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 2031

[In thousands]
Level and control of institution, enrollment level, and attendance status and sex of student	Actual										Projected
	1990		2000		2010		2020		2021		2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030	2031
1	2		3		4		5		6		7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
All levels	60,683		68,685		75,886		74,405		74,153		74,162	73,774	73,591	73,305	72,802	72,614	72,441	72,256	72,097	72,026
Elementary and secondary schools1	46,864		53,373		54,867		55,377		55,493		55,201	54,834	54,344	53,737	52,994	52,647	52,365	52,124	51,930	51,792
Public	41,217		47,204		49,484		49,375		49,433		49,262	49,012	48,707	48,228	47,644	47,370	47,184	47,028	46,940	46,890
Private2	5,648	3	6,169	3	5,382	3	6,002	4	6,060	4	5,939	5,822	5,636	5,510	5,350	5,277	5,181	5,096	4,990	4,902
Prekindergarten to grade 8	34,388		38,592		38,708		38,557		38,548		38,123	37,762	37,417	37,081	36,611	36,451	36,258	36,084	35,860	35,771
Public5	29,876		33,686		34,625		34,061		33,998		33,724	33,484	33,267	33,037	32,722	32,633	32,542	32,522	32,313	32,225
Private2	4,512	3	4,906	3	4,084	3	4,496	4	4,544	4	4,399	4,278	4,151	4,044	3,890	3,818	3,715	3,561	3,546	3,545
Grades 9 to 12	12,476		14,781		16,159		16,820		16,965		17,078	17,072	16,927	16,656	16,383	16,196	16,108	16,040	16,071	16,021
Public5,6	11,341		13,517		14,860		15,314		15,436		15,539	15,528	15,441	15,190	14,923	14,737	14,642	14,505	14,627	14,664
Private	1,136	3	1,264	3	1,299	3	1,506	4	1,516	4	1,540	1,544	1,486	1,466	1,460	1,459	1,466	1,535	1,444	1,357
Degree-granting postsecondary       institutions	13,819		15,312		21,019		19,027		18,660		18,961	18,940	19,248	19,568	19,808	19,967	20,075	20,133	20,167	20,234
Undergraduate	11,959		13,155		18,082		15,885		15,448		15,870	15,887	16,145	16,407	16,603	16,724	16,788	16,799	16,790	16,823
Full-time	6,976		7,923		11,457		9,843		9,500		9,825	9,818	9,968	10,144	10,281	10,349	10,365	10,329	10,276	10,263
Part-time	4,983		5,232		6,625		6,041		5,949		6,046	6,070	6,176	6,263	6,322	6,375	6,424	6,470	6,514	6,560
Male	5,380		5,778		7,836		6,665		6,525		6,632	6,635	6,758	6,886	6,984	7,048	7,087	7,101	7,104	7,122
Female	6,579		7,377		10,246		9,219		8,923		9,238	9,253	9,387	9,521	9,619	9,675	9,701	9,698	9,686	9,701
2-year	5,240		5,948		7,684		4,932		4,683		4,928	4,940	5,023	5,100	5,154	5,185	5,205	5,221	5,237	5,262
4-year	6,719		7,207		10,399		10,953		10,766		10,942	10,947	11,121	11,306	11,449	11,538	11,583	11,578	11,553	11,560
Public	9,710		10,539		13,703		12,338		11,945		12,342	12,358	12,560	12,762	12,912	13,006	13,058	13,073	13,074	13,106
Private	2,250		2,616		4,379		3,546		3,504		3,528	3,529	3,585	3,644	3,691	3,718	3,730	3,726	3,716	3,717
Postbaccalaureate	1,860		2,157		2,937		3,143		3,211		3,091	3,052	3,103	3,161	3,205	3,244	3,287	3,333	3,377	3,411
Full-time	845		1,087		1,630		1,766		1,831		1,724	1,693	1,726	1,763	1,789	1,812	1,839	1,868	1,894	1,914
Part-time	1,015		1,070		1,307		1,377		1,381		1,367	1,359	1,377	1,399	1,416	1,431	1,448	1,466	1,482	1,497
Male	904		944		1,209		1,220		1,244		1,182	1,159	1,181	1,207	1,226	1,243	1,261	1,282	1,301	1,317
Female	955		1,213		1,728		1,923		1,967		1,909	1,893	1,922	1,954	1,979	2,001	2,025	2,052	2,076	2,094

1Includes 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.

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

3Estimated.

4Projected.

5Includes 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.

6In 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.

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 after the onset of the coronavirus pandemic and take into account the expected impacts of the pandemic. 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, Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 1990-91 through 2019-20 and 2020-21 Preliminary; Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 1995-96 through 2019-20; National Elementary and Secondary Enrollment Projection Model, through 2031; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:90-99); IPEDS Spring 2001 through Spring 2022, Fall Enrollment component; and Enrollment in Degree-Granting Institutions Projection Model, through 2031. (This table was prepared May 2023.)