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SCHOOL DATA & REPORTS:
ENROLLMENT REPORTS:
FY 2000 PUBLIC SCHOOL ENROLLMENT REPORT

   
TABLE 1: STUDENT ENROLLMENT SURVEY (FORM A) - A STATEWIDE SUMMARY BY GRADE, ETHNICITY AND GENDER
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  Table 1 (below) provides the statewide summary of Vermont Public School enrollment numbers by grade, gender, and ethnicity (membership count of students as of October 1, 1999).

Statewide summary of Vermont Public School enrollment numbers by grade, gender, and ethnicity. Total Vermont enrollment for FY00 is 104,559 students. Males and Females across all ethnic categories are almost equally divided in enrollment numbers with 54,023 males and 50,536 females. FY00 ethnic enrollment for categories "Black", "Hispanic", "American Indian or Alaskan Native", "Asian" and "Hawaiian or Pacific Islander" is 3,302. The category for "White" students comprises the bulk of the student population with total of 101,257.
   

Grade Level or Ungraded Category

White
(Non-
Hispanic)

Black
(Non-
Hispanic)

Hispanic
or
Latino

American
Indian

Asian

Hawaiian
or Other
Pacific
Islander

Total
Student
Enrollment

M

F

M

F

M

F

M

F

M

F

M

F

EEE

631 

376 

11 

1,045 

Preschool/
Kindergarten

729 

665 

14 

10 

1,446 

Kindergarten - PART TIME

2,739 

2,583 

22 

29 

14 

29 

30 

5,462 

Kindergarten - FULL TIME

707 

668 

10 

14 

10 

1,431 

Grade 1

3,621 

3,370 

56 

46 

15 

25 

22 

14 

44 

57 

7,273 

Grade 2

3,696 

3,518 

57 

36 

27 

20 

16 

18 

33 

35 

7,462 

Grade 3

3,864 

3,665 

52 

36 

18 

25 

22 

19 

27 

34 

7,772 

Grade 4

3,992 

3,687 

51 

47 

22 

26 

31 

15 

49 

40 

7,965 

Grade 5

4,035 

3,873 

53 

41 

20 

16 

35 

27 

23 

35 

8,168 

Grade 6

4,020 

3,758 

51 

37 

26 

25 

19 

39 

43 

8,035 

Elementary Ungraded

47 

21 

71 

Grade 7

4,038 

3,802 

33 

27 

22 

10 

15 

15 

37 

39 

8,040 

Grade 8

4,086 

3,849 

42 

34 

20 

21 

25 

19

35 

41 

8,177 

Grade 9

4,375 

4,122 

37 

26 

20 

17 

34 

24 

52 

35 

8,748 

Grade 10

4,243 

3,874 

28 

27 

23 

20 

23 

20 

47 

47 

8,356 

Grade 11

3,836 

3,678 

34 

27 

29 

22 

20 

30 

59 

55 

7,795 

Grade 12

3,467 

3,335 

22 

20 

17 

17 

18 

25 

44 

43 

7,014 

Secondary Ungraded

118 

60 

178 

Adult Without Diploma

13 

20 

38 

Adult in Adult Diploma Program

20 

19 

39 

Post Graduate

14 

Adult With Diploma

11 

12 

30 

Total

52,295 

48,962 

564 

460 

279 

254 

299 

255 

555 

560 

31 

45 

104,559 

   
TABLE 2: VERMONT PUBLIC SCHOOL ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY ENROLLMENT NUMBERS - FY77 TO FY00
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  Table 2 presents a twenty-four year historical record of enrollment numbers for Vermont elementary and secondary public schools and the five independent secondary schools acting as public.

Enrollment numbers peaked in FY78, then declined for seven years. Beginning in FY86 enrollment numbers began increasing again, peaking in FY97. During this twelve year period the Compounded Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) was 1.4%. Since FY97 enrollment has been decreasing at a CAGR of 0.56%.
   
 

School Year

Public School

Independent
Sec. Acting
as Public*

Total
Public
Enrollment 

Elementary*

Secondary*

1976-77

62,332 

42,024 

NA

104,356 

1977-78

61,557 

41,377 

3,274 

106,208 

1978-79

57,625 

43,667 

3,076 

104,368 

1979-80

52,053 

46,285 

3,024 

101,362 

1980-81

51,169 

44,808 

2,960 

98,937 

1981-82

49,538 

43,713 

2,867 

96,118 

1982-83

48,166 

43,344 

2,829 

94,339 

1983-84

47,411 

43,005 

2,903 

93,319 

1984-85

47,589 

42,500 

2,822 

92,911 

1985-86

48,656 

41,501 

2,851 

93,008 

1986-87

51,439 

40,281 

2,879 

94,599 

1987-88

53,085 

39,670 

2,989 

95,744 

1988-89

54,927 

38,454 

2,886 

96,267 

1989-90

56,655 

38,124 

2,933 

97,712 

1990-91

57,768 

37,994 

2,868 

98,630 

1991-92

58,487 

38,637 

2,924 

100,048 

1992-93

59,252 

39,306 

3,033 

101,591 

1993-94

59,613 

40,190 

2,952 

102,755 

1994-95

59,837 

41,637 

3,059 

104,533 

1995-96

59,864 

42,615 

3,086 

105,565 

1996-97

59,306 

43,869 

3,166 

106,341 

1997-98

58,065 

44,580 

3,339**

105,984 

1998-99

56,900 

44,782 

3,438 

105,120 

1999-2000

56,130 

44,940 

3,489 

104,559 

 

Last Updated on 4/7/00