Catholic Elementary and Secondary Schools: 2008-2009*
| Number of Schools:
| |
Elementary |
|
6,028 |
|
| Secondary |
1,220 |
Total |
|
7,284 |
|
|
Location of Schools: |
|
Urban |
|
Inner City |
|
Suburban |
|
Rural |
|
|
Elementary |
29.3% |
12.3% |
36.1% |
22.3% |
|
|
Secondary |
39.7% |
8.6% |
36.9% |
14.8% |
|
|
|
|
| Enrollment: |
|
Elementary |
|
1,568,016 |
|
Secondary |
624,515 |
|
Total |
|
2,192,531 |
|
|
| Minority enrollment: |
1970 = 10.8% |
2008-2009 = 29.3% |
|
| African-American: |
7.6% |
|
Multiracial: |
|
3.5 |
|
| Hispanic/Latino: |
12.6% |
Caucasian: |
70.0% |
|
| Asian: |
4.4% |
Native Hawaiian /
Pacific Islander: |
0.8% |
|
| Native American: |
0.4% |
|
Unknown |
|
0.7% |
|
|
|
| Non-Catholic enrollment: |
Total |
1970 = 2.7% |
2007-2008 = 14.9% |
|
| N.B.: Minority and Non-Catholic enrollment increases significantly when limited to schools located in the inner-city and urban areas. |
|
|
| Full Time Professional Staff: |
|
Elementary |
|
105,518 |
| Secondary |
52,097 |
|
Total |
|
157,615 |
| Lay |
96.0% |
| Religious |
4.0% |
|
| Pupil/Teacher Ratio: |
|
Elementary |
|
15:1 |
| Secondary |
12:1 |
|
National |
|
14:1 |
|
| Average Tuition and Per Pupil Costs: |
|
Elementary: |
|
Mean parish school tuition: $3,159 |
Per pupil cost: $ 5,870 |
| Secondary: |
Mean freshman tuition: $8,182 |
Per pupil cost: $10,228 |
|
| N.B.:Based on public school per pupil cost, Catholic schools save the nation more than a $20 billion dollars a year. |
|
*McDonald, D. & Schultz, M. (2009). United States Catholic Elementary and Secondary Schools 2008-2009: The Annual Statistical Report on Schools, Staffing and Enrollment. Washington, D.C.: National Catholic Education Association.