Enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by grade: Fall 1983 to fall 1997

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Table 43

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                       | Fall  | Fall  | Fall  | Fall  | Fall  | Fall  | Fall  | Fall  | Fall  | Fall  | Fall  | Fall  | Fall  |  Fall   |  Fall
         Grade         | 1983  | 1984  | 1985  | 1986  | 1987  | 1988  | 1989  | 1990  | 1991  | 1992  | 1993  | 1994  | 1995  |  1996   |  1997
_______________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________|_________
           1           |   2   |   3   |   4   |   5   |   6   |   7   |   8   |   9   |  10   |  11   |  12   |  13   |  14   |   15    |   16
_______________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________|_________
                       |      In thousands                                                                                     |         |
                       |_______________________________________________________________________________________________________|_________|_________
       All grades .....|39,252 |39,208 |39,422 |39,753 |40,008 |40,189 |40,543 |41,217 |42,047 |42,823 |43,465 |44,111 |44,840 |  45,611 |  46,127
                       |=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=========|=========
Elementary ............|26,981 |26,905 |27,034 |27,420 |27,933 |28,501 |29,152 |29,878 |30,506 |31,088 |31,504 |31,898 |32,341 |  32,764 |  33,073
                       |_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________|_________
  Prekindergarten .....|   105 |   109 |   151 |   183 |   193 |   225 |   262 |   303 |   375 |   505 |   545 |   603 |   637 |     670 |     695
  Kindergarten ........| 2,754 | 2,900 | 3,041 | 3,127 | 3,196 | 3,208 | 3,225 | 3,306 | 3,311 | 3,313 | 3,377 | 3,444 | 3,536 |   3,532 |   3,503
  1st grade ...........| 3,080 | 3,113 | 3,239 | 3,358 | 3,407 | 3,460 | 3,485 | 3,499 | 3,556 | 3,542 | 3,529 | 3,593 | 3,671 |   3,770 |   3,755
  2nd grade ...........| 2,781 | 2,904 | 2,941 | 3,054 | 3,173 | 3,223 | 3,289 | 3,327 | 3,360 | 3,431 | 3,429 | 3,440 | 3,507 |   3,600 |   3,689
  3rd grade ...........| 2,772 | 2,765 | 2,895 | 2,933 | 3,046 | 3,167 | 3,235 | 3,297 | 3,334 | 3,361 | 3,437 | 3,439 | 3,445 |   3,524 |   3,597
  4th grade ...........| 2,758 | 2,772 | 2,771 | 2,896 | 2,938 | 3,051 | 3,182 | 3,248 | 3,315 | 3,342 | 3,361 | 3,426 | 3,431 |   3,454 |   3,507
  5th grade ...........| 2,798 | 2,761 | 2,776 | 2,775 | 2,901 | 2,945 | 3,067 | 3,197 | 3,268 | 3,325 | 3,350 | 3,372 | 3,438 |   3,453 |   3,458
  6th grade ...........| 2,928 | 2,831 | 2,789 | 2,806 | 2,811 | 2,937 | 2,987 | 3,110 | 3,239 | 3,303 | 3,356 | 3,381 | 3,395 |   3,494 |   3,493
  7th grade ...........| 3,247 | 3,036 | 2,938 | 2,899 | 2,910 | 2,905 | 3,027 | 3,067 | 3,181 | 3,299 | 3,355 | 3,404 | 3,422 |   3,464 |   3,520
  8th grade ...........| 3,222 | 3,186 | 2,982 | 2,870 | 2,839 | 2,853 | 2,853 | 2,979 | 3,020 | 3,129 | 3,249 | 3,302 | 3,356 |   3,403 |   3,415
  Elementary ungraded .|   535 |   528 |   511 |   520 |   520 |   527 |   540 |   543 |   545 |   539 |   515 |   494 |   502 |     401 |     441
                       |=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=========|=========
Secondary .............|12,271 |12,304 |12,388 |12,333 |12,076 |11,687 |11,390 |11,338 |11,541 |11,735 |11,961 |12,213 |12,500 |  12,847 |  13,054
                       |_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________|_________
  9th grade ...........| 3,330 | 3,440 | 3,439 | 3,256 | 3,143 | 3,106 | 3,141 | 3,169 | 3,313 | 3,352 | 3,487 | 3,604 | 3,704 |   3,801 |   3,819
  10th grade ..........| 3,103 | 3,145 | 3,230 | 3,215 | 3,020 | 2,895 | 2,868 | 2,896 | 2,915 | 3,027 | 3,050 | 3,131 | 3,237 |   3,323 |   3,377
  11th grade ..........| 2,861 | 2,819 | 2,866 | 2,954 | 2,936 | 2,749 | 2,629 | 2,612 | 2,645 | 2,656 | 2,751 | 2,748 | 2,826 |   2,930 |   2,972
  12th grade ..........| 2,678 | 2,599 | 2,550 | 2,601 | 2,681 | 2,650 | 2,473 | 2,381 | 2,392 | 2,431 | 2,424 | 2,488 | 2,487 |   2,586 |   2,673
