Enrollment and Staff
In California
Private Schools
2002-2003
Data Compiled by:
California Department of Education
School Improvement Division
Sacramento, CAJuly 2, 2004
Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Table 1 Enrollment by County and Grade Level, 2002-03 2
Table 2 Enrollment by Classification and Grade Level, 2002-03 4
Table 3 Number of Schools and Enrollment by Church Affiliation, 2002-03 5
Table 4 Private Schools by Type, Accommodations, and Classification, 2002-03 6
Table 5 Trends in Distribution by Size of Enrollment, 1995-96 through 2002-03 7
Table 6 Number of Graduates, 1994-95 through 2001-02 8
Table 7 Number of Staff, 1994-95 through 2002-03 8
Table 8 Number of Private Schools, 1995-96 through 2002-03 8
Table 9 Private School Enrollment as a Percent of Total School Enrollment, 1996-97 through 2002-03 8
Table 10 Private School Enrollment as a Percent of Total Enrollment by County, 1997-98 and 2002-03 9
Table 11 Trends in Enrollment, 1992-93 through 2002-03 11
Table 12 Enrollment by County, 1992-93 through 2002-03 12
Table 13 Number of Schools by County and Grade Level, 2002-03 14
Table 14 Enrollment with 25 or More Students, 1996-97 and 2002-03 16
Introduction
California private schools serving elementary or high school students are required by state law to file an affidavit or statement each year with the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Each year the California Department of Education publishes statistics on these schools. This report is a summary of selected information submitted by the private schools for the 2002-03 school year.
In accordance with the Budget Act of 2001, this report includes only California private schools reporting enrollments of at least six students. The following characteristics may be noted from the data contained in this publication:
· Of the 611,350 students enrolled in private schools in California, 463,706 were enrolled in elementary grades (K-8) and 147,644 were enrolled in secondary grades (9-12).
· Sixty-four percent of the students enrolled in private schools in California in 2002-03 attended church-affiliated schools.
· Roman Catholic schools accounted for 37 percent of the total number of church-affiliated schools and served 57.6 percent of the students attending such schools.
· Students in private schools accounted for 8.9 percent of the total 2002-03 enrollment in all public and private schools.
· Counties having 10 percent or more of their total students enrolled in private schools in 2002-03 were: Alameda (11.5%), Alpine (25.5%), Contra Costa (10.2%), Los Angeles (10.7%), Marin (18.3%), Napa (13.1%), Orange (10.0%), San Francisco (29.8%), San Mateo (15.6%), Santa Clara (12.9%), and Santa Cruz (11.2%).
· Between 1996-97 and 2002-03 the number of private schools reporting 25 or more students decreased by 5.0 percent and the total enrollment in these schools decreased by .02 percent.
Enrollment by County and Grade Level2002-03
County Name / Kdgn. / Grade / Grade / Grade / Grade / Grade / Grade / Grade / Grade / Other / Grade / Grade / Grade / Grade / Other / County Total
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / Elem. / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / Sec.
