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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 9. -- Fifteen states with the largest percent increase in enrollment in grades 9 to 12 in public schools: Fall 1998 to fall 2008

State Projected enrollment
(In thousands)		 Percent
change
1998 to 2008
1998 2008
California 1,623 2,160 33.1
Arizona 220 281 27.5
North Carolina 334 405 21.4
Texas 1,063 1,262 18.8
Georgia 372 439 18.0
Massachusetts 261 307 17.5
Virginia 311 364 17.2
Nevada 83 97 16.8
Hawaii 58 67 15.3
Rhode Island 43 50 15.0
Delaware 34 39 14.1
Tennessee 254 289 13.9
Alaska 37 42 13.5
Utah 154 174 12.9
New York 871 983 12.8

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


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[ Table 8. -- Fifteen states with the largest enrollment increases in public elementary and secondary schools: Fall 1998 to fall 2008 ] [ Table of Contents ] [ Figure 8. -- Percent change in number of public high school graduates, by state: 1997-98 to 2007-08 ]

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