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| Total enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools: 1981-2009, selected years | |||
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| Year |
Total
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Prekindergarten
through grade 8 (in thousands) |
Grades 9
through 12 |
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| Fall 1981 |
40,044
|
27,280
|
12,764
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| Fall 1985 |
39,422
|
27,034
|
12,388
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| Fall 1990 |
41,217
|
29,878
|
11,338
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| Fall 1995 |
44,840
|
32,341
|
12,500
|
| Fall 1999a |
47,244
|
33,701
|
13,543
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| Fall 2000a |
47,533
|
33,875
|
13,658
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| Fall 2005a |
48,392
|
33,723
|
14,669
|
| Fall 2009a |
48,126
|
33,427
|
14,699
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| aProjected. | |||
| SOURCE: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). 1999. Projections of Education Statistics to 2009. NCES 1999-038. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement. | |||
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