Table 105.30.

Enrollment in elementary, secondary, and degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by level and control of institution: Selected years, 1869-70 through fall 2027

[In thousands]
Year	Total enroll-ment, all levels		Elementary and secondary, total		Public elementary and secondary schools					Private elementary and secondary schools1						Degree-granting postsecondary institutions2
					Total		Prekindergarten through grade 8		Grades 9 through 12	Total		Prekindergarten 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	75,748		55,104		49,771		35,018		14,753	5,333	3	4,031	3	1,302	3	20,644	14,885	5,760
Fall 2013	75,817		55,440		50,045		35,251		14,794	5,396		4,084		1,312		20,377	14,747	5,630
Fall 2014	76,097		55,888		50,313		35,370		14,943	5,575	3	4,202	3	1,373	3	20,209	14,655	5,554
Fall 2015	76,177	4	56,189	4	50,438	4	35,388	4	15,050	5,751		4,304		1,446		19,988	14,573	5,415
Fall 20165	76,249		56,408		50,580		35,504		15,076	5,829		4,334		1,495		19,841	14,583	5,258
Fall 20175	76,358		56,527		50,649		35,551		15,097	5,878		4,347		1,531		19,831	14,728	5,103
Fall 20185	76,542		56,618		50,701		35,606		15,095	5,917		4,355		1,563		19,924	14,797	5,126
Fall 20195	76,767		56,753		50,803		35,683		15,120	5,951		4,374		1,576		20,014	14,865	5,149
Fall 20205	77,008		56,961		50,971		35,717		15,254	5,989		4,394		1,596		20,047	14,888	5,159
Fall 20215	77,259		57,175		51,146		35,711		15,435	6,029		4,405		1,624		20,085	14,914	5,171
Fall 20225	77,501		57,371		51,317		35,745		15,572	6,054		4,420		1,634		20,129	14,946	5,183
Fall 20235	77,758		57,572		51,488		35,902		15,585	6,084		4,441		1,643		20,186	14,989	5,198
Fall 20245	77,992		57,733		51,619		36,071		15,549	6,114		4,463		1,651		20,259	15,044	5,215
Fall 20255	78,178		57,844		51,712		36,245		15,467	6,132		4,485		1,647		20,334	15,101	5,233
Fall 20265	78,404		57,987		51,833		36,451		15,382	6,154		4,509		1,645		20,417	15,163	5,254
Fall 20275	78,692		58,239		52,059		36,668		15,391	6,180		4,533		1,646		20,453	15,189	5,265

—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 Includes imputations for public school prekindergarten enrollment in California and Oregon.

5 Projected data. Fall 2016 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 students in private schools that do not offer kindergarten or higher grades. 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; Statistics of Nonpublic Elementary and Secondary Schools, 1959 through 1980; 1985-86 Private School Survey; Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary and Secondary Education," 1985-86 through 2015-16; Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 1991-92 through 2015-16; National Elementary and Secondary Enrollment Projection Model, 1972 through 2027; 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 2017, Fall Enrollment component; and Enrollment in Degree-Granting Institutions Projection Model, 2000 through 2027. (This table was prepared March 2018.)