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
High School Graduates of Public and Private Schools, by Region and State,
1986-87, 1996-97, 2001-02, and 2006-07

(In thousands)
Region and State 1986-87 Projected
1996-97 		Projected
2001-02 		Projected
2006-07 		Percent
Change,
1986-87 to
1996-97 		Percent
Change
1996-97 to
2006-07 		Percent
Change
1986-87 to
2006-07
Public and private 2,694 2,564 2,889 3,015 -4.8 17.6 11.9
Private 265 265 299 312 0.0 17.7 17.7
Public schools
Public, total 2,429 2,298 2,589 2,703 -5.4 17.6 11.3
Northeast 496 413 461 497 -16.6 20.4 0.3
Connecticut 31 27 31 35 -13.0 29.5 12.6
Maine 14 11 12 12 -20.2 6.8 -14.8
Massachusetts 61 48 53 59 -21.9 24.0 -3.2
New Hampshire 11 10 13 13 -3.6 25.6 21.1
New Jersey 79 63 70 79 -20.4 25.5 -0.1
New York 164 134 147 157 -18.1 17.0 -4.2
Pennsylvania. 121 106 119 125 -12.7 18.6 3.5
Rhode Island 9 8 9 9 -11.9 22.8 8.2
Vermont 6 6 8 7 6.6 16.0 23.7
Midwest 657 597 647 655 -9.1 9.6 -0.3
Illinois. 116 105 108 119 -9.9 13.3 2.1
Indiana 60 57 59 59 -5.2 2.9 -2.4
Iowa. 35 32 36 33 -6.6 1.8 -4.9
Kansas 27 27 32 31 0.3 14.7 15.1
Michigan 103 83 87 89 -19.6 8.1 -13.1
Minnesota 54 51 60 60 -3.9 17.5 12.9
Missouri. 51 49 54 54 -3.5 10.8 6.9
Nebraska 18 18 20 19 -1.9 5.5 3.5
North Dakota 8 8 9 8 2.4 -4.9 -2.6
Ohio 121 106 111 109 -12.8 3.6 -9.7
South Dakota 8 9 11 11 13.1 20.2 35.9
Wisconsin 57 53 61 63 -7.5 19.1 10.2
South 807 768 869 900 -4.9 17.2 11.5
Alabama 42 36 37 36 -16.3 2.4 -14.2
Arkansas 27 25 27 27 -8.2 6.7 -2.0
Delaware 6 6 6 7 -4.5 16.5 11.3
District of Columbia 4 3 3 3 -26.3 -7.1 -31.5
Florida. 82 92 118 130 12.3 40.8 58.0
Georgia 60 60 70 75 -0.7 25.9 25.0
Kentucky 37 38 39 37 3.6 -3.7 -0.3
Louisiana 39 36 39 37 -7.9 3.9 -4.3
Maryland 46 41 49 53 -10.6 28.9 15.2
Mississippi 26 23 24 23 -12.7 0.7 -12.1
North Carolina 65 56 62 70 -14.2 23.8 6.2
Oklahoma 36 33 38 36 -7.6 8.4 0.2
South Carolina 36 31 33 33 -14.3 6.6 -8.6
Tennessee 45 43 47 49 -2.9 13.2 9.9
Texas 168 168 195 201 -0.3 19.7 19.4
Virginia 65 58 65 67 -11.3 16.4 3.3
West Virginia 22 20 19 17 -10.0 -13.8 -22.4
West 469 519 612 651 10.8 25.2 38.8
Alaska 6 6 7 8 11.2 18.8 32.1
Arizona 30 36 47 54 22.3 48.8 82.0
California 237 266 304 328 12.0 23.4 38.2
Colorado 34 33 41 43 -2.5 28.2 24.9
Hawaii. 10 11 13 15 2.8 38.7 42.6
Idaho 12 15 17 18 21.0 18.8 43.8
Montana. 10 10 12 12 3.0 12.3 15.8
Nevada 10 11 16 20 19.4 80.4 115.4
New Mexico 16 17 21 20 5.4 23.1 29.7
Oregon. 27 28 32 33 4.3 14.7 19.6
Utah 21 29 32 31 36.4 8.6 48.1
Washington 50 51 62 64 1.7 26.1 28.3
Wyoming 6 6 7 6 5.2 -4.8 0.1

NOTE- Percents computed on unrounded figure.



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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