Archived -- Department of Education: Percent Change in Enrollment in Public Secondary Schools by State: Fall 1997 to Fall 2007

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A Back to School Special Report on the Baby Boom Echo - August 1997

Percent Change in Enrollment in Public Secondary Schools by State:
Fall 1997 to Fall 2007

Overall, public high school enrollment is projected to increase 13 percent over the next ten years. Much of the increase is expected to concentrated in a relatively small number of states. California has the largest projected increase at 35 percent, from 1.6 million in 1997 to 2.1 million in 2007. Arizona and Nevada are the other two western states with increases over 20 percent, at 25 and 24 percent respectively.

Other states outside the western region with large increases expected by 2007 include North Carolina, with a 27 percent increase, and two northeastern states, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, with 23 and 21 percent increases.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Projections of Educational Statistics to 2007.

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