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| Table 56. | Enrollment in foreign language courses compared with enrollment in grades 9 to 12 of public secondary schools: Fall 1948 to fall 1990 |
[In thousands]
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Percentage change
| Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | in enrollment
Language | 1948 | 1960 | 1965 | 1968 | 1970 | 1974 | 1976 | 1978 | 1982 | 1985 | 1990 |-------------------------
| | | | | | | | | | | |1976 to 1985|1985 to 1990
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14
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Total enrollment, grades 9 to 12 .|1/5,602 |8,589 |11,610 |12,718 |13,336 |14,103 |14,314 |14,088 |12,405 |12,388 |11,338 | -13.5 | -8.5
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All foreign languages2/ | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Number enrolled ....................| 1,170 |2,522 | 3,659 | 3,890 | 3,779 | 3,295 | 3,174 | 3,200 | 2,910 | 4,029 | 4,257 | 26.9 | 5.7
Percent of all students ............| 20.9 | 29.4 | 31.5 | 30.6 | 28.3 | 23.3 | 22.2 | 22.7 | 23.3 | 32.2 | 37.5 | --- | ---
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Modern foreign languages | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Number enrolled ....................| 741 |1,867 | 3,068 | 3,518 | 3,514 | 3,127 | 3,023 | 3,048 | 2,740 | 3,852 | 4,093 | 27.4 | 6.3
Percent of all students ............| 13.2 | 21.7 | 26.4 | 27.7 | 26.4 | 22.1 | 21.1 | 21.6 | 21.9 | 31.1 | 36.1 | --- | ---
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Spanish | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Number enrolled ....................| 443 | 933 | 1,427 | 1,698 | 1,811 | 1,678 | 1,717 | 1,631 | 1,563 | 2,334 | 2,611 | 35.9 | 11.9
Percent of all students ............| 7.9 | 10.9 | 12.3 | 13.4 | 13.6 | 11.9 | 12.0 | 11.6 | 12.5 | 18.8 | 23.0 | --- | ---
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French | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Number enrolled ....................| 254 | 744 | 1,251 | 1,328 | 1,231 | 978 | 888 | 856 | 858 | 1,134 | 1,089 | 27.7 | -3.9
Percent of all students ............| 4.5 | 8.7 | 10.8 | 10.4 | 9.2 | 6.9 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 6.9 | 9.2 | 9.6 | --- | ---
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German | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Number enrolled ....................| 43 | 151 | 328 | 423 | 411 | 393 | 353 | 331 | 267 | 312 | 295 | -11.5 | -5.3
Percent of all students ............| 0.8 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 2.6 | --- | ---
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Russian | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Number enrolled ....................| --- | 10 | 27 | 24 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -46.7 | 174.9
Percent of all students ............| --- | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | (3/) | (3/) | 0.1 | --- | ---
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Italian | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Number enrolled ....................| --- | 20 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 40 | 46 | 46 | 44 | 47 | 40 | 3.1 | -14.0
Percent of all students ............| --- | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | --- | ---
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Other modern foreign languages4/ | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Number enrolled ....................| 1 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 15 | 23 | 9 | 176 | 3 | 18 | 40 | --- | ---
Percent of all students ............| (3/) | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.2 | (3/) | 0.1 | 0.4 | --- | ---
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Latin | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Number enrolled ....................| 429 | 655 | 591 | 372 | 265 | 167 | 150 | 152 | 170 | 177 | 164 | 17.6 | -7.4
Percent of all students ............| 7.7 | 7.6 | 5.1 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | --- | ---
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1/Estimated.
2/Includes enrollment in ancient Greek (not shown separately). Fewer than 1,000 students were enrolled in this language in each of the years shown. 3/Less than 0.05 percent. 4/Includes students enrolled in unspecified modern foreign languages. In 1978, a relatively large number of students were not identified by field of study. ---Data not reported, not available, or not applicable. NOTE.--Because of rounding, details may not add to totals. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data survey; and American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Foreign Language Enrollments in Public Secondary Schools, Fall 1989 and Fall 1990. (This table was prepared April 1992.)
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