Enrollment:
Total Catholic school student enrollment for the academic year
of 2007-2008 is 2,320,651.
1,682,412 elementary/middle
school; 638,239 secondary
Minority student enrollment
is 596,149 which is 25.7% of the total enrollment.
Non-Catholic enrollment is 320,615 which is 13.8% of the total
enrollment.
Schools:
There are 7,498 Catholic schools:
6,288 elementary
1,210 secondary
36 new schools opened;
212 consolidated or closed.
2,607 schools have a waiting list for admission.
The student/teacher ratio is 15:1.
Professional Staff:
Full-time professional staff numbered 159,135
95.6%: Laity
Lay women: 74.5% Lay
men: 21.1%
4.4%: Religious
Sisters: 3.2%; Brothers:
0.6%; Clergy: 0.6%
National Catholic
School Stats
Nationally, Catholic
schools enroll 2.3 million students.
The average student-teacher
ratio is 15:1
99% of Catholic elementary
schools are co-educational
20% of Catholic high
schools are all-female.
13.5% of Catholic
high schools are all-male.
Over 25% of Catholic
school students are minority and 13.8% nationally are non-Catholic
Nationally, the statistical
mean per-pupil elementary tuition is $2,607 - about 62% of the
actual per pupil cost of education.
Nationally, the mean
freshman tuition for high school is $6,906 - about 80% of the
actual per pupil cost of education.
Based on the average federal government public school per pupil
cost of education of $8,310, Catholic schools save the nation
more than $19 billion a year.
National &
International Catholic Stats
1,060,840,000 Catholics,
a gain of 15,783,000 from year 2000.
Europe - 280,589,00, a gain
of 455,000 from year 2000.
Oceana - 8,320,000, a gain
of 511,000 from year 2000.
Africa - 135,660,000, a gain
of 5,642,000 from year 2000.
Asia - 108,168,000, a gain
of 866,000 from year 2000.
Americas - 528,103,000, a
gain of 8,712,000 from year 2000.
Worldwide 2002 Catholic Statistics:
1.07 billion Catholics
62.4% in the Americas
40.5% in Europe
26.8% in Oceania
16.5% in Africa
3% in Asia
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