| Table 1. | Estimated number of participants in elementary and secondary education and in higher education: Fall 1996 |
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| All levels |Elementary and secondary schools|Colleges and universities
|(elementary,|--------------------------------|-------------------------
Participants | secondary, | | | | | |
| and higher | Total | Public | Private |Total |Public |Private
| education) | | | | | |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8
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Total ..............| 74.5 | 57.5 | 51.0 | 6.4 | 17.0 | 13.1 | 3.9
|------------|----------|-----------|---------|--------|-------|--------
Enrollment\1\ ..........| 66.1 | 51.7 | 45.9 | 5.8 | 14.4 | 11.3 | 3.1
Teachers and faculty ...| 4.0 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.3
Other professional, | | | | | | |
administrative, and | | | | | | |
support staff ........| 4.4 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.5
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\1\Includes enrollments in local public school systems and in most private schools (religiously
affiliated and nonsectarian). Excludes subcollegiate departments of institutions of higher
education, residential schools for exceptional children, and federal schools. Elementary and
secondary includes most kindergarten and some nursery school enrollment. Excludes preprimary
enrollment in schools that do not offer first grade or above. Higher education comprises
full-time and part-time students enrolled in degree-credit and nondegree-credit programs in
universities, other 4-year colleges, and 2-year colleges.
NOTE.--The enrollment figures include all students in elementary and secondary schools and colleges and universities. However, the data for teachers and other staff in public and private elementary and secondary schools and colleges and universities are reported in terms of full-time equivalents. Because of rounding, details may not add to totals. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, unpublished projections and estimates. (This table was prepared June 1996.)
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