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 2028

[In thousands]
Level and control of institution, enrollment level, and attendance status and sex of student	Actual								Projected
	1990		2000		2010		2016		2017		2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	2027	2028
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		76,238	1	76,242		76,346	76,476	76,606	76,675	76,856	77,013	77,126	77,206	77,308	77,471	77,693
Elementary and secondary    schools2	46,864		53,373		54,867		56,391	1	56,477		56,518	56,572	56,678	56,719	56,865	56,973	57,019	57,029	57,050	57,176	57,387
Public	41,217		47,204		49,484		50,615	1	50,695		50,728	50,770	50,857	50,892	51,012	51,098	51,124	51,119	51,123	51,228	51,419
Private	5,648	3	6,169	3	5,382	3	5,776	4	5,781		5,789	5,802	5,821	5,827	5,853	5,875	5,894	5,910	5,927	5,948	5,969
Prekindergarten to
grade 8	34,388		38,592		38,708		39,779	1	39,773		39,761	39,766	39,700	39,541	39,526	39,591	39,750	39,910	40,116	40,328	40,527
Public5	29,876		33,686		34,625		35,477	1	35,473		35,465	35,457	35,384	35,231	35,189	35,235	35,376	35,519	35,703	35,894	36,073
Private	4,512	3	4,906	3	4,084	3	4,301	4	4,300		4,297	4,308	4,316	4,310	4,337	4,356	4,374	4,392	4,413	4,434	4,454
Grades 9 to 12	12,476		14,781		16,159		16,612		16,703		16,756	16,806	16,978	17,178	17,338	17,383	17,269	17,119	16,934	16,848	16,861
Public5,6	11,341		13,517		14,860		15,138		15,222		15,264	15,313	15,473	15,661	15,823	15,863	15,748	15,601	15,420	15,334	15,346
Private	1,136	3	1,264	3	1,299	3	1,474	4	1,481		1,492	1,494	1,505	1,517	1,515	1,520	1,521	1,518	1,514	1,514	1,515
Degree-granting    postsecondary    institutions	13,819		15,312		21,019		19,847		19,766	7	19,828	19,904	19,928	19,956	19,991	20,040	20,107	20,177	20,258	20,295	20,305
Undergraduate	11,959		13,155		18,082		16,875		16,760	7	16,813	16,877	16,897	16,920	16,949	16,990	17,047	17,106	17,175	17,206	17,214
Full-time	6,976		7,923		11,457		10,430		10,371	7	10,393	10,421	10,418	10,415	10,416	10,428	10,457	10,493	10,531	10,538	10,528
Part-time	4,983		5,232		6,625		6,445		6,390	7	6,421	6,456	6,478	6,506	6,533	6,562	6,590	6,613	6,644	6,668	6,686
Male	5,380		5,778		7,836		7,417		7,347	7	7,372	7,399	7,407	7,412	7,422	7,440	7,463	7,488	7,520	7,536	7,539
Female	6,579		7,377		10,246		9,458		9,413	7	9,441	9,478	9,490	9,508	9,527	9,551	9,584	9,618	9,655	9,670	9,675
2-year	5,240		5,948		7,684		6,092		5,942	7	5,965	5,991	6,004	6,019	6,035	6,054	6,077	6,098	6,124	6,140	6,148
4-year	6,719		7,207		10,399		10,782		10,818	7	10,849	10,885	10,893	10,902	10,914	10,936	10,970	11,008	11,050	11,066	11,066
Public	9,710		10,539		13,703		13,144		13,101	7	13,144	13,195	13,213	13,234	13,259	13,293	13,338	13,385	13,439	13,465	13,474
Private	2,250		2,616		4,379		3,731		3,659	7	3,669	3,682	3,684	3,686	3,690	3,697	3,709	3,722	3,736	3,741	3,740
Postbaccalaureate	1,860		2,157		2,937		2,972		3,005	7	3,015	3,027	3,031	3,036	3,042	3,050	3,060	3,071	3,083	3,089	3,091
Full-time	845		1,087		1,630		1,695		1,707	7	1,710	1,715	1,715	1,714	1,714	1,716	1,721	1,727	1,733	1,734	1,733
Part-time	1,015		1,070		1,307		1,277		1,299	7	1,305	1,312	1,316	1,322	1,327	1,333	1,339	1,344	1,350	1,355	1,359
Male	904		944		1,209		1,222		1,220	7	1,224	1,229	1,231	1,232	1,234	1,237	1,240	1,245	1,250	1,253	1,253
Female	955		1,213		1,728		1,751		1,785	7	1,791	1,798	1,800	1,804	1,808	1,813	1,820	1,826	1,833	1,836	1,838

1 Includes imputations for public school prekindergarten enrollment in California.

2 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.

3 Estimated.

4 Projected.

5 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.

6 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.

7 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. 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 2016-17; Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 1995-96 through 2015-16; National Elementary and Secondary Enrollment Projection Model, 1972 through 2028; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:90-99); IPEDS Spring 2001 through Spring 2018, Fall Enrollment component; and Enrollment in Degree-Granting Institutions Projection Model, 2000 through 2028. (This table was prepared March 2019.)