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

State Projected enrollment
(In thousands)		 Percent
change
1998 to 2008
1998 2008
California 5,961 6,854 15.0
Hawaii 204 231 13.2
Arizona 828 928 12.1
New Mexico 351 393 12.0
Utah 489 544 11.2
Alaska 132 146 10.6
Idaho 256 282 10.2
Texas 3,967 4,343 9.5
Wyoming 98 106 8.2
Georgia 1,395 1,505 7.9
Virginia 1,128 1,190 5.5
Delaware 114 119 4.4
Tennessee 938 978 4.3
Colorado 696 724 4.0
Alabama 761 789 3.7

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


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[ Table 3. -- Fifteen states with the largest enrollment increases in public elementary and secondary schools: Fall 1998 to fall 2008 ] [ Table of Contents ] [ Table 5. -- Twenty-five school districts with the largest increases in enrollment: Fall 1985 to fall 1995 ]

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