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Table 39.Enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by level and state: Fall 1980 to fall 1995


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                      | Fall 1980 | Fall 1981 | Fall 1982 | Fall 1983 | Fall 1984 | Fall 1985 | Fall 1986 | Fall 1987 | Fall 1988 | Fall 1989 | Fall 1990 | Fall 1991 |                 Fall 1992               |              Fall 1993             |              Fall 1994             |  Estimated                                                                                    
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 State or other area  |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |   Kindergar- |              |           | Kindergar- |           |           |Kindergar- |            |--------------                                                                                      
                      |   Total   |   Total   |   Total   |   Total   |   Total   |  Total    |   Total   |   Total   |   Total   |   Total   |   Total   |   Total   |   Total   |     ten to   |     Grades   |   Total   |   ten to   |  Grades   |   Total   |  ten to   |   Grades   |                                                                                      
                      |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |           |    grade 8\2\|     9 to 12  |           | grade 8\2\ |  9 to 12  |           | grade 8\2\|  9 to 12   |     Total                                                                                      
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          1           |     2     |     3     |     4     |     5     |     6     |     7     |     8     |     9     |    10     |    11     |    12     |    13     |    14     |       15     |       16     |    17     |     18     |    19     |    20     |    21     |     22     |       23                                                                                      
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   United States .....|40,877,481 |40,044,093 |39,565,610 |39,252,308 |39,208,252 |39,421,961 |39,753,172 |40,008,213 |40,188,690 |40,542,707 |41,216,683 |42,046,878 |42,823,312 |   31,088,304 |   11,735,008 |43,464,916 | 31,504,032 |11,960,884 |44,108,775 |31,894,333 | 12,214,442 |   44,661,558                                                                                      
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Alabama ..............|   758,721 |   743,448 |   724,037 |   721,901 |   712,586 |   730,460 |   733,735 |   729,234 |   724,751 |   723,743 |   721,806 |   722,004 |   731,634 |      535,248 |      196,386 |   734,288 |    535,637 |   198,651 |   736,472 |   535,187 |    201,285 |\3\   735,947                                                                                      
Alaska\4\ ............|    86,514 |    90,858 |    89,413 |    98,206 |   104,599 |   107,345 |   107,848 |   106,869 |   106,481 |   109,280 |   113,903 |   118,680 |   122,487 |       91,640 |       30,847 |   125,948 |     93,601 |    32,347 |   127,057 |    93,719 |     33,338 |\3\   125,257                                                                                      
Arizona ..............|   513,790 |   507,199 |   510,296 |   506,682 |   530,062 |   548,252 |   534,538 |   572,421 |   574,890 |   607,615 |   639,853 |   656,980 |   673,477 |      497,917 |      175,560 |   709,453 |    526,412 |   183,041 |   737,424 |   542,904 |    194,520 |\5\   766,498                                                                                      
Arkansas .............|   447,700 |   437,121 |   432,565 |   432,120 |   432,668 |   433,410 |   437,438 |   437,036 |   436,387 |   434,960 |   436,286 |   438,518 |   441,490 |      317,598 |      123,892 |   444,271 |    317,713 |   126,558 |   447,565 |   319,282 |    128,283 |\3\   454,278                                                                                      
