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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 3. -- Fifteen states with the largest enrollment increases in public elementary and secondary schools: Fall 1998 to fall 2008

(In thousands)

State Projected enrollment Number of
additional
students,
1998 to 2008
1998 2008
California 5,961 6,854 893
Texas 3,967 4,343 376
Georgia 1,395 1,505 110
Arizona 828 928 100
Virginia 1,128 1,190 62
Utah 489 544 55
New Mexico 351 393 42
North Carolina 1,268 1,310 42
Tennessee 938 978 40
Colorado 696 724 28
Alabama 761 789 28
Hawaii 204 231 27
Idaho 256 282 26
South Carolina 664 688 24
Washington 998 1,021 23

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


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[ 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 ] [ Table of Contents ] [ Table 4. -- Fifteen states with the largest percent increases in public elementary and secondary enrollment: Fall 1998 to fall 2008 ]

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