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In total there were 2,320,651 students, including 1,682,412 students in the elementary/middle schools and 638,239 in high schools. [10] Enrollment in the nation's Catholic schools has steadily dropped to less than half of its peak at five million students 40 years ago, The New York Times reported in early 2009.
By 1920, the number of elementary schools had reached 6,551, enrolling 1.8 million pupils taught by 42,000 teachers, the great majority of whom were nuns. Secondary education likewise boomed. In 1900, there were only about 100 Catholic high schools, but by 1920 more than 1,500 were in operation. [13]
In the past there were conflicts between state schools and Catholic schools (de schoolstrijd), and disputes regarding whether the Catholic schools should be funded by the government. The 1958 School Pact was an agreement by the three large political parties (the Christian Democratic, Socialist and Liberal parties) to end these conflicts.
By 2005 suburban flight contributed to the decline of Catholic schools in the Detroit area. There were no Catholic schools left in Hamtramck by that year, and in the Detroit city limits there were 12. [3] By 2017 there were four Catholic elementary schools in the city of Detroit. [2] There are 103 Detroit-area high schools which have closed as ...
By 1920, the number of elementary schools had reached 6,551, enrolling 1,759, 673 pupils taught by 41, 581 teachers. Secondary education likewise boomed. In 1900, there were only about 100 Catholic high schools, but by 1920 more than 1,500 were in operation. For more than two generations, enrollment continued to climb.
There are 181 U.S. members of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU) as of 2024. [1] They make up a significant number of the total of Catholic universities and colleges in the world.
By 1870, 19 percent of the city's children were attending Catholic schools. [8] [9] In other cities as well Catholic parochial schools began as a reaction against a growing publicly funded school system that was essentially Protestant. In 1839 and 1840, the American Bible Society pledged that "the Bible would be read in every classroom in the ...
By 2005, over 50% of the Chicago Archdiocese Catholic schools that existed in 1966 no longer did. [4] In 1985, Joseph Bernardin, then the head of the archdiocese, stated that as costs increased to operate Catholic schools, it was likely merging or closure would result. [6] In 1990 Bernardin stated that 18 schools were to close that year.