Table 5.

Number of educational institutions, by level and control of institution: Selected years, 1980–81 through 2004–05

Level and control of institution	1980–81	1990–91	1993–94	1994–95	1995–96	1996–97	1997–98	1998–99	1999–2000	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
All institutions	—	—	—	—	—	—	123,504	—	125,642	—	129,843	—	130,522	—
Elementary and secondary schools	106,746	109,228	111,486	—	114,811	—	116,910	—	119,235	—	123,385	—	124,110	—
Elementary	72,659	74,716	75,591	—	77,909	—	79,362	—	80,661	—	82,655	—	82,955	—
Secondary	24,856	23,602	23,256	—	23,530	—	24,169	—	24,903	—	24,884	—	25,476	—
Combined	5,202	8,847	10,678	—	11,205	—	11,412	—	12,197	—	14,430	—	13,931	—
Other1	4,029	2,063	1,962	—	2,167	—	1,967	—	1,474	—	1,416	—	1,749	—
Public schools	85,982	84,538	85,393	86,221	87,125	88,223	89,508	90,874	92,012	93,273	94,112	95,615	95,726	96,513
Elementary	59,326	59,015	60,052	60,808	61,165	61,805	62,739	63,462	64,131	64,601	65,228	65,718	65,758	65,984
Secondary	22,619	21,135	20,705	20,904	20,997	21,307	21,682	22,076	22,365	21,994	22,180	22,599	22,782	23,445
Combined	1,743	2,325	2,674	2,764	2,796	2,980	3,120	3,721	4,042	5,096	5,288	5,552	5,437	5,572
Other1	2,294	2,063	1,962	1,745	2,167	2,131	1,967	1,615	1,474	1,582	1,416	1,746	1,749	1,512
Private schools	20,764	24,690	26,093	—	27,686	—	27,402	—	27,223	—	29,273	—	28,384	—
Elementary	13,333	15,701	15,539	—	16,744	—	16,623	—	16,530	—	17,427	—	17,197	—
Secondary	2,237	2,467	2,551	—	2,533	—	2,487	—	2,538	—	2,704	—	2,694	—
Combined	3,459	6,522	8,004	—	8,409	—	8,292	—	8,155	—	9,142	—	8,494	—
Other1	1,735	(2)	(2)	—	(2)	—	(2)	—	(2)	—	(2)	—	(2)	—
Postsecondary Title IV institutions	—	—	—	—	—	6,669	6,594	6,431	6,407	6,479	6,458	6,354	6,412	6,383
Public	—	—	—	—	—	2,069	2,163	2,090	2,078	2,084	2,099	2,051	2,047	2,027
Private	—	—	—	—	—	4,600	4,431	4,341	4,329	4,395	4,359	4,303	4,365	4,356
Not-for-profit	—	—	—	—	—	2,027	2,007	1,986	1,936	1,950	1,941	1,921	1,913	1,875
For-profit	—	—	—	—	—	2,573	2,424	2,355	2,393	2,445	2,418	2,382	2,452	2,481
Title IV non-degree-granting institutions	—	—	—	—	—	2,660	2,530	2,383	2,323	2,297	2,261	2,186	2,176	2,167
Public	—	—	—	—	—	367	456	409	396	386	386	339	327	327
Private	—	—	—	—	—	2,293	2,074	1,974	1,927	1,911	1,875	1,847	1,849	1,840
Not-for-profit	—	—	—	—	—	334	300	291	255	255	265	256	249	238
For-profit	—	—	—	—	—	1,959	1,774	1,683	1,672	1,656	1,610	1,591	1,600	1,602
Title IV degree-granting institutions	3,231	3,559	3,632	3,688	3,706	4,009	4,064	4,048	4,084	4,182	4,197	4,168	4,236	4,216
2-year colleges	1,274	1,418	1,442	1,473	1,462	1,742	1,755	1,713	1,721	1,732	1,710	1,702	1,706	1,683
Public	945	972	1,021	1,036	1,047	1,088	1,092	1,069	1,068	1,076	1,085	1,081	1,086	1,061
Private	329	446	421	437	415	654	663	644	653	656	625	621	620	622
Not-for-profit	182	167	181	192	187	184	179	164	150	144	135	127	118	112
For-profit	147	279	240	245	228	470	484	480	503	512	490	494	502	510
4-year colleges	1,957	2,141	2,190	2,215	2,244	2,267	2,309	2,335	2,363	2,450	2,487	2,466	2,530	2,533
Public	552	595	604	605	608	614	615	612	614	622	628	631	634	639
Private	1,405	1,546	1,586	1,610	1,636	1,653	1,694	1,723	1,749	1,828	1,859	1,835	1,896	1,894
Not-for-profit	1,387	1,482	1,506	1,510	1,519	1,509	1,528	1,531	1,531	1,551	1,541	1,538	1,546	1,525
For-profit	18	64	80	100	117	144	166	192	218	277	318	297	350	369

—Not available. 1 Includes special education, alternative, and other schools not classified by grade span. Because of changes in survey definitions, figures for "other"" schools are not comparable from year to year. 2 Included in other private school categories. NOTE: Postsecondary data through 1994–95 are for institutions of higher education, while later data are for Title IV degree-granting and non-degree-granting institutions. Degree-granting institutions grant associate's or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. The degree-granting classification is very similar to the earlier higher education classification, but it includes more 2-year colleges and excludes a few higher education institutions that did not grant degrees. (See Guide to Sources for details.) SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 1989–90 through 2004–05; Private Schools in American Education; Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School Questionnaire," 1990–91; Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 1993–94 through 2003–04; Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Institutional Characteristics of Colleges and Universities" survey, 1980–81; and 1990–91 through 2004–05 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Institutional Characteristics Survey" (IPEDS-IC:90–99), and Fall 2001 through Fall 2004. (This table was prepared August 2006.)