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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 7. -- Enrollment in grades 9 to 12 in public and private 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 12,893 14,608 15,358 16,234 13.3 11.1 25.9
   Private 1,206 1,339 1,407 1,488 11.0 11.1 23.4

Public schools
   Public, total 11,687 13,270 13,951 14,746 13.5 11.1 26.2
Northeast 2,220 2,365 2,515 2,565 6.5 8.5 15.5
   Connecticut 129 145 152 149 12.8 2.4 15.6
   Maine 64 61 59 54 -5.3 -10.9 -15.6
   Massachusetts 246 261 301 307 6.4 17.5 25.0
   New Hampshire 50 58 62 59 17.7 1.0 18.9
   New Jersey 326 330 353 370 1.4 12.0 13.6
   New York 813 871 931 983 7.2 12.8 20.9
   Pennsylvania 528 561 574 560 6.3 -0.2 6.1
   Rhode Island 38 43 48 50 13.5 15.0 30.5
   Vermont 27 33 34 32 23.8 -2.9 20.2

Midwest 2,952 3,173 3,180 3,176 7.5 0.1 7.6
   Illinois 536 563 580 614 5.1 9.1 14.6
   Indiana 293 299 306 319 1.9 6.7 8.7
   Iowa 144 164 153 148 13.4 -9.5 2.6
   Kansas 120 144 144 145 20.0 0.8 21.0
   Michigan 469 463 468 459 -1.3 -0.9 -2.2
   Minnesota 216 268 266 250 24.4 -6.8 15.9
   Missouri 239 265 270 271 11.0 2.2 13.5
   Nebraska 78 91 89 88 16.5 -3.3 12.6
   North Dakota 34 39 38 36 15.2 -7.0 7.1
   Ohio 549 547 543 539 -0.4 -1.5 -1.9
   South Dakota 34 46 44 42 33.3 -8.3 22.3
   Wisconsin 240 285 281 265 18.8 -6.9 10.6

South 4,078 4,619 4,875 5,199 13.3 12.6 27.5
   Alabama 203 209 212 229 3.1 9.3 12.8
   Arkansas 127 134 133 135 5.6 0.6 6.2
   Delaware 28 34 38 39 23.0 14.1 40.3
   District of Columbia 22 18 18 18 -19.4 -0.6 -19.9
   Florida 489 640 687 718 30.9 12.2 46.9
   Georgia 300 372 407 439 23.9 18.0 46.3
   Kentucky 186 191 187 192 3.0 0.3 3.3
   Louisiana 206 223 218 226 8.5 1.3 9.9
   Maryland 200 234 251 261 17.1 11.5 30.6
   Mississippi 136 141 138 149 3.9 5.6 9.8
   North Carolina 322 334 384 405 3.6 21.4 25.7
   Oklahoma 167 183 177 178 9.6 -2.7 6.7
   South Carolina 178 186 196 209 4.4 12.5 17.5
   Tennessee 236 254 272 289 7.7 13.9 22.7
   Texas 892 1,063 1,134 1,262 19.2 18.8 41.5
   Virginia 283 311 340 364 9.6 17.2 28.5
   West Virginia 104 92 84 85 -11.9 -7.3 -18.3

West 2,437 3,113 3,381 3,807 27.7 22.3 56.2
   Alaska 28 37 39 42 32.3 13.5 50.2
   Arizona 157 220 256 281 40.1 27.5 78.6
   California 1,301 1,623 1,817 2,160 24.7 33.1 66.0
   Colorado 160 200 213 219 24.5 9.8 36.7
   Hawaii 47 58 59 67 23.4 15.3 42.2
   Idaho 59 78 79 83 31.8 6.6 40.4
   Montana 43 52 50 48 22.3 -8.0 12.5
   Nevada 49 83 97 97 69.3 16.8 97.7
   New Mexico 92 112 113 124 21.5 10.6 34.4
   Oregon 134 163 164 165 21.7 1.5 23.6
   Utah 112 154 160 174 38.0 12.9 55.8
   Washington 228 301 305 315 32.3 4.5 38.3
   Wyoming 27 32 30 32 16.1 0.7 16.9

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 7. -- Percent change in enrollment in public secondary schools, by state: Fall 1998 to fall 2008 ] [ Table of Contents ] [ Table 8. -- Fifteen states with the largest enrollment increases in public elementary and secondary schools: Fall 1998 to fall 2008 ]

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