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SCHOOLS:

TOTAL NUMBER OF PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS: 13,862
(Digest of Education Statistics 2008, Chapter 2, Table 87)

TOTAL NUMBER OF K-12 SCHOOLS: 106,746

Elementary: 72,659
Secondary: 24,856
Combined: 5,202
Other: 4,209
(Digest 2008, Chapter 1, Table 5)

TOTAL NUMBER OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS: 98,793

Elementary: 68,990
Secondary: 23,436
Combined: 5,984
Other: 383
(Digest 2008, Chapter 2, Table 94)

TOTAL NUMBER OF CHARTER SCHOOLS: 4,578
(The Center for Education Reform, February 2009)

TOTAL NUMBER OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS: 35,060

Elementary: 22,870
Secondary: 2,930
Combined: 9,260
(Digest 2008, Chapter 2, Table 58)

TOTAL NUMBER OF CATHOLIC SCHOOLS: 7,740

Elementary: 6,360
Secondary: 1,080
Combined: 300
(Digest 2008, Chapter 2, Table 58)

ENROLLMENT:

TOTAL K-12 ENROLLMENT: 55,394,000

Elementary: 38,932,000
Secondary: 16,462,000
(Digest 2008, Chapter 1, Table 2)

TOTAL PUBLIC SCHOOL ENROLLMENT: 49,299,000

Elementary: 34,221,000
Secondary: 15,078,000
(Digest 2008, Chapter 1, Table 2)

TOTAL CHARTER SCHOOL ENROLLMENT: 1,407,421
(The Center for Education Reform, February 2009)

TOTAL PRIVATE SCHOOL ENROLLMENT: 6,073,240

Elementary: 3,447,230
Secondary: 859,800
Combined: 1,766,220
(Digest 2008, Chapter 2, Table 58)

TOTAL HOME SCHOOL ENROLLMENT: 1.5 million (estimate) or 2.9% (estimate) of America's school population
(1.5 Million Homeschooled Students in the United States in 2007, NCES, December 2008)

TOTAL CATHOLIC SCHOOL ENROLLMENT: 2,402,800

Elementary: 1,701,000
Secondary: 597,680
Combined: 104,120
(Digest 2008, Chapter 2, Table 58)

TEACHERS:

TOTAL PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS: 3,180,396

Elementary: 1,673,234
Secondary: 1,250,771
Unclassified: 256,391
(Digest 2008, Chapter 2, Table 65)

TOTAL CHARTER SCHOOL TEACHERS: 42,100
(Schools and Staffing Survey, 2003-04, NCES)

TOTAL PRIVATE SCHOOL TEACHERS: 449,810

Elementary: 209,510
Secondary: 70,680
Combined: 169,630
(Digest 2008, Chapter 2, Table 58)

TOTAL CATHOLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS: 149,760

Elementary: 97,410
Secondary: 42,680
Combined: 9,860
(Digest 2008, Chapter 2, Table 58)

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