Table 1
Elementary And Secondary
Public And Non-Public School Enrollment
New York State
1970-71 Through 2009-10

Sector/Grade Group 1970-71 1980-81 1990-91 2000-01 2007-08

2008-09a/

2009-10a/

Total

     K-6
     7-12

  Public

     K-6
     7-12

  Nonpublic

     K-6
     7-12

4,277,098

2,402,858
1,874,240

3,489,245

1,939,976
1,549,269

  787,853

  462,882
  324,971

     3,418,257

     1,716,317
     1,701,940

     2,838,393

     1,384,286
     1,454,107

       579,864

       332,031
       247,833

     3,024,365

     1,703,037
     1,321,328

     2,547,258

     1,419,001
     1,128,257

       477,107

       284,036
       193,071

3,324,100

1,855,456
1,468,644

   2,828,362 b/

1,562,045
1,266,317

495,738

293,411
202,327

3,163,171

1,642,991
1,520,180

   2,714,385 b/

1,401,912
1,312,473

448,786

241,079
207,707

3,131,000

1,622,000
1,509,000

2,688,000

1,387,000
1,301,000

443,000

235,000
208,000

3,100,000

1,602,000
1,498,000

2,662,000

1,372,000
1,290,000

438,000

230,000
208,000

Nonpublic Enrollment
  As a Percent of Total

 

18.4%

 

       17.0%

 

       15.8%

 

14.9%

 

14.2%

 

14.1%

 

14.1%

a/ Estimated
b/ Includes Charter School enrollment.

After an 11-year upward trend, total enrollment in elementary and secondary schools is declining.

It should be noted that public school enrollment figures reported above do not include students in special classes for handicapped children operated by Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES).  The number of full-time students in BOCES classes has decreased from 17,058 in 1970-71 to 16,736 in 2007-08.