California ...........| 4,076,421 | 4,046,156 | 4,065,486 | 4,089,017 | 4,151,110 | 4,255,554 | 4,377,989 | 4,488,398 | 4,618,120 | 4,771,978 | 4,950,474 | 5,107,145 | 5,254,844 |    3,850,790 |    1,404,054 | 5,327,231 |  3,903,137 | 1,424,094 | 5,407,043 | 3,955,434 |  1,451,609 |    5,447,846                                                                                      
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Colorado .............|   546,033 |   544,174 |   545,209 |   542,196 |   545,427 |   550,642 |   558,415 |   560,236 |   560,081 |   562,755 |   574,213 |   593,030 |   612,635 |      451,321 |      161,314 |   625,062 |    459,930 |   165,132 |   640,521 |   469,755 |    170,766 |\3\   656,279                                                                                    
Connecticut\6\ .......|   531,459 |   505,386 |   486,470 |   477,585 |   468,145 |   462,026 |   468,847 |   465,465 |   460,637 |   461,560 |   469,123 |   481,050 |   488,476 |      361,548 |      126,928 |   496,298 |    368,632 |   127,666 |   506,824 |   375,638 |    131,186 |\3\   514,627                                                                                      
Delaware .............|    99,403 |    95,072 |    92,646 |    91,406 |    91,767 |    92,901 |    94,410 |    95,659 |    96,678 |    97,808 |    99,658 |   102,196 |   104,321 |       75,983 |       28,338 |   105,547 |     76,617 |    28,930 |   106,813 |    76,819 |     29,994 |\3\   108,461                                                                                      
District of Columbia .|   100,049 |    94,975 |    91,105 |    88,843 |    87,397 |    87,092 |    85,612 |    86,435 |    84,792 |    81,301 |    80,694 |    80,618 |    80,937 |       61,133 |       19,804 |    80,678 |     61,434 |    19,244 |    80,450 |    62,126 |     18,324 |\3\    79,802                                                                                      
Florida ..............| 1,510,225 | 1,487,721 | 1,484,734 | 1,495,543 | 1,524,107 | 1,562,283 | 1,607,320 | 1,664,774 | 1,720,930 | 1,789,925 | 1,861,592 | 1,932,131 | 1,981,407 |    1,469,850 |      511,557 | 2,040,763 |  1,515,194 |   525,569 | 2,108,968 | 1,567,328 |    541,640 |    2,172,794                                                                                      
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Georgia ..............| 1,068,737 | 1,056,117 | 1,053,689 | 1,050,859 | 1,062,315 | 1,079,594 | 1,096,425 | 1,110,947 | 1,107,994 | 1,126,535 | 1,151,687 | 1,177,569 | 1,207,186 |      891,647 |      315,539 | 1,235,304 |    910,425 |   324,879 | 1,270,948 |   934,650 |    336,298 |\3\ 1,311,126                                                                                      
Hawaii ...............|   165,068 |   162,805 |   162,024 |   162,241 |   163,860 |   164,169 |   164,640 |   166,160 |   167,488 |   169,493 |   171,708 |   174,747 |   177,448 |      128,610 |       48,838 |   180,410 |    131,638 |    48,772 |   183,795 |   133,675 |     50,120 |\3\   186,574                                                                                      
Idaho ................|   203,247 |   204,524 |   202,973 |   206,352 |   208,080 |   208,669 |   208,391 |   212,444 |   214,615 |   214,932 |   220,840 |   225,680 |   231,668 |      164,634 |       67,034 |   236,774 |    166,999 |    69,775 |   240,448 |   168,887 |     71,561 |\3\   243,097                                                                                      
Illinois .............| 1,983,463 | 1,924,084 | 1,880,289 | 1,853,316 | 1,834,355 | 1,826,478 | 1,825,185 | 1,811,446 | 1,794,916 | 1,797,355 | 1,821,407 | 1,848,166 | 1,873,567 |    1,344,549 |      529,018 | 1,893,078 |  1,356,329 |   536,749 | 1,916,172 | 1,368,041 |    548,131 |    1,927,519                                                                                      
Indiana...............| 1,055,589 | 1,025,172 |   999,542 |   984,384 |   972,659 |   966,106 |   966,780 |   964,129 |   960,994 |   954,165 |   954,525 |   956,988 |   960,630 |      677,249 |      283,381 |   965,633 |    679,066 |   286,567 |   968,933 |   678,943 |    289,990 |      980,198                                                                                      
