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School Enrollment

School enrollment captures the population who report being enrolled in a regular school. A regular school advances a person towards an elementary school certificate, high school diploma, or college, university, or professional school (such as law or medicine) degree.


Latest Release

School Enrollment in the United States: 2012

School Enrollment in the United States: 2011

The Decline in Private School Enrollment. Stephanie Ewert, SEHSD Working Paper Number FY12-117, January 2013.

Historical School Enrollment Visualizations


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Source: U.S. Census Bureau |School Enrollment |  Last Revised: September 03, 2013