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A Back to School Special Report on the Baby Boom Echo: America's Schools Are Overcrowded and Wearing Out -- (September 8, 1998)

Figure 6. -- Percent change in enrollment in public secondary schools, by state: Fall 1988 to fall 2008

Overall, public high school enrollment is projected to increase 26 percent over the twenty-year period from 1988 to 2008. Much of the increase is expected to be concentrated in the western states. Nevada, Arizona, and California have projected increases of 98, 79, and 66 percent, respectively.

Other states outside the western region with large increases expected by 2008 include Florida, with a 47 percent projected increase, and Georgia, with a 46 percent projected increase.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Projections of Education Statistics to 2008.


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[ Table 6 .-- Enrollment growth in selected suburban school districts: Fall 1996 to fall 1998 ] [ Table of Contents ] [ Figure 7. -- Percent change in enrollment in public secondary schools, by state: Fall 1998 to fall 2008 ]

Last Updated -- September 7, 1998, (pjk)