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SCHOOL DATA & REPORTS:
ENROLLMENT REPORTS:
FY 2002 PUBLIC SCHOOL ENROLLMENT REPORT

   
TABLE 1: STUDENT ENROLLMENT SURVEY: 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, ethnicity and gender based on a membership count of students as of October 1, 2001.

Total Vermont enrollment for FY02 is 100,867 students. Males and females across all ethnic categories are almost equally divided in enrollment numbers with 52,002 males and 48,865 females. FY02 ethnic enrollment for categories "Black", "Hispanic", "American Indian or Alaskan-Native", "Asian" and "Hawaiian or Pacific Islander" is 4,244. The category for "White" students comprises the bulk of the student population with total of 96,623.
   

Unduplicated Count of Students Enrolled in This School and/or
Area Program by Grade, Ethnicity, and Gender

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

486 

275 

13 

792

Preschool/
PreKindergarten

894 

807 

15 

19 

12 

11 

1,775

Kindergarten - PART TIME*

2,249 

2,056 

30 

16 

32 

35 

20 

21 

4,473

Kindergarten - FULL TIME*

886 

839 

10 

11 

13 

19 

30 

1,816

1st Grade (Pre-1st)

3,325 

3,154 

42 

51 

49 

43 

45 

52 

6,780

2nd Grade

3,444 

3,249 

32 

52 

42 

54 

14 

12 

45 

57 

7,005

3rd Grade

3,499 

3,351 

62 

47 

49 

50 

14 

14 

50 

67 

7,214

4th Grade

3,659 

3,495 

53 

50 

38 

51 

18 

14 

41 

40 

7,468

5th Grade

3,840 

3,651 

56 

47 

37 

45 

18 

19 

38 

39 

7,799

6th Grade

3,936 

3,716 

52 

43 

57 

42 

29 

18 

57 

46 

8,013

Elementary Ungraded

21 

32

7th Grade

3,969 

3,803 

53 

44 

39 

34 

31 

32 

36 

44 

8,094

8th Grade

3,912 

3,673 

47 

40 

34 

30 

25 

28 

52 

52 

12 

7,909

9th Grade

4,306 

3,935 

50 

39 

28 

25 

30 

30 

53 

44 

8,548

10th Grade

3,995 

3,770 

42 

38 

27 

30 

33 

31 

61 

63 

8,104

11th Grade

3,722 

3,529 

38 

33 

20 

27 

31 

26 

78 

57 

14 

7,582

12th Grade

3,666 

3,450 

23 

24 

22 

21 

26 

28 

63 

61 

7,402

Secondary Ungraded

24 

15 

47

Adult Without Diploma

3

Adult In Adult Diploma Program

10

Post Graduate

1

Adult With Diploma

0

TOTAL

49,841 

46,782 

619 

546 

509 

504 

283 

266 

678 

688 

72 

79 

100,867

   
TABLE 2: VERMONT PUBLIC SCHOOL ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY ENROLLMENT NUMBERS - FY77 TO FY02
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  Table 2 presents a twenty-six 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 1.05%.
   
 

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 

2000-2001

54,433 

44,117 

3,499 

102,049 

2001-2002

53,167 

44,143 

3,557 

100,867 

   
 
* Elementary includes grades K-6, EEE, Preschool/Prekindergarten, and Elementary Ungraded. Secondary includes grades 7-12, Adult Without Diploma, Post Graduate, Adult With Diploma, and Secondary Ungraded.

** Please note that for School Year 1997-98, Bellows Free Academy of St. Albans also included 25 in Preschool.
   
 

Figure 1
Vermont Public School Elementary & Secondary Enrollment Numbers - FY77 to FY02

Figure 1 graphically presents a twenty-six year trend of Vermont elementary and secondary enrollment numbers.

Elementary enrollment numbers were highes