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Table 1.- Enrollment in educational institutions, by level and control of institution: Fall 1990 to fall 1994

[In thousands]

_________________________________________________________________________                          |        |        |        |        | Estimated    Level of instruction   |  Fall  |  Fall  |  Fall  |  Fall  |    Fall      and type of control    |  1990  |  1991  | 1992*1 | 1993*1    1994    _________________________|________|________|_______ |________|___________            1             |    2   |   3    |   4    |   5    |     6      -------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-----------    All levels ...........| 60,268 | 61,594 | 62,601 | 63,424 |  64,519    Public ..................| 52,061 | 53,346 | 54,122 | 54,803 |  55,754    Private .................|  8,206 |  8,248 |  8,478 |  8,621 |   8,765                             |--------|--------|--------|--------|----------- Elementary and secondary |        |        |        |        |             education*2.............| 46,448 | 47,235 | 48,109 | 48,824 |  49,819     Public..................| 41,217 | 42,036 | 42,735 |  3,353 |  44,254     Private ................|  5,232 |  5,199 |  5,375 |  5,471 |   5,565                             |--------|--------|--------|--------|----------- Grades K-8*3.............| 33,973 | 34,572 | 35,209 | 35,654 |  36,170      Public ................| 29,878 | 30,498 | 30,997 | 31,374 |  31,837      Private ...............|  4,095 |  4,074 |  4,212 |  4,280 |   4,333                             |--------|--------|--------|--------|----------- Grades 9-12 .............| 12,475 | 12,663 | 12,901 | 13,170 |  13,649      Public ................| 11,338 | 11,538 | 11,738 | 11,979 |  12,417      Private ...............|  1,137 |  1,125 |  1,163 |  1,191 |   1,232                             |--------|--------|--------|--------|----------- Higher education*4.......| 13,820 | 14,359 | 14,491 | 14,600 |  14,700     Public .................| 10,845 | 11,310 | 11,388 | 11,450 |  11,500     Private ................|  2,975 |  3,049 |  3,104 |  3,150 |   3,200    _________________________|________|________|_______ |________|___________                            

*1Preliminary.

*2Includes enrollments in local public school systems and in most private schools (religiously affiliated and nonsectarian). Excludes subcollegiate departments of institutions of higher education, residential schools for exceptional children, and Federal schools. Excludes preprimary pupils in schools that do not offer first grade or above.

*3Includes kindergarten and some nursery school pupils.

*4Includes full-time and part-time students enrolled in degree-credit and nondegree--credit programs in universities and 2-year and 4-year colleges.

NOTE.-Higher education enrollment projections are based on the middle alternative projections published by the National Center for Education Statistics. Because of rounding, details may not add to totals. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Digest of Education Statistics,1994.

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