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

Table 4. -- Fifteen states with the largest percent increases in public elementary and secondary enrollment: Fall 2000 to fall 2010
(Numbers in thousands)

State Projected enrollment Percent
change
2000 to 2010
2000 2010
Idaho 249 284 14.1
New Mexico 339 380 12.1
Nevada 336 376 11.9
Alaska 139 153 10.1
Hawaii 191 210 9.9
Arizona 893 978 9.5
Wyoming 93 101 8.6
Utah 483 523 8.3
Texas 4,024 4,243 5.4
Georgia 1,440 1,518 5.4
Colorado 716 753 5.2
California 6,027 6,305 4.6
Montana 158 163 3.2
Washington 1,010 1,035 2.5
Tennessee 921 942 2.3

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Projections of Education Statistics to 2010.


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[ Table 3. -- Fifteen states with the largest enrollment increases in public elementary and secondary schools: Fall 2000to fall 2010 ] 		[ Table of Contents ]
[ Table 5. -- Twenty-five school districts with the largest increases in enrollment: Fall 1988 to Fall 1998 ]

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