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Student Snapshots

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California Public K-12 Student Enrollment

This table shows the enrollment of K-12 students in Californa public schools since 1985.
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Year	Asian/Pac Is	Black	Filipino	Nat Am	Latino	White	No Resp	Total
1985	302,616	402,846	82,711	30,992	1,223,294	2,213,095	0	4,255,554
1986	326,717	404,794	89,022	32,383	1,294,224	2,230,849	0	4,377,989
1987	349,197	409,041	95,104	34,129	1,353,224	2,247,703	0	4,488,398
1988	368,955	411,493	100,334	35,782	1,449,845	2,251,710	0	4,618,119
1989	390,897	416,611	104,726	36,806	1,574,105	2,248,833	0	4,771,978
1990	414,675	426,382	109,650	38,112	1,702,363	2,259,317	0	4,950,499
1991	435,781	437,525	117,153	41,348	1,804,536	2,270,802	0	5,107,145
1992	450,908	447,861	122,437	41,496	1,877,310	2,255,765	0	5,195,777
1993	461,756	455,954	126,878	43,459	1,951,578	2,227,652	0	5,267,277
1994	469,085	465,219	129,268	46,115	2,022,261	2,209,077	0	5,341,025
1995	481,050	478,912	131,820	47,697	2,118,028	2,209,717	0	5,467,224
1996	493,287	490,256	134,154	48,467	2,229,941	2,216,860	0	5,612,965
1997	501,043	529,275	137,125	49,328	2,379,012	2,277,981	0	5,873,764
1998	509,504	507,506	139,007	50,029	2,412,059	2,210,494	15,512	5,844,111
1999	517,068	509,637	141,045	50,750	2,513,453	2,195,706	23,953	5,951,612
2000	522,871	510,779	144,759	51,926	2,613,480	2,171,861	35,219	6,050,895
2001	535,714	512,996	150,360	53,314	2,717,602	2,138,085	39,304	6,147,375
2002	544,122	515,805	156,549	53,898	2,819,504	2,106,042	48,483	6,244,403
2003	544,278	510,695	160,400	52,706	2,898,316	2,046,256	86,257	6,298,908
2004	550,081	505,322	163,200	51,835	2,961,059	1,981,487	109,218	6,322,202
2005	557,558	495,017	165,572	50,758	3,003,735	1,915,472	124,324	6,312,436
2006	548,878	475,139	165,352	48,272	3,023,686	1,844,073	169,832	6,275,232
2007	555,504	462,884	167,229	47,410	3,052,640	1,784,779	191,058	6,261,504
2008	565,511	451,902	167,980	46,325	3,061,558	1,736,689	210,251	6,240,216

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