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Growing Pains - The Challenge of Overcrowded Schools Is Here to Stay (August 21, 2000)

Table 1. --Enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by grade: Fall 1983 to fall 2010
(In Thousands)

Year Total enrollment Prekindergarten/ kindergarten Grades 1 to 5 Grades 6 to 8 Grades 9 to 12
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
1983 39,252 2,859 7.3 14,511 37.0 9,611 24.5 12,271 31.3
1984 39,208 3,010 7.7 14,638 37.3 9,257 23.6 12,304 31.4
1985 39,422 3,192 8.1 14,942 37.9 8,900 22.6 12,388 31.4
1986 39,753 3,310 8.3 15,347 38.6 8,764 22.0 12,333 31.0
1987 40,008 3,388 8.5 15,799 39.5 8,745 21.9 12,076 30.2
1988 40,189 3,433 8.5 16,187 40.3 8,882 22.1 11,687 29.1
1989 40,543 3,486 8.6 16,607 41.0 9,059 22.3 11,390 28.1
1990 41,217 3,610 8.8 16,919 41.0 9,350 22.7 11,338 27.5
1991 42,047 3,686 8.8 17,183 40.9 9,636 22.9 11,541 27.4
1992 42,823 3,817 8.9 17,344 40.5 9,927 23.2 11,735 27.4
1993 43,465 3,922 9.0 17,432 40.1 10,150 23.4 11,961 27.5
1994 44,111 4,047 9.2 17,582 39.9 10,269 23.3 12,213 27.7
1995 44,840 4,173 9.3 17,809 39.7 10,359 23.1 12,500 27.9
1996 45,611 4,203 9.1 18,054 39.7 10,508 23.0 12,847 28.2
1997 46,127 4,199 9.1 18,286 39.6 10,589 23.0 13,054 28.3
1998 46,535 4,171 9.0 18,502 39.8 10,672 22.9 13,191 28.3
Projected
1999 46,812 4,071 8.7 18,607 39.7 10,758 23.0 13,375 28.6
2000 47,026 4,028 8.6 18,574 39.5 10,920 23.2 13,505 28.7
2001 47,176 3,983 8.4 18,398 39.0 11,174 23.7 13,619 28.9
2002 47,296 3,993 8.4 18,195 38.5 11,356 24.0 13,753 29.1
2003 47,373 3,963 8.4 18,039 38.1 11,411 24.1 13,931 29.4
2004 47,436 3,994 8.4 17,921 37.8 11,323 23.9 14,199 29.9
2005 47,475 4,004 8.4 17,852 37.6 11,195 23.6 14,423 30.4
2006 47,452 4,019 8.5 17,831 37.6 11,0656 23.3 14,357 30.3
2007 47,365 4,037 8.5 17,861 37.7 10,938 23.1 14,530 30.7
2008 47,218 4,059 8.6 17,900 37.9 10,867 23.0 14,393 30.5
2009 47,109 4,085 8.7 17,957 38.1 10,835 23.0 14,232 30.2
2010 47,068 4,117 8.7 18,038 38.3 10,844 23.0 14,069 39.9

NOTE: Numbers may not add up due to rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Projections of Education Statistics to 2010; and special tabulations.
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[ Figure 5. -- Increase in number of students enrolled in public and private schools, by level: Fall 1990 to fall 2010 ] 		[ Table of Contents ]
[ Figure 6. -- Percent change in public elementary and secondary enrollment, by state: Fall 1990 to fall 2010 ]
Last Updated -- August 22, 2000, (lvb)