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Digest of Education Statistics: 2018
Digest of Education Statistics: 2018

NCES 2020-009
December 2019


Table 203.10. Enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by level and grade: Selected years, fall 1980 through fall 2028
[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
20152 50,438 35,388 1,402 3,713 3,768 3,842 3,869 3,793 3,733 3,731 3,732 3,719 87 15,050 4,019 3,846 3,598 3,537 49
20163 50,615 35,477 1,426 3,699 3,694 3,761 3,874 3,858 3,814 3,754 3,761 3,749 88 15,138 3,986 3,860 3,669 3,571 52
  Projected
2017 50,695 35,473 1,415 3,670 3,709 3,686 3,784 3,864 3,870 3,831 3,782 3,775 88 15,222 4,019 3,828 3,682 3,642 52
2018 50,728 35,465 1,417 3,678 3,680 3,700 3,709 3,774 3,876 3,888 3,859 3,796 88 15,264 4,047 3,859 3,652 3,655 52
2019 50,770 35,457 1,425 3,697 3,684 3,672 3,724 3,699 3,786 3,893 3,916 3,874 88 15,313 4,069 3,886 3,681 3,625 51
2020 50,857 35,384 1,430 3,712 3,704 3,676 3,695 3,714 3,710 3,803 3,922 3,931 88 15,473 4,153 3,907 3,707 3,654 51
2021 50,892 35,231 1,426 3,700 3,718 3,696 3,699 3,685 3,725 3,727 3,831 3,937 87 15,661 4,214 3,988 3,728 3,680 52
                                       
2022 51,012 35,189 1,457 3,782 3,706 3,710 3,719 3,689 3,696 3,742 3,755 3,846 87 15,823 4,220 4,047 3,804 3,700 52
2023 51,098 35,235 1,465 3,802 3,788 3,698 3,733 3,709 3,700 3,713 3,770 3,769 88 15,863 4,122 4,052 3,860 3,776 52
2024 51,124 35,376 1,473 3,821 3,809 3,780 3,721 3,723 3,720 3,717 3,740 3,784 88 15,748 4,040 3,958 3,866 3,832 52
2025 51,119 35,519 1,479 3,837 3,828 3,800 3,804 3,712 3,735 3,737 3,745 3,754 88 15,601 4,056 3,879 3,776 3,837 52
2026 51,123 35,703 1,484 3,851 3,844 3,819 3,824 3,794 3,723 3,752 3,765 3,759 89 15,420 4,025 3,895 3,701 3,748 51
                                       
2027 51,228 35,894 1,488 3,862 3,858 3,836 3,843 3,814 3,805 3,740 3,779 3,779 89 15,334 4,029 3,865 3,716 3,674 51
2028 51,419 36,073 1,492 3,871 3,869 3,850 3,860 3,833 3,826 3,823 3,767 3,794 90 15,346 4,051 3,869 3,687 3,688 51
1 Includes students reported as being enrolled in grade 13.
2 The prekindergarten, elementary total, and "all grades" counts include imputations for prekindergarten enrollment in California and Oregon.
3 The prekindergarten, elementary total, and "all grades" counts include imputations for prekindergarten enrollment in California.
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 2016-17; and National Elementary and Secondary Enrollment Projection Model, 1972 through 2028. (This table was prepared March 2019.)