Table
3.-Enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by grade, with
projections: Fall 1991 to fall 2011 |
(In
thousands) |
Year
|
Total
|
Kinder-
garten1 |
Grade
1 |
Grade
2 |
Grade
3 |
Grade
4 |
Grade
5 |
Grade
6 |
Grade
7 |
Grade
8 |
Grade
9 |
Grade
10 |
Grade
11 |
Grade
12 |
Elementary
Unclassified |
Secondary
Unclassified |
1991
|
42,047
|
3,686
|
3,556
|
3,360
|
3,334
|
3,315
|
3,268
|
3,239
|
3,181
|
3,020
|
3,313
|
2,915
|
2,645
|
2,392
|
545
|
275
|
1992
|
42,823
|
3,817
|
3,542
|
3,431
|
3,361
|
3,342
|
3,325
|
3,303
|
3,299
|
3,129
|
3,352
|
3,027
|
2,656
|
2,431
|
539
|
269
|
1993
|
43,465
|
3,922
|
3,529
|
3,429
|
3,437
|
3,361
|
3,350
|
3,356
|
3,355
|
3,249
|
3,487
|
3,050
|
2,751
|
2,424
|
515
|
248
|
1994
|
44,111
|
4,047
|
3,593
|
3,440
|
3,439
|
3,426
|
3,372
|
3,381
|
3,404
|
3,302
|
3,604
|
3,131
|
2,748
|
2,488
|
494
|
242
|
1995
|
44,840
|
4,173
|
3,671
|
3,507
|
3,445
|
3,431
|
3,438
|
3,395
|
3,422
|
3,356
|
3,704
|
3,237
|
2,826
|
2,487
|
502
|
245
|
1996
|
45,611
|
4,203
|
3,770
|
3,600
|
3,524
|
3,454
|
3,453
|
3,494
|
3,464
|
3,403
|
3,801
|
3,323
|
2,930
|
2,586
|
401
|
206
|
1997
|
46,127
|
4,199
|
3,755
|
3,689
|
3,597
|
3,507
|
3,458
|
3,492
|
3,520
|
3,415
|
3,819
|
3,376
|
2,972
|
2,673
|
442
|
214
|
1998
|
46,539
|
4,172
|
3,727
|
3,681
|
3,696
|
3,592
|
3,520
|
3,497
|
3,530
|
3,480
|
3,856
|
3,382
|
3,021
|
2,722
|
451
|
212
|
1999
|
46,857
|
4,148
|
3,684
|
3,655
|
3,690
|
3,686
|
3,604
|
3,564
|
3,541
|
3,497
|
3,935
|
3,415
|
3,034
|
2,782
|
418
|
203
|
|
Projected |
2000
|
47,051
|
4,054
|
3,633
|
3,607
|
3,662
|
3,683
|
3,699
|
3,647
|
3,609
|
3,503
|
3,942
|
3,500
|
3,066
|
2,780
|
448
|
219
|
2001
|
47,213
|
4,013
|
3,598
|
3,557
|
3,614
|
3,656
|
3,696
|
3,743
|
3,692
|
3,569
|
3,948
|
3,506
|
3,142
|
2,809
|
450
|
220
|
2002
|
47,358
|
4,022
|
3,558
|
3,522
|
3,564
|
3,607
|
3,668
|
3,740
|
3,790
|
3,652
|
4,023
|
3,512
|
3,148
|
2,879
|
451
|
223
|
2003
|
47,432
|
4,022
|
3,567
|
3,484
|
3,529
|
3,557
|
3,619
|
3,711
|
3,786
|
3,748
|
4,117
|
3,579
|
3,153
|
2,884
|
450
|
226
|
2004
|
47,494
|
4,023
|
3,566
|
3,492
|
3,491
|
3,522
|
3,569
|
3,662
|
3,758
|
3,745
|
4,225
|
3,661
|
3,213
|
2,889
|
448
|
230
|
2005
|
47,536
|
4,034
|
3,568
|
3,491
|
3,499
|
3,484
|
3,534
|
3,612
|
3,708
|
3,717
|
4,222
|
3,758
|
3,287
|
2,944
|
445
|
235
|
2006
|
47,515
|
4,049
|
3,576
|
3,493
|
3,498
|
3,492
|
3,496
|
3,576
|
3,657
|
3,667
|
4,190
|
3,755
|
3,374
|
3,012
|
442
|
238
|
2007
|
47,430
|
4,067
|
3,588
|
3,501
|
3,500
|
3,491
|
3,504
|
3,537
|
3,621
|
3,617
|
4,134
|
3,726
|
3,371
|
3,091
|
441
|
240
|
2008
|
47,286
|
4,089
|
3,604
|
3,513
|
3,508
|
3,493
|
3,503
|
3,546
|
3,582
|
3,582
|
4,077
|
3,677
|
3,346
|
3,089
|
441
|
238
|
2009
|
47,178
|
4,115
|
3,624
|
3,529
|
3,520
|
3,501
|
3,505
|
3,545
|
3,590
|
3,543
|
4,037
|
3,626
|
3,301
|
3,065
|
442
|
236
|
2010
|
47,131
|
4,148
|
3,647
|
3,548
|
3,536
|
3,513
|
3,513
|
3,547
|
3,589
|
3,551
|
3,993
|
3,591
|
3,256
|
3,024
|
443
|
232
|
2011
|
47,170
|
4,184
|
3,674
|
3,571
|
3,555
|
3,529
|
3,525
|
3,555
|
3,591
|
3,550
|
4,003
|
3,552
|
3,224
|
2,983
|
445
|
230
|
1
Includes most kindergarten and some nursery school enrollment.
NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail
may not sum to totals due to rounding. Mean absolute percentage errors
of selected education statistics can be found in table A2.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics,
Statistics of Public Elementary and Secondary Schools; Common Core of
Data surveys; and National Elementary and Secondary Enrollment Model.
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