Table 105.30.

Enrollment in elementary, secondary, and degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by level and control of institution: Selected years, 1869-70 through fall 2031

[In thousands]
Year	Total enrollment, all levels	Elementary and secondary, total	Public elementary and secondary schools			Private elementary and secondary schools1						Degree-granting postsecondary institutions2
			Total	Prekindergarten through grade 83	Grades 9 through 123	Total		Prekindergarten 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	56,189	50,438	35,388	15,050	5,751		4,304		1,446		19,988	14,573	5,415
Fall 2016	76,216	56,369	50,615	35,477	15,138	5,754	4	4,293	4	1,460	4	19,847	14,586	5,261
Fall 2017	76,184	56,406	50,686	35,496	15,190	5,720		4,252		1,468		19,778	14,572	5,206
Fall 2018	75,955	56,304	50,694	35,498	15,196	5,610	4	4,167	4	1,443	4	19,651	14,539	5,112
Fall 2019	75,912	56,282	50,796	35,551	15,246	5,486		4,066		1,420		19,630	14,504	5,127
Fall 2020	74,405	55,377	49,375	34,061	15,314	6,002	5	4,496	5	1,506	5	19,027	13,884	5,143
Fall 2021	74,153	55,493	49,433	33,998	15,436	6,060	5	4,544	5	1,516	5	18,660	13,544	5,116
Fall 20225	74,162	55,201	49,262	33,724	15,539	5,939		4,399		1,540		18,961	13,864	5,098
Fall 20235	73,774	54,834	49,012	33,484	15,528	5,822		4,278		1,544		18,940	13,861	5,079
Fall 20245	73,591	54,344	48,707	33,267	15,441	5,636		4,151		1,486		19,248	14,088	5,160
Fall 20255	73,305	53,737	48,228	33,037	15,190	5,510		4,044		1,466		19,568	14,318	5,249
Fall 20265	72,802	52,994	47,644	32,722	14,923	5,350		3,890		1,460		19,808	14,490	5,318
Fall 20275	72,614	52,647	47,370	32,633	14,737	5,277		3,818		1,459		19,967	14,603	5,365
Fall 20285	72,441	52,365	47,184	32,542	14,642	5,181		3,715		1,466		20,075	14,676	5,399
Fall 20295	72,256	52,124	47,028	32,522	14,505	5,096		3,561		1,535		20,133	14,714	5,418
Fall 20305	72,097	51,930	46,940	32,313	14,627	4,990		3,546		1,444		20,167	14,736	5,431
Fall 20315	72,026	51,792	46,890	32,225	14,664	4,902		3,545		1,357		20,234	14,785	5,449

---Not available.

1Beginning in fall 1985, data include estimates for an expanded universe of private schools. Therefore, direct comparisons with earlier years should be avoided.

2Data 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.

3Includes 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.

4Estimated based on data appearing in Projections of Education Statistics.

5Projected data.

NOTE: Data in this table represent the 50 states and the District of Columbia. 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. 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, 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/Secondary Education," 1985-86 through 2020-21 and 2021-22 Preliminary; Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 1991-92 through 2020-21; National Elementary and Secondary Enrollment Projection Model, through 2031; 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 2022, Fall Enrollment component; and Enrollment in Degree-Granting Institutions Projection Model, through 2031. (This table was prepared December 2022.)