USA Statistics in Brief--Education

U.S. Department of Commerce

EDUCATION	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Fall school enrollment:
Elementary (grades K-8) (million)	38.6	38.9	39.2	¹38.9	¹38.6
Secondary (grades 9-12) (million)	14.8	15.1	15.4	¹15.7	¹16.0
Higher education (million)	15.3	15.9	16.6	¹16.9	¹17.1
School expenditures, constant (2001-2002) dollars: ²
Elementary and secondary (billion dollars)	450	463	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)
Higher education (billion dollars)	301	317	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)
Educational attainment: ³
High school graduate or more (percent)	84.1	84.1	84.1	84.6	85.2
College graduate or more (percent)	25.6	26.2	26.7	27.2	27.7

NA Not available.
\1 Projections.
\2 For school year ending June the following year.
\3 For persons 25 years old and over.

Last Revised: May 06, 2011 at 11:09:58 AM