Table 205.70.

Enrollment and instructional staff in Catholic elementary and secondary schools, by level: Selected school years, 1919-20 through 2022-23

School year	Number of schools			Enrollment1				Instructional staff2
	Total	Elementary3	Secondary	Total	Prekinder- garten	Elementary	Secondary	Total		Elementary3		Secondary
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		10		11
1919-20	8,103	6,551	1,552	1,925,521	[4]	1,795,673	129,848	49,516		41,592		7,924
1929-30	10,046	7,923	2,123	2,464,467	[4]	2,222,598	241,869	72,552		58,245		14,307
1939-40	10,049	7,944	2,105	2,396,305	[4]	2,035,182	361,123	81,057		60,081		20,976
1949-50	10,778	8,589	2,189	3,066,387	[4]	2,560,815	505,572	94,295		66,525		27,770
Fall 1960	12,893	10,501	2,392	5,253,791	[4]	4,373,422	880,369	151,902		108,169		43,733
1969-70	11,352	9,366	1,986	4,367,000	[4]	3,359,000	1,008,000	195,400	5	133,200	5	62,200	5
1970-71	11,350	9,370	1,980	4,363,566	[4]	3,355,478	1,008,088	166,208		112,750		53,458
1974-75	10,127	8,437	1,690	3,504,000	[4]	2,602,000	902,000	150,179		100,011		50,168
1975-76	9,993	8,340	1,653	3,415,000	[4]	2,525,000	890,000	149,276		99,319		49,957
1979-80	9,640	8,100	1,540	3,139,000	[4]	2,293,000	846,000	147,294		97,724		49,570
1980-81	9,559	8,043	1,516	3,106,000	[4]	2,269,000	837,000	145,777		96,739		49,038
1981-82	9,494	7,996	1,498	3,094,000	[4]	2,266,000	828,000	146,172		96,847		49,325
1982-83	9,432	7,950	1,482	3,007,189	[4]	2,211,412	795,777	146,460		97,337		49,123
1983-84	9,401	7,937	1,464	2,969,000	[4]	2,179,000	790,000	146,913		98,591		48,322
1984-85	9,325	7,876	1,449	2,903,000	[4]	2,119,000	784,000	149,888		99,820		50,068
1985-86	9,220	7,790	1,430	2,821,000	[4]	2,061,000	760,000	146,594		96,741		49,853
1986-87	9,102	7,693	1,409	2,726,000	[4]	1,998,000	728,000	141,930		93,554		48,376
1987-88	8,992	7,601	1,391	2,690,668	67,637	1,942,148	680,883	139,887		93,199		46,688
1988-89	8,867	7,505	1,362	2,627,745	76,626	1,911,911	639,208	137,700		93,154		44,546
1989-90	8,719	7,395	1,324	2,588,893	90,023	1,892,913	605,957	136,900		94,197		42,703
1990-91	8,587	7,291	1,296	2,575,815	100,376	1,883,906	591,533	131,198		91,039		40,159
1991-92	8,508	7,239	1,269	2,550,863	107,939	1,856,302	586,622	153,334		109,084		44,250
1992-93	8,423	7,174	1,249	2,567,630	122,788	1,860,937	583,905	154,816		109,825		44,991
1993-94	8,345	7,114	1,231	2,576,845	132,236	1,859,947	584,662	157,201		112,199		45,002
1994-95	8,293	7,055	1,238	2,618,567	143,360	1,877,782	597,425	164,219		117,620		46,599
1995-96	8,250	7,022	1,228	2,635,210	144,099	1,884,461	606,650	166,759		118,753		48,006
1996-97	8,231	7,005	1,226	2,645,462	148,264	1,885,037	612,161	153,276		107,548		45,728
1997-98	8,223	7,004	1,219	2,648,859	150,965	1,879,737	618,157	152,259		105,717		46,542
1998-99	8,217	6,990	1,227	2,648,844	152,356	1,876,211	620,277	153,081		105,943		47,138
1999-2000	8,144	6,923	1,221	2,653,038	152,622	1,877,236	623,180	157,134		109,404		47,730
2000-01	8,146	6,920	1,226	2,647,301	155,742	1,863,682	627,877	160,731		111,937		48,794
2001-02	8,114	6,886	1,228	2,616,330	159,869	1,827,319	629,142	155,658		108,485		47,173
2002-03	8,000	6,785	1,215	2,553,277	157,250	1,765,893	630,134	163,004		112,884		50,120
2003-04	7,955	6,727	1,228	2,484,252	150,422	1,708,501	625,329	162,337		112,303		50,034
2004-05	7,799	6,574	1,225	2,420,590	150,905	1,642,868	626,817	160,153		107,764		52,389
2005-06	7,589	6,386	1,203	2,325,220	146,327	1,568,687	610,206	152,502	6	103,481	6	49,021	6
2006-07	7,498	6,288	1,210	2,320,651	152,429	1,544,695	623,527	159,135		107,682		51,453
2007-08	7,378	6,165	1,213	2,270,913	152,980	1,494,979	622,954	160,075		107,217		52,858
2008-09	7,248	6,028	1,220	2,192,531	153,325	1,434,949	604,257	157,615		105,518		52,097
2009-10	7,094	5,889	1,205	2,119,341	150,262	1,375,982	593,097	154,316		103,460		50,856
2010-11	6,980	5,774	1,206	2,065,872	152,846	1,336,560	576,466	151,473		102,365		49,108
2011-12	6,841	5,636	1,205	2,031,455	154,282	1,303,028	574,145	151,395		100,365		51,030
2012-13	6,685	5,472	1,213	2,001,740	156,233	1,278,010	567,497	151,405		100,633		50,772
2013-14	6,594	5,399	1,195	1,974,578	158,537	1,252,397	563,644	151,351		100,244		51,107
2014-15	6,568	5,368	1,200	1,939,574	156,380	1,225,915	557,279	150,709		99,388		51,321
2015-16	6,525	5,325	1,200	1,915,836	160,456	1,198,292	557,088	151,101		99,760		51,341
2016-17	6,429	5,224	1,205	1,878,824	169,000	1,160,236	549,588	152,883		100,885		51,998
2017-18	6,352	5,158	1,194	1,835,376	171,421	1,124,448	539,499	153,289		101,485		51,804
2018-19	6,289	5,092	1,197	1,789,363	172,895	1,087,342	529,126	152,730		100,488		52,242
2019-20	6,183	4,995	1,188	1,737,297	167,526	1,053,538	516,233	146,451		93,793		52,658
2020-21	5,981	4,812	1,169	1,626,291	122,942	1,002,144	501,205	142,977		92,711		50,266
2021-22	5,938	4,765	1,173	1,688,417	164,132	1,025,623	498,662	146,088		94,144		51,944
2022-23	5,920	4,746	1,174	1,693,493	170,410	1,024,137	498,946	147,849		97,040		50,810

