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It quantifies enrollment levels across preschool, K–12, and college, highlighting demographic differences by race, ethnicity, nativity, and income. 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Hernandez, and Kevin McElrath  \nACS-55 June 2023  \nINTRODUCTION  \nAccording to the American Community Survey (ACS), about one-quarter (24 .8 percent) of the  \nU. S. population over the age of 3 was enrolled in school in 2021. This report provides a comprehensive picture of the state of school enrollment using recently published data from the ACS.1 It outlines modern enrollment trends while also offering comparisons to past levels of enrollment. More specifically, this report covers the time of the COVID-  \n19 pandemic that was characterized by school closures, expanded remote learning, and decisions to delay school enrollment from both schools and families. We pay specific attention to two levels of schooling that saw notable shifts from 2019 to 2021—preschool enrollment and college enrollment—and we examine whether certain demographic groups or geographic areas were more impacted than others. The COVID-19 pandemic changed the way society operates in many ways, from shifts in the way people work to increased focus on public health. This report shows that the way people approach schooling may also have shifted during the COVID-19 pandemic. As more data become available, we can investigate whether the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a longterm shift in school enrollment trends or was simply an external shock whose effects will dissipate as the pandemic wanes.  \n1 The U. S. Census Bureau reviewed this data product for unauthorized disclosure of confidential information and approved the disclosure avoidance practices applied to this release.  \nCBDRB-FY23-POP001-0108 .  \nHIGHLIGHTS  \n• In 2021, school enrollment included 4.1 million preschool students, 4.0 million kindergartners, 32.9 million students in first through eighth grades, 17.3 million high schoolers, 16.6 million undergraduate students, and 4.6 million graduate students.  \n• In 2021, approximately 19.8 percent of graduate students and 11.1 percent of undergraduate students were foreign-born.  \n• Just over one-half (51 .8 percent) of all undergraduate students were White,  \n13.9 percent were Black, 7.6 percent were Asian, and 20.6 percent were Hispanic.  \n• Similarly, 48.1 percent of all kindergarten through 12th (K–12) grade students were White, 12.8 percent were Black, 4.9 percent were Asian, and 25.7 percent were Hispanic.  \n• High school dropout rates—defined as the percentage of people (aged 18 to 24) who are not enrolled in school and do not have a high school degree—declined from 12.5 percent of all 18-to 24-year-olds in 2005 to 5.8 percent in 2021.  \n• Since 2019, the number of students enrolled in preschool has declined, and the roughly 4.1 million preschool students in 2021 marked the lowest recorded estimate since the ACS began data collection in 2005.  \n• College enrollment continued to decline, with  \n21.1 million students enrolled in 2021, compared to 21.7 million in 2019 and 23.7 million in 2011.  \nHowever, the 2019 to 2021 decline occurred solely in the public undergraduate sector, in contrast with the 2011 to 2019 decline that occurred for both public and private colleges.  \nCURRENT ENROLLMENT STATISTICS FROM THE ACS  \nIn 2021, 79.5 million people in the United States were enrolled in school (Table 1) . In this section, we  \nexamine demographic characteristics of people enrolled in school by level and type of school.  \nPreschool  \nRacially and ethnically, about one-half (2 .2 million) of preschool students were non-Hispanic White alone, with 483,000 non-Hispanic Black (11 .8 percent), 184,000 nonHispanic Asian (4 .5 percent), and  \n857,000 Hispanic (20 .9 percent) .2 The vast majority (98 .4 percent) of preschool students were nativeborn. Household income forchildren enrolled in school varied by level of enrollment (Table 2) . Median annual income for households of preschool students was $99,530—higher than that for students in kindergarten through h","cbCaiti5xAT2HKRg","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiti5xAT2HKRg","pdf",1090726,12,"English","# Introduction\n# Highlights\n# Current Enrollment Statistics from the ACS\n## Preschool","[{\"question\":\"How many people in the United States were enrolled in school in 2021?\",\"answer\":\"In 2021, 79.5 million people in the United States were enrolled in school (Table 1).\"},{\"question\":\"Which enrollment groups changed notably from 2019 to 2021?\",\"answer\":\"The report focuses on shifts in preschool enrollment and college enrollment, examining how these changed from 2019 to 2021 and how they differed from earlier periods.\"},{\"question\":\"What enrollment trends occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic according to the report?\",\"answer\":\"The report describes COVID-19-era school closures, expanded remote learning, and decisions that delayed school enrollment, using these factors to interpret changes in enrollment patterns.\"}]","School Enrollment in the United States - 2021 | PDF",1792062524]