I want to know the total student population throuh out the country
broken into  grade level (K1-12), State, type of school: public,
private.

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Request for Question Clarification by webadept-ga on 28 Oct 2002 23:55 PST

Hi, could you confirm that you are asking about the US population, or
let us know which country you are asking about? Thanks
webadept-ga

The data used here is from the "Statistical Abstract of the United
States 2001" and its Education section:
http://www.census.gov/prod/2002pubs/01statab/educ.pdf

U.S. Center for Education Statistics (Digest of Education Statistics)
annual report is the source of the information.  The data posted below
is for 1999, the latest available year in this current report --
except for the public/private split in the last section (which is
2001).  The past 20 years and projections for the first decade of the
21st century are included in the Statistical Abstract.

Note too that private school data is not as finely split, either by
grade or by state, as public school data.  Private school data is in
Table 249 (page 28 of the 48-page PDF document linked above).


1999 PUBLIC SCHOOL GRADE LEVELS (in millions)
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K: 4,148
1: 3,684
2: 3,655
3: 3.690
4: 3,686
5: 3,604
6: 3,564
7: 3,541
8: 3,497
Unclassified: 418

9: 3,935
10: 3,415
11: 3,034
12: 2,782
Unclassified: 203

TOTAL = 46,857 (1999)



1999  K-12 PUBLIC SCHOOL ATTENDANCE BY STATE (in thousands)
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****  K-8 / grades 9-12 ***

AL:  539/202
AK:   96/ 39
AZ:  624/229
AR:  318/133
CA: 4,337/1,702

CO: 507/202
CT: 404/150
DE:  80/ 33
DC:  60/ 17
FL: 1,725/656

GA: 1,044/379
HI:   133/ 53
ID:   169/ 77
IL: 1,462/565
IN:   699/289

IA:  336/161
KS:  326/146
KY:  459/190
LA:  548/209
ME:  149/ 60

MD:  607/239
MA:  706/265
MI: 1,245/481
MN:   580/274
MS:   365/135

MO:   649/265
MT:   107/ 50
NE:   197/ 91
NV:   240/ 86
NH:   147/ 60

NJ:   954/335
NM:   229/ 96
NY: 2,034/854
NC:   935/341
ND:    75/ 38

OH: 1,296/540
OK:   447/180
OR:   378/167
PA: 1,262/555
RI:   114/ 43

SC:   484/183
SD:    90/ 41
TN:   664/252
TX: 2,896/1,096
UT:   329/151

VT:   72/ 32
VA:  817/317
WA:  695/309
WV:  203/ 88
WI:  596/281
WY:   62/ 30


2001 K-12 ENROLLMENT, PUBLIC vs. PRIVATE (in millions)
-------------------------------------------------------

Public: 47,176
Private: 5,979


Google search strategy:
www.census.gov

Best regards,


Omnivorous-GA

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Request for Answer Clarification by angie0616-ga on 29 Oct 2002 19:46 PST

That was quick!  Yes the question was regarding US student population.
 I forgot the internet(google) is international!

It would be great if you can provide more details on the private
schools as this is really the focus of my research/project. Also, is
there a more updated data on this population.  The data provided were
as of 1999 almost 3 years old, and I'm afraid I won't be able to use
this for my project.

I also have a related question after this.     

(Even while I am requesting for more details in the answer
provided...I'm impress with the quick response, Thanks!)

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Clarification of Answer by omnivorous-ga on 30 Oct 2002 00:58 PST

Angie --

The most-recent release of educational statistics came this month from
the National Center for Education Statistics in the report,
"Projections of Education Statistics to 2012" (October, 2002)
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2002/2002030.pdf

This study has actual data actual for 2000, with projections through
2012.  The level of detail is the same as in the initial answer, data
available.  Rather than retype data and risk errors for each of the
states or grades, I've indicated the page of the document/page of the
PDF file for you:
*	public vs. private (pages 12/30)
    --	2000: 47,223,000 vs. 5,944,000
    --	2001 (projected): 47,424,000 vs. 5,944,000

Private schools attendance is split K-8 and 9-12 only; no per-grade
data.  This split of the private school data is pretty consistent
through all Department of Education data.

*  public school attendance by grade: 2000 actual, projections in 2001
and after (pages 14/32)

*  public school attendance by state: 2000 actual, projections in 2001
and after (pages 15/33)
   
The report includes a wide range of assumptions at the outset, which
may help your analysis.

Best regards,

Omnivorous-GA

I was impressed with the speed at which my question was answered. 
Though I did not get every detail of what I needed I am happy with the
answers and clarifications provided.  I am a researcher myself and it
helps to be pointed in the right direction.  Time saved is money
saved!