7-13. Number of Schools and Total Enrollment in South Carolina Public and Non-Public Schools, Grades K-12, Special Education and Ungraded: 1982-83 - 1993-94


                         PUBLIC SCHOOLS            PRIVATE, SPECIAL, AND DENOMINATIONAL SCHOOLS

                                        PERCENT                                     PERCENT
                                        CHANGE                                       CHANGE
 SCHOOL YEAR     NUMBER    ENROLLMENT  ENROLLMENT     NUMBER 1/    ENROLLMENT 2/   ENROLLMENT

1982-83 1,133 622,426 -0.7 473 51,445 0.5 1983-84 1,124 618,590 -0.6 472 51,219 -0.4 1984-85 1,133 617,579 -0.2 493 51,406 0.4 1985-86 1,120 620,830 0.5 493 50,150 -2.4 1986-87 1,108 626,521 0.9 455 46,422 -7.4 1987-88 1,104 632,044 0.9 440 44,803 -3.5 1988-89 1,106 633,345 0.2 479 44,705 -0.2 1989-90 1,105 633,662 0.1 478 43,694 -2.3 1990-91 1,100 637,703 0.6 471 44,016 0.7 1991-92 1,105 642,364 0.7 455 43,389 -1.4 1992-93 1,109 646,985 0.7 393 41,528 -4.3 1993-94 1,095 651,422 0.7 352 41,981 1.1
1/: Excludes schools from which no report was received.

2/: Beginning with the 1984-85 school year, public school figures include the S.C. School for the Deaf and the Blind and the Palmetto Unified School District.

Source: S.C. Department of Education, Annual Reports of the State Superintendent of Education, 1982-83 - 1993-94, and "Enrollment in Private Schools By Type, 1991-92 - 1993-94."

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