A Few Interesting Catholic School Statistics

U.S. Catholic School Statistics

	National	New Jersey
# of Elementary Schools	4,765	143
# of Secondary Schools	1,173	53
# of Elementary Students	1,167,917	37,529
# of Secondary Students	520,500	23,394
Professional Staff	146,088	5,335

Covid Impact on Percentile Rank (Renaissance Data)

	Public Schools	Catholic/ Private Schools
Math
Fall 2020	-7	-4
Fall 2021	-11	-5
Reading
Fall 2020	-2	+1
Fall 2021	-5	+1

2019 8th Grade NAEP Scale Scores

Math	281	293
Reading	262	278

Sources:

US Catholic Elementary and Secondary Schools 202-21
Annual Statistical Report on Schools, Enrollment, & Staffing (NCEA) 2021
How Kids are Performing, Renaissance Learning 2021
National Assessment of Educational Progress,
     National Center for Education Statistics 2019