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A Back to School Special Report on the Baby Boom Echo: America's Schools Are Overcrowded and Wearing Out -- (August 17, 1999)

Table 1. -- Enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by grade: Fall 1983 to fall 2009

(Numbers in thousands)

Note: Projected numbers may not add up to total due to rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Projections of Education Statistics to 2009; and special tabulations.


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[ Figure 4. -- Change in number of students enrolled in elementary and secondary and higher education students: Fall 1999 to fall 2009 ] [ Table of Contents ] [ Figure 5. -- Percent change in public elementary and secondary enrollment, by state: Fall 1989 to fall 2009]

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