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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 3. -- Fifteen states with the largest enrollment increases in public elementary and secondary schools: Fall 1999 to fall 2009

Enrollment numbers (In thousands)

State Projected enrollment Number of additional students, 1999 to 2009
 
  1999 2009  
       
California.............................................. 6,022 6,450 428
Texas......................................................... 4,036 4,352 316
Arizona....................................................... 892 1,011 119
Georgia......................................................... 1,425 1,541 115
Illinois....................................................... 2,154 2,215 60
Nevada......................................................... 325 383 57
Utah........................................................... 488 534 46
Colorado....................................................... 706 750 44
Tennessee...................................................... 944 986 43
New Mexico......................................... 348 390 42
Idaho.......................................................... 256 297 41
North Carolina...................................... 1,317 1,354 37
Washington..................................................... 1,008 1,045 36
Hawaii......................................................... 201 227 26
Indiana........................................................ 1,001 1,022 21
 
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Projections of Education Statistics to 2009.
         

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


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[ Table 2. -- Enrollment in grades K-12 in public and private elementary and secondary schools, by region and state: Fall 1989, 1999, 2004, and 2009 ] [ Table of Contents ] [ Table 4. -- Fifteen states with the largest percent increases in enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools: Fall 1999 to fall 2009 ]

Last Updated -- August 17, 1999, (smj)