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Catholic Schools:
The current state of affairs
How Far Have We Come?
• 1990 enrollment: 2,589,000
• 14.6% religious• 1990 staffing: 136,900• Total schools: 8,719• Region with highest
enrollment, 1990:MidEast
• 2004 enrollment: 2,500,000*
• 4.1% religious• 2004 staffing:161,496• Total schools: 6,727• Region with highest
enrollment:MidEast• Highest rate of
growth:West
Private School Enrollment
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Type of School
89-9099-00
Factoids on Private Education
• In 2001-2002 school year:– 26% (27,000) of all schools private;– 84% of private school students are enrolled in
religious or sectarian private schools;– 78% of all private schools are religious or
sectarian.
Private School Enrollments
Where do private school students go to school?89-90 99-00
Catholic 54.5% 48.6%Nonsectarian 13.2% 15.7%Conservative Christian10.9% 15.0%Baptist 5.8% 6.1%Lutheran 4.4% 4.3%Jewish 3.2% 3.3%Episcopal 1.7% 2.2%Seventh-day Adventist1.6% 1.2%Calvinist 0.9% 0.8%Friends 0.3% 0.3%
Catholic School Count
1,219
778
1,688
833
1765
444
Source: NCEA 9/04
School Counts
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Number
1983-84 2003-04
Year
Number of Catholic Schools
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7,937 6,727
Where are the schools?
1983-84
2003-04
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School settings
Urban
Suburban/Rural
1983-84:47% Urban53% Suburban/Rural
2003-04:44% Urban56% Suburban/Rural
Source: NCEA 9/04
Catholic School Students and Services
• Minority enrollment (2001) 25.6%
• Non-Catholic enrollment (2001) 13.6%
• Student/teacher ratio: 16:1
• Extended day programs:4,623
• Receiving Title I services: 4,045 schools (140,585 students)
• Free/reduced meals: 197,735
The Cost of Education:
• Average elementary: $1,787.00• Average per pupil cost: elementary:$2,823• Average increase in tuition from 1997: 19%.• Average percentage of Catholic income to
the Church: 0.7%• Average secondary tuition:$4,300• Average per pupil cost: secondary: $5,700
Who Wants to Attend?
• Catholic: 86.5%; Non-Catholic: 13.4%(up from 2% in 1970)
• Minority students: 24.7%
• Urban: 32.8%;InnerCity: 12.9%;Suburban: 32.9%;Rural: 21.4%
• Waiting lists: 3,723 schools; largest: MidEast
• Receiving Title I: 181,647 (7%).
Major Sources of Revenue
• Tuition: accounts for, on average, 80% of school income;
• Parish Investment: accounts for, on average, 15% of school income
• Fundraising: accounts for the remainder of school income.
Parish Revenue and School Costs 1980-1993
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Trends in Parish Involvement
• The average Catholic now contributes approximately 0.7% of income to the Catholic Church. (Those who attended 8 or more years of Catholic school tend to give more).
• The average parish income, relative to school costs, has continued to rise steadily since 1993.
Trends in Church Attendance
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Clergy Trends
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Parish Involvement
• Parishes whose schools have closed have seen a decline in parish income.
• Parishes whose schools have closed have not seen a rise in CCD enrollment.
• Today, approximately 50% of public school students who are Catholic are enrolled in CCD; 50% of those students regularly attend classes. After Confirmation, less than 15% are enrolled or active.
Staff Size and Pupil Teacher Ratios 1980-81 and 1993-94
1980-81 1993-94Religious Staff 24,898 10,982Lay Teachers 71,841 100,400Total Staff 96,739 112,199Enrollment 2,279,639 1,992,183Pupil-Teacher ratio 23.56 17.75
What’s Not Hot?
• Multiple fundraisers
• Stipends
• Parish support
• Standard tuitions
• Hand-to-Mouth existence
• Passivity
• Lack of participative governance
What do we have to face in the future?
• Increase in number of charter schools, home schools, “traditional Catholic schools”
• Increase in public school opposition to choice programs
• Improvement in public schools
• Volatile market, increase in unemployment throughout the 2000’s
• Continued mainstreaming of Catholics
• Increase in number of nonCatholics
What’s Next?
• Floats of bonds, loans
• Charging actual cost
• Continued use of technology
• Highly trained development officers
• Increasing pressure on legislators
• Increasing pressure in the courts
• Crisis in funding, staffing
What’s Hot?Hot?
• Development Programs
• Fair Share Tuition, Stewardship, Volunteerism
• Smaller levels of parish support
• Lay leaders/faculty
• Planned finances
• Shared governance
• Activism
What’s HOT HOT in Development??
• Use of technology• Responsibility of the board; ownership• Planned giving• Corporate sponsorships• Persons to direct giving• Investments• Involvement• Training