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Wednesday, August 19, 2015In fall 2015, about 50 million students will attend public elementary and secondary schools. Of these, 35.2 million will be in prekindergarten through grade 8 and 14.9 million will be in grades 9 through 12. An additional 4.9 million students are expected to attend private schools.
Email the EditorToday's Random Fact:Current expenditures for public elementary and secondary schools are projected to be $634 billion for the 2015-16 school year. These expenditures include such items as salaries for school personnel, benefits, student transportation, school books and materials, and energy costs. The current expenditure per student is projected at $12,605 for the 2015-16 school year.
***Bonus Fact:About 3.3 million students are expected to graduate from high school in 2015-16, including 3 million students from public high schools and about 0.3 million students from private high schools.
The percentage of high school dropouts among 16-through 24-year-olds declined from 10.9 percent in 2000 to 6.8 percent in 2013. Reflecting the overall decline in the dropout rate between 2000 and 2013.