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 2029

[In thousands]
Level and control of institution, enrollment level, and attendance status and sex of student	Actual								Projected
	1990		2000		2010		2018		2019		2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
1	2		3		4		5		6		7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
All levels	60,683		68,685		75,886		76,062	3	75,987		76,112	76,122	76,247	76,342	76,386	76,397	76,441	76,538	76,714	76,921
Elementary and secondary      schools1	46,864		53,373		54,867		56,411	3	56,350		56,368	56,343	56,434	56,480	56,460	56,404	56,370	56,439	56,605	56,806
Public	41,217		47,204		49,484		50,694		50,634		50,654	50,643	50,721	50,768	50,758	50,704	50,672	50,734	50,885	51,068
Private2	5,648	3	6,169	3	5,382	3	5,717	3	5,716		5,714	5,700	5,713	5,712	5,702	5,700	5,699	5,704	5,720	5,738
Prekindergarten to grade 8	34,388		38,592		38,708		39,710		39,605		39,476	39,256	39,190	39,196	39,309	39,470	39,676	39,886	40,082	40,268
Public4	29,876		33,686		34,625		35,498		35,402		35,293	35,094	35,019	35,022	35,123	35,267	35,452	35,641	35,818	35,987
Private2	4,512	3	4,906	3	4,084	3	4,213	3	4,203		4,183	4,161	4,171	4,174	4,187	4,204	4,224	4,245	4,263	4,281
Grades 9 to 12	12,476		14,781		16,159		16,700		16,745		16,892	17,088	17,245	17,285	17,150	16,934	16,694	16,553	16,523	16,539
Public4,5	11,341		13,517		14,860		15,196		15,232		15,361	15,549	15,703	15,746	15,635	15,438	15,220	15,093	15,067	15,081
Private	1,136	3	1,264	3	1,299	3	1,504	3	1,512		1,531	1,539	1,542	1,538	1,515	1,496	1,474	1,460	1,456	1,457
Degree-granting      postsecondary      institutions	13,819		15,312		21,019		19,651		19,637	6	19,744	19,778	19,813	19,862	19,926	19,993	20,070	20,099	20,110	20,115
Undergraduate	11,959		13,155		18,082		16,616		16,565	6	16,692	16,721	16,750	16,790	16,845	16,901	16,967	16,991	16,999	17,003
Full-time	6,976		7,923		11,457		10,266		10,220	6	10,293	10,292	10,297	10,312	10,341	10,377	10,415	10,419	10,410	10,397
Part-time	4,983		5,232		6,625		6,350		6,345	6	6,399	6,428	6,452	6,478	6,504	6,524	6,551	6,572	6,589	6,606
Male	5,380		5,778		7,836		7,228		7,149	6	7,254	7,263	7,273	7,288	7,312	7,338	7,367	7,378	7,383	7,385
Female	6,579		7,377		10,246		9,388		9,417	6	9,438	9,457	9,477	9,503	9,533	9,564	9,600	9,613	9,616	9,618
2-year	5,240		5,948		7,684		5,753		5,599	6	5,783	5,799	5,814	5,832	5,853	5,872	5,895	5,907	5,915	5,922
4-year	6,719		7,207		10,399		10,863		10,966	6	10,910	10,921	10,936	10,958	10,992	11,030	11,072	11,083	11,084	11,080
Public	9,710		10,539		13,703		13,060		13,002	6	13,118	13,142	13,167	13,201	13,244	13,289	13,340	13,361	13,370	13,375
Private	2,250		2,616		4,379		3,557		3,564	6	3,575	3,578	3,582	3,590	3,600	3,613	3,626	3,630	3,629	3,628
Postbaccalaureate	1,860		2,157		2,937		3,035		3,072	6	3,052	3,058	3,064	3,071	3,081	3,092	3,104	3,109	3,111	3,112
Full-time	845		1,087		1,630		1,723		1,747	6	1,729	1,729	1,730	1,732	1,737	1,743	1,750	1,750	1,749	1,747
Part-time	1,015		1,070		1,307		1,312		1,326	6	1,323	1,329	1,334	1,339	1,344	1,349	1,354	1,358	1,362	1,365
Male	904		944		1,209		1,216		1,214	6	1,222	1,223	1,225	1,228	1,232	1,236	1,241	1,243	1,244	1,245
Female	955		1,213		1,728		1,819		1,858	6	1,830	1,834	1,838	1,844	1,850	1,856	1,863	1,865	1,866	1,867

1 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.

2 Private elementary enrollment includes preprimary students in schools offering kindergarten or higher grades.

3 Estimated.

4 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.

5 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.

6 Data are actual.

NOTE: Data in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. 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. Projections in this table were calculated prior to the coronavirus pandemic and therefore do not take into account the actual or potential impacts of the pandemic. 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 2018-19; Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 1995-96 through 2017-18; National Elementary and Secondary Enrollment Projection Model, 1972 through 2029; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:90-99); IPEDS Spring 2001 through Spring 2020, Fall Enrollment component; and Enrollment in Degree-Granting Institutions Projection Model, 2000 through 2029. (This table was prepared March 2021.)