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Iowa .................|   533,857 |   516,216 |   504,983 |   497,287 |   491,011 |   485,332 |   481,286 |   480,826 |   478,200 |   478,486 |   483,652 |   491,363 |   494,839 |      348,648 |      146,191 |   498,519 |    348,006 |   150,513 |   499,550 |   344,754 |    154,796 |\3\   502,301                                                                                      
Kansas ...............|   415,291 |   409,909 |   407,074 |   405,222 |   405,347 |   410,229 |   416,091 |   421,112 |   426,596 |   430,864 |   437,034 |   445,390 |   451,536 |      328,244 |      123,292 |   457,614 |    329,708 |   127,906 |   460,838 |   329,211 |    131,627 |      464,088                                                                                      
Kentucky .............|   669,798 |   658,350 |   651,084 |   647,414 |   644,421 |   643,833 |   642,778 |   642,696 |   637,627 |   630,688 |   636,401 |   646,024 |   655,041 |      469,897 |      185,144 |   655,265 |    467,315 |   187,950 |   657,642 |   467,005 |    190,637 |      638,634                                                                                      
Louisiana ............|   777,560 |   782,053 |   784,027 |   800,193 |   800,941 |   788,349 |   795,188 |   793,093 |   786,683 |   783,025 |   784,757 |   794,128 |   797,985 |      590,824 |      207,161 |   800,560 |    587,490 |   213,070 |   797,933 |   583,892 |    214,041 |\3\   781,142                                                                                      
Maine ................|   222,497 |   216,293 |   211,986 |   209,753 |   207,537 |   206,101 |   211,752 |   211,817 |   212,902 |   213,775 |   215,149 |   216,400 |   216,453 |      156,368 |       60,085 |   216,995 |    156,528 |    60,467 |   212,601 |   155,903 |     56,698 |\3\   219,225                                                                                    
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Maryland .............|   750,665 |   721,841 |   699,201 |   683,491 |   673,840 |   671,560 |   675,747 |   683,797 |   688,947 |   698,806 |   715,176 |   736,238 |   751,850 |      555,565 |      196,285 |   772,638 |    569,497 |   203,141 |   790,938 |   580,903 |    210,035 |\3\   805,580                                                                                      
Massachusetts ........| 1,021,885 |   947,037 |   908,984 |   878,844 |   859,391 |   844,330 |   833,918 |   825,320 |   823,428 |   825,588 |   834,314 |   846,155 |   859,948 |      629,649 |      230,299 |   877,726 |    645,518 |   232,208 |   893,727 |   658,507 |    235,220 |\5\   910,020                                                                                      
Michigan .............| 1,797,052 | 1,724,787 | 1,674,697 | 1,635,963 | 1,609,448 | 1,602,747 | 1,597,154 | 1,589,287 | 1,582,785 | 1,576,785 | 1,584,431 | 1,593,561 | 1,603,610 |    1,164,879 |      438,731 | 1,599,377 |  1,159,968 |   439,409 | 1,614,784 | 1,170,251 |    444,533 |    1,643,100                                                                                      
Minnesota ............|   754,318 |   733,741 |   715,190 |   705,236 |   701,697 |   705,140 |   711,134 |   721,481 |   726,950 |   739,553 |   756,374 |   773,571 |   793,724 |      569,298 |      224,426 |   810,233 |    576,980 |   233,253 |   821,693 |   581,426 |    240,267 |      835,418                                                                                      
Mississippi ..........|   477,059 |   471,615 |   468,294 |   467,744 |   466,058 |   471,195 |   498,639 |   505,550 |   503,326 |   502,020 |   502,417 |   504,127 |   506,668 |      370,006 |      136,662 |   505,907 |    368,688 |   137,219 |   505,962 |   366,846 |    139,116 |\3\   503,602                                                                                      
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Missouri..............|   844,648 |   818,705 |   802,535 |   795,453 |   793,793 |   795,107 |   800,606 |   802,060 |   806,639 |   807,934 |   816,558 |   842,965 |   859,357 |      621,712 |      237,645 |   866,378 |    622,171 |   244,207 |   878,541 |   628,286 |    250,255 |\3\   873,638                                                                                      
