| Table 57. | Enrollment in foreign language courses compared with enrollment in grades 9 to 12 in public secondary schools: Selected years, fall 1948 to fall 2000 [In thousands] |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | |Percent change,
| Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | Fall | in enrollment
Language | 1948 | 1960 | 1965 | 1968 | 1970 | 1974 | 1976 | 1982 | 1985 | 1990 | 1994 | 2000 |_______________
| | | | | | | | | | | | |1976 to|1990 to
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 1990 | 2000
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15
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Total enrollment, | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
grades 9 to 12 .........|\1\5,602| 8,589|11,610|12,718|13,336|14,103|14,314|12,405|12,388|11,338|12,213|13,514| -20.8| 19.2
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All foreign languages\2\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Number enrolled ..........| 1,170| 2,522| 3,659| 3,890| 3,779| 3,295| 3,174| 2,910| 4,029| 4,257| 5,002| 5,898| 34.1| 38.6
Percent of all students ..| 20.9| 29.4| 31.5| 30.6| 28.3| 23.3| 22.2| 23.3| 32.2| 37.5| 41.0| 43.6| --- | ---
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Modern foreign languages | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Number enrolled ..........| 741| 1,867| 3,068| 3,518| 3,514| 3,127| 3,023| 2,740| 3,852| 4,093| 4,813| 5,721| 35.4| 39.8
Percent of all students ..| 13.2| 21.7| 26.4| 27.7| 26.4| 22.1| 21.1| 21.9| 31.1| 36.1| 39.4| 42.3| --- | ---
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Spanish | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Number enrolled ..........| 443| 933| 1,427| 1,698| 1,811| 1,678| 1,717| 1,563| 2,334| 2,611| 3,220| 4,058| 52.1| 55.4
Percent of all students ..| 7.9| 10.9| 12.3| 13.4| 13.6| 11.9| 12.0| 12.5| 18.8| 23.0| 26.4| 30.0| --- | ---
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French | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Number enrolled ..........| 254| 744| 1,251| 1,328| 1,231| 978| 888| 858| 1,134| 1,089| 1,106| 1,075| 22.6| -1.3
Percent of all students ..| 4.5| 8.7| 10.8| 10.4| 9.2| 6.9| 6.2| 6.9| 9.2| 9.6| 9.1| 8.0| --- | ---
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German | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Number enrolled ..........| 43| 151| 328| 423| 411| 393| 353| 267| 312| 295| 326| 283| -16.2| -4.1
Percent of all students ..| 0.8| 1.8| 2.8| 3.3| 3.1| 2.8| 2.5| 2.1| 2.5| 2.6| 2.7| 2.1| --- | ---
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Russian | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Number enrolled ..........| --- | 10| 27| 24| 20| 15| 11| 6| 6| 16| 16| 11| 46.6| -35.6
Percent of all students ..| --- | 0.1| 0.2| 0.2| 0.2| 0.1| 0.1| # | # | 0.1| 0.1| 0.1| --- | ---
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Italian | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Number enrolled ..........| --- | 20| 25| 27| 27| 40| 46| 44| 47| 40| 44| 64| -11.4| 58.7
Percent of all students ..| --- | 0.2 | 0.2| 0.2| 0.2| 0.3| 0.3| 0.4| 0.4| 0.4| 0.4| 0.5| --- | ---
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Japanese\3\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Number enrolled ..........| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 25| 42| 51| --- | 102.5
Percent of all students ..| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | --- | ---
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Other modern foreign | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
languages\4\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Number enrolled ..........| 1| 9| 9| 18| 15| 23| 9| 3| 18| 15| 59| 179| 73.0|1,102.3
Percent of all students ..| # | 0.1| 0.1| 0.1| 0.1| 0.2| 0.1|# | 0.1| 0.1| 0.5| 1.3| --- | ---
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Latin | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Number enrolled ..........| 429| 655| 591| 372| 265| 167| 150| 170| 177| 164| 189| 177| 8.9| 8.3
Percent of all students ..| 7.7| 7.6| 5.1| 2.9| 2.0| 1.2| 1.1| 1.4| 1.4| 1.4| 1.5| 1.3| --- | ---
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| ---Not available. NOTE: Percent change computed from unrounded numbers. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, The NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), 1982 through 2000; and American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Foreign Language Enrollments in U.S. Secondary Schools, Fall 2000. (This table was prepared April 2002.)
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