| Year | Enrollment | Change from Previous Year | % Change | Year | Enrollment | Change from Previous Year | % Change | ||
| 1962-63 | 767,063 | - | - | 1986-87 | 767,819 | (415) | (0.05) | ||
| 1963-64 | 800,037 | 32,974 | 4.30 | 1987-88 | 772,363 | 4,544 | 0.59 | ||
| 1964-65 | 831,415 | 31,378 | 3.92 | 1988-89 | 774,857 | 2,494 | 0.32 | ||
| 1965-66 | 859,101 | 27,686 | 3.33 | 1989-90 | 782,905 | 8,048 | 1.04 | ||
| 1966-67 | 890,436 | 31,335 | 3.65 | 1990-91 | 797,621 | 14,716 | 1.88 | ||
| 1967-68 | 921,032 | 30,596 | 3.44 | 1991-92 | 814,671 | 17,050 | 2.14 | ||
| 1968-69 | 954,243 | 33,211 | 3.61 | 1992-93 | 829,415 | 14,744 | 1.81 | ||
| 1969-70 | 980,064 | 25,821 | 2.71 | 1993-94 | 844,001 | 14,586 | 1.76 | ||
| 1970-71 | 993,736 | 13,672 | 1.40 | 1994-95 | 860,581 | 16,580 | 1.96 | ||
| 1971-72 | 999,921 | 6,185 | 0.62 | 1995-96 | 870,175 | 9,594 | 1.11 | ||
| 1972-73 | 995,223 | (4,698) | (0.47) | 1996-97 | 879,149 | 8,974 | 1.03 | ||
| 1973-74 | 987,022 | (8,201) | (0.82) | 1997-98 | 881,720 | 2,571 | 0.29 | ||
| 1974-75 | 974,333 | (12,689) | (1.29) | 1998-99 | 879,464 | (2,256) | (0.26) | ||
| 1975-76 | 964,219 | (10,114) | (1.04) | 1999-00 | 877,713 | (1,751) | (0.20) | ||
| 1976-77 | 945,337 | (18,882) | (1.96) | 2000-01 | 879,476 | 1,763 | 0.20 | ||
| 1977-78 | 917,863 | (27,474) | (2.91) | 2001-02 | 879,361 | (115) | (0.01) | ||
| 1978-79 | 886,419 | (31,444) | (3.43) | 2002-03 | 881,231 | 1,870 | 0.21 | ||
| 1979-80 | 857,855 | (28,564) | (3.22) | 2003-04 | 880,031 | (1,200) | (0.14) | ||
| 1980-81 | 830,247 | (27,608) | (3.22) | 2004-05 | 864,757 | (15,274) | (1.73) | ||
| 1981-82 | 804,262 | (25,985) | (3.13) | 2005-06 | 875,174 | 10,417 | 1.20 | ||
| 1982-83 | 784,830 | (19,432) | (2.42) | 2006-07 | 876,700 | 1,526 | 0.17 | ||
| 1983-84 | 774,646 | (10,184) | (1.30) | 2007-08 | 874,633 | (2,067) | (0.23) | ||
| 1984-85 | 767,542 | (7,104) | (0.92) | 2008-09 | 873,586 | (1,047) | (0.12) | ||
| 1985-86 | 768,234 | 692 | 0.09 | 2009-10 | 872,436 | (1,150) | (0.13) |
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