Montana ..............|   155,193 |   153,435 |   152,335 |   153,646 |   154,412 |   153,869 |   153,327 |   152,207 |   152,191 |   151,265 |   152,974 |   155,779 |   160,011 |      115,315 |       44,696 |   163,009 |    116,668 |    46,341 |   164,341 |   116,748 |     47,593 |\3\   165,499                                                                                      
Nebraska .............|   280,430 |   273,340 |   269,009 |   266,998 |   265,599 |   265,819 |   267,139 |   268,100 |   269,434 |   270,920 |   274,081 |   279,552 |   282,414 |      202,439 |       79,975 |   285,097 |    203,426 |    81,671 |   287,100 |   203,055 |     84,045 |\3\   289,733                                                                                      
Nevada ...............|   149,481 |   151,339 |   151,104 |   150,442 |   151,633 |   154,948 |   161,239 |   168,353 |   176,474 |   186,834 |   201,316 |   211,810 |   222,974 |      165,348 |       57,626 |   235,800 |    175,054 |    60,746 |   250,747 |   185,336 |     65,411 |\3\   265,041                                                                                      
New Hampshire ........|   167,232 |   163,827 |   160,197 |   159,030 |   158,614 |   160,974 |   163,717 |   166,045 |   169,413 |   171,696 |   172,785 |   177,138 |   181,247 |      133,182 |       48,065 |   185,360 |    136,211 |    49,149 |   189,319 |   138,851 |     50,468 |      190,450                                                                                      
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New Jersey ...........| 1,246,008 | 1,199,643 | 1,172,520 | 1,147,841 | 1,129,223 | 1,116,194 | 1,107,467 | 1,092,982 | 1,080,871 | 1,076,005 | 1,089,646 | 1,109,796 | 1,130,560 |      817,661 |      312,899 | 1,151,307 |    843,526 |   307,781 | 1,174,206 |   862,331 |    311,875 |\5\ 1,197,560                                                                                      
New Mexico ...........|   271,198 |   268,091 |   268,632 |   269,711 |   272,478 |   277,551 |   281,943 |   287,229 |   292,425 |   296,057 |   301,881 |   308,667 |   315,668 |      217,418 |       98,250 |   322,292 |    226,287 |    96,005 |   327,248 |   229,168 |     98,080 |      328,463                                                                                      
New York .............| 2,871,724 | 2,783,017 | 2,718,678 | 2,674,818 | 2,645,811 | 2,621,378 | 2,607,719 | 2,594,070 | 2,573,715 | 2,565,841 | 2,598,337 | 2,643,993 | 2,689,686 |    1,893,303 |      796,383 | 2,733,813 |  1,920,609 |   813,204 | 2,766,208 | 1,949,245 |    816,963 |    2,830,000                                                                                    
North Carolina .......| 1,129,376 | 1,108,960 | 1,096,815 | 1,089,606 | 1,088,724 | 1,086,165 | 1,085,248 | 1,085,976 | 1,083,156 | 1,080,744 | 1,086,871 | 1,097,598 | 1,114,083 |      810,576 |      303,507 | 1,133,231 |    828,171 |   305,060 | 1,156,767 |   847,463 |    309,304 |\3\ 1,165,385                                                                                      
North Dakota .........|   116,885 |   117,708 |   117,078 |   117,213 |   118,711 |   118,570 |   118,703 |   119,004 |   118,809 |   117,816 |   117,825 |   118,376 |   118,734 |       84,569 |       34,165 |   119,127 |     84,127 |    35,000 |   119,288 |    83,419 |     35,869 |\3\   119,090                                                                                      
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Ohio .................| 1,957,381 | 1,898,501 | 1,860,245 | 1,827,300 | 1,805,440 | 1,793,965 | 1,793,508 | 1,793,431 | 1,778,544 | 1,764,410 | 1,771,089 | 1,783,767 | 1,795,199 |    1,283,869 |      511,330 | 1,807,319 |  1,290,197 |   517,122 | 1,814,290 | 1,295,289 |    519,001 |\3\ 1,838,411                                                                                      
