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A Back to School Special Report on the Baby Boom Echo - August 1997
Change in Number of Students Enrolled in Public Elementary and
Secondary Schools, by Grade Span: Fall 1997 to Fall 2007

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As public elementary students move into secondary school grades, the greatest number of additional students over the next ten years will be concentrated in grades 9 to 12. Projections for 1997 through 2007 indicate an additional 1.7 million public high school students over the time period, a 13 percent increase. the next largest increase is projected for grades 6 to 8, where just over half a million additional students will enter those grades over the next ten years, a five percent increase. Small decreases in preschool and elementary grade enrollments are expected before leveling out during the early 2000s.




SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics Digest of Education Statistics, 1996; and Projections of Educational Statistics to 2007, unpublished data.


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