1Elementary enrollment includes kindergarten through grade 8 as well as elementary ungraded. Secondary enrollment includes grades 9 through 12 as well as secondary ungraded.

2From 1919-20 through fall 1960, includes part-time teachers. From 1969-70 through 1993-94, excludes part-time teachers. Beginning in 1994-95, reported in full-time equivalents (FTE). Prekindergarten teachers not counted separately but may be included with elementary teachers.

3Includes middle schools.

4Prekindergarten enrollment was not reported separately but may be included in elementary enrollment.

5Includes estimates for nonreporting schools.

6Excludes the Archdiocese of New Orleans.

NOTE: Data collected by the National Catholic Educational Association and data collected by the National Center for Education Statistics are not directly comparable because survey procedures and definitions differ.

SOURCE: National Catholic Educational Association, A Statistical Report on Catholic Elementary and Secondary Schools for the Years 1967-68 to 1969-70; A Report on Catholic Schools, 1970-71 through 1973-74; A Statistical Report on U.S. Catholic Schools, 1974-75 through 1980-81; United States Catholic Elementary and Secondary Schools, 1981-82 through 2022-23, retrieved March 28, 2023, from http://www.ncea.org/NCEA/Proclaim/Catholic_School_Data/NCEA/Proclaim/Catholic_School_Data/Catholic_School_Data.aspx?hkey=8e90e6aa-b9c4-456b-a488-6397f3640f05. (This table was prepared March 2023.)