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Table 45.Enrollment of 3-, 4-, and 5-year-old children in preprimary programs, by level and control of program and by attendance status: October 1965 to October 1994
[In thousands]

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                         |           |                Enrollment by level and control         |     Enrollment by
                         |   Total   |________________________________________________________|       attendance
      Year and age       |population,|         |          |  Nursery school |  Kindergarten   |________________________
                         |  3 to 5   |  Total  | Percent  |_________________|_________________| Full- | Part- |Percent
                         | years old |         | enrolled | Public |Private | Public |Private |  day  |  day  |full-day
_________________________|___________|_________|__________|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|________
            1            |     2     |    3    |    4     |   5    |   6    |   7    |   8    |   9   |  10   |   11
_________________________|___________|_________|__________|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|________
 Total, 3 to 5 years old |           |         |          |        |        |        |        |       |       |
1965 ....................|    12,549 |   3,407 |     27.1 |    127 |    393 |  2,291 |    596 |   --- |   --- |    ---
1970 ....................|    10,949 |   4,104 |     37.5 |    332 |    762 |  2,498 |    511 |   698 | 3,405 |   17.0
1975 ....................|    10,185 |   4,955 |     48.7 |    570 |  1,174 |  2,682 |    528 | 1,295 | 3,659 |   26.1
1980 ....................|     9,284 |   4,878 |     52.5 |    628 |  1,353 |  2,438 |    459 | 1,551 | 3,327 |   31.8
1982 ....................|     9,873 |   5,105 |     51.7 |    729 |  1,423 |  2,459 |    494 | 1,574 | 3,531 |   30.8
                         |           |         |          |        |        |        |        |       |       |
1983 ....................|    10,254 |   5,384 |     52.5 |    809 |  1,538 |  2,416 |    623 | 1,686 | 3,700 |   31.3
1984 ....................|    10,612 |   5,480 |     51.6 |    742 |  1,593 |  2,668 |    476 | 1,929 | 3,550 |   35.2
1985 ....................|    10,733 |   5,865 |     54.6 |    846 |  1,631 |  2,847 |    541 | 2,144 | 3,722 |   36.6
1986 ....................|    10,866 |   5,971 |     55.0 |    829 |  1,715 |  2,859 |    567 | 2,241 | 3,730 |   37.5
1987 ....................|    10,872 |   5,931 |     54.6 |    819 |  1,736 |  2,842 |    534 | 2,090 | 3,841 |   35.2
                         |           |         |          |        |        |        |        |       |       |
1988 ....................|    10,993 |   5,978 |     54.4 |    851 |  1,770 |  2,875 |    481 | 2,044 | 3,935 |   34.2
1989 ....................|    11,039 |   6,026 |     54.6 |    930 |  1,894 |  2,704 |    497 | 2,238 | 3,789 |   37.1
1990 ....................|    11,207 |   6,659 |     59.4 |  1,199 |  2,180 |  2,772 |    509 | 2,577 | 4,082 |   38.7
1991 ....................|    11,370 |   6,334 |     55.7 |    996 |  1,828 |  2,967 |    543 | 2,408 | 3,926 |   38.0
1992 ....................|    11,545 |   6,402 |     55.5 |  1,073 |  1,783 |  2,995 |    550 | 2,410 | 3,992 |   37.6
                         |           |         |          |        |        |        |        |       |       |
1993 ....................|    11,954 |   6,581 |     55.1 |  1,205 |  1,779 |  3,020 |    577 | 2,642 | 3,939 |   40.1
1994\1\ .................|    12,328 |   7,514 |     61.0 |  1,848 |  2,314 |  2,819 |    534 | 3,468 | 4,046 |   46.2
                         |           |         |          |        |        |        |        |       |       |
       3 years old       |           |         |          |        |        |        |        |       |       |
1965 ....................|     4,149 |     203 |      4.9 |     41 |    153 |      5 |      4 |   --- |   --- |    ---
1970 ....................|     3,516 |     454 |     12.9 |    110 |    322 |     12 |     10 |   142 |   312 |   31.3
