K-12 Population, Pupils and Instructional Staff, 1869-70 to 1989-90 - Education by the Numbers

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K - 12 Population, Pupils, and Instructional Staff, 1869-70 to 1989-90

Year	Total population in thousands	Population 5 to 17 in thousands	Population 5 to 17 as percent	Total enrollment in K12 in thousands	K8 in thousands	Grades 9 to 12 in thousands	Enrollment as percent of total population	Enrollment as percent of 5 to 17	Percent of total enroll in high schools	High school graduates in thousands	Average daily attendance in thousands	Total days attended in millions	Percent of enrolled pupils attending daily	Average length of school term in days	Average number of days attended per pupil	Total instruction staff in thousands	Number of supervisors in thousands	Number of principals in thousands	Teachers librarians nonsupervisory staff in thousands	Male teachers librarians in thousands	Female teachers librarians in thousands	Percent of male teachers librarians	Notes
1869-70	38,558	11,683	30.30	7,562	7,481	80	17.80	57.00	1.20		4,077	539	59.30	132.20	78.40				201	78	123	38.70
1879-80	50,156	15,066	30.00	9,868	9,757	110	19.70	65.50	1.10		6,144	801	62.30	130.30	81.10				287	123	164	42.80
1889-90	62,622	18,473	29.50	12,723	12,520	203	20.30	68.90	1.60	22	8,154	1,098	64.10	134.70	86.30				364	126	238	34.50
1899-00	75,995	21,573	28.40	15,503	14,984	519	20.40	71.90	3.30	62	10,633	1,535	68.60	144.30	99.00				423	127	296	29.90
1909-10	90,490	24,011	26.50	17,814	16,899	915	19.70	74.20	5.10	111	12,827	2,011	72.00	156.80	112.90				523	110	413	21.10
1919-20	104,514	27,571	26.40	21,578	19,378	2,200	20.60	78.30	10.20	231	16,150	2,615	74.80	161.90	121.20	700	7	14	680	96	584	14.10
1929-30	121,767	31,414	25.80	25,678	21,279	4,399	21.10	81.70	17.10	592	21,265	3,673	82.80	172.70	143.00	892	7	31	854	142	712	16.60
1939-40	130,880	30,151	23.00	25,434	18,832	6,601	19.40	84.40	26.00	1,143	22,042	3,858	86.70	175.00	151.70	912	5	32	875	195	681	22.20
1949-50	149,199	30,223	20.30	25,111	19,387	5,725	16.80	83.10	22.80	1,063	22,284	3,964	88.70	177.90	157.90	962	9	39	914	195	719	21.30
1959-60	177,080	42,634	24.10	36,087	27,602	8,485	20.40	84.60	23.50	1,627	32,477	5,782	90.00	178.00	160.20	1,464	14	64	1,387	402	985	29.00
1969-70	201,385	52,386	26.00	45,550	32,513	13,037	22.60	87.00	28.60	2,589	41,934	7,501	90.40	178.90	161.70	2,253	32	91	2,131	691	1,140	32.40
1979-80	224,567	48,041	21.40	41,651	28,034	13,616	18.50	86.70	32.70	2,748	38,289	6,835	90.10	178.50	160.80	2,441	35	106	2,300	782	1,518	34.00
1989-90	248,239	45,330	18.30	40,543	29,152	11,390	16.30	89.40	28.10	2,320	37,779								2,528
Year	Total population in thousands	Population 5 to 17 in thousands	Population 5 to 17 as percent	Total enrollment in K12 in thousands	K8 in thousands	Grades 9 to 12 in thousands	Enrollment as percent of total population	Enrollment as percent of 5 to 17	Percent of total enroll in high schools	High school graduates in thousands	Average daily attendance in thousands	Total days attended in millions	Percent of enrolled pupils attending daily	Average length of school term in days	Average number of days attended per pupil	Total instruction staff in thousands	Number of supervisors in thousands	Number of principals in thousands	Teachers librarians nonsupervisory staff in thousands	Male teachers librarians in thousands	Female teachers librarians in thousands	Percent of male teachers librarians	Notes

Source: 120 Years of American Education: A Statistical Portrait, National Center for Education Statistics, Thomas D. Snyder, editor, p. 34.