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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 2. -- Enrollment in grades K-12 in public and private elementary and secondary schools, by region and state: Fall 1988, 1998, 2003, and 2008

(In thousands)

Region and state 1988 Projected
1998		 Projected
2003		 Projected
2008		 Percent
change,
1988 to 1998		 Percent
change,
1998 to 2008		 Percent
change,
1988 to 2008
Public and private 45,430 52,718 54,153 54,268 16.0 2.9 19.5
   Private 5,241 5,927 6,078 6,067 13.1 2.4 15.8

Public schools
   Public, total 40,189 46,792 48,075 48,201 16.4 3.0 19.9
Northeast 7,208 8,215 8,296 8,100 14.0 -1.4 12.4
   Connecticut 461 542 531 509 17.7 -6.1 10.5
   Maine 213 212 200 195 -0.4 -8.0 -8.4
   Massachusetts 823 959 990 967 16.5 0.8 17.4
   New Hampshire 169 202 202 197 19.2 -2.5 16.3
   New Jersey 1,081 1,260 1,293 1,273 16.6 1.0 17.8
   New York 2,574 2,937 3,002 2,957 14.1 0.7 14.9
   Pennsylvania 1,660 1,838 1,811 1,740 10.7 -5.3 4.8
   Rhode Island 134 157 159 157 17.5 0.0 17.5
   Vermont 93 107 107 104 14.6 -2.8 11.4

Midwest 9,846 10,680 10,572 10,344 8.5 -3.1 5.1
   Illinois 1,795 2,010 2,029 2,005 12.0 -0.2 11.7
   Indiana 961 999 1,023 1,015 4.0 1.6 5.6
   Iowa 478 500 479 466 4.6 -6.8 -2.6
   Kansas 427 471 469 469 10.4 -0.4 9.9
   Michigan 1,583 1,660 1,632 1,579 4.9 -4.9 -0.2
   Minnesota 727 848 822 794 16.7 -6.4 9.2
   Missouri 807 909 905 888 12.7 -2.3 10.1
   Nebraska 269 290 287 285 7.6 -1.7 5.8
   North Dakota 119 116 112 110 -2.4 -5.2 -7.4
   Ohio 1,779 1,844 1,812 1,761 3.7 -4.5 -1.0
   South Dakota 127 146 144 141 15.0 -3.4 11.1
   Wisconsin 775 886 859 830 14.3 -6.3 7.1

South 14,491 16,864 17,468 17,501 16.4 3.8 20.8
   Alabama 725 761 787 789 5.0 3.7 8.9
   Arkansas 436 462 464 453 5.9 -1.9 3.8
   Delaware 97 114 121 119 17.9 4.4 23.1
   District of Columbia 85 80 77 74 -5.7 -7.5 -12.7
   Florida 1,721 2,343 2,399 2,364 36.1 0.9 37.4
   Georgia 1,108 1,395 1,495 1,505 25.9 7.9 35.8
   Kentucky 638 663 661 644 4.0 -2.9 1.0
   Louisiana 787 800 784 781 1.7 -2.4 -0.7
   Maryland 689 846 870 862 22.8 1.9 25.1
   Mississippi 503 513 526 523 1.9 1.9 3.9
   North Carolina 1,083 1,268 1,341 1,310 17.1 3.3 20.9
   Oklahoma 580 622 601 593 7.2 -4.7 2.2
   South Carolina 616 664 688 688 7.8 3.6 11.7
   Tennessee 822 938 984 978 14.2 4.3 19.0
   Texas 3,284 3,967 4,197 4,343 20.8 9.5 32.3
   Virginia 982 1,128 1,185 1,190 14.8 5.5 21.1
   West Virginia 336 300 290 282 -10.7 -6.0 -16.0

West 8,644 11,033 11,739 12,257 27.6 11.1 41.8
   Alaska 106 132 138 146 24.0 10.6 37.1
   Arizona 575 828 918 928 44.0 12.1 61.4
   California 4,618 5,961 6,414 6,854 29.1 15.0 48.4
   Colorado 560 696 725 724 24.3 4.0 29.3
   Hawaii 167 204 216 231 21.8 13.2 37.9
   Idaho 215 256 276 282 19.3 10.2 31.4
   Montana 152 168 166 165 10.4 -1.8 8.4
   Nevada 176 307 332 317 74.0 3.3 79.6
   New Mexico 292 351 373 393 20.0 12.0 34.4
   Oregon 462 545 548 545 18.0 0.0 18.0
   Utah 431 489 522 544 13.4 11.2 26.2
   Washington 791 998 1,011 1,021 26.2 2.3 29.1
   Wyoming 98 98 100 106 0.2 8.2 8.4

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 5. -- Percent change in public elementary and secondary enrollment, by state: Fall 1998 to fall 2008 ] [ Table of Contents ] [ Table 3. -- Fifteen states with the largest enrollment increases in public elementary and secondary schools: Fall 1998 to fall 2008 ]

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