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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)

Table 10. -- High school graduates of public and private schools, by region and state: 1987-88, 1997-98, 2002-03, and 2007-08

(In thousands)

Region and state 1987-88 Projected
1997-98		 Projected
2002-2003		 Projected
2007-2008		 Percent change,
1987-88 to
1997-98		 Percent change,
1997-98 to
2007-08		 Percent change,
1987-88 to
2007-08
Public and private 2,773 2,653 2,909 3,093 -4.3 16.6 11.5
   Private 273 275 302 321 0.7 16.7 17.6

Public schools
   Public, total 2,500 2,378 2,607 2,772 -4.9 16.6 10.9
Northeast 503 426 468 509 -15.3 19.6 1.3
   Connecticut 32 27 32 36 -15.6 31.0 10.6
   Maine 14 11 12 12 -19.5 3.8 -16.4
   Massachusetts 60 49 55 62 -18.4 27.0 3.7
   New Hampshire 12 11 13 13 -7.5 23.9 14.6
   New Jersey 81 67 73 83 -17.0 24.0 3.0
   New York 165 138 147 162 -16.8 17.5 -2.3
   Pennsylvania 124 109 118 125 -12.3 14.8 0.6
   Rhode Island 9 8 9 10 -11.6 23.1 8.9
   Vermont 6 7 8 7 5.2 13.2 19.2

Midwest 676 621 657 678 -8.1 9.2 0.4
   Illinois 119 108 113 121 -9.4 12.3 1.8
   Indiana 64 58 59 62 -9.3 6.4 -3.6
   Iowa 35 34 35 34 -3.5 1.3 -2.2
   Kansas 27 28 31 30 2.2 6.8 9.2
   Michigan 106 84 90 94 -20.6 11.9 -11.1
   Minnesota 55 54 60 61 -1.7 14.4 12.5
   Missouri 51 52 55 57 0.9 10.7 11.7
   Nebraska 18 19 21 20 3.1 4.7 8.0
   North Dakota 8 8 9 8 -2.2 -5.5 -7.5
   Ohio 125 111 113 117 -11.2 5.8 -6.0
   South Dakota 8 9 10 10 11.5 8.4 20.9
   Wisconsin 58 56 62 63 -3.6 12.6 8.6

South 834 798 878 935 -4.2 17.2 12.2
   Alabama 44 38 39 40 -13.9 5.1 -9.5
   Arkansas 28 26 27 28 -7.4 7.5 -0.5
   Delaware 6 6 6 6 -4.7 9.3 4.1
   District of Columbia 4 3 3 3 -32.8 5.4 -29.2
   Florida 89 96 119 131 7.2 37.5 47.4
   Georgia 62 61 69 78 -1.8 28.5 26.2
   Kentucky 39 39 39 39 -2.0 -0.1 -2.1
   Louisiana 39 38 39 37 -1.9 -2.9 -4.7
   Maryland 47 44 50 55 -7.0 25.4 16.6
   Mississippi 28 23 24 23 -17.1 1.3 -16.0
   North Carolina 68 58 64 75 -14.3 28.5 10.1
   Oklahoma 36 34 38 37 -6.5 8.5 1.4
   South Carolina 36 32 33 34 -11.9 6.9 -5.8
   Tennessee 48 44 47 52 -7.5 16.8 8.0
   Texas 171 178 199 209 4.1 16.9 21.7
   Virginia 66 60 67 72 -8.4 19.1 9.1
   West Virginia 22 19 18 18 -13.3 -8.3 -20.5

West 488 533 605 649 9.3 21.8 33.1
   Alaska 6 6 7 7 5.8 10.2 16.6
   Arizona 30 35 41 46 16.7 32.6 54.7
   California 250 273 309 336 9.3 23.2 34.6
   Colorado 36 35 41 44 -3.4 25.9 21.6
   Hawaii 11 10 12 14 -7.7 39.0 28.3
   Idaho 12 16 17 17 27.6 8.6 38.7
   Montana 10 11 12 11 5.0 5.1 10.4
   Nevada 9 12 16 21 27.3 77.6 126.1
   New Mexico 16 16 19 19 1.3 18.3 19.8
   Oregon 28 28 31 32 1.2 14.4 15.8
   Utah 22 31 31 31 41.0 -2.1 37.9
   Washington 52 54 62 66 4.7 21.1 26.8
   Wyoming 6 6 7 6 5.6 -13.4 -8.6

NOTE -- Percents computed on unrounded numbers.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data survey; and Projections of Education Statistics to 2008.


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[ Figure 8. -- Percent change in number of public high school graduates, by state: 1997-98 to 2007-08 ] [ Table of Contents ] [ Figure 9. -- Classroom teachers in public and private elementary and secondary schools: Fall 1983 to fall 2008 ]

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