EMBARGOED UNTIL: 10 A.M. EDT, MAY 13, 1997 (TUESDAY) Public Information Office CB97-80 301-457-3030/301-457-3670 (fax) 301-457-4067 (TDD) e-mail: pio@census.gov Rosalind Bruno 301-457-2464 Seventy Million Students Were Enrolled In School In 1995 Census Bureau Finds In October 1995, 70 million students were enrolled in nursery school through college. This is according to tabulations released today by the Commerce Department's Census Bureau that provide information on the nation's school enrollment by such characteristics as age, race, sex, marital status and family income for preprimary school through college. Highlights for 1995 include: - There were 4.4 million children enrolled in nursery school and 3.9 million enrolled in kindergarten. - Enrollment in elementary school (grades 1-8) was 31.8 million. - High school enrollment totaled 14.9 million. - The annual high school dropout rate (from grades 10-12) was 5.4 percent. - The number of people enrolled in college totaled 14.7 million. About 6 million college students, or 41 percent, were 25 years old and over. The tabulations, available on the Internet at http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/school.html, are titled "School Enrollment--Social and Economic Characteristics of Students: October 1995." A paper version of the same tables (PPL-55) may be obtained from the Census Bureau's Public Information Office. Data are from the October 1995 Current Population Survey. As in all surveys, the data are subject to sampling variability and other sources of error.-X-The Census Bureau--pre-eminent collector and provider of timely, relevant, and quality data about the people and economy of the United States. In over 100 surveys annually and 20 censuses a decade, evolving from the first census in 1790, the Census Bureau provides official information about America's people, businesses, industries and institutions.
