Table
B5.-Fall enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, change
in fall enrollment, the population, and fall enrollment as a proportion
of the population: 1985-86 to 2010-11 |
(In
thousands) |
Year
ending |
Fall
enrollment
(in thousands) |
Change
in fall enrollment
(in thousands) |
Population
(in millions) |
Fall
enrollment as a ratio of the population |
1986
|
39,422
|
214
|
238.5
|
0.165
|
1987
|
39,753
|
331
|
240.7
|
0.165
|
1988
|
40,008
|
255
|
242.8
|
0.165
|
1989
|
40,188
|
180
|
245.0
|
0.164
|
1990
|
40,543
|
355
|
247.3
|
0.164
|
1991
|
41,217
|
674
|
250.0
|
0.165
|
1992
|
42,047
|
830
|
252.7
|
0.166
|
1993
|
42,823
|
776
|
255.4
|
0.168
|
1994
|
43,465
|
642
|
258.1
|
0.168
|
1995
|
44,111
|
646
|
260.6
|
0.169
|
1996
|
44,840
|
729
|
263.1
|
0.170
|
1997
|
45,611
|
771
|
265.5
|
0.172
|
1998
|
46,127
|
516
|
268.0
|
0.172
|
1999
|
46,539
|
412
|
270.5
|
0.172
|
|
Projected |
2000
|
46,857
|
318
|
272.9
|
0.172
|
2001
|
47,051
|
194
|
275.4
|
0.171
|
2002
|
47,213
|
162
|
278.1
|
0.170
|
2003
|
47,358
|
145
|
280.6
|
0.169
|
2004
|
47,432
|
74
|
283.1
|
0.168
|
2005
|
47,494
|
62
|
285.5
|
0.166
|
2006
|
47,536
|
42
|
288.0
|
0.165
|
2007
|
47,515
|
-21
|
290.4
|
0.164
|
2008
|
47,430
|
-85
|
292.8
|
0.162
|
2009
|
47,286
|
-144
|
295.3
|
0.160
|
2010
|
47,178
|
-109
|
297.7
|
0.158
|
2011
|
47,131
|
-47
|
300.1
|
0.157
|
NOTE:
Calculations were made using unrounded numbers. Some data have been revised
from previously published figures.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population
Reports, Series P-25, Nos. 1092, 1095, and "National Population Estimates,"
June 1999, and "Annual Projections of the Total Resident Population: 1999
to 2100," January 2000; U.S. Department of Education, National Center
for Education Statistics, Statistics of State Schools Systems; Common
Core of Data survey; and Elementary and Secondary Enrollment Model. (This
table was prepared June 2001.) |
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