Oklahoma .............|   577,807 |   582,572 |   593,825 |   591,389 |   589,690 |   592,327 |   593,183 |   584,212 |   580,426 |   578,580 |   579,087 |   588,263 |   597,096 |      438,796 |      158,300 |   604,076 |    441,094 |   162,982 |   609,718 |   442,607 |    167,111 |\5\   616,497                                                                                      
Oregon ...............|   464,599 |   457,165 |   448,184 |   447,109 |   446,884 |   447,527 |   449,307 |   455,895 |   461,752 |   472,394 |   472,394 |   498,614 |   510,122 |      365,416 |      144,706 |   516,611 |    368,141 |   148,470 |   521,945 |   371,967 |    149,978 |\3\   527,914                                                                                      
Pennsylvania .........| 1,909,292 | 1,839,015 | 1,783,969 | 1,737,952 | 1,701,880 | 1,683,221 | 1,674,161 | 1,668,542 | 1,659,714 | 1,655,279 | 1,667,834 | 1,692,797 | 1,717,613 |    1,215,974 |      501,639 | 1,744,082 |  1,233,113 |   510,969 | 1,765,891 | 1,244,103 |    521,788 |    1,801,970                                                                                      
Rhode Island .........|   148,956 |   143,414 |   139,959 |   136,412 |   134,610 |   133,949 |   134,690 |   134,800 |   133,585 |   135,729 |   138,813 |   142,144 |   143,798 |      105,677 |       38,121 |   145,676 |    107,047 |    38,629 |   147,487 |   107,913 |     39,574 |\3\   148,978                                                                                      
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South Carolina .......|   619,223 |   609,158 |   608,518 |   604,553 |   602,718 |   606,643 |   611,629 |   614,921 |   615,774 |   616,177 |   622,112 |   627,470 |   640,464 |      467,305 |      173,159 |   643,696 |    466,951 |   176,745 |   648,673 |   468,798 |    179,875 |\3\   637,519                                                                                      
South Dakota .........|   128,507 |   125,657 |   123,897 |   123,060 |   123,314 |   124,291 |   125,458 |   126,817 |   126,910 |   127,329 |   129,164 |   131,576 |   134,573 |       97,882 |       36,691 |   142,825 |    102,281 |    40,544 |   143,482 |   101,805 |     41,677 |\3\   144,114                                                                                      
Tennessee ............|   853,569 |   838,297 |   828,264 |   822,057 |   817,212 |   813,753 |   818,073 |   823,783 |   821,580 |   819,660 |   824,595 |   833,651 |   855,231 |      621,801 |      233,430 |   866,557 |    630,015 |   236,542 |   881,355 |   640,534 |    240,821 |\3\   880,960                                                                                      
Texas ................| 2,900,073 | 2,935,547 | 2,985,659 | 2,989,796 | 3,040,305 | 3,131,705 | 3,209,515 | 3,236,787 | 3,283,707 | 3,328,514 | 3,382,887 | 3,464,371 | 3,541,769 |    2,634,346 |      907,423 | 3,608,262 |  2,681,053 |   927,209 | 3,677,171 | 2,720,623 |    956,548 |\3\ 3,740,260                                                                                      
Utah .................|   343,618 |   355,554 |   370,183 |   378,208 |   390,141 |   403,305 |   415,994 |   423,386 |   431,119 |   438,554 |   446,652 |   456,430 |   463,870 |      329,883 |      133,987 |   471,365 |    329,926 |   141,439 |   474,675 |   328,482 |    146,193 |\3\   473,666                                                                                      
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Vermont ..............|    95,815 |    93,183 |    91,454 |    90,416 |    90,089 |    90,157 |    92,112 |    92,755 |    93,381 |    94,779 |    95,762 |    97,137 |    98,558 |       73,865 |       24,693 |   102,755 |     74,828 |    27,927 |   104,533 |    75,590 |     28,943 |\3\   105,965                                                                                    
Virginia .............| 1,010,371 |   989,548 |   975,727 |   966,110 |   965,222 |   968,104 |   975,135 |   979,417 |   982,393 |   985,346 |   998,601 | 1,016,204 | 1,031,925 |      757,847 |      274,078 | 1,045,471 |    767,347 |   278,124 | 1,060,809 |   774,319 |    286,490 |\3\ 1,079,854                                                                                      