Alameda / 2,745 / 2,589 / 2,516 / 2,421 / 2,344 / 2,323 / 2,507 / 2,242 / 2,232 / 112 / 1,708 / 1,572 / 1,495 / 1,480 / 128 / 28,414
Alpine / 5 / 11 / 3 / 5 / 4 / 4 / 4 / 3 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7 / 0 / 49
Amador / 21 / 22 / 19 / 13 / 11 / 16 / 13 / 24 / 17 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 159
Butte / 183 / 197 / 201 / 194 / 190 / 181 / 166 / 155 / 174 / 12 / 78 / 86 / 69 / 56 / 9 / 1,951
Calaveras / 13 / 11 / 16 / 9 / 10 / 12 / 11 / 10 / 13 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 3 / 1 / 0 / 115
Colusa / 9 / 12 / 8 / 14 / 17 / 20 / 7 / 10 / 10 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 107
Contra Costa / 1,765 / 1,678 / 1,620 / 1,600 / 1,473 / 1,500 / 1,533 / 1,566 / 1,493 / 141 / 1,105 / 1,103 / 1,056 / 900 / 194 / 18,727
Del Norte / 23 / 30 / 25 / 21 / 30 / 30 / 29 / 10 / 13 / 0 / 9 / 5 / 2 / 4 / 0 / 231
El Dorado / 121 / 110 / 117 / 119 / 121 / 121 / 115 / 131 / 105 / 25 / 40 / 48 / 32 / 28 / 23 / 1,256
Fresno / 576 / 513 / 489 / 493 / 522 / 476 / 507 / 419 / 452 / 3 / 442 / 419 / 391 / 418 / 0 / 6,120
Glenn / 5 / 10 / 12 / 13 / 13 / 5 / 18 / 10 / 5 / 0 / 12 / 11 / 7 / 3 / 0 / 124
Humboldt / 59 / 54 / 34 / 42 / 45 / 42 / 59 / 33 / 40 / 3 / 15 / 16 / 8 / 8 / 1 / 459
Imperial / 146 / 152 / 166 / 171 / 173 / 174 / 164 / 163 / 173 / 0 / 93 / 109 / 109 / 101 / 0 / 1,894
Inyo / 5 / 7 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 5 / 3 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 36
Kern / 519 / 592 / 612 / 501 / 532 / 543 / 502 / 491 / 471 / 73 / 372 / 334 / 366 / 321 / 70 / 6,299
Kings / 110 / 123 / 118 / 120 / 105 / 111 / 128 / 110 / 101 / 1 / 30 / 39 / 30 / 33 / 0 / 1,159
Lake / 30 / 38 / 38 / 39 / 28 / 44 / 54 / 38 / 36 / 0 / 20 / 61 / 56 / 5 / 0 / 487
Lassen / 8 / 7 / 10 / 16 / 6 / 14 / 17 / 7 / 6 / 0 / 8 / 7 / 6 / 1 / 0 / 113
Los Angeles / 21,029 / 17,871 / 17,166 / 16,726 / 16,294 / 16,194 / 16,997 / 16,999 / 16,281 / 607 / 14,157 / 13,449 / 12,659 / 11,489 / 698 / 208,616
Madera / 48 / 54 / 59 / 54 / 61 / 54 / 51 / 53 / 56 / 0 / 16 / 11 / 9 / 8 / 1 / 535
Marin / 568 / 532 / 500 / 535 / 478 / 517 / 498 / 447 / 472 / 37 / 468 / 446 / 435 / 417 / 75 / 6,425
Mariposa / 4 / 2 / 4 / 6 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 9 / 4 / 0 / 6 / 6 / 2 / 2 / 0 / 57
Mendocino / 82 / 73 / 63 / 83 / 84 / 106 / 81 / 75 / 112 / 0 / 49 / 54 / 41 / 36 / 14 / 953
Merced / 204 / 218 / 199 / 221 / 203 / 210 / 166 / 169 / 163 / 0 / 47 / 46 / 25 / 18 / 0 / 1,889
Modoc / 2 / 6 / 4 / 4 / 7 / 1 / 5 / 4 / 3 / 0 / 6 / 8 / 3 / 5 / 0 / 58
Mono / 5 / 4 / 4 / 7 / 5 / 5 / 4 / 6 / 1 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 45
Monterey / 358 / 345 / 330 / 306 / 313 / 307 / 363 / 403 / 341 / 0 / 492 / 464 / 474 / 409 / 0 / 4,905
Napa / 222 / 234 / 239 / 230 / 218 / 211 / 217 / 205 / 204 / 0 / 289 / 246 / 213 / 224 / 12 / 2,964
Nevada / 71 / 80 / 80 / 89 / 111 / 99 / 104 / 121 / 146 / 0 / 97 / 97 / 85 / 80 / 3 / 1,263
County Name / Kdgn. / Grade / Grade / Grade / Grade / Grade / Grade / Grade / Grade / Other / Grade / Grade / Grade / Grade / Other / County Total
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / Elem. / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / Sec.
