2. Catholic Schools: The current state of affairs

3. How Far Have We Come? 1990 enrollment: 2,589,000 14.6% religious 1990 staffing: 136,900 Total schools: 8,719 Region with highest enrollment, 1990:MidEast 2004 enrollment: 2,500,000* 4.1% religious 2004 staffing:161,496 Total schools: 6,727 Region with highest enrollment:MidEast Highest rate of growth:West

4. Private School Enrollment

5. Factoids on Private Education In 2001-2002 school year: –26% (27,000) of all schools private; –84% of private school students are enrolled in religious or sectarian private schools; –78% of all private schools are religious or sectarian.

6. Private School Enrollments Where do private school students go to school? 89-9099-00 Catholic54.5%48.6% Nonsectarian13.2%15.7% Conservative Christian10.9%15.0% Baptist5.8%6.1% Lutheran4.4%4.3% Jewish3.2%3.3% Episcopal1.7%2.2% Seventh-day Adventist1.6%1.2% Calvinist0.9%0.8% Friends0.3%0.3%

7. Catholic School Count 1,219 778 1,688 833 1765 444 Source: NCEA 9/04

8. School Counts 7,937 6,727

9. Where are the schools? 1983-84: 47% Urban 53% Suburban/Rural 2003-04: 44% Urban 56% Suburban/Rural Source: NCEA 9/04

10. Catholic School Students and Services Minority enrollment (2001) 25.6% Non-Catholic enrollment (2001) 13.6% Student/teacher ratio: 16:1 Extended day programs:4,623 Receiving Title I services: 4,045 schools (140,585 students) Free/reduced meals: 197,735

11. The Cost of Education: Average elementary: $1,787.00 Average per pupil cost: elementary:$2,823 Average increase in tuition from 1997: 19%. Average percentage of Catholic income to the Church: 0.7% Average secondary tuition:$4,300 Average per pupil cost: secondary: $5,700

12. Who Wants to Attend? Catholic: 86.5%; Non-Catholic: 13.4%(up from 2% in 1970) Minority students: 24.7% Urban: 32.8%;InnerCity: 12.9%;Suburban: 32.9%;Rural: 21.4% Waiting lists: 3,723 schools; largest: MidEast Receiving Title I: 181,647 (7%).

13. Major Sources of Revenue Tuition: accounts for, on average, 80% of school income; Parish Investment: accounts for, on average, 15% of school income Fundraising: accounts for the remainder of school income.

14. Parish Revenue and School Costs 1980-1993

15. Trends in Parish Involvement The average Catholic now contributes approximately 0.7% of income to the Catholic Church. (Those who attended 8 or more years of Catholic school tend to give more). The average parish income, relative to school costs, has continued to rise steadily since 1993.

16. Trends in Church Attendance

17. Clergy Numbers: 1981-2001

18. Parish Involvement Parishes whose schools have closed have seen a decline in parish income. Parishes whose schools have closed have not seen a rise in CCD enrollment. Today, approximately 50% of public school students who are Catholic are enrolled in CCD; 50% of those students regularly attend classes. After Confirmation, less than 15% are enrolled or active.

19. Staff Size and Pupil Teacher Ratios 1980-81 and 1993-94 1980-811993-94 Religious Staff24,89810,982 Lay Teachers71,841 100,400 Total Staff96,739 112,199 Enrollment 2,279,639 1,992,183 Pupil-Teacher ratio23.56 17.75

20. What’s Not Hot? Multiple fundraisers Stipends Parish support Standard tuitions Hand-to-Mouth existence Passivity Lack of participative governance

21. What do we have to face in the future? Increase in number of charter schools, home schools, “traditional Catholic schools” Increase in public school opposition to choice programs Improvement in public schools Volatile market, increase in unemployment throughout the 2000’s Continued mainstreaming of Catholics Increase in number of nonCatholics

23. What’s Next? Floats of bonds, loans Charging actual cost Continued use of technology Highly trained development officers Increasing pressure on legislators Increasing pressure in the courts Crisis in funding, staffing

24. Hot? What’s Hot? Development Programs Fair Share Tuition, Stewardship, Volunteerism Smaller levels of parish support Lay leaders/faculty Planned finances Shared governance Activism

25. HOT ? What’s HOT in Development? Use of technology Responsibility of the board; ownership Planned giving Corporate sponsorships Persons to direct giving Investments Involvement Training