U.S. Census Bureau

USA Statistics in Brief--Education

EDUCATION 2000 2002 2003 2004 2005
Fall school enrollment:
Elementary (grades K-8) (million) 38.6 39.2 39.3 138.9 138.8
Secondary (grades 9-12) (million) 14.8 15.4 15.7 116.0 116.3
Higher education (million) 15.3 16.6 16.9 117.3 117.4
School expenditures, constant (2003-2004) dollars: 2
Elementary and secondary (billion dollars) 470 499 511 (NA) (NA)
Higher education (billion dollars) 277 302 315 (NA) (NA)
Educational attainment: 3
High school graduate or more (percent) 84.1 84.1 84.6 85.2 85.2
College graduate or more (percent) 25.6 26.7 27.2 27.7 27.6

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


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