A r c h i v e d  I n f o r m a t i o n

A Back to School Special Report on the Baby Boom Echo - August 1997
Enrollment in Grades 9 to 12 in Public and Private Secondary Schools,
by Region and State:
Fall 1987, 1997, 2002, and 2007

(In thousands)
Region and State 1987 Projected
1997 		Projected
2002 		Projected
2007 		Percent
Change,
1987 to 1997 		Percent
Change
1997 to 2007 		Percent
Change
1987 to 2007
Public and private 13,323 14,457 15,222 16,363 8.5 13.2 22.8
Private 1,247 1,320 1,389 1,494 5.9 13.2 19.8
Public Schools
Public, total 12,076 13,138 13,832 14,870 8.8 13.2 23.1
Northeast 2,348 2,329 2,473 2,596 -0.8 11.5 10.6
Connecticut 139 141 149 151 1.3 7.1 8.5
Maine 66 60 60 57 -9.5 -5.0 -14.1
Massachusetts 260 255 295 313 -2.0 22.7 20.3
New Hampshire 52 57 62 61 9.7 7.0 17.4
New Jersey. 346 328 347 374 -5.1 14.0 8.2
New York 859 854 906 984 -0.5 15.2 14.6
Pennsylvania. 557 559 573 572 0.4 2.3 2.7
Rhode Island 41 42 47 51 2.0 21.4 23.9
Vermont 28 32 34 33 15.3 3.1 18.9
Midwest 3,077 3,166 3,193 3,234 2.9 2.1 5.1
Illinois. 560 561 577 618 0.2 10.2 10.4
Indiana 305 300 306 324 -1.8 8.0 6.1
Iowa. 152 165 155 151 8.3 -8.5 -0.9
Kansas 123 146 146 147 19.1 0.7 19.9
Michigan 492 462 469 474 -6.2 2.6 -3.7
Minnesota 225 266 269 257 18.3 -3.4 14.3
Missouri. 245 263 271 277 7.4 5.3 13.1
Nebraska 80 90 89 89 12.6 -1.1 11.3
North Dakota 35 38 38 37 9.7 -2.6 6.9
Ohio. 573 542 542 548 -5.5 1.1 -4.4
South Dakota 35 47 45 42 32.6 -10.6 18.5
Wisconsin 251 285 285 270 13.6 -5.3 7.6
South 4,174 4,571 4,829 5,234 9.5 14.5 25.4
Alabama 208 204 208 228 -2.0 11.8 9.5
Arkansas. 130 133 133 138 2.5 3.8 6.3
Delaware 29 33 37 39 14.0 18.2 34.7
District of Columbia 24 18 19 20 -23.7 11.1 -15.2
Florida. 493 619 676 724 25.6 17.0 46.9
Georgia 316 368 398 441 16.5 19.8 39.6
Kentucky 194 193 188 194 -0.3 0.5 0.2
Louisiana 210 227 222 228 7.9 0.4 8.4
Maryland 211 232 247 [semicolon](#,##0)"> 263 10.0 13.4 24.7
Mississippi. 141 143 139 150 1.1 4.9 6.1
North Carolina 332 328 377 417 -1.3 27.1 25.5
Oklahoma 173 182 178 181 5.1 -0.5 4.5
South Carolina. 183 186 193 211 1.5 13.4 15.1
Tennessee 241 253 269 293 4.8 15.8 21.4
Texas 886 1,050 1,125 1,252 18.5 19.2 41.3
Virginia 294 307 336 367 4.3 19.5 24.7
West Virginia 107 95 86 87 -11.5 -8.4 -18.9
West 2,478 3,071 3,338 3,806 23.9 23.9 53.6
Alaska 29 37 39 42 27.7 13.5 44.9
Arizona 160 227 258 283 41.9 24.7 77.0
California 1,317 1,580 1,766 2,138 19.9 35.3 62.3
Colorado 168 196 213 223 16.5 13.8 32.5
Hawaii. 49 59 59 66 21.3 11.9 35.7
Idaho 59 78 80 85 32.0 9.0 43.9
Montana. 44 52 51 49 17.7 -5.8 10.9
Nevada 49 80 95 99 62.4 23.8 100.9
New Mexico 92 116 115 126 26.3 8.6 37.2
Oregon. 138 162 166 170 17.4 4.9 23.2
Utah 109 156 160 176 42.6 12.8 60.8
Washington 235 298 305 318 26.9 6.7 35.4
Wyoming 28 32 31 32 13.9 0.0 13.9

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of data surveys; and Projections of Educational Statistics to 2007.


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