From the book of numbers. (News).Enrollments in Catholic elementary schools elementary school: see school. dropped in the nation's 11 largest Catholic school systems for the 2002-2003 school year. Detroit registered the highest decline at 7 percent, while Chicago and Boston enrollments dropped by 6 percent. School officials attribute the decrease to the failing economy, not the sex-abuse scandal. Here are some statistics that shaped Catholic schools in 2001-2002: Total enrollment of elementary and secondary schools: Over 2.5 million 13% non-Catholic 26% minority ethnicity ethnicity Vox populi Racial status–ie, African American, Asian, Caucasian, Hispanic Average tuition For tuition fees in the United Kingdom, see . Tuition means instruction, teaching or a fee charged for educational instruction especially at a formal institution of learning or by a private tutor usually in the form of one-to-one tuition. per year: $2,178--elementary $4,289--high schools Full-time professional staff are: 75% laywomen 19% laymen 4.4% religious sisters 0.14% religious brothers or priests 99% graduation Graduation is the action of receiving or conferring an academic degree or the associated ceremony. The date of event is often called degree day. The event itself is also called commencement, convocation or invocation. rate, compared to 87% at public high schools 43% of Catholic schools have a waiting list for admission. SOURCE: New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times and National Catholic Education Association |
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