Table 105.30.

Enrollment in elementary, secondary, and degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by level and control of institution: Selected years, 1869-70 through fall 2029

[In thousands]
Year	Total enroll- ment, all levels		Elemen- tary and secon- dary, total		Public elementary and secondary schools					Private elementary and secondary schools1						Degree-granting postsecondary institutions2
					Total		Prekinder- garten through grade 83		Grades 9 through 123	Total		Prekinder- garten 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	4	4,200	4	1,300	4	8,005	5,897	2,108
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	4	4,512	4	1,136	4	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	4	4,746	4	1,125	4	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	4	4,856	4	1,138	4	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	4	4,755	4	1,178	4	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	4	4,776	4	1,212	4	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	4	4,906	4	1,264	4	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	4	4,915	4	1,306	4	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	4	4,756	4	1,331	4	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	73,061		55,307		49,316		34,235		15,081	5,991	4	4,631	4	1,360	4	17,754	13,175	4,579
Fall 2007	73,459		55,201		49,291		34,204		15,086	5,910		4,546		1,364		18,258	13,501	4,757
Fall 2008	74,055		54,973		49,266		34,286		14,980	5,707	4	4,365	4	1,342	4	19,082	13,971	5,111
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	4	4,084	4	1,299	4	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	4	4,031	4	1,302	4	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	4	4,202	4	1,373	4	20,209	14,655	5,554
Fall 2015	76,177	5	56,189	5	50,438	5	35,388	5	15,050	5,751		4,304		1,446		19,988	14,573	5,415
Fall 2016	76,216	6	56,369	6	50,615	6	35,477	6	15,138	5,754	4	4,272	4	1,482	4	19,847	14,586	5,261
Fall 2017	76,184	5	56,406	5	50,686	5	35,496	5	15,190	5,720		4,252		1,468		19,778	14,572	5,206
Fall 20187	76,013		56,367		50,650		35,443		15,206	5,717		4,213		1,504		19,646	14,529	5,117
Fall 20197	76,070		56,350		50,634		35,402		15,232	5,716		4,203		1,512		19,720	14,586	5,135
Fall 20207	76,112		56,368		50,654		35,293		15,361	5,714		4,183		1,531		19,744	14,605	5,139
Fall 20217	76,122		56,343		50,643		35,094		15,549	5,700		4,161		1,539		19,778	14,633	5,145
Fall 20227	76,247		56,434		50,721		35,019		15,703	5,713		4,171		1,542		19,813	14,661	5,152
Fall 20237	76,342		56,480		50,768		35,022		15,746	5,712		4,174		1,538		19,862	14,698	5,163
Fall 20247	76,386		56,460		50,758		35,123		15,635	5,702		4,187		1,515		19,926	14,747	5,179
Fall 20257	76,397		56,404		50,704		35,267		15,438	5,700		4,204		1,496		19,993	14,796	5,197
Fall 20267	76,441		56,370		50,672		35,452		15,220	5,699		4,224		1,474		20,070	14,854	5,217
Fall 20277	76,538		56,439		50,734		35,641		15,093	5,704		4,245		1,460		20,099	14,877	5,222
Fall 20287	76,714		56,605		50,885		35,818		15,067	5,720		4,263		1,456		20,110	14,887	5,223
Fall 20297	76,921		56,806		51,068		35,987		15,081	5,738		4,281		1,457		20,115	14,893	5,222

---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 Total counts of ungraded students were prorated to prekindergarten through grade 8 and grades 9 through 12 based on prior reports.

4 Estimated.

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

6 Includes imputations for public school prekindergarten enrollment in California.

7 Projected data. Fall 2018 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. 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 2017-18; Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 1991-92 through 2017-18; National Elementary and Secondary Enrollment Projection Model, 1972 through 2029; Opening (Fall) Enrollment in Higher Education, 1959; Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Fall Enrollment in Institutions of Higher Education" surveys, 1969 and 1985; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:90-99); IPEDS Spring 2001 through Spring 2019, Fall Enrollment component; and Enrollment in Degree-Granting Institutions Projection Model, 2000 through 2029. (This table was prepared December 2019.)