Approximately 27,000 Private Primary and Secondary Schools Operate in the US with Combined Annual Revenue of $25 Billion.DUBLIN Dublin, city, Republic of Ireland Dublin, Irish Baile Átha Cliath, county borough (1991 pop. 915,516), Leinster, capital of the Republic of Ireland, on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the Liffey River. , Ireland Ireland, Irish Eire (âr`ə) [to it are related the poetic Erin and perhaps the Latin Hibernia], island, 32,598 sq mi (84,429 sq km), second largest of the British Isles. -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c24592) has announced the addition of Private Schools K-12 to their offering Brief Excerpt ex·cerpt n. A passage or segment taken from a longer work, such as a literary or musical composition, a document, or a film. tr.v. ex·cerpt·ed, ex·cerpt·ing, ex·cerpts 1. from Industry Overview Chapter: Approximately 27,000 private primary and secondary schools operate in the US with combined annual revenue of $25 billion. About 80 percent of these schools are affiliated with religious organizations, 30 percent with the Roman Catholic Church Roman Catholic Church, Christian church headed by the pope, the bishop of Rome (see papacy and Peter, Saint). Its commonest title in official use is Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. . While most private schools are tax-exempt, nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. entities, some operate on a for-profit basis. COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE Demand is driven by perceived inadequacies in the public school system. The success of an individual school depends largely on its reputation for quality. Large schools can offer a wider range of instruction and have some economies of scale. Small schools can be successful be providing instruction in a special field. Schools are highly labor-intensive. PRODUCTS, OPERATIONS & TECHNOLOGY Private schools provide primary and secondary education through a curriculum that is similar to that in public schools. About 60 percent of private schools provide education only through the primary grades (from Kindergarten kindergarten [Ger.,=garden of children], system of preschool education. Friedrich Froebel designed (1837) the kindergarten to provide an educational situation less formal than that of the elementary school but one in which children's creative play instincts would be through the fifth or sixth grades). 10 percent of schools provide only secondary education. Operations are similar to those at public schools. Schools hire teachers, administrators and support staff, buy educational and other materials, and buy or rent buildings and other space for classrooms and other student activities. Larger schools may operate food and sleeping facilities. About half of private school students attend Catholic schools, which have an average 300 students. Other private schools are typically smaller, with an average of 130 students. The average public school has 530 students. Contents Include: - Industry Overview - Quarterly Industry Update - Business Challenges - Trends and Opportunities - Call Preparation Questions - Financial Information - Industry Forecast - Website and Media Links - Glossary A term used by Microsoft Word and adopted by other word processors for the list of shorthand, keyboard macros created by a particular user. See glossaries in this publication and The Computer Glossary. of Acronyms For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c24592 |
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