Table 1. Actual and projected numbers for enrollment in grades PK–12, PK–8, and 9–12 in elementary and secondary schools, by control of school: Fall 1996 through fall 2021

Projections of Education Statistics to 2021

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Table 1. Actual and projected numbers for enrollment in grades PK–12, PK–8, and 9–12 in elementary and secondary schools, by control of school: Fall 1996 through fall 2021

[In thousands]
Year	Total			Public			Private
Year	PK–12¹	PK–8¹	9–12	PK–12	PK–8	9–12	PK–12¹	PK–8¹	9–12
Actual
1996 ²	51,544	37,481	14,062	45,611	32,762	12,849	5,933	4,719	1,213
1997	52,071	37,797	14,275	46,127	33,071	13,056	5,944	4,726	1,219
1998 ²	52,526	38,091	14,435	46,539	33,344	13,195	5,988	4,747	1,240
1999	52,875	38,251	14,625	46,857	33,486	13,371	6,018	4,764	1,254
2000 ²	53,373	38,564	14,809	47,204	33,686	13,517	6,169	4,877	1,292
2001	53,992	38,929	15,063	47,672	33,936	13,736	6,320	4,993	1,327
2002 ²	54,403	39,000	15,404	48,183	34,114	14,069	6,220	4,886	1,335
2003	54,639	38,962	15,678	48,540	34,201	14,339	6,099	4,761	1,338
2004 ²	54,882	38,908	15,974	48,795	34,178	14,618	6,087	4,731	1,356
2005	55,187	38,903	16,283	49,113	34,204	14,909	6,073	4,699	1,374
2006 ²	55,307	38,838	16,469	49,316	34,235	15,081	5,991	4,604	1,388
2007	55,203	38,722	16,481	49,293	34,205	15,087	5,910	4,517	1,394
2008 ²	54,973	38,620	16,353	49,266	34,286	14,980	5,707	4,335	1,373
2009	54,862	38,569	16,293	49,373	34,418	14,955	5,488	4,151	1,338
2010 ²	54,876	38,716	16,160	49,484	34,625	14,860	5,391	4,091	1,300
Projected
2011	54,956	38,909	16,047	49,636	34,849	14,787	5,320	4,060	1,260
2012	55,091	39,115	15,976	49,828	35,076	14,752	5,263	4,039	1,224
2013	55,288	39,334	15,954	50,067	35,301	14,766	5,221	4,033	1,188
2014	55,599	39,539	16,060	50,407	35,502	14,905	5,192	4,037	1,155
2015	55,957	39,788	16,169	50,773	35,735	15,038	5,183	4,053	1,130
2016	56,330	40,114	16,217	51,146	36,029	15,116	5,185	4,085	1,100
2017	56,722	40,451	16,271	51,524	36,329	15,195	5,198	4,122	1,076
2018	57,098	40,797	16,301	51,880	36,639	15,241	5,218	4,158	1,061
2019	57,507	41,149	16,358	52,260	36,956	15,304	5,247	4,193	1,054
2020	57,975	41,506	16,469	52,688	37,278	15,410	5,287	4,228	1,059
2021	58,444	41,861	16,583	53,113	37,598	15,515	5,331	4,263	1,068

¹ Includes private nursery and prekindergarten enrollment in schools that offer kindergarten or higher grades.
² Since the biennial Private School Universe Survey (PSS) is collected in the fall of odd numbered years, private school numbers for alternate years are estimated based on data from the PSS.
NOTE: PK=prekindergarten. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Mean absolute percentage errors of selected education statistics can be found in table A-2, appendix A.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), “State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education,” 1996–97 through 2010–11; Private School Universe Survey (PSS), selected years 1997–98 through 2009–10; and National Elementary and Secondary Enrollment Model, 1972–2010. (This table was prepared January 2012.)

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