PreK-12 Enrollment & Demographics, 2019-2020

Table of Contents

• Introduction & Methodology
• Public School Enrollment on the Rise
  • Table Trends in Public School Enrollment, 2000-2028P
• Enrollment Patterns Vary Across the States
  • Table Projected Percentage Change in Public Elementary & Secondary Enrollment, 2016 to 2028
• Number of Schools and Districts
  • Table Profile of U.S. School Districts by Size, 2018
• Private Enrollment About 10% of Total
  • Table Trends in Private School Enrollment, 1999 to 2015
• More Charter Schools, More Charter Enrollment
  • Table Charter School Growth, 2005 to 2016
  • Table Percentage of Public School Students Enrolled in Charter Schools, Fall 2016
• Homeschool Enrollment Trends
  • Table Homeschooling, 2003-2016
• Virtual School Enrollment Grows at Slower Pace
  • Virtual Schools
    • Table Virtual Schools by Operator Status, 2017-2018
  • Blended Schools
    • Table Blended Schools by Operator Status, 2017-2018
• Graduation Rates on the Rise
  • Table Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rates for Public High School Students, 2016-2017
• Students in Poverty are Target for Vendors
  • Table Percentage of Children under Age 18 in Families Living in Poverty, 2016
• Serving English-Language Learners
  • Table Trends in English-Language Learner Enrollment, 2014-2015 to 2016-2017
  • Table Top Ten Languages of English-Language Learners, 2016-2017
  • Table Percentage of Public School Students who are ELL by Grade, 2016-2017
  • Table Percentage of Public School Students who are ELL by State, 2016-2017
• Special Needs Students Get Services
  • Table Trends in Youth Receiving IDEA Services, 2015-2016 to 2017-2018
• State-Funded PreK Enrollment Up
  • Table Enrollment Growth in State-Funded Preschool Programs, 2015-2016 to 2017-2018
  • Table Enrollment & Per-Child Spending in State-Funded Preschool, 2017-2018

Abstract

PreK-12 Enrollment & Demographics, 2019-2020

PreK-12 Enrollment & Demographics, 2019-2020 provides information about the PreK-12 student population in the U.S. That information includes:

• Current and projected public school enrollment
• Private school enrollment trends
• Growth of charter schools
• Homeschooling information
• Expansion of virtual and blended institutions
• Trends in high school graduation rates
• English-language learner enrollment, with top 10 languages spoken
• Number of IDEA students
• Latest data on preschool enrollment

The data contained in this report comes from the National Center for Education Statistics of the U.S. Department of Education and other third-party sources. The information and analysis can help inform the product planning of developers and marketers of educational technology, instructional content and school services.