1975 ....................|     3,177 |     683 |     21.5 |    179 |    474 |     11 |     18 |   259 |   423 |   37.9
1980 ....................|     3,143 |     857 |     27.3 |    221 |    604 |     16 |     17 |   321 |   536 |   37.5
1982 ....................|     3,387 |     928 |     27.4 |    312 |    578 |     27 |     10 |   280 |   648 |   30.2
                         |           |         |          |        |        |        |        |       |       |
1983 ....................|     3,574 |   1,004 |     28.1 |    314 |    631 |     21 |     39 |   357 |   648 |   35.5
1984 ....................|     3,609 |   1,004 |     27.8 |    295 |    658 |     30 |     22 |   401 |   603 |   39.9
1985 ....................|     3,594 |   1,035 |     28.8 |    278 |    679 |     52 |     26 |   350 |   685 |   33.8
1986 ....................|     3,607 |   1,041 |     28.9 |    257 |    737 |     26 |     21 |   399 |   642 |   38.3
1987 ....................|     3,569 |   1,022 |     28.6 |    264 |    703 |     24 |     31 |   378 |   644 |   37.0
                         |           |         |          |        |        |        |        |       |       |
1988 ....................|     3,719 |   1,027 |     27.6 |    298 |    678 |     24 |     26 |   369 |   658 |   35.9
1989 ....................|     3,713 |   1,005 |     27.1 |    277 |    707 |      3 |     18 |   390 |   615 |   38.8
1990 ....................|     3,692 |   1,205 |     32.6 |    347 |    840 |     11 |      7 |   447 |   758 |   37.1
1991 ....................|     3,811 |   1,074 |     28.2 |    313 |    702 |     38 |     22 |   388 |   687 |   36.1
1992 ....................|     3,905 |   1,081 |     27.7 |    336 |    685 |     26 |     34 |   371 |   711 |   34.3
                         |           |         |          |        |        |        |        |       |       |
1993 ....................|     4,053 |   1,097 |     27.1 |    369 |    687 |     20 |     20 |   426 |   670 |   38.9
1994\1\ .................|     4,081 |   1,385 |     33.9 |    469 |    887 |     19 |      9 |   670 |   715 |   48.4
                         |           |         |          |        |        |        |        |       |       |
       4 years old       |           |         |          |        |        |        |        |       |       |
1965 ....................|     4,238 |     683 |     16.1 |     68 |    213 |    284 |    118 |   --- |   --- |    ---
1970 ....................|     3,620 |   1,007 |     27.8 |    176 |    395 |    318 |    117 |   230 |   776 |   22.8
1975 ....................|     3,499 |   1,418 |     40.5 |    332 |    644 |    313 |    129 |   411 | 1,008 |   29.0
1980 ....................|     3,072 |   1,423 |     46.3 |    363 |    701 |    239 |    120 |   467 |   956 |   32.8
1982 ....................|     3,271 |   1,496 |     45.7 |    377 |    781 |    225 |    113 |   442 | 1,054 |   29.5
                         |           |         |          |        |        |        |        |       |       |
1983 ....................|     3,414 |   1,619 |     47.4 |    402 |    813 |    231 |    173 |   442 | 1,177 |   27.3
1984 ....................|     3,579 |   1,603 |     44.8 |    376 |    860 |    257 |    110 |   521 | 1,082 |   32.5
1985 ....................|     3,598 |   1,766 |     49.1 |    496 |    859 |    276 |    135 |   643 | 1,123 |   36.4
1986 ....................|     3,616 |   1,772 |     49.0 |    498 |    903 |    257 |    115 |   622 | 1,150 |   35.1
1987 ....................|     3,597 |   1,717 |     47.7 |    431 |    881 |    280 |    125 |   548 | 1,169 |   31.9
                         |           |         |          |        |        |        |        |       |       |
1988 ....................|     3,598 |   1,768 |     49.1 |    481 |    922 |    261 |    104 |   519 | 1,249 |   29.4
1989 ....................|     3,692 |   1,882 |     51.0 |    524 |  1,055 |    202 |    100 |   592 | 1,290 |   31.4
1990 ....................|     3,723 |   2,087 |     56.1 |    695 |  1,144 |    157 |     91 |   716 | 1,371 |   34.3
