Table 105.50.

Number of educational institutions, by level and control of institution: Selected years, 1980-81 through 2016-17

Level and control of institution	1980-81	1990-91	1999-2000	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
All institutions	—	—	131,414	—	139,207	—	138,925	—	136,423	—	139,126	—	139,874	—
Elementary and secondary    schools	106,746	109,228	125,007	—	132,656	—	132,183	—	129,189	—	131,890	—	132,853	—
Elementary	72,659	74,716	86,433	—	88,982	—	88,565	—	86,386	—	89,543	—	88,665	—
Secondary	24,856	23,602	24,903	—	27,575	—	27,427	—	27,034	—	26,767	—	26,986	—
Combined	5,202	8,847	12,197	—	14,837	—	14,895	—	14,799	—	14,599	—	16,511	—
Other1	4,029	2,063	1,474	—	1,262	—	1,296	—	971	—	981	—	691	—
Public schools	85,982	84,538	92,012	98,793	98,916	98,706	98,817	98,817	98,328	98,454	98,271	98,176	98,277	98,158
Elementary	59,326	59,015	64,131	66,458	67,112	67,148	67,140	67,086	66,689	66,708	67,034	67,073	66,758	66,837
Secondary	22,619	21,135	22,365	23,920	24,643	24,348	24,651	24,544	24,357	24,294	24,067	24,181	24,040	23,814
Combined	1,743	2,325	4,042	5,984	5,899	5,623	5,730	6,137	6,311	6,329	6,189	6,347	6,788	6,783
Other1	2,294	2,063	1,474	2,431	1,262	1,587	1,296	1,050	971	1,123	981	575	691	724
Private schools2	20,764	24,690	32,995	—	33,740	—	33,366	—	30,861	—	33,619	—	34,576	—
Elementary	13,333	15,701	22,302	—	21,870	—	21,425	—	19,697	—	22,509	—	21,907	—
Schools with highest     grade of kindergarten	†	†	5,952	—	5,522	—	5,275	—	4,658	—	5,255	—	5,147	—
Secondary	2,237	2,467	2,538	—	2,932	—	2,776	—	2,677	—	2,700	—	2,946	—
Combined	3,459	6,522	8,155	—	8,938	—	9,165	—	8,488	—	8,410	—	9,723	—
Other1	1,735	(3)	(3)	—	(3)	—	(3)	—	(3)	—	(3)	—	(3)	—
Postsecondary Title IV    institutions	—	—	6,407	6,536	6,551	6,632	6,742	7,021	7,234	7,253	7,236	7,151	7,021	6,606
Public	—	—	2,078	2,009	2,004	1,997	1,989	2,015	2,011	1,981	1,980	1,964	1,965	1,958
Private	—	—	4,329	4,527	4,547	4,635	4,753	5,006	5,223	5,272	5,256	5,187	5,056	4,648
Nonprofit	—	—	1,936	1,848	1,815	1,809	1,809	1,812	1,830	1,820	1,834	1,827	1,859	1,823
For-profit	—	—	2,393	2,679	2,732	2,826	2,944	3,194	3,393	3,452	3,422	3,360	3,197	2,825
Title IV non-degree-
granting institutions	—	—	2,323	2,222	2,199	2,223	2,247	2,422	2,528	2,527	2,512	2,524	2,438	2,246
Public	—	—	396	321	319	321	317	359	362	358	355	343	345	335
Private	—	—	1,927	1,901	1,880	1,902	1,930	2,063	2,166	2,169	2,157	2,181	2,093	1,911
Nonprofit	—	—	255	208	191	180	185	182	177	168	159	155	158	141
For-profit	—	—	1,672	1,693	1,689	1,722	1,745	1,881	1,989	2,001	1,998	2,026	1,935	1,770
Title IV degree-granting
institutions	3,231	3,559	4,084	4,314	4,352	4,409	4,495	4,599	4,706	4,726	4,724	4,627	4,583	4,360
2-year colleges	1,274	1,418	1,721	1,685	1,677	1,690	1,721	1,729	1,738	1,700	1,685	1,616	1,579	1,528
Public	945	972	1,068	1,045	1,032	1,024	1,000	978	967	934	934	920	910	886
Private	329	446	653	640	645	666	721	751	771	766	751	696	669	642
Nonprofit	182	167	150	107	92	92	85	87	100	97	88	88	107	101
For-profit	147	279	503	533	553	574	636	664	671	669	663	608	562	541
4-year colleges	1,957	2,141	2,363	2,629	2,675	2,719	2,774	2,870	2,968	3,026	3,039	3,011	3,004	2,832
Public	552	595	614	643	653	652	672	678	682	689	691	701	710	737
Private	1,405	1,546	1,749	1,986	2,022	2,067	2,102	2,192	2,286	2,337	2,348	2,310	2,294	2,095
Nonprofit	1,387	1,482	1,531	1,533	1,532	1,537	1,539	1,543	1,553	1,555	1,587	1,584	1,594	1,581
For-profit	18	64	218	453	490	530	563	649	733	782	761	726	700	514

—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 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.

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 2016-17; 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 2015-16; 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 2016, Institutional Characteristics component. (This table was prepared March 2019.)