29 states and the District of Columbia have legislation that provides some form of financial assistance to parents to help them choose a private or faith-based education for their children. Currently there are 62 publicly-financed programs (vouchers, scholarships, education savings accounts and tax relief ) assisting more than 1.5 million families with financial resources that enable them to exercise choice in their selection of a school for their children.

TOTAL ENROLLMENT IN CATHOLIC SCHOOLS

1,789,363elementary/

middle schools1,239,449

secondary schools549,914

STUDENT DIVERSITY21.2%

racial minorities

17.8%Hispanic/Latino

6.2%unknown

NON-CATHOLIC ENROLLMENT334,88718.7% of the total

enrollment

CATHOLIC SCHOOLS6,289

elementary5,092

secondary1,197

19new schools opened

93consolidated or closed

1,866schools have a waiting list for

admission

98.6%

COEDUCATIONAL SCHOOLS

MALE

elementary

70.8%secondary

12.5% 16.6%FEMALE

152,730

FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT PROFESSIONAL STAFF

NUMBERED

97.2%: Laity (Lay women: 74.8% Lay men: 22.4%)

2.8%: Religious/Clergy (Sisters: 1.7%; Brothers: 0.5%;

Clergy: 0.6%)

176 CATHOLIC DIOCESES WITH CATHOLIC SCHOOLS

LARGEST DIOCESES BY ENROLLMENT

LOS ANGELESCHICAGO

PHILADELPHIANEW YORK

CINCINNATICLEVELAND

ST. LOUISBROOKLYN

NEW ORLEANSBOSTON

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RO

LLM

EN

TS

CH

OO

LSP

RO

FE

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AL

STA

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The student/teacher ratio is 12:1.

CATHOLIC SCHOOL DATA REPORT 2018-2019