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 2019

[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
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)	16.1	(0.17)	1,525	(14.2)	12.7	(0.10)	1,744	(12.8)	9.8	(0.07)	1,141	(11.5)	10.0	(0.09)
1997	5,944	(18.5)	11.4	(0.03)	1,496	(8.3)	15.6	(0.07)	1,528	(11.6)	12.5	(0.08)	1,804	(11.3)	9.8	(0.06)	1,116	(5.2)	9.4	(0.04)
1999	6,018	(30.2)	11.4	(0.05)	1,507	(7.9)	15.5	(0.07)	1,520	(10.3)	12.4	(0.07)	1,863	(26.7)	10.0	(0.13)	1,127	(5.4)	9.3	(0.04)
2001	6,320	(40.3)	11.7	(0.07)	1,581	(9.5)	16.1	(0.08)	1,556	(22.9)	12.6	(0.16)	1,975	(21.4)	10.3	(0.10)	1,208	(23.4)	9.6	(0.17)
2003	6,099	(41.2)	11.2	(0.07)	1,513	(25.8)	15.4	(0.22)	1,460	(15.1)	11.9	(0.11)	1,944	(21.0)	9.9	(0.10)	1,182	(19.1)	9.2	(0.14)
2005	6,073	(42.4)	11.0	(0.07)	1,430	(7.7)	14.8	(0.07)	1,434	(21.0)	11.7	(0.15)	1,976	(24.7)	9.9	(0.11)	1,234	(26.3)	9.5	(0.18)
2007	5,910	(28.4)	10.8	(0.05)	1,426	(11.0)	15.0	(0.10)	1,352	(8.3)	11.2	(0.06)	1,965	(21.5)	9.7	(0.10)	1,167	(12.3)	9.1	(0.09)
2009	5,488	(35.9)	10.1	(0.06)	1,310	(15.7)	14.1	(0.14)	1,296	(25.9)	10.9	(0.19)	1,842	(17.6)	9.0	(0.08)	1,041	(8.0)	8.1	(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	(#)
2013	5,396	(50.3)	9.8	(0.08)	1,201	(9.5)	13.2	(0.09)	1,326	(45.2)	11.2	(0.34)	1,840	(8.3)	8.7	(0.04)	1,028	(18.3)	7.8	(0.13)
2015	5,751	(85.7)	10.3	(0.14)	1,314	(37.3)	14.3	(0.35)	1,408	(54.5)	11.9	(0.40)	1,965	(53.2)	9.1	(0.22)	1,062	(12.5)	8.0	(0.09)
2017	5,720	(74.1)	10.2	(0.12)	1,229	(18.4)	13.6	(0.18)	1,378	(45.5)	11.7	(0.34)	2,030	(45.4)	9.3	(0.19)	1,082	(32.0)	8.1	(0.22)
2019	5,486	(37.9)	9.8	(0.06)	1,133	(11.3)	12.7	(0.11)	1,240	(11.7)	10.7	(0.09)	2,037	(29.0)	9.2	(0.12)	1,076	(18.0)	8.0	(0.12)
Prekindergarten     through grade 8
1995	4,756	(28.4)	12.8	(0.07)	1,174	(16.8)	17.0	(0.20)	1,238	(13.5)	14.2	(0.13)	1,413	(11.9)	10.8	(0.08)	931	(9.2)	11.2	(0.10)
1997	4,759	(17.3)	12.6	(0.04)	1,165	(8.3)	16.7	(0.10)	1,235	(11.0)	14.1	(0.11)	1,449	(10.0)	10.8	(0.07)	909	(4.4)	10.6	(0.05)
1999	4,789	(23.1)	12.6	(0.05)	1,168	(7.5)	16.5	(0.09)	1,222	(8.4)	14.0	(0.08)	1,487	(19.6)	10.9	(0.13)	913	(4.4)	10.5	(0.04)
2001	5,023	(36.1)	12.9	(0.08)	1,216	(9.4)	17.2	(0.11)	1,253	(21.2)	14.3	(0.21)	1,584	(17.8)	11.3	(0.11)	969	(21.2)	10.8	(0.21)
2003	4,788	(30.3)	12.3	(0.07)	1,131	(7.8)	16.3	(0.09)	1,167	(13.6)	13.5	(0.14)	1,547	(18.6)	10.9	(0.12)	944	(18.1)	10.4	(0.18)
2005	4,724	(33.0)	12.2	(0.07)	1,063	(6.6)	15.8	(0.08)	1,142	(19.3)	13.4	(0.20)	1,551	(21.2)	10.8	(0.13)	969	(15.0)	10.6	(0.15)
