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SCHOOLS
ENROLLMENT
TEACHERS
STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO
EXPENDITURES
SALARIES AND WAGES
FUNDING
 SCHOOLS:
TOTAL NUMBER OF PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS: 13,924
(Digest of Education Statistics 2009, Chapter 2, Table 87)
TOTAL NUMBER OF K-12 SCHOOLS: 132,656
Elementary: 88,902
Secondary: 27,358
Combined: 15,160
Other: 1,236
(Digest 2009, Chapter 1, Table 5)
TOTAL NUMBER OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS: 98,916
Elementary: 67,032
Secondary: 23,426
Combined: 6,222
Other: 1,236
(Digest 2009, Chapter 2, Table 93)
TOTAL NUMBER OF CHARTER SCHOOLS: 5,043
(The Center for Education Reform, November 2009)
TOTAL NUMBER OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS: 33,740
Elementary: 21,870
Secondary: 2,930
Combined: 8,940
(Digest 2009, Chapter 2, Table 58)
TOTAL NUMBER OF CATHOLIC SCHOOLS: 7,510
Elementary: 6,070
Secondary: 1,090
Combined: 340
(Digest 2009, Chapter 2, Table 58)
ENROLLMENT:
TOTAL K-12 ENROLLMENT: 55,203,000
Elementary: 38,751,000
Secondary: 16,451,000
(Digest 2009, Chapter 1, Table 2)
TOTAL PUBLIC SCHOOL ENROLLMENT: 49,293,000
Elementary: 38,751,000
Secondary: 16,451,000
(Digest 2009, Chapter 1, Table 2)
TOTAL CHARTER SCHOOL ENROLLMENT: 1,536,079
(The Center for Education Reform, November 2009)
TOTAL PRIVATE SCHOOL ENROLLMENT: 5,910,210
Elementary: 3,228,310
Secondary: 827,390
Combined: 1,854,510
(Digest 2009, 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: 2,308,150
Elementary: 1,602,010
Secondary: 594,860
Combined: 111,270
(Digest 2009, Chapter 2, Table 58)
TEACHERS:
TOTAL PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS: 3,178,142
Elementary: 1,688,240
Secondary: 1,258,069
Unclassified: 231,833
(Digest 2009, Chapter 2, Table 65)
TOTAL CHARTER SCHOOL TEACHERS: 42,100
(Schools and Staffing Survey, 2003-04, NCES)
TOTAL PRIVATE SCHOOL TEACHERS: 456,270
Elementary: 207,230
Secondary: 69,240
Combined: 179,800
(Digest 2009, Chapter 2, Table 58)
TOTAL CATHOLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS: 146,630
Elementary: 94,800
Secondary: 42,400
Combined: 9,430
(Digest 2009, Chapter 2, Table 58)
STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO:
PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO: 15.7:1
Elementary: 15.6:1
Secondary: 16.2:1
Combined: 13.6:1
(Digest 2009, Chapter 2, Table 63)
PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO: 11.1:1
Elementary: 12.1:1
Secondary: 11.9:1
Combined: 9.6:1
(Private School Universe Survey 2008, Table 12)
CATHOLIC SCHOOL STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO: 14.7:1
Elementary: 15.3:1
Secondary: 14.0:1
Combined: 11.3:1
(Private School Universe Survey 2008, Table 12)
eXPENDITURES:
TOTAL PUBLIC SCHOOL EXPENDITURES: $562.3 billion
Current Expenditures: $476.8 billion
Instruction: $290.7 billion
Student Services: $25.2 billion
Food Services: $18.1 billion
Enterprise Operations: $1.1 billion
Capital Outlay: $62.9 billion
Interest on School Debt: $14.7 billion
Other Current Expenditures: $7.8 billion
(Digest 2009, Chapter 2, Table 178)
AVERAGE DISTRICT PUBLIC SCHOOL PER PUPIL EXPENDITURE: $12,018
(Digest 2009, Chapter 2, Table 182)
AVERAGE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL PER PUPIL EXPENDITURE: $8,001
(The Center for Education Reform, Annual Survey of America's Charter Schools, 2010, page 15)
AVERAGE PRIVATE SCHOOL TUITION: $8,549
Elementary: $6,733
Secondary: $10,549
Combined: $10,045
(Digest 2009, Chapter 2, Table 59)
AVERAGE CATHOLIC SCHOOL TUITION: $6,018
Elementary: $4,944
Secondary: $7,826
Combined: $9,066
(Digest 2009, Chapter 2, Table 59)
SALARIES AND WAGES:
PUBLIC SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS:
Superintendents: $155,634
(District Administration's 9th Annual Salary Survey, September 2009)
PUBLIC SCHOOL PRINCIPALS:
High School: $97,486
Middle School/Junior: $91,334
Elementary School: $85,907
(Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2010-11 Edition, Bureau of Labor Statistics: Education Administrators)
PUBLIC SCHOOL ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS:
High School: $79,391
Middle School/Junior: $76,053
Elementary School: $71,192
(Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2008-09 Edition, Bureau of Labor Statistics: Education Administrators)
PUBLIC SCHOOL PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL:
Counselor: $53,750
Librarian: $50,710
School Nurse: $64,260
(Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2010-11 Edition, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Counselors, Librarians, Registered Nurses)
AVERAGE TEACHER BASE SALARY:
Public School: $49,630
Private School: $39,690
(Digest 2009, Chapter 2, Table 75)
PUBLIC SCHOOL SUPPORT STAFF SALARIES:
Secretaries/Stenographer: $29,850
Accounting Payroll: $34,810
Teacher Aides: $22,000
(Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2010-11 Edition, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Secretaries, Accounting Payroll, Teacher Assistants)
HOURLY WAGE RATES:
Custodians: $13.53
Cafeteria Workers: $10.72
School Bus Drivers: $13.16
Library Clerks: $13.03
(Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2010-11 Edition, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Custodians, Cafeteria Workers, School Bus Drivers, Library Assistants)
FUNDING:
TOTAL FUNDING OF PUBLIC EDUCATION: $555,337,583,000
Federal: $47.0 billion (8.5% of total)
State: $264.2 billion (47.6% of total)
Local and private: $244.1 (43.9% of total)
(Digest 2009, Chapter 2, Table 172)
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