American Academy of Pediatrics

TABLE 1

Kindergarten Student Enrollment and NME Data, Broken Out by Exemption and School Type in Michigan From 2011 to 2018

Year	Student Enrollment	NMEs, %	Philosophical Exemptions,^a %	Religious Exemptions,^a %
Charter schools
2011	278	5.04	71.43	14.29
2012	359	6.41	47.83	47.83
2013	362	4.42	43.75	50.00
2014	562	3.91	54.55	45.45
2015	713	3.09	59.09	36.36
2016	961	2.91	57.14	35.71
2017	1009	4.56	67.39	30.43
2018	1280	5.55	56.34	40.85
Private schools
2011	9459	8.84	70.33	14.83
2012	9072	10.50	75.03	14.27
2013	9113	10.07	74.73	17.86
2014	9128	10.28	72.17	21.86
2015	8901	7.27	73.88	20.56
2016	9263	7.69	73.60	23.03
2017	9134	8.02	72.85	24.01
2018	9184	8.61	68.90	26.93
Public schools
2011	111 279	5.26	76.21	13.25
2012	111 375	5.47	76.01	14.59
2013	107 363	5.45	74.24	17.46
2014	105 130	4.85	71.92	21.85
2015	103 217	3.25	77.26	16.82
2016	105 286	3.27	75.44	19.27
2017	105 650	3.80	73.41	21.36
2018	104 742	4.06	71.89	22.58
Virtual schools
2011	57	21.05	91.67	8.33
2012	74	27.03	55.00	45.00
2013	200	27.00	64.81	35.19
2014	241	19.50	53.19	46.81
2015	205	13.66	67.86	28.57
2016	287	19.86	66.67	31.58
2017	411	24.57	71.29	23.76
2018	487	27.52	61.19	26.12

Year	Student Enrollment	NMEs, %	Philosophical Exemptions,^a %	Religious Exemptions,^a %
Charter schools
2011	278	5.04	71.43	14.29
2012	359	6.41	47.83	47.83
2013	362	4.42	43.75	50.00
2014	562	3.91	54.55	45.45
2015	713	3.09	59.09	36.36
2016	961	2.91	57.14	35.71
2017	1009	4.56	67.39	30.43
2018	1280	5.55	56.34	40.85
Private schools
2011	9459	8.84	70.33	14.83
2012	9072	10.50	75.03	14.27
2013	9113	10.07	74.73	17.86
2014	9128	10.28	72.17	21.86
2015	8901	7.27	73.88	20.56
2016	9263	7.69	73.60	23.03
2017	9134	8.02	72.85	24.01
2018	9184	8.61	68.90	26.93
Public schools
2011	111 279	5.26	76.21	13.25
2012	111 375	5.47	76.01	14.59
2013	107 363	5.45	74.24	17.46
2014	105 130	4.85	71.92	21.85
2015	103 217	3.25	77.26	16.82
2016	105 286	3.27	75.44	19.27
2017	105 650	3.80	73.41	21.36
2018	104 742	4.06	71.89	22.58
Virtual schools
2011	57	21.05	91.67	8.33
2012	74	27.03	55.00	45.00
2013	200	27.00	64.81	35.19
2014	241	19.50	53.19	46.81
2015	205	13.66	67.86	28.57
2016	287	19.86	66.67	31.58
2017	411	24.57	71.29	23.76
2018	487	27.52	61.19	26.12

Represented as a percentage of total NMEs.