| Download Excel |
| Table 9. | Actual and projected numbers for enrollment in grades 9–12, by control of school: Selected years, fall 1980 through fall 2020 |
| Year | [In thousands] | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Public | Private | |
| Actual | |||
| 1980 | 14,570 | 13,231 | 1,339 |
| 1985 | 13,750 | 12,388 | 1,362 |
| 1990 | 12,472 | 11,338 | 1,134 |
| 1995 | 13,699 | 12,502 | 1,197 |
| 20001 | 14,809 | 13,517 | 1,292 |
| 2001 | 15,063 | 13,736 | 1,327 |
| 20021 | 15,404 | 14,069 | 1,335 |
| 2003 | 15,678 | 14,339 | 1,338 |
| 20041 | 15,974 | 14,618 | 1,356 |
| 2005 | 16,283 | 14,909 | 1,374 |
| 20061 | 16,469 | 15,081 | 1,388 |
| 2007 | 16,481 | 15,087 | 1,394 |
| 20081 | 16,352 | 14,980 | 1,373 |
| Projected | |||
| 2009 | 16,179 | 14,842 | 1,337 |
| 2010 | 15,975 | 14,668 | 1,306 |
| 2011 | 15,797 | 14,530 | 1,266 |
| 2012 | 15,742 | 14,512 | 1,229 |
| 2013 | 15,739 | 14,545 | 1,194 |
| 2014 | 15,849 | 14,689 | 1,160 |
| 2015 | 15,964 | 14,830 | 1,134 |
| 2016 | 15,980 | 14,877 | 1,103 |
| 2017 | 16,015 | 14,939 | 1,077 |
| 2018 | 16,060 | 15,000 | 1,060 |
| 2019 | 16,135 | 15,083 | 1,052 |
| 2020 | 16,278 | 15,222 | 1,056 |
| 1 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: Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. | |||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), “State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education,” 1995–96 through 2008–09; Private School Universe Survey (PSS), selected school years, 1995–96 through 2009–10; and National Elementary and Secondary Enrollment Model, 1972–2008. |