754	3,701	3,686	3,711	3,718	3,682	3,676	3,659	77	14,860	4,008	3,800	3,538	3,472	42
2011	49,522	34,773	1,291	3,746	3,773	3,713	3,703	3,672	3,699	3,724	3,696	3,679	77	14,749	3,957	3,751	3,546	3,452	43
2012	49,771	35,018	1,307	3,831	3,824	3,729	3,719	3,690	3,673	3,723	3,746	3,699	76	14,753	3,975	3,730	3,528	3,477	43
2013	50,045	35,251	1,328	3,834	3,885	3,791	3,738	3,708	3,697	3,684	3,748	3,753	85	14,794	3,980	3,761	3,526	3,476	52
2014	50,313	35,370	1,369	3,772	3,863	3,857	3,806	3,719	3,719	3,710	3,710	3,757	87	14,943	4,033	3,794	3,568	3,496	52
	Projected
2015	50,485	35,414	1,373	3,783	3,754	3,836	3,870	3,798	3,727	3,735	3,734	3,717	87	15,070	4,036	3,844	3,599	3,538	52
2016	50,625	35,514	1,378	3,797	3,765	3,727	3,848	3,861	3,806	3,742	3,760	3,742	87	15,111	3,994	3,848	3,647	3,570	52
2017	50,710	35,562	1,372	3,781	3,778	3,738	3,739	3,840	3,870	3,822	3,767	3,768	87	15,148	4,021	3,808	3,651	3,617	52
2018	50,759	35,593	1,373	3,783	3,762	3,750	3,750	3,731	3,848	3,886	3,848	3,775	87	15,166	4,048	3,833	3,613	3,620	52
2019	50,843	35,657	1,384	3,812	3,764	3,735	3,763	3,742	3,739	3,864	3,912	3,856	87	15,186	4,056	3,859	3,637	3,583	52
2020	50,996	35,667	1,394	3,840	3,793	3,737	3,747	3,755	3,750	3,755	3,890	3,920	87	15,329	4,143	3,867	3,661	3,606	52
2021	51,152	35,639	1,404	3,867	3,821	3,766	3,749	3,739	3,762	3,766	3,780	3,898	87	15,513	4,212	3,949	3,669	3,631	52
2022	51,301	35,660	1,414	3,894	3,848	3,793	3,778	3,741	3,747	3,778	3,791	3,788	87	15,641	4,188	4,015	3,747	3,638	53
2023	51,455	35,815	1,423	3,920	3,875	3,821	3,806	3,770	3,749	3,763	3,804	3,799	87	15,640	4,070	3,993	3,809	3,716	53
2024	51,562	35,982	1,431	3,943	3,900	3,847	3,833	3,798	3,778	3,765	3,788	3,812	88	15,579	4,081	3,880	3,788	3,778	52
2025	51,632	36,156	1,439	3,964	3,924	3,872	3,860	3,825	3,805	3,794	3,790	3,796	88	15,476	4,095	3,891	3,681	3,757	52
2026	51,738	36,362	1,445	3,981	3,944	3,896	3,885	3,851	3,833	3,822	3,819	3,798	89	15,376	4,078	3,904	3,691	3,651	52

1 Includes students reported as being enrolled in grade 13.

NOTE: Due to changes in reporting and imputation practices, prekindergarten enrollment for years prior to 1992 represent an undercount compared to later years. The total ungraded counts of students were prorated to the elementary and secondary levels based on prior reports. 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 2014-15; and National Elementary and Secondary Enrollment Projection Model, 1972 through 2026. (This table was prepared December 2016.)