Washington ...........|   757,639 |   750,188 |   739,215 |   736,239 |   741,177 |   749,706 |   761,428 |   775,755 |   790,918 |   810,232 |   839,709 |   869,327 |   896,475 |      651,743 |      244,732 |   915,952 |    660,424 |   255,528 |   938,314 |   673,107 |    265,207 |\3\   951,696                                                                                      
West Virginia.........|   383,503 |   377,772 |   375,115 |   371,251 |   362,941 |   357,923 |   351,837 |   344,236 |   335,912 |   327,540 |   322,389 |   320,249 |   318,296 |      219,037 |       99,259 |   314,383 |    215,784 |    98,599 |   310,511 |   212,808 |     97,703 |\3\   306,451                                                                                      
Wisconsin ............|   830,247 |   804,262 |   784,830 |   774,646 |   767,542 |   768,234 |   767,819 |   772,363 |   774,857 |   782,905 |   797,621 |   814,671 |   829,415 |      588,447 |      240,968 |   844,001 |    595,717 |   248,284 |   860,686 |   601,215 |    259,471 |      869,172                                                                                      
Wyoming ..............|    98,305 |    99,541 |   101,665 |    99,254 |   101,261 |   102,779 |   100,955 |    98,455 |    97,793 |    97,172 |    98,226 |   102,074 |   100,313 |       71,798 |       28,515 |   100,899 |     71,402 |    29,497 |   100,369 |    70,185 |     30,184 |\3\    99,859                                                                                      
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American Samoa .......|     9,647 |     9,896 |        ---|    10,124 |       --- |       --- |    11,055 |    11,248 |    11,764 |    12,258 |    12,463 |    13,365 |    13,994 |       10,582 |        3,412 |    14,484 |     10,974 |     3,510 |    14,445 |    11,054 |      3,391 |\5\    14,406                                                                                      
Guam .................|    26,420 |    25,084 |    25,676 |    26,249 |       --- |    26,043 |    25,676 |    25,936 |    26,041 |    26,493 |    26,391 |    28,334 |    30,077 |       22,428 |        7,649 |    30,920 |     23,153 |     7,767 |    32,185 |    24,189 |      7,996 |\5\    33,502                                                                                      
Northern Marianas ....|       --- |     5,300 |       --- |     4,499 |     4,841 |       --- |        ---|     5,819 |     6,079 |     6,101 |     6,449 |     7,096 |     8,086 |        6,133 |        1,953 |     8,188 |      6,380 |     1,808 |     8,429 |     6,559 |      1,870 |\3\    10,634                                                                                      
Puerto Rico ..........|   712,880 |   721,419 |   708,794 |   701,925 |   692,923 |   686,914 |   679,489 |   672,837 |   661,693 |   651,225 |   644,734 |   642,392 |   637,034 |      469,764 |      167,270 |   631,460 |    464,117 |   167,343 |   621,121 |   455,653 |    165,468 |\3\   621,370                                                                                      
Virgin Islands .......|    25,201 |    25,525 |    25,699 |    26,126 |    26,122 |    25,448 |    24,435 |    24,020 |    23,492 |    21,193 |    21,750 |    22,346 |    22,887 |       16,804 |        6,083 |    22,752 |     16,706 |     6,046 |    23,126 |    16,659 |      6,467 |\3\    22,221                                                                                      
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1 Data estimated by state education agencies.

2 Includes a relatively small number of prekindergarten students.

3 Actual data.

4 Beginning in 1983, data include students enrolled in public schools on federal bases and other special arrangements.

5 Data estimated by the National Center for Education Statistics.

6 Beginning in 1986, data include state vocational/technical schools.

---Data not available.

NOTE.--Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data surveys. (This table was prepared August 1996.)


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