Table 2.

Actual and projected numbers for enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by grade: Fall 1996
through fall 2021
[In thousands]
Grade
Year

Total

PK

1996

45,611

670

3,532

3,770

3,600

3,524

3,454

3,453

3,494

1997

46,127

695

3,503

3,755

3,689

3,597

3,507

3,458

3,492

1998

46,539

729

3,443

3,727

3,681

3,696

3,592

3,520

3,497

1999

46,857

751

3,397

3,684

3,656

3,691

3,686

3,604

3,564

2000

47,204

776

3,382

3,636

3,634

3,676

3,711

3,707

3,663

2001

47,672

865

3,379

3,614

3,593

3,653

3,695

3,727

3,769

2002

48,183

915

3,434

3,594

3,565

3,623

3,669

3,711

3,788

2003

48,540

950

3,503

3,613

3,544

3,611

3,619

3,685

3,772

2004

48,795

990

3,544

3,663

3,560

3,580

3,612

3,635

3,735

2005

49,113

1,036

3,619

3,691

3,606

3,586

3,578

3,633

3,670

2006

49,316

1,084

3,631

3,751

3,641

3,627

3,586

3,602

3,660

2007

49,293

1,081

3,609

3,750

3,704

3,659

3,624

3,600

3,628

2008

49,266

1,180

3,640

3,708

3,699

3,708

3,647

3,629

3,614

2009

49,373

1,224

3,679

3,730

3,666

3,708

3,701

3,653

3,645

2010

49,484

1,279

3,682

3,754

3,701

3,686

3,711

3,718

3,682

2011

49,636

1,287

3,705

3,779

3,724

3,717

3,690

3,725

3,744

2012

49,828

1,296

3,733

3,804

3,749

3,741

3,721

3,703

3,752

2013

50,067

1,307

3,765

3,832

3,773

3,766

3,744

3,735

3,730

2014

50,407

1,320

3,801

3,865

3,802

3,790

3,770

3,758

3,761

2015

50,773

1,333

3,838

3,902

3,835

3,819

3,794

3,784

3,785

2016

51,146

1,346

3,876

3,941

3,871

3,852

3,822

3,808

3,811

2017

51,524

1,359

3,912

3,980

3,910

3,888

3,855

3,837

3,835

2018

51,880

1,370

3,946

4,017

3,948

3,927

3,892

3,870

3,864

2019

52,260

1,381

3,977

4,052

3,985

3,966

3,931

3,907

3,897

2020

52,688

1,391

4,006

4,085

4,020

4,003

3,970

3,946

3,935

2021

53,113

1,400

4,033

4,115

4,052

4,038

4,007

3,985

3,974

Actual

Projected

See notes at end of table.

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Reference Tables

Table 2. Actual and projected numbers for enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools, by grade:
Fall 1996 through fall 2021 Continued
[In thousands]
Grade
7

10

11

12

Elementary
ungraded

Secondary
ungraded

1996

3,464

3,403

3,801

3,323

2,930

2,586

399

208

1997

3,520

3,415

3,819

3,376

2,972

2,673

440

216

1998

3,530

3,480

3,856

3,382

3,021

2,722

449

214

1999

3,541

3,497

3,935

3,415

3,034

2,782

415

205

2000

3,629

3,538

3,963

3,491

3,083

2,803

334

177

2001

3,720

3,616

4,012

3,528

3,174

2,863

304

159

2002

3,821

3,709

4,105

3,584

3,229

2,990

285

161

2003

3,841

3,809

4,190

3,675

3,277

3,046

255

150

2004

3,818

3,825

4,281

3,750

3,369

3,094

215

122

2005

3,777

3,802

4,287

3,866

3,454

3,180

205

121

2006

3,716

3,766

4,260

3,882

3,551

3,277

170

110

2007

3,701

3,709

4,200

3,863

3,558

3,375

139

92

2008

3,653

3,692

4,123

3,822

3,548

3,400

117

87

2009

3,642

3,652

4,081

3,810

3,542

3,433

119

90

2010

3,676

3,659

4,008

3,800

3,538

3,472

77

42

2011

3,713

3,687

4,016

3,732

3,529

3,469

77

41

2012

3,775

3,724

4,046

3,740

3,466

3,459

78

41

2013

3,783

3,786

4,087

3,768

3,473

3,397

79

41

2014

3,761

3,794

4,155

3,805

3,499

3,404

80

41

2015

3,793

3,772

4,164

3,869

3,534

3,430

81

41

2016

3,817

3,804

4,139

3,877

3,593

3,464

81

42

2017

3,843

3,828

4,175

3,855

3,601

3,522

82

42

2018

3,868

3,854

4,201

3,887

3,580

3,530

83

43

2019

3,897

3,879

4,229

3,912

3,610

3,509

84

43

2020

3,930

3,908

4,257

3,938

3,633

3,539

84

44

2021

3,968

3,941

4,288

3,964

3,658

3,561

85

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Year
Actual

Projected

NOTE: PK=prekindergarten. K=kindergarten. Elementary ungraded includes students in grades prekindergarten through 8 who are in classes or programs to which students
are assigned without standard grade designations. Secondary ungraded includes students in grades 9 through 12 who are in classes or programs to which students are
assigned without standard grade designations. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Mean
absolute percentage errors of selected education statistics can be found in table A-2, appendix A.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), State Nonfiscal Survey of Public
Elementary/Secondary Education, 199697 through 201011; and National Elementary and Secondary Enrollment Model, 19722010. (This table was prepared January
2012.)

Projections of Education Statistics to 2021

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