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| Table 205.10. | Private elementary and secondary school enrollment and private enrollment as a percentage of total enrollment in public and private schools, by region and grade level: Selected years, fall 1995 through fall 2011 |
| [Standard errors appear in parentheses] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Grade level and year | Total private enrollment | Private enrollment, by region | ||||||||||||||||||
| Northeast | Midwest | South | West | |||||||||||||||||
| In thousands | Percent of total enrollment | In thousands | Percent of total enrollment in Northeast | In thousands | Percent of total enrollment in Midwest | In thousands | Percent of total enrollment in South | In thousands | Percent of total enrollment in West | |||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Total, all grades | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995 | 5,918 | (31.8) | 11.7 | (0.06) | 1,509 | (18.8) | 16.0 | (0.20) | 1,525 | (14.2) | 12.7 | (0.12) | 1,744 | (12.8) | 9.8 | (0.07) | 1,141 | (11.5) | 10.0 | (0.10) |
| 1997 | 5,944 | (18.5) | 11.4 | (0.04) | 1,496 | (8.3) | 15.6 | (0.09) | 1,528 | (11.6) | 12.5 | (0.10) | 1,804 | (11.3) | 9.8 | (0.06) | 1,116 | (5.2) | 9.4 | (0.04) |
| 1999 | 6,018 | (30.2) | 11.4 | (0.06) | 1,507 | (7.9) | 15.5 | (0.08) | 1,520 | (10.3) | 12.4 | (0.09) | 1,863 | (26.7) | 10.0 | (0.14) | 1,127 | (5.4) | 9.2 | (0.04) |
| 2001 | 6,320 | (40.3) | 11.7 | (0.08) | 1,581 | (9.5) | 16.1 | (0.10) | 1,556 | (22.9) | 12.6 | (0.19) | 1,975 | (21.4) | 10.3 | (0.11) | 1,208 | (23.4) | 9.6 | (0.19) |
| 2003 | 6,099 | (41.2) | 11.2 | (0.08) | 1,513 | (25.8) | 15.4 | (0.27) | 1,460 | (15.1) | 11.9 | (0.12) | 1,944 | (21.0) | 9.9 | (0.11) | 1,182 | (19.1) | 9.1 | (0.15) |
| 2005 | 6,073 | (42.4) | 11.0 | (0.08) | 1,430 | (7.7) | 14.8 | (0.08) | 1,434 | (21.0) | 11.7 | (0.17) | 1,976 | (24.7) | 9.8 | (0.12) | 1,234 | (26.3) | 9.4 | (0.20) |
| 2007 | 5,910 | (28.4) | 10.7 | (0.05) | 1,426 | (11.0) | 14.9 | (0.12) | 1,352 | (8.3) | 11.2 | (0.07) | 1,965 | (21.5) | 9.6 | (0.11) | 1,167 | (12.3) | 8.9 | (0.09) |
| 2009 | 5,488 | (35.9) | 10.0 | (0.07) | 1,310 | (15.7) | 14.0 | (0.17) | 1,296 | (25.9) | 10.8 | (0.22) | 1,842 | (17.6) | 9.1 | (0.09) | 1,041 | (8.0) | 8.0 | (0.06) |
| 2011 | 5,268 | (24.9) | 9.7 | (0.04) | 1,252 | (18.0) | 13.7 | (0.17) | 1,263 | (17.1) | 10.7 | (0.13) | 1,747 | (2.6) | 8.5 | (0.01) | 1,006 | (0.4) | 7.8 | (#) |
| Prekindergarten through grade 8 |
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| 1995 | 4,756 | (28.4) | 12.8 | (0.08) | 1,174 | (16.8) | 17.2 | (0.25) | 1,238 | (13.5) | 14.3 | (0.16) | 1,413 | (11.9) | 10.7 | (0.09) | 931 | (9.2) | 11.1 | (0.11) |
| 1997 | 4,759 | (17.3) | 12.6 | (0.05) | 1,165 | (8.3) | 16.8 | (0.12) | 1,235 | (11.0) | 14.1 | (0.13) | 1,449 | (10.0) | 10.8 | (0.07) | 909 | (4.4) | 10.5 | (0.05) |
| 1999 | 4,789 | (23.1) | 12.5 | (0.06) | 1,168 | (7.5) | 16.7 | (0.11) | 1,222 | (8.4) | 13.9 | (0.10) | 1,487 | (19.6) | 10.9 | (0.14) | 913 | (4.4) | 10.4 | (0.05) |
