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

Series1

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