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

Table 3. -- Fifteen states with the largest enrollment increases in public elementary and secondary schools: Fall 2000 to fall 2010
(Numbers in thousands)

State Projected enrollment Number of
additional
students,
2000 to 2010
2000 2010
California 6,027 6,305 278
Texas 4,024 4,243 219
Arizona 893 978 85
Georgia 1,440 1,518 78
New Mexico 339 380 41
Nevada 336 376 40
Utah 483 523 40
Colorado 716 753 37
Idaho 249 284 35
Washington 1,010 1,035 25
Tennessee 921 942 21
Hawaii 191 210 19
Alaska 139 153 14
Wyoming 93 101 8
North Carolina 1,268 1,310 42
Oregon 547 555 8

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Projections of Education Statistics to 2010.
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[ Table 2. -- Enrollment in public and private elementary and secondary schools, by region and state: Fall 1990, 2000, 2005, and 2010 ] 		[ Table of Contents ]
[ Table 4. -- Fifteen states with the largest percent increases in public elementary and secondary school enrollment: Fall 2000 to fall 2010 ]

Last Updated -- August 22, 2000, (lvb)