Table 5.

Number of educational institutions, by level and control of institution: Selected years, 1980-81 through 2010-11

Level and control of institution	1980-81	1990-91	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
All institutions	—	—	131,414	—	136,465	—	136,819	—	138,899	—	139,207	—	138,925	—
Elementary and secondary       schools	106,746	109,228	125,007	—	130,007	—	130,407	—	132,436	—	132,656	—	132,183	—
Elementary	72,659	74,716	86,433	—	89,277	—	89,252	—	88,896	—	88,982	—	88,565	—
Secondary	24,856	23,602	24,903	—	24,884	—	25,476	—	26,925	—	27,575	—	27,427	—
Combined	5,202	8,847	12,197	—	14,430	—	13,931	—	14,964	—	14,837	—	14,895	—
Other1	4,029	2,063	1,474	—	1,416	—	1,749	—	1,651	—	1,262	—	1,296	—
Public schools	85,982	84,538	92,012	93,273	94,112	95,615	95,726	96,513	97,382	98,793	98,916	98,706	98,817	98,817
Elementary	59,326	59,015	64,131	64,601	65,228	65,718	65,758	65,984	66,026	66,458	67,112	67,148	67,140	67,086
Secondary	22,619	21,135	22,365	21,994	22,180	22,599	22,782	23,445	23,998	23,920	24,643	24,348	24,651	24,544
Combined	1,743	2,325	4,042	5,096	5,288	5,552	5,437	5,572	5,707	5,984	5,899	5,623	5,730	6,137
Other1	2,294	2,063	1,474	1,582	1,416	1,746	1,749	1,512	1,651	2,431	1,262	1,587	1,296	1,050
Private schools2	20,764	24,690	32,995	—	35,895	—	34,681	—	35,054	—	33,740	—	33,366	—
Elementary	13,333	15,701	22,302	—	24,049	—	23,494	—	22,870	—	21,870	—	21,425	—
Schools with highest       grade of kindergarten	†	†	5,952	—	6,622	—	6,297	—	6,059	—	5,522	—	5,275	—
Secondary	2,237	2,467	2,538	—	2,704	—	2,694	—	2,927	—	2,932	—	2,776	—
Combined	3,459	6,522	8,155	—	9,142	—	8,494	—	9,257	—	8,938	—	9,165	—
Other1	1,735	(3)	(3)	—	(3)	—	(3)	—	(3)	—	(3)	—	(3)	—
Postsecondary Title IV       institutions	—	—	6,407	6,479	6,458	6,354	6,412	6,383	6,463	6,536	6,551	6,632	6,742	7,021
Public	—	—	2,078	2,084	2,099	2,051	2,047	2,027	2,013	2,009	2,004	1,997	1,989	2,015
Private	—	—	4,329	4,395	4,359	4,303	4,365	4,356	4,450	4,527	4,547	4,635	4,753	5,006
Nonprofit	—	—	1,936	1,950	1,941	1,921	1,913	1,875	1,866	1,848	1,815	1,809	1,809	1,812
For-profit	—	—	2,393	2,445	2,418	2,382	2,452	2,481	2,584	2,679	2,732	2,826	2,944	3,194
Title IV non-degree-
granting institutions	—	—	2,323	2,297	2,261	2,186	2,176	2,167	2,187	2,222	2,199	2,223	2,247	2,422
Public	—	—	396	386	386	339	327	327	320	321	319	321	317	359
Private	—	—	1,927	1,911	1,875	1,847	1,849	1,840	1,867	1,901	1,880	1,902	1,930	2,063
Nonprofit	—	—	255	255	265	256	249	238	219	208	191	180	185	182
For-profit	—	—	1,672	1,656	1,610	1,591	1,600	1,602	1,648	1,693	1,689	1,722	1,745	1,881
Title IV degree-granting
institutions	3,231	3,559	4,084	4,182	4,197	4,168	4,236	4,216	4,276	4,314	4,352	4,409	4,495	4,599
2-year colleges	1,274	1,418	1,721	1,732	1,710	1,702	1,706	1,683	1,694	1,685	1,677	1,690	1,721	1,729
Public	945	972	1,068	1,076	1,085	1,081	1,086	1,061	1,053	1,045	1,032	1,024	1,000	978
Private	329	446	653	656	625	621	620	622	641	640	645	666	721	751
Nonprofit	182	167	150	144	135	127	118	112	113	107	92	92	85	87
For-profit	147	279	503	512	490	494	502	510	528	533	553	574	636	664
4-year colleges	1,957	2,141	2,363	2,450	2,487	2,466	2,530	2,533	2,582	2,629	2,675	2,719	2,774	2,870
Public	552	595	614	622	628	631	634	639	640	643	653	652	672	678
Private	1,405	1,546	1,749	1,828	1,859	1,835	1,896	1,894	1,942	1,986	2,022	2,067	2,102	2,192
Nonprofit	1,387	1,482	1,531	1,551	1,541	1,538	1,546	1,525	1,534	1,533	1,532	1,537	1,539	1,543
For-profit	18	64	218	277	318	297	350	369	408	453	490	530	563	649

—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 1997-98 and later years include schools with kindergarten or higher grades.

3 Included in the elementary, secondary, and combined 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. 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 2010-11; 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 2009-10; Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Institutional Characteristics of Colleges and Universities" survey, 1980-81; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Institutional Characteristics Survey" (IPEDS-IC:90-99); and IPEDS Fall 2001 through Fall 2010, Institutional Characteristics component. (This table was prepared December 2012.)