| 2001 | 5,023 | (36.1) | 12.9 | (0.09) | 1,216 | (9.4) | 17.3 | (0.14) | 1,253 | (21.2) | 14.3 | (0.24) | 1,584 | (17.8) | 11.3 | (0.13) | 969 | (21.2) | 10.6 | (0.23) |
| 2003 | 4,788 | (30.3) | 12.3 | (0.08) | 1,131 | (7.8) | 16.4 | (0.11) | 1,167 | (13.6) | 13.5 | (0.16) | 1,547 | (18.6) | 10.9 | (0.13) | 944 | (18.1) | 10.2 | (0.20) |
| 2005 | 4,724 | (33.0) | 12.1 | (0.09) | 1,063 | (6.6) | 15.9 | (0.10) | 1,142 | (19.3) | 13.3 | (0.23) | 1,551 | (21.2) | 10.7 | (0.15) | 969 | (15.0) | 10.5 | (0.16) |
| 2007 | 4,546 | (21.9) | 11.7 | (0.06) | 1,047 | (6.3) | 16.0 | (0.10) | 1,065 | (7.7) | 12.6 | (0.09) | 1,525 | (17.7) | 10.4 | (0.12) | 909 | (8.1) | 9.9 | (0.09) |
| 2009 | 4,179 | (33.2) | 10.8 | (0.09) | 938 | (12.6) | 14.6 | (0.20) | 1,016 | (25.1) | 12.1 | (0.30) | 1,424 | (16.2) | 9.8 | (0.11) | 802 | (7.2) | 8.8 | (0.08) |
| 2011 | 3,977 | (18.2) | 10.3 | (0.04) | 898 | (12.8) | 14.1 | (0.17) | 967 | (12.8) | 11.7 | (0.14) | 1,337 | (1.8) | 9.0 | (0.01) | 774 | (0.3) | 8.6 | (#) |
| Grades 9 through 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995 | 1,163 | (4.6) | 8.5 | (0.03) | 335 | (2.9) | 13.0 | (0.11) | 287 | (0.9) | 8.6 | (0.03) | 331 | (2.1) | 7.1 | (0.04) | 209 | (2.3) | 6.8 | (0.08) |
| 1997 | 1,185 | (2.4) | 8.3 | (0.02) | 331 | (0.5) | 12.5 | (0.02) | 293 | (0.7) | 8.5 | (0.02) | 354 | (1.7) | 7.2 | (0.03) | 207 | (1.2) | 6.4 | (0.04) |
| 1999 | 1,229 | (8.3) | 8.4 | (0.06) | 340 | (1.1) | 12.6 | (0.04) | 299 | (2.5) | 8.6 | (0.07) | 376 | (7.6) | 7.5 | (0.15) | 215 | (1.8) | 6.3 | (0.05) |
| 2001 | 1,296 | (6.7) | 8.6 | (0.04) | 365 | (0.8) | 13.1 | (0.03) | 302 | (2.0) | 8.6 | (0.06) | 390 | (4.4) | 7.5 | (0.08) | 239 | (4.5) | 6.8 | (0.13) |
| 2003 | 1,311 | (24.7) | 8.4 | (0.16) | 382 | (24.0) | 13.1 | (0.83) | 294 | (4.1) | 8.2 | (0.11) | 397 | (3.0) | 7.4 | (0.06) | 238 | (3.5) | 6.4 | (0.09) |
| 2005 | 1,349 | (18.1) | 8.3 | (0.11) | 367 | (1.7) | 12.3 | (0.06) | 292 | (5.0) | 7.9 | (0.14) | 425 | (7.2) | 7.5 | (0.13) | 265 | (15.7) | 6.7 | (0.40) |
| 2007 | 1,364 | (12.0) | 8.3 | (0.07) | 379 | (8.8) | 12.7 | (0.30) | 287 | (1.3) | 7.8 | (0.04) | 440 | (5.5) | 7.6 | (0.10) | 257 | (5.7) | 6.5 | (0.14) |
| 2009 | 1,309 | (6.5) | 8.0 | (0.04) | 372 | (5.7) | 12.6 | (0.20) | 280 | (2.2) | 7.7 | (0.06) | 418 | (1.7) | 7.3 | (0.03) | 239 | (1.1) | 6.1 | (0.03) |
| 2011 | 1,291 | (15.4) | 8.1 | (0.09) | 353 | (5.2) | 12.6 | (0.16) | 295 | (14.4) | 8.4 | (0.38) | 411 | (1.8) | 7.1 | (0.03) | 232 | (0.1) | 5.9 | (#) |
| #Rounds to zero. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Includes enrollment in prekindergarten through grade 12 in schools that offer kindergarten or higher grade. Ungraded students are prorated into prekindergarten through grade 8 and grades 9 through 12. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 1995–96 through 2011–12; and Common Core of Data (CCD), "State Nonfiscal Survey of Public Elementary/Secondary Education," 1995–96 through 2011–12. (This table was prepared May 2014.) |
