Census Product Update

March 6, 2009

School Enrollment in the United States

School Enrollment in the United States: 2007 contains eight detailed tables based on statistics collected in the October School Enrollment Supplement to the Current Population Survey. The national-level data are shown by characteristics such as age, sex, race, Hispanic origin, family income, type of college, employment status, and vocational course enrollment. Highlights include:

• Hispanic students comprised 12 percent of full-time college students (both undergraduate and graduate students) in 2007, up from 10 percent in 2006.
• In 2007, 53 percent of Hispanic 4-year-olds were enrolled in nursery school, up from 43 percent in 1997, and 21 percent in 1987.
• In 2007, 27 percent of the population 3 or older were enrolled in classes - from nursery school to graduate studies.
• More than half (59 percent) of all 4-year-olds and 39 percent of 3-year-olds were enrolled in nursery school.
• Students in grades one through 12 made up 64 percent of people 3 and older enrolled in school.
• Students 35 or older comprised 15 percent of people enrolled in college. They made up 7 percent of the full-time college students and 36 percent of those attending part time.
• Women continue their majority status, comprising 55 percent of undergraduates and 60 percent of graduate students.