  Secondary ungraded ..|   299 |   300 |   303 |   308 |   296 |   288 |   279 |   282 |   275 |   269 |   248 |   242 |   245 |     206 |     213
                       |_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________|_________
                                                                                                                               |         |
                       ________________________________________________________________________________________________________|_________|_________
       All grades .....| 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |   100.0 |   100.0
                       |=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=========|=========
Elementary ............|  68.7 |  68.6 |  68.6 |  69.0 |  69.8 |  70.9 |  71.9 |  72.5 |  72.6 |  72.6 |  72.5 |  72.3 |  72.1 |    71.8 |    71.7
                       |_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________|_________
  Prekindergarten .....|   0.3 |   0.3 |   0.4 |   0.5 |   0.5 |   0.6 |   0.6 |   0.7 |   0.9 |   1.2 |   1.3 |   1.4 |   1.4 |     1.5 |     1.5
  Kindergarten ........|   7.0 |   7.4 |   7.7 |   7.9 |   8.0 |   8.0 |   8.0 |   8.0 |   7.9 |   7.7 |   7.8 |   7.8 |   7.9 |     7.7 |     7.6
  1st grade ...........|   7.8 |   7.9 |   8.2 |   8.4 |   8.5 |   8.6 |   8.6 |   8.5 |   8.5 |   8.3 |   8.1 |   8.1 |   8.2 |     8.3 |     8.1
  2nd grade ...........|   7.1 |   7.4 |   7.5 |   7.7 |   7.9 |   8.0 |   8.1 |   8.1 |   8.0 |   8.0 |   7.9 |   7.8 |   7.8 |     7.9 |     8.0
  3rd grade ...........|   7.1 |   7.1 |   7.3 |   7.4 |   7.6 |   7.9 |   8.0 |   8.0 |   7.9 |   7.8 |   7.9 |   7.8 |   7.7 |     7.7 |     7.8
  4th grade ...........|   7.0 |   7.1 |   7.0 |   7.3 |   7.3 |   7.6 |   7.8 |   7.9 |   7.9 |   7.8 |   7.7 |   7.8 |   7.7 |     7.6 |     7.6
  5th grade ...........|   7.1 |   7.0 |   7.0 |   7.0 |   7.2 |   7.3 |   7.6 |   7.8 |   7.8 |   7.8 |   7.7 |   7.6 |   7.7 |     7.6 |     7.5
  6th grade ...........|   7.5 |   7.2 |   7.1 |   7.1 |   7.0 |   7.3 |   7.4 |   7.5 |   7.7 |   7.7 |   7.7 |   7.7 |   7.6 |     7.7 |     7.6
  7th grade ...........|   8.3 |   7.7 |   7.5 |   7.3 |   7.3 |   7.2 |   7.5 |   7.4 |   7.6 |   7.7 |   7.7 |   7.7 |   7.6 |     7.6 |     7.6
  8th grade ...........|   8.2 |   8.1 |   7.6 |   7.2 |   7.1 |   7.1 |   7.0 |   7.2 |   7.2 |   7.3 |   7.5 |   7.5 |   7.5 |     7.5 |     7.4
  Elementary ungraded .|   1.4 |   1.3 |   1.3 |   1.3 |   1.3 |   1.3 |   1.3 |   1.3 |   1.3 |   1.3 |   1.2 |   1.1 |   1.1 |     0.9 |     1.0
                       |=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=========|=========
Secondary .............|  31.3 |  31.4 |  31.4 |  31.0 |  30.2 |  29.1 |  28.1 |  27.5 |  27.4 |  27.4 |  27.5 |  27.7 |  27.9 |    28.2 |    28.3
                       |_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________|_________
  9th grade ...........|   8.5 |   8.8 |   8.7 |   8.2 |   7.9 |   7.7 |   7.7 |   7.7 |   7.9 |   7.8 |   8.0 |   8.2 |   8.3 |     8.3 |     8.3
  10th grade ..........|   7.9 |   8.0 |   8.2 |   8.1 |   7.5 |   7.2 |   7.1 |   7.0 |   6.9 |   7.1 |   7.0 |   7.1 |   7.2 |     7.3 |     7.3
  11th grade ..........|   7.3 |   7.2 |   7.3 |   7.4 |   7.3 |   6.8 |   6.5 |   6.3 |   6.3 |   6.2 |   6.3 |   6.2 |   6.3 |     6.4 |     6.4
  12th grade ..........|   6.8 |   6.6 |   6.5 |   6.5 |   6.7 |   6.6 |   6.1 |   5.8 |   5.7 |   5.7 |   5.6 |   5.6 |   5.5 |     5.7 |     5.8
  Secondary ungraded ..|   0.8 |   0.8 |   0.8 |   0.8 |   0.7 |   0.7 |   0.7 |   0.7 |   0.7 |   0.6 |   0.6 |   0.5 |   0.5 |     0.5 |     0.5
_______________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________|_________

NOTE.--Because of changes in reporting practices and imputation of data for nonrespondents in later years, data for prekindergarten enrollment are not comparable over time. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Because of rounding, details may not add to totals.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Statistics of Public Elementary and Secondary School Systems; and Common Core of Data surveys. (This table was prepared June 1999.)

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