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October 2000 Public School Membership
TO: Colorado School Districts
Boards of Cooperative Educational Services
Colorado Department of Education Staff
Other Interested Persons
FROM: Research and Evaluation Unit
DATE: January 3, 2001
RE: October 2000 Public School Membership
Attached are summary tables showing current October membership counts and trends for selected years.
The October 2000 Colorado public school membership (724,508) increased by 16,399 students. This is a 2.3 percent increase over fall 1999.
During the last five years the following ten counties had increases in their pupil membership of one thousand or more students.
PERCENT | COUNT | |||
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FALL | FALL | CHANGE | CHANGE | |
1996 | 2000 | FROM | FROM | |
COUNTY | PUPILS | PUPILS | 1996 | 1996 |
Douglas | 24,495 | 34,918 | 42.6 | 10,423 |
El Paso | 86,396 | 94,012 | 8.8 | 7,616 |
Arapahoe | 88,875 | 96,485 | 8.6 | 7,610 |
Adams | 54,398 | 60,663 | 11.5 | 6,265 |
Denver | 66,331 | 70,847 | 6.8 | 4,516 |
Boulder | 43,107 | 47,128 | 9.3 | 4,021 |
Weld | 26,752 | 30,411 | 13.7 | 3,659 |
Larimer | 37,058 | 40,172 | 8.4 | 3,114 |
Pueblo | 23,624 | 24,858 | 5.2 | 1,234 |
Jefferson | 86,670 | 87,803 | 1.2 | 1,033 |
- Pupil Counts by Grade (PDF)
- Pupil Counts and Percent of Pupils by Racial/Ethnic Group (PDF)
- Pupil Count Trends 1980 to 2000 (PDF)
For additional information, contact Brooke Wenzel, wenzel_b@cde.state.co.us
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