It might be the way the question was asked to the head of the "household". Check the SURVEY sample. Also I would think the US Department of Education who actually has individual school and school district counts every year as well as state departments of education. USA Wrestling has some pretty good data also on kids and hs participation rates.
http://www.nfhs.org/Participation/HistoricalSearch.aspx
Last edited by smokeycabin; 04/29/12 01:52 PM.