Table 203.10.

Enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by level and grade: Selected years, fall 1980 through fall 2030

[In thousands]
Year	All grades	Prekindergarten through grade 8													Grades 9 through 12
		Total	Prekinder- garten		Kinder-garten	1st grade	2nd grade	3rd grade	4th grade	5th grade	6th grade	7th grade	8th grade	Un- graded1	Total	9th grade	10th grade	11th grade	12th grade	Un- graded1,2
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
2015	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
2016	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
2017	50,686	35,496	1,471		3,684	3,667	3,684	3,788	3,859	3,877	3,827	3,777	3,772	89	15,190	3,996	3,834	3,677	3,631	52
2018	50,694	35,498	1,540		3,681	3,641	3,654	3,709	3,777	3,876	3,893	3,849	3,788	92	15,196	4,004	3,849	3,653	3,649	41
2019	50,796	35,551	1,586	3	3,716	3,647	3,638	3,686	3,706	3,801	3,896	3,918	3,865	92	15,246	4,044	3,868	3,671	3,621	41
20204	49,375	34,059	1,234	5	3,377	3,522	3,531	3,554	3,607	3,647	3,748	3,861	3,889	89	15,316	4,016	3,897	3,700	3,662	42
	Projected
2021	50,072	34,614	1,582		3,707	3,679	3,519	3,560	3,545	3,623	3,663	3,772	3,875	90	15,458	4,153	3,879	3,716	3,668	42
2022	49,935	34,360	1,547		3,626	3,651	3,675	3,547	3,551	3,560	3,639	3,687	3,786	90	15,575	4,138	4,012	3,699	3,684	42
2023	49,734	34,160	1,525		3,575	3,574	3,648	3,705	3,539	3,566	3,576	3,662	3,701	89	15,574	4,042	3,997	3,826	3,667	42
2024	49,485	33,983	1,500		3,515	3,524	3,571	3,677	3,696	3,554	3,582	3,599	3,676	89	15,502	3,951	3,905	3,812	3,793	42
2025	49,120	33,835	1,493		3,499	3,466	3,521	3,600	3,668	3,712	3,570	3,605	3,613	88	15,285	3,924	3,817	3,724	3,779	42
2026	48,368	33,347	1,371		3,212	3,450	3,463	3,550	3,591	3,684	3,729	3,592	3,618	87	15,021	3,857	3,791	3,640	3,692	41
2027	47,821	32,967	1,366		3,202	3,169	3,447	3,491	3,541	3,607	3,701	3,752	3,606	86	14,854	3,863	3,726	3,615	3,608	41
2028	47,589	32,829	1,433		3,359	3,159	3,166	3,475	3,483	3,556	3,623	3,724	3,766	85	14,760	3,850	3,732	3,553	3,584	41
2029	47,357	32,494	1,444		3,384	3,314	3,156	3,192	3,467	3,498	3,572	3,646	3,738	84	14,863	4,021	3,719	3,559	3,523	41
2030	47,253	32,261	1,469		3,443	3,339	3,311	3,182	3,184	3,482	3,513	3,595	3,659	83	14,992	3,991	3,885	3,547	3,528	41

1 Includes ungraded students as well as students whose grade was not specified. These students were prorated into either the prekindergarten through grade 8 level or the grades 9 through 12 level based on the known grade-level distribution of a state.

2 Includes students reported as being enrolled in grade 13.

3 Includes imputations for nonreported prekindergarten enrollment in California.

4 Includes imputations for nonreported enrollment for all grades in Illinois.

5 Includes imputations for nonreported prekindergarten enrollment in California and Oregon.

NOTE: Data in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Due to changes in reporting and imputation practices, prekindergarten enrollment for years prior to 1992 represent an undercount compared with later years. Projections in this table were calculated after the onset of the coronavirus pandemic and take into account the expected 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, 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 2019-20 and 2020-21 Preliminary; and National Elementary and Secondary Enrollment Projection Model, through 2030. (This table was prepared September 2021.)