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  • Title: School enrollment--social and economic characteristics of students: October 1983.
    Author: Kominski R.
    Journal: Curr Popul Rep Popul Charact; 1987 Mar; (413):i-1-87. PubMed ID: 12158803.
    Abstract:
    This report presents detailed tabulations from the October 1983 US Current Population Survey (CPS) on the topic of school enrollment, including the social and economic characteristics of students. Special topics discussed include racial differences in preprimary enrollments, an estimate of high school dropout rates, changes in the sex composition of college students, and the proportions of students who are returning to college after some period out of school. In October 1983, 57,745,000 persons aged 3-34 were enrolled in schools. Total enrollment has decreased by 3.2 million students since 1975. Most of this decrease is due to smaller cohorts of elementary through high school ages (5-17 years). Enrollment numbers at different levels of schooling were distributed as follows: 1) 2.3 million nursery schoolers, 2) 3.4 million kindergarten students, 3) 27.2 million elementary school students, 4) 14 million high school students, and 5) 10.8 million college students. Nursery school attendance has increased by 75% in the past 10 years due to higher attendance rates. Elementary school enrollments will soon stop decreasing and begin to increase again. High school enrollments are down substantially from 1977 and will decrease another 1.5 million by 1990. College enrollments have increased substantially, partly due to the rising participation rates of women. An additional 1.5 million persons 35 and older were also attending college in 1983. This older adult group is one of the fastest-growing components of college enrollments and now accounts for over 12% of all college students. The number of high school dropouts, an important facet of the total national education picture, is estimated at 535,000 in October 1983, a rate of 5.2, as opposed to 6.3 in 1973.
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