Orange / 6,689 / 5,380 / 5,281 / 5,035 / 4,952 / 4,835 / 4,688 / 4,369 / 4,117 / 194 / 3,338 / 2,906 / 2,636 / 2,594 / 127 / 57,141
Placer / 381 / 290 / 240 / 231 / 207 / 226 / 195 / 193 / 198 / 2 / 83 / 85 / 107 / 47 / 0 / 2,485
Plumas / 12 / 13 / 18 / 12 / 11 / 13 / 17 / 11 / 14 / 2 / 15 / 15 / 10 / 7 / 17 / 187
Riverside / 2,583 / 2,077 / 2,008 / 1,892 / 1,852 / 1,870 / 1,955 / 1,698 / 1,607 / 75 / 1,207 / 1,111 / 961 / 877 / 39 / 21,812
Sacramento / 2,059 / 1,794 / 1,752 / 1,628 / 1,622 / 1,703 / 1,565 / 1,585 / 1,448 / 159 / 2,391 / 2,193 / 1,617 / 1,311 / 84 / 22,911
San Benito / 75 / 91 / 81 / 92 / 87 / 79 / 79 / 57 / 56 / 20 / 14 / 7 / 7 / 3 / 0 / 748
San Bernardino / 2,350 / 1,974 / 1,919 / 1,872 / 1,759 / 1,873 / 1,907 / 1,798 / 1,804 / 67 / 1,277 / 1,134 / 1,051 / 1,025 / 94 / 21,904
San Diego / 4,228 / 3,813 / 3,801 / 3,753 / 3,636 / 3,692 / 3,642 / 3,621 / 3,334 / 202 / 2,663 / 2,499 / 2,221 / 2,098 / 322 / 43,525
San Francisco / 2,119 / 2,021 / 1,953 / 1,946 / 1,943 / 1,979 / 2,154 / 2,145 / 2,111 / 9 / 1,948 / 1,794 / 1,746 / 1,587 / 3 / 25,458
San Joaquin / 812 / 761 / 724 / 724 / 682 / 678 / 697 / 732 / 687 / 7 / 577 / 555 / 554 / 472 / 23 / 8,685
San Luis Obispo / 274 / 279 / 278 / 280 / 246 / 246 / 258 / 239 / 203 / 29 / 154 / 137 / 136 / 101 / 2 / 2,862
San Mateo / 1,554 / 1,437 / 1,372 / 1,403 / 1,345 / 1,326 / 1,323 / 1,283 / 1,234 / 3 / 1,101 / 1,055 / 978 / 944 / 49 / 16,407
Santa Barbara / 494 / 487 / 496 / 461 / 471 / 434 / 516 / 526 / 502 / 70 / 462 / 487 / 451 / 389 / 19 / 6,265
Santa Clara / 4,281 / 3,504 / 3,349 / 3,069 / 3,042 / 2,967 / 2,728 / 2,634 / 2,517 / 146 / 2,455 / 2,261 / 2,090 / 1,998 / 140 / 37,181
Santa Cruz / 407 / 388 / 417 / 391 / 369 / 397 / 411 / 445 / 437 / 14 / 309 / 341 / 327 / 310 / 14 / 4,977
Shasta / 200 / 216 / 201 / 211 / 218 / 212 / 233 / 227 / 221 / 0 / 206 / 211 / 197 / 189 / 7 / 2,749
Sierra / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0
Siskiyou / 6 / 22 / 21 / 21 / 14 / 18 / 21 / 24 / 12 / 0 / 9 / 11 / 5 / 5 / 0 / 189
Solano / 658 / 571 / 560 / 508 / 518 / 507 / 506 / 481 / 453 / 23 / 323 / 284 / 240 / 240 / 18 / 5,890
Sonoma / 528 / 492 / 499 / 514 / 503 / 520 / 551 / 547 / 586 / 43 / 613 / 637 / 541 / 576 / 21 / 7,171
Stanislaus / 470 / 463 / 438 / 443 / 425 / 464 / 480 / 461 / 457 / 0 / 383 / 384 / 295 / 326 / 0 / 5,489
Sutter / 105 / 95 / 100 / 93 / 83 / 104 / 72 / 82 / 53 / 0 / 27 / 35 / 37 / 24 / 0 / 910
Tehama / 34 / 34 / 32 / 31 / 33 / 27 / 27 / 18 / 25 / 0 / 44 / 44 / 52 / 55 / 0 / 456
Trinity / 0 / 2 / 2 / 0 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 2 / 0 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 0 / 14
Tulare / 279 / 291 / 300 / 267 / 238 / 260 / 299 / 248 / 228 / 0 / 98 / 109 / 74 / 98 / 0 / 2,789
Tuolumne / 32 / 38 / 30 / 44 / 37 / 41 / 47 / 45 / 41 / 0 / 42 / 28 / 22 / 19 / 0 / 466
