CNN.com - New school boom: Student population soars to highest level ever - Jun 2, 2005

CNN.com - New school boom: Student population soars to highest level ever - Jun 2, 2005: "WASHINGTON (AP) -- Leave it to today's school kids to trump their baby boomer parents.

A total of 49.6 million children attended public and private school in 2003, beating the previous high mark of 48.7 million -- set in 1970 when the baby boom generation was in school.

The growth is largely due to all the children born in the late 1940s to early 1960s, who have since become parents themselves, the Census Bureau said Wednesday. Rising immigration played a part, too."