This edition of Projections of Education Statistics provides
projections for key education statistics, including enrollment,
graduates, teachers, and expenditures in elementary and
secondary public and private schools, as well as enrollment and
degrees conferred at postsecondary degree-granting institutions.
Included are national data on enrollment and graduates for the
past 15 years and projections to the year 2020. Also included
are state-level data on enrollment in public elementary and
secondary schools and public high schools from 2002, with
projections to 2020. This report is organized by the level of
schooling with sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 covering aspects of
elementary and secondary education and sections 5 and 6 covering
aspects of postsecondary education. There are a number of
limitations in projecting some statistics. First, state-level
data on enrollment and graduates in private elementary and
secondary schools and on enrollment and degrees conferred in
postsecondary degree-granting institutions ar