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Catholic School Enrollment Update
Report: Nearly 50% of Catholic schools in U.S. have
waiting list
Total Catholic school student enrollment for the current academic year is
2,553,277.
· 1,906,870 elementary/middle schools
· 646,407 secondary schools
· Minority student enrollment is 663,682 which is 26.0% of the total
enrollment.
· Non-Catholic enrollment is 341,819 which is 13.4% of the total enrollment.
There are 8,000 Catholic schools: 6,785 elementary; 1,215 secondary.
· 47 new schools opened
· 3,195 schools have a waiting list for admission.
· Coeducational schools comprise 99.0% of elementary and 65.1% of secondary
schools. At the
secondary level, 14.4% of single gender schools are male and 20.5% are
female.
Regional Distribution of Schools
Slightly more than half of all the schools (51.0%) are located within the
Mideast and Great Lakes regions. However, the national trends in population
increases in the Southeast and West over the last decade are reflected in
the increasing percentages of schools located in those areas.
Source: National Catholic Educational Assoc.