Ventura / 1,672 / 1,317 / 1,326 / 1,274 / 1,174 / 1,207 / 1,165 / 1,127 / 1,096 / 4 / 963 / 911 / 899 / 777 / 39 / 14,951
Yolo / 196 / 188 / 202 / 177 / 190 / 196 / 202 / 202 / 196 / 6 / 101 / 66 / 51 / 55 / 0 / 2,028
Yuba / 23 / 28 / 34 / 30 / 28 / 29 / 35 / 35 / 27 / 0 / 3 / 8 / 8 / 2 / 0 / 290
State Totals / 61,457 / 53,641 / 52,088 / 50,457 / 49,091 / 49,233 / 50,104 / 48,750 / 46,795 / 2,090 / 40,369 / 37,951 / 34,893 / 32,185 / 2,246 / 611,350
Enrollment by Classification and Grade Level
2002-03
Grade Level /
Church-
Affiliated Schools / Religious, Nonchurch-Affiliated Schools / Secular Schools / Total EnrollmentKindergarten / 34,989 / 7,308 / 19,160 / 61,457
1 / 34,295 / 7,266 / 12,080 / 53,641
2 / 34,007 / 7,220 / 10,861 / 52,088
3 / 33,247 / 6,984 / 10,226 / 50,457
4 / 32,580 / 6,772 / 9,739 / 49,091
5 / 32,858 / 7,020 / 9,355 / 49,233
6 / 33,171 / 7,387 / 9,546 / 50,104
7 / 32,398 / 7,363 / 8,989 / 48,750
8 / 30,675 / 6,922 / 9,198 / 46,795
Ungraded Elementary / 276 / 225 / 1,589 / 2,090
Subtotal Elementary / 298,496 / 64,467 / 100,743 / 463,706
9 / 25,454 / 7,469 / 7,446 / 40,369
10 / 23,872 / 6,725 / 7,354 / 37,951
11 / 22,296 / 5,480 / 7,117 / 34,893
12 / 20,923 / 5,001 / 6,261 / 32,185
Ungraded Secondary / 633 / 119 / 1,494 / 2,246
93,178 / 24,794 / 29,672 / 147,644
Subtotal
High School
State Totals / 391,674 / 89,261 / 130,415 / 611,350
2002-03
Church Affiliation / Number of Schools / Number of Students / Percent of Total
Al-Islam / 12 / 1,310 / .33%
Apostolic / 32 / 4,197 / 1.07%
Assembly of God / 64 / 12,871 / 3.29%
Baptist / 172 / 27,343 / 6.98%
Church of the Brethern / 8 / 1,407 / .36%
Calvary Chapel / 30 / 6,461 / 1.65%
Charismatic / 15 / 1,219 / .31%
Church of Christ / 17 / 2,223 / .57%
Community / 9 / 1,155 / .29%
First Christian Church / 4 / 864 / .22%
Episcopal / 34 / 9,016 / 2.30%
Evangelical / 26 / 3,144 / .80%
Four Square Gospel / 17 / 1,986 / .51%
Independent / 52 / 10,329 / 2.64%
Jewish / 40 / 8,300 / 2.12%
Lutheran / 162 / 24,196 / 6.18%
Mennonite / 12 / 1,899 / .48%
Methodist / 16 / 1,555 / .40%
Nazarene / 19 / 3,247 / .83%
Pentecostal / 55 / 4,108 / 1.05%
Presbyterian / 21 / 2,073 / .53%
Reformed / 15 / 3,714 / .95%
Roman Catholic / 664 / 225,668 / 57.62%
Seventh-Day Adventist / 111 / 14,429 / 3.68%
Other Church Affiliations / 183 / 18,960 / 4.84%
State Totals / 1,790 / 391,674 / 100.00%
2002-03
Type of School / Number of Schools / Percent of Total
Coeducational / 3,788 / 96.1%
Boys Only / 85 / 2.2%
Girls Only / 67 / 1.7%
State Totals / 3,940 / 100.0%
School Accommodations / Number of Schools / Percent of Total
Day Only / 3,791 / 96.2%
Residential Boarding Only / 44 / 1.1%
Both / 105 / 2.7%
State Totals / 3,940 / 100.0%
Classification of School / Number of Schools / Percent of Total
Church-Affiliated / 1,790 / 45.4%
Religious, Nonchurch-Affiliated / 744 / 18.9%
Secular / 1,406 / 35.7%
State Totals / 3940 / 100.0%