Catholic school enrollment continues to fall in US
Catholic school enrollment continues to fall in US Thanks to Albert for submitting this news story. The number of students enrolled in Catholic primary and secondary schools in the United States has …More
Catholic school enrollment continues to fall in US
Thanks to Albert for submitting this news story.
The number of students enrolled in Catholic primary and secondary schools in the United States has fallen by 1.5% in the past year to 2,001,740, according to data released by the National Catholic Education Association.
More than 5.2 million students were enrolled in Catholic schools in the early 1960s, with 2,647,301 enrolled in 2000.
148 Catholic schools have closed or consolidated in the past year, while 28 have opened. There are now 6,685 Catholic schools, down from almost 13,000 in the early 1960s and 8,146 in 2000.
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Thanks to Albert for submitting this news story.
The number of students enrolled in Catholic primary and secondary schools in the United States has fallen by 1.5% in the past year to 2,001,740, according to data released by the National Catholic Education Association.
More than 5.2 million students were enrolled in Catholic schools in the early 1960s, with 2,647,301 enrolled in 2000.
148 Catholic schools have closed or consolidated in the past year, while 28 have opened. There are now 6,685 Catholic schools, down from almost 13,000 in the early 1960s and 8,146 in 2000.
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I'd be willing to bet alot of the "recent" cause is a failing economy. Tuition goes up, economy goes down, and so does enrollment.