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A Back to School Special Report on the Baby Boom Echo - August 1997
Fifteen States With the Largest Enrollment Increases in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools:
Fall 1997 to Fall 2007

(In thousands)
State Projected enrollment Number of
additional
students,
1997 to 2007
1997 2007
California 5,860 6,780 920
Texas 3,900 4,314 414
Georgia 1,358 1,502 144
North Carolina 1,240 1,332 92
Arizona 832 922 90
Virginia 1,115 1,198 83
Florida. 2,300 2,372 72
New York 2,902 2,965 63
Tennessee 923 984 61
Utah 488 543 55
Colorado 684 727 43
New Mexico 352 393 41
Alabama 748 789 41
Indiana 989 1,023 34
New Jersey 1,248 1,280 32
       

Fifteen States With the Largest Percent Increases
in Public Elementary and Secondary Enrollment:
Fall 1997 to Fall 2007

State Projected enrollment
(In thousands) 		Percent
change,
1997 to 2007
1997 2007
California 5,860 6,780 15.7
Hawaii 204 228 11.8
New Mexico 352 393 11.6
Utah 488 543 11.3
Idaho 255 283 11.0
Arizona 832 922 10.8
Texas 3,900 4,314 10.6
Georgia 1,358 1,502 10.6
Alaska 133 145 9.0
Nevada 295 321 8.8
Virginia 1,115 1,198 7.4
North Carolina 1,240 1,332 7.4
Tennessee 923 984 6.6
Colorado 684 727 6.3
Alabama 748 789 5.5


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


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