Table 5.

Number of educational institutions, by level and control of institution: Selected years, 1980-81 through 2007-08

Level and control of institution	1980-81	1990-91	1995-96	1997-98	1998-99	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
All institutions	—	—	—	129,997	—	131,414	—	136,465	—	136,819	—	138,899	—	139,207
Elementary and       secondary schools	106,746	109,228	122,059	123,403	—	125,007	—	130,007	—	130,407	—	132,436	—	132,656
Elementary	72,659	74,716	85,157	85,855	—	86,433	—	89,277	—	89,252	—	88,896	—	88,902
Secondary	24,856	23,602	23,530	24,169	—	24,903	—	24,884	—	25,476	—	26,925	—	27,358
Combined	5,202	8,847	11,205	11,412	—	12,197	—	14,430	—	13,931	—	14,964	—	15,160
Other1	4,029	2,063	2,167	1,967	—	1,474	—	1,416	—	1,749	—	1,651	—	1,236
Public schools	85,982	84,538	87,125	89,508	90,874	92,012	93,273	94,112	95,615	95,726	96,513	97,382	98,793	98,916
Elementary	59,326	59,015	61,165	62,739	63,462	64,131	64,601	65,228	65,718	65,758	65,984	66,026	66,458	67,032
Secondary	22,619	21,135	20,997	21,682	22,076	22,365	21,994	22,180	22,599	22,782	23,445	23,998	23,920	24,426
Combined	1,743	2,325	2,796	3,120	3,721	4,042	5,096	5,288	5,552	5,437	5,572	5,707	5,984	6,222
Other1	2,294	2,063	2,167	1,967	1,615	1,474	1,582	1,416	1,746	1,749	1,512	1,651	2,431	1,236
Private schools2	20,764	24,690	34,934	33,895	—	32,995	—	35,895	—	34,681	—	35,054	—	33,740
Elementary	13,333	15,701	23,992	23,116	—	22,302	—	24,049	—	23,494	—	22,870	—	21,870
Schools with highest grade        of kindergarten	†	†	7,249	6,493	—	5,952	—	6,622	—	6,297	—	6,059	—	5,522
Secondary	2,237	2,467	2,533	2,487	—	2,538	—	2,704	—	2,694	—	2,927	—	2,932
Combined	3,459	6,522	8,409	8,292	—	8,155	—	9,142	—	8,494	—	9,257	—	8,938
Other1	1,735	(3)	(3)	(3)	—	(3)	—	(3)	—	(3)	—	(3)	—	(3)
Postsecondary Title IV        institutions	—	—	—	6,594	6,431	6,407	6,479	6,458	6,354	6,412	6,383	6,463	6,536	6,551
Public	—	—	—	2,163	2,090	2,078	2,084	2,099	2,051	2,047	2,027	2,013	2,009	2,004
Private	—	—	—	4,431	4,341	4,329	4,395	4,359	4,303	4,365	4,356	4,450	4,527	4,547
Not-for-profit	—	—	—	2,007	1,986	1,936	1,950	1,941	1,921	1,913	1,875	1,866	1,848	1,815
For-profit	—	—	—	2,424	2,355	2,393	2,445	2,418	2,382	2,452	2,481	2,584	2,679	2,732
Title IV non-degree-    granting institutions	—	—	—	2,530	2,383	2,323	2,297	2,261	2,186	2,176	2,167	2,187	2,222	2,199
Public	—	—	—	456	409	396	386	386	339	327	327	320	321	319
Private	—	—	—	2,074	1,974	1,927	1,911	1,875	1,847	1,849	1,840	1,867	1,901	1,880
Not-for-profit	—	—	—	300	291	255	255	265	256	249	238	219	208	191
For-profit	—	—	—	1,774	1,683	1,672	1,656	1,610	1,591	1,600	1,602	1,648	1,693	1,689
Title IV degree-granting    institutions	3,231	3,559	3,706	4,064	4,048	4,084	4,182	4,197	4,168	4,236	4,216	4,276	4,314	4,352
2-year colleges	1,274	1,418	1,462	1,755	1,713	1,721	1,732	1,710	1,702	1,706	1,683	1,694	1,685	1,677
Public	945	972	1,047	1,092	1,069	1,068	1,076	1,085	1,081	1,086	1,061	1,053	1,045	1,032
Private	329	446	415	663	644	653	656	625	621	620	622	641	640	645
Not-for-profit	182	167	187	179	164	150	144	135	127	118	112	113	107	92
For-profit	147	279	228	484	480	503	512	490	494	502	510	528	533	553
4-year colleges	1,957	2,141	2,244	2,309	2,335	2,363	2,450	2,487	2,466	2,530	2,533	2,582	2,629	2,675
Public	552	595	608	615	612	614	622	628	631	634	639	640	643	653
Private	1,405	1,546	1,636	1,694	1,723	1,749	1,828	1,859	1,835	1,896	1,894	1,942	1,986	2,022
Not-for-profit	1,387	1,482	1,519	1,528	1,531	1,531	1,551	1,541	1,538	1,546	1,525	1,534	1,533	1,532
For-profit	18	64	117	166	192	218	277	318	297	350	369	408	453	490

—Not available.

†Not applicable.

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 Data for 1980-81 and 1990-91 include schools with first or higher grades. Data for 1995-96 and later years include schools with kindergarten or higher grades.

3 Included in other private school categories.

NOTE: Postsecondary data for 1980-81 and 1990-91 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 Appendix A: Guide to Sources for details.) Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

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 2007-08; Private Schools in American Education; Statistics of Public Elementary and Secondary Day Schools, 1980-81; Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Private School Data File," 1990-91; Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 1995-96 through 2007-08; Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Institutional Characteristics of Colleges and Universities" survey, 1980-81; and 1990-91 through 2007-08 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Institutional Characteristics Survey" (IPEDS-IC:90-99), and Fall 2001 through Fall 2007. (This table was prepared September 2009.)