Public school enrollment in prekindergarten through grade 12, by grade level and region, with projections: Various years, fall 1965

Elementary/Secondary Education

Table 3-1. Public school enrollment in prekindergarten through grade 12, by grade level and region, with projections: Various years, fall 1965–2016

[Totals in thousands]

	Total enrollment			Total and percent enrollment, grades preK–12 by region
				Northeast		Midwest		South		West
Fall of year	Grades preK–12	Grades preK–8	Grades 9–12	Total	Percent	Total	Percent	Total	Percent	Total	Percent

1965	42,068	30,466	11,602	8,833	21.0	11,834	28.1	13,834	32.9	7,568	18.0
1970	45,894	32,558	13,336	9,860	21.5	12,936	28.2	14,759	32.2	8,339	18.2
1975	44,819	30,515	14,304	9,679	21.6	12,295	27.4	14,654	32.7	8,191	18.3
1980	40,877	27,647	13,231	8,215	20.1	10,698	26.2	14,134	34.6	7,831	19.2
1985	39,422	27,034	12,388	7,318	18.6	9,862	25.0	14,117	35.8	8,124	20.6
1986	39,753	27,420	12,333	7,294	18.3	9,871	24.8	14,312	36.0	8,276	20.8
1987	40,008	27,933	12,076	7,252	18.1	9,870	24.7	14,419	36.0	8,468	21.2
1988	40,189	28,501	11,687	7,208	17.9	9,846	24.5	14,491	36.1	8,644	21.5
1989	40,543	29,152	11,390	7,200	17.8	9,849	24.3	14,605	36.0	8,889	21.9
1990	41,217	29,878	11,338	7,282	17.7	9,944	24.1	14,807	35.9	9,184	22.3
1991	42,047	30,506	11,541	7,407	17.6	10,080	24.0	15,081	35.9	9,479	22.5
1992	42,823	31,088	11,735	7,526	17.6	10,198	23.8	15,357	35.9	9,742	22.7
1993	43,465	31,504	11,961	7,654	17.6	10,289	23.7	15,591	35.9	9,931	22.8
1994	44,111	31,898	12,213	7,760	17.6	10,386	23.5	15,851	35.9	10,114	22.9
1995	44,840	32,341	12,500	7,894	17.6	10,512	23.4	16,118	35.9	10,316	23.0
1996	45,611	32,764	12,847	8,006	17.6	10,638	23.3	16,373	35.9	10,594	23.2
1997	46,127	33,073	13,054	8,085	17.5	10,704	23.2	16,563	35.9	10,775	23.4
1998	46,539	33,346	13,193	8,145	17.5	10,722	23.0	16,713	35.9	10,959	23.5
1999	46,857	33,488	13,369	8,196	17.5	10,726	22.9	16,842	35.9	11,093	23.7
2000	47,204	33,688	13,515	8,217	17.4	10,753	22.8	17,008	36.0	11,246	23.8
2001	47,672	33,938	13,734	8,250	17.3	10,745	22.5	17,237	36.2	11,440	24.0
2002	48,183	34,116	14,067	8,297	17.2	10,819	22.5	17,471	36.3	11,596	24.1
2003	48,540	34,202	14,338	8,292	17.1	10,809	22.3	17,673	36.4	11,766	24.2
2004	48,795	34,178	14,617	8,271	17.0	10,775	22.1	17,892	36.7	11,857	24.3
Projected
2005	49,028	34,174	14,853	8,237	16.8	10,754	21.9	18,083	36.9	11,954	24.4
2006	49,370	34,387	14,983	8,234	16.7	10,810	21.9	18,327	37.1	11,999	24.3
2007	49,610	34,592	15,018	8,209	16.5	10,803	21.8	18,532	37.4	12,066	24.3
2008	49,812	34,873	14,939	8,172	16.4	10,778	21.6	18,747	37.6	12,115	24.3
2009	50,028	35,195	14,834	8,135	16.3	10,758	21.5	18,963	37.9	12,173	24.3
2010	50,303	35,581	14,722	8,106	16.1	10,750	21.4	19,192	38.2	12,255	24.4
2011	50,653	35,994	14,659	8,087	16.0	10,762	21.2	19,449	38.4	12,355	24.4
2012	51,093	36,397	14,696	8,083	15.8	10,793	21.1	19,745	38.6	12,472	24.4
2013	51,579	36,841	14,739	8,092	15.7	10,837	21.0	20,041	38.9	12,610	24.4
2014	52,135	37,271	14,864	8,116	15.6	10,899	20.9	20,355	39.0	12,765	24.5
2015	52,733	37,578	15,155	8,151	15.5	10,966	20.8	20,672	39.2	12,943	24.5
2016	53,300	37,917	15,382	8,185	15.4	11,029	20.7	20,960	39.3	13,126	24.6

NOTE: Includes kindergarten and most prekindergarten enrollment. Data for years 2000, 2003, and 2004 were revised and may differ from previously published figures. Details may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). Digest of Education Statistics, 2006 (NCES 2007-017), table 36; Hussar, W. (forthcoming). Projections of Education Statistics to 2016 (NCES 2007-038), tables 1 and 4; Snyder, T., and Hoffman, C.M. (1995). State Comparisons of Education Statistics: 1969–70 to 1993–94 (NCES 95-122), tables 10, 11, and 12; and table ESE65, retrieved January 10, 2006, from http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/AnnualReports/historicaltables.asp; data from U.S. Department of Education, NCES, Common Core of Data (CCD), “State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education,” 1986–87 to 2004–05 and Statistics of Public Elementary and Secondary School Systems, various years, 1965–66 to 1985–86.

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