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Table 105.20. Enrollment in elementary, secondary, and degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by level and control of institution, enrollment level, and attendance status and sex of student: Selected years, fall 1990 through fall 2025
[In thousands]
Level and control of institution, enrollment level, and attendance status and sex of student Actual Projected
1990 2000 2010 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
All levels 60,683   68,685   75,886   75,816   75,661   75,810 76,136 76,633 77,075 77,479 77,875 78,321 78,759 79,187 79,565 79,800
Elementary and secondary
      schools1
46,864   53,373   54,867   55,440   55,454   55,546 55,620 55,661 55,665 55,726 55,862 55,998 56,146 56,291 56,416 56,510
Public 41,217   47,204   49,484   50,045   50,132   50,268 50,385 50,477 50,528 50,618 50,774 50,928 51,084 51,225 51,338 51,420
Private 5,648 2 6,169 2 5,382 2 5,396   5,322   5,278 5,235 5,183 5,136 5,108 5,088 5,070 5,062 5,065 5,078 5,090
                                           
Prekindergarten to                                          
grade 8 34,388   38,592   38,708   39,335   39,255   39,265 39,339 39,350 39,365 39,410 39,430 39,418 39,443 39,616 39,802 39,995
Public3 29,876   33,686   34,625   35,251   35,249   35,298 35,402 35,451 35,491 35,543 35,559 35,541 35,558 35,712 35,878 36,052
Private 4,512 2 4,906 2 4,084 2 4,084   4,006   3,968 3,938 3,899 3,873 3,867 3,871 3,877 3,885 3,904 3,923 3,943
                                           
Grades 9 to 12 12,476   14,781   16,159   16,106   16,199   16,281 16,281 16,311 16,300 16,316 16,432 16,580 16,703 16,675 16,614 16,515
Public3 11,341   13,517   14,860   14,794   14,883   14,970 14,983 15,026 15,037 15,075 15,215 15,387 15,526 15,514 15,460 15,368
Private 1,136 2 1,264 2 1,299 2 1,312   1,316   1,311 1,298 1,284 1,263 1,242 1,217 1,194 1,177 1,161 1,155 1,147
Degree-granting
      postsecondary
      institutions
13,819   15,312   21,019   20,376   20,207 4  20,264 20,516 20,972 21,410 21,753 22,013 22,323 22,613 22,896 23,149 23,290
Undergraduate 11,959   13,155   18,082   17,475   17,293 4 17,298 17,490 17,853 18,214 18,496 18,704 18,954 19,187 19,417 19,631 19,756
Full-time 6,976   7,923   11,457   10,938   10,784 4 10,801 10,930 11,164 11,386 11,551 11,670 11,814 11,950 12,098 12,229 12,285
Part-time 4,983   5,232   6,625   6,536   6,509 4 6,497 6,561 6,689 6,828 6,944 7,034 7,140 7,236 7,318 7,403 7,471
                                           
Male 5,380   5,778   7,836   7,660   7,586 4 7,499 7,528 7,634 7,774 7,889 7,970 8,074 8,176 8,274 8,367 8,433
Female 6,579   7,377   10,246   9,815   9,707 4 9,799 9,962 10,219 10,440 10,607 10,734 10,880 11,011 11,143 11,264 11,323
                                           
2-year 5,240   5,948   7,684   6,969   6,714 4 7,114 7,194 7,346 7,500 7,622 7,706 7,810 7,912 8,007 8,096 8,157
4-year 6,719   7,207   10,399   10,506   10,578 4 10,184 10,296 10,507 10,714 10,874 10,998 11,144 11,275 11,410 11,535 11,599
                                           
Public 9,710   10,539   13,703   13,347   13,245 4 13,353 13,499 13,777 14,056 14,275 14,436 14,630 14,811 14,988 15,154 15,255
Private 2,250   2,616   4,379   4,128   4,048 4 3,945 3,992 4,076 4,158 4,220 4,268 4,324 4,376 4,429 4,477 4,501
                                           
Postbaccalaureate 1,860   2,157   2,937   2,901   2,915 4 2,966 3,025 3,119 3,196 3,257 3,308 3,369 3,427 3,479 3,517 3,534
Full-time 845   1,087   1,630   1,659   1,670 4 1,684 1,721 1,778 1,821 1,852 1,879 1,912 1,944 1,973 1,991 1,994
Part-time 1,015   1,070   1,307   1,242   1,244 4 1,282 1,304 1,341 1,375 1,405 1,429 1,457 1,483 1,506 1,526 1,541
                                           
Male 904   944   1,209   1,201   1,211 4 1,261 1,279 1,311 1,344 1,371 1,394 1,422 1,449 1,473 1,492 1,504
Female 955   1,213   1,728   1,700   1,703 4 1,704 1,746 1,809 1,852 1,886 1,914 1,947 1,978 2,006 2,026 2,030
1 Includes enrollments in local public school systems and in most private schools (religiously affiliated and nonsectarian). Excludes homeschooled children who were not also enrolled in public and private schools. Private elementary enrollment includes preprimary students in schools offering kindergarten or higher grades.
2 Estimated.
3 Includes prorated proportion of students classified as ungraded.
4 Data are actual.
NOTE: Postsecondary data for 1990 are for institutions of higher education, while later data are for degree-granting institutions. Degree-granting institutions grant associate's or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. The degree-granting classification is very similar to the earlier higher education classification, but it includes more 2-year colleges and excludes a few higher education institutions that did not grant degrees. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary and Secondary Education," 1990-91 through 2013-14; Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 1995-96 through 2013-14; National Elementary and Secondary Enrollment Projection Model, 1972 through 2025; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Enrollment Survey" (IPEDS-EF:90-99); IPEDS Spring 2001 through Spring 2015, Fall Enrollment component; and Enrollment in Degree-Granting Institutions Projection Model, 1980 through 2025. (This table was prepared February 2016.)

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