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A Back to School Special Report on the Baby Boom Echo: Growing Pains (August 21, 2000)

Table 9.--Sixteen states with the largest percent increases in enrollment in grades 9 to 12 in public schools: Fall 2000 to fall 2010
(Numbers in thousands)

State Projected enrollment
(In thousands) Percent
change
2000 to 2010
2000 2010

Nevada 90 128 42.2

Arizona 243 305 25.5

Georgia 383 441 15.1

North Carolina 349 392 12.3

Idaho 74 83 12.2

Tennessee 243 266 9.5

Colorado 207 226 9.2

Illinois 587 640 9.0

New Mexico 101 110 8.9

Texas 1,106 1,204 8.9

California 1,717 1,865 8.6

New Jersey 339 365 7.7

Hawaii 53 57 7.5

Alaska 41 44 7.3

Virginia 318 339 6.6

Indiana 286 305 6.6

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Projections of Education Statistics to 2010.

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[ Table 8 Fifteen States With the Largest Enrollment Increases in Grades 9 to 12 in Public Schools: Fall 2000 to Fall 2010 ]

[ Figure 9.--Percent change in number of public high school graduates, by state: 1999-2000 to 2009-2010 ]

Last Updated -- August 23, 2000, (kj)

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Table 9.--Sixteen states with the largest percent increases in enrollment in grades 9 to 12 in public schools: Fall 2000 to fall 2010(Numbers in thousands)

Table 9.--Sixteen states with the largest percent increases in enrollment in grades 9 to 12 in public schools: Fall 2000 to fall 2010
(Numbers in thousands)