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 K-12 in Public and Private
Elementary and Secondary Schools, By Region and State,
Fall 1987, 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 45,488 52,217 53,962 54,324 14.8 4.0 19.4
Private 5,479 5,863 6,051 6,061 7.0 3.4 10.6
Public schools
Public, total 40,008 46,353 47,911 48,262 15.9 4.1 20.6
Northeast 7,252 8,150 8,283 8,143 12.4 -0.1 12.3
Connecticut 465 537 531 511 15.5 -4.8 9.9
Maine 212 214 203 197 0.9 -7.9 -7.1
Massachusetts. 825 947 987 974 14.8 2.9 18.1
New Hampshire 166 201 203 199 21.1 -1.0 19.9
New Jersey 1,093 1,248 1,290 1,280 14.2 2.6 17.1
New York. 2,594 2,902 2,985 2,965 11.9 2.2 14.3
Pennsylvania 1,669 1,838 1,817 1,754 10.1 -4.6 5.1
Rhode Island 135 156 159 158 15.6 1.3 17.0
Vermont 93 108 108 106 16.1 -1.9 14.0
         
Midwest 9,870 10,643 10,588 10,397 7.8 -2.3 5.3
Illinois. 1,811 1,988 2,022 2,010 9.8 1.1 11.0
Indiana 964 989 1,020 1,023 2.6 3.4 6.1
Iowa 481 501 480 467 4.2 -6.8 -2.9
Kansas 421 476 473 470 13.1 -1.3 11.6
Michigan. 1,589 1,655 1,637 1,596 4.2 -3.6 0.4
Minnesota 721 847 827 798 17.5 -5.8 10.7
Missouri. 802 902 905 893 12.5 -1.0 11.3
Nebraska. 268 290 288 286 8.2 -1.4 6.7
North Dakota 119 117 113 111 -1.7 -5.1 -6.7
Ohio. 1,793 1,840 1,817 1,772 2.6 -3.7 -1.2
South Dakota. 127 147 143 140 15.7 -4.8 10.2
Wisconsin 772 890 864 831 15.3 -6.6 7.6
         
South 14,419 16,650 17,393 17,543 15.5 5.4 21.7
Alabama 729 748 779 789 2.6 5.5 8.2
Arkansas 437 458 464 458 4.8 0.0 4.8
Delaware 96 114 121 120 18.8 5.3 25.0
District of Columbia 86 82 78 76 -4.7 -7.3 -11.6
Florida 1,665 2,300 2,396 2,372 38.1 3.1 42.5
Georgia. 1,111 1,358 1,471 1,502 22.2 10.6 35.2
Kentucky 643 661 660 648 2.8 -2.0 0.8
Louisiana. 793 810 791 783 2.1 -3.3 -1.3
Maryland. 684 840 868 867 22.8 3.2 26.8
Mississippi. 506 512 525 527 1.2 2.9 4.2
North Carolina 1,086 1,240 1,341 1,332 14.2 7.4 22.7
Oklahoma 584 621 603 593 6.3 -4.5 1.5
South Carolina. 615 665 688 694 8.1 4.4 12.8
Tennessee 824 923 978 984 12.0 6.6 19.4
Texas 3,237 3,900 4,156 4,314 20.5 10.6 33.3
Virginia 979 1,115 1,182 1,198 13.9 7.4 22.4
West Virginia 344 302 291 285 -12.2 -5.6 -17.2
         
West 8,468 10,910 11,646 12,179 28.8 11.6 43.8
Alaska 106 133 138 145 25.5 9.0 36.8
Arizona 572 832 914 922 45.5 10.8 61.2
California 4,489 5,860 6,337 6,780 30.5 15.7 51.0
Colorado 560 684 722 727 22.1 6.3 29.8
Hawaii. 166 204 214 228 22.9 11.8 37.3
Idaho 212 255 275 283 20.3 11.0 33.5
Montana. 152 169 167 165 11.2 -2.4 8.6
Nevada 168 295 330 321 75.6 8.8 91.1
New Mexico 287 352 372 393 22.6 11.6 36.9
Oregon. 456 544 550 549 19.3 0.9 20.4
Utah 423 488 519 543 15.4 11.3 28.4
Washington 776 993 1,009 1,019 28.0 2.6 31.3
Wyoming 98 100 100 105 2.0 5.0 7.1

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


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