2007	4,546	(21.9)	11.8	(0.05)	1,047	(6.3)	15.9	(0.08)	1,065	(7.7)	12.7	(0.08)	1,525	(17.7)	10.5	(0.11)	909	(8.1)	10.2	(0.08)
2009	4,179	(33.2)	10.9	(0.08)	938	(12.6)	14.6	(0.17)	1,016	(25.1)	12.2	(0.26)	1,424	(16.2)	9.7	(0.10)	802	(7.2)	9.0	(0.07)
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	(#)
2013	4,084	(42.4)	10.4	(0.10)	859	(8.8)	13.5	(0.12)	1,036	(37.9)	12.4	(0.40)	1,403	(7.9)	9.2	(0.05)	786	(15.0)	8.6	(0.15)
2015	4,304	(69.2)	10.9	(0.16)	932	(27.8)	14.6	(0.37)	1,099	(48.9)	13.1	(0.51)	1,471	(38.4)	9.5	(0.23)	802	(12.2)	8.7	(0.12)
2017	4,252	(69.0)	10.8	(0.16)	860	(18.3)	13.7	(0.25)	1,062	(41.8)	12.8	(0.44)	1,525	(42.4)	9.8	(0.25)	805	(29.9)	8.6	(0.29)
2019	4,066	(29.1)	10.3	(0.07)	791	(9.3)	12.8	(0.13)	955	(10.8)	11.7	(0.12)	1,514	(22.9)	9.7	(0.13)	807	(11.0)	8.7	(0.11)
Grades 9 through 12
1995	1,163	(4.6)	8.6	(0.03)	335	(2.9)	13.4	(0.10)	287	(0.9)	8.6	(0.03)	331	(2.1)	7.1	(0.04)	209	(2.3)	6.9	(0.07)
1997	1,185	(2.4)	8.3	(0.02)	331	(0.5)	12.8	(0.02)	293	(0.7)	8.4	(0.02)	354	(1.7)	7.2	(0.03)	207	(1.2)	6.4	(0.04)
1999	1,229	(8.3)	8.4	(0.05)	340	(1.1)	12.9	(0.04)	299	(2.5)	8.5	(0.07)	376	(7.6)	7.5	(0.14)	215	(1.8)	6.3	(0.05)
2001	1,296	(6.7)	8.6	(0.04)	365	(0.8)	13.3	(0.03)	302	(2.0)	8.5	(0.05)	390	(4.4)	7.6	(0.08)	239	(4.5)	6.8	(0.12)
2003	1,311	(24.7)	8.4	(0.15)	382	(24.0)	13.3	(0.72)	294	(4.1)	8.2	(0.11)	397	(3.0)	7.4	(0.05)	238	(3.5)	6.4	(0.09)
2005	1,349	(18.1)	8.3	(0.10)	367	(1.7)	12.4	(0.05)	292	(5.0)	8.0	(0.13)	425	(7.2)	7.5	(0.12)	265	(15.7)	6.7	(0.37)
2007	1,364	(12.0)	8.3	(0.07)	379	(8.8)	12.8	(0.26)	287	(1.3)	7.8	(0.03)	440	(5.5)	7.6	(0.09)	257	(5.7)	6.6	(0.14)
2009	1,309	(6.5)	8.1	(0.04)	372	(5.7)	13.0	(0.17)	280	(2.2)	7.8	(0.06)	418	(1.7)	7.2	(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	(#)
2013	1,312	(14.9)	8.2	(0.09)	342	(0.8)	12.4	(0.03)	291	(13.1)	8.4	(0.35)	437	(1.3)	7.4	(0.02)	242	(7.0)	6.2	(0.17)
2015	1,446	(23.8)	8.8	(0.13)	382	(10.5)	13.7	(0.32)	309	(10.9)	8.8	(0.28)	494	(18.2)	8.0	(0.27)	261	(1.9)	6.6	(0.04)
2017	1,468	(17.4)	8.8	(0.10)	369	(1.3)	13.3	(0.04)	316	(7.5)	9.0	(0.20)	505	(15.2)	8.0	(0.22)	278	(3.4)	6.9	(0.08)
2019	1,420	(13.7)	8.5	(0.08)	342	(2.2)	12.5	(0.07)	285	(1.6)	8.3	(0.04)	523	(10.6)	8.2	(0.15)	269	(8.2)	6.6	(0.19)

#Rounds to zero.

NOTE: Includes enrollment in prekindergarten through grade 12 in schools that offer kindergarten or higher grade. Ungraded students are prorated into kindergarten 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 2019-20; and Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 1995-96 through 2019-20. (This table was prepared October 2021.)