1991 ....................|     3,763 |   1,994 |     53.0 |    584 |    982 |    287 |    140 |   667 | 1,326 |   33.5
1992 ....................|     3,807 |   1,982 |     52.1 |    602 |    971 |    282 |    126 |   632 | 1,350 |   31.9
                         |           |         |          |        |        |        |        |       |       |
1993 ....................|     4,044 |   2,178 |     53.9 |    719 |    957 |    349 |    154 |   765 | 1,413 |   35.1
1994\1\ .................|     4,202 |   2,532 |     60.3 |  1,020 |  1,232 |    198 |     82 | 1,095 | 1,438 |   43.2
                         |           |         |          |        |        |        |        |       |       |
       5 years old       |           |         |          |        |        |        |        |       |       |
                         |           |         |          |        |        |        |        |       |       |
1965 ....................|     4,162 |   2,521 |     60.6 |     18 |     27 |  2,002 |    474 |   --- |   --- |    ---
1970 ....................|     3,814 |   2,643 |     69.3 |     45 |     45 |  2,168 |    384 |   326 | 2,317 |   12.3
1975 ....................|     3,509 |   2,854 |     81.3 |     59 |     57 |  2,358 |    381 |   625 | 2,228 |   21.9
1980 ....................|     3,069 |   2,598 |     84.7 |     44 |     48 |  2,183 |    322 |   763 | 1,835 |   29.4
1982 ....................|     3,215 |   2,681 |     83.4 |     40 |     64 |  2,207 |    370 |   852 | 1,829 |   31.8
                         |           |         |          |        |        |        |        |       |       |
1983 ....................|     3,266 |   2,761 |     84.5 |     93 |     94 |  2,164 |    410 |   887 | 1,875 |   32.1
1984 ....................|     3,423 |   2,872 |     83.9 |     72 |     76 |  2,381 |    344 | 1,007 | 1,865 |   35.1
1985 ....................|     3,542 |   3,065 |     86.5 |     73 |     94 |  2,519 |    379 | 1,151 | 1,914 |   37.6
1986 ....................|     3,643 |   3,157 |     86.7 |     75 |     75 |  2,576 |    432 | 1,220 | 1,937 |   38.6
1987 ....................|     3,706 |   3,192 |     86.1 |    124 |    152 |  2,538 |    378 | 1,163 | 2,028 |   36.4
                         |           |         |          |        |        |        |        |       |       |
1988 ....................|     3,676 |   3,184 |     86.6 |     72 |    170 |  2,590 |    351 | 1,155 | 2,028 |   36.3
1989 ....................|     3,633 |   3,139 |     86.4 |    129 |    132 |  2,499 |    378 | 1,255 | 1,883 |   40.0
1990 ....................|     3,792 |   3,367 |     88.8 |    157 |    196 |  2,604 |    411 | 1,414 | 1,953 |   42.0
1991 ....................|     3,796 |   3,267 |     86.0 |    100 |    143 |  2,642 |    382 | 1,354 | 1,913 |   41.4
1992 ....................|     3,832 |   3,339 |     87.1 |    135 |    127 |  2,688 |    390 | 1,408 | 1,931 |   42.2
                         |           |         |          |        |        |        |        |       |       |
1993 ....................|     3,857 |   3,306 |     85.7 |    116 |    136 |  2,651 |    403 | 1,451 | 1,856 |   43.9
1994\1\ .................|     4,044 |   3,597 |     88.9 |    359 |    194 |  2,601 |    442 | 1,704 | 1,893 |   47.4
_________________________|___________|_________|__________|________|________|________|________|_______|_______|________

\1\Data collected using procedures. May not be comparable with figures for earlier years.
---Data not available.

NOTE.--Data are based on sample surveys of the civilian noninstitutional population. Although cells with fewer than 75,000 children are subject to wide sampling variation, they are included in the table to permit various types of aggregations. Enrollment data for 5-year-olds include only those students in preprimary programs. Because of rounding, details may not add to totals.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Preprimary Enrollment, various years; and U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Survey, unpublished data. (This table was prepared July 1995.)


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