Indicator 9: School Enrollment

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Table 9. Percentage of population 14 to 29 years old enrolled in school, by selected age group: Various years, October 1960 to October 2003
Year	14 to 17 years old	18 and 19 years old	20 and 21 years old	22 to 24 years old	25 to 29 years old
1960	90.3	38.4	—	—	4.9
1965	93.2	46.3	27.6	13.2	6.1
1970	94.1	47.7	31.9	14.9	7.5
1975	93.6	46.9	31.2	16.2	10.1
1980	93.4	46.4	31.0	16.3	9.3
1981	94.1	49.0	31.6	16.5	9.0
1982	94.4	47.8	34.0	16.8	9.6
1983	95.0	50.4	32.5	16.6	9.6
1984	94.7	50.1	33.9	17.3	9.1
1985	94.9	51.6	35.3	16.9	9.2
1986	94.9	54.6	33.0	17.9	8.8
1987	95.0	55.6	38.7	17.5	9.0
1988	95.1	55.6	39.1	18.2	8.3
1989	95.7	56.0	38.5	19.9	9.3
1990	95.8	57.2	39.7	21.0	9.7
1991	96.0	59.6	42.0	22.2	10.2
1992	96.7	61.4	44.0	23.7	9.8
1993	96.5	61.6	42.7	23.6	10.2
1994	96.6	60.2	44.9	24.0	10.8
1995	96.3	59.4	44.9	23.2	11.6
1996	95.4	61.5	44.4	24.8	11.9
1997	96.6	61.5	45.9	26.4	11.8
1998	96.1	62.2	44.8	24.9	11.9
1999	95.8	60.6	45.3	24.5	11.1
2000	95.7	61.2	44.1	24.6	11.4
2001	95.8	61.0	46.0	25.4	11.8
2002	96.4	63.3	47.8	25.6	12.1
2003	96.2	64.5	48.3	27.8	11.8
— Not available.
NOTE: Data are based upon sample surveys of the civilian noninstitutional population. Includes enrollment in any type of graded public, parochial, or other private schools. Includes nursery schools, kindergartens, elementary schools, secondary schools, colleges, universities, and professional schools. Attendance may be on either a full-time or part-time basis and during the day or night. Enrollments in 'special' schools, such as trade schools, business colleges, or correspondence schools, are not included.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970; Current Population Reports, Series P-20, various years; and Current Population Surveys (CPS), October, unpublished data.

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