Statewide Enrollment for Years 1950 through 1979

1979-80

4,119,511

1978-79

4,187,967

1977-78

4,157,000

1976-77

4,235,525

1975-76

4,419,571

1974-75

4,427,443

1973-74

4,459,328

1972-73

4,500,978

1971-72

4,601,550

1970-71

4,633,198

1969-70

4,597,402

1968-69

4,564,018

1967-68

4,466,266

1966-67

4,357,634

1965-66

4,227,129

1964-65

4,089,343

1963-64

3,928,336

1962-63

3,734,255

1961-62

3,544,700

1960-61

3,368,101

1959-60

3,190,745

1958-59

2,993,687

1957-58

2,824,749

1956-57

2,634,539

1955-56

2,448,030

1954-55

2,282,712

1953-54

2,131,259

1952-53

1,965,115

1951-52

1,836,744

1950-51

1,689,425