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Table 5.Educational institutions, by level and control of institution: 1978-79 to 1995-96

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   Level and control    | 1980-81    |1984-85| 1986-87    |1987-88 |1988-89|1989-90|1990-91 |1991-92|1992-93|1993-94 |1994-95|1995-96
     of institution     |            |       |            |        |       |       |        |       |       |        |       |
________________________|____________|_______|____________|________|_______|_______|________|_______|_______|________|_______|_______
           1            |      2     |   3   |    4       |   5    |   6   |   7   |   8    |   9   |  10   |   11   |  12   |  13
________________________|____________|_______|____________|________|_______|_______|________|_______|_______|________|_______|_______
    All institutions ...|    117,707 |    ---|    121,433 |122,111 |    ---|    ---|119,242 |    ---|    ---|121,855 |    ---|    ---
                        |____________|_______|____________|________|_______|_______|________|_______|_______|________|_______|_______
Elementary and          |            |       |            |        |       |       |        |       |       |        |       |
 secondary schools .....|    106,746 |    ---|    109,071 |110,055 |    ---|    ---|109,228 |    ---|    ---|111,486 |    ---|    ---
  Elementary ...........|     72,659 |    ---|     74,104 | 74,511 |    ---|    ---| 74,716 |    ---|    ---| 75,591 |    ---|    ---
  Secondary ............|     24,856 |    ---|     23,844 | 24,057 |    ---|    ---| 23,602 |    ---|    ---| 23,256 |    ---|    ---
  Combined .............|      5,202 |    ---|      6,932 |  8,202 |    ---|    ---|  8,847 |    ---|    ---| 10,678 |    ---|    ---
  Other\1\ .............|      4,029 |    ---|      4,191 |  3,285 |    ---|    ---|  2,063 |    ---|    ---|  1,962 |    ---|    ---
                        |            |       |            |        |       |       |        |       |       |        |       |
  Public schools .......|     85,982 |84,007 |     83,455 | 83,248 |83,165 |83,425 | 84,538 |84,578 |84,497 | 85,393 |86,221 |87,125
    Elementary .........|     59,326 |57,231 |     58,801 | 57,575 |57,941 |58,419 | 59,015 |59,258 |59,676 | 60,052 |60,808 |61,165
    Secondary ..........|     22,619 |22,320 |     21,406 | 21,662 |21,403 |21,181 | 21,135 |20,767 |20,671 | 20,705 |20,904 |20,997
    Combined ...........|      1,743 | 1,596 |      1,983 |  2,179 | 2,235 | 2,280 |  2,325 | 2,481 | 2,549 |  2,674 | 2,764 | 2,796
    Other\1\ ...........|      2,294 | 2,860 |      1,265 |  1,832 | 1,586 | 1,545 |  2,063 | 2,072 | 1,601 |  1,962 | 1,745 | 2,167
                        |            |       |            |        |       |       |        |       |       |        |       |
  Private schools ......|     20,764 |    ---|\2\  25,616 | 26,807 |    ---|    ---| 24,690 |25,998 |    ---| 26,093 |    ---|    ---
    Elementary .........|     13,333 |    ---|\2\  15,303 | 16,936 |    ---|    ---| 15,701 |15,716 |    ---| 15,539 |    ---|    ---
    Secondary ..........|      2,237 |    ---|\2\   2,438 |  2,395 |    ---|    ---|  2,467 | 2,475 |    ---|  2,551 |    ---|    ---
    Combined ...........|      3,459 |    ---|\2\   4,949 |  6,023 |    ---|    ---|  6,522 | 7,807 |    ---|  8,004 |    ---|    ---
    Other\1\ ...........|      1,735 |    ---|\2\   2,926 |  1,453 |    ---|    ---|   (\3\)|  (\3\)|    ---|   (\3\)|    ---|    ---
                        |            |       |            |        |       |       |        |       |       |        |       |
Postsecondary insti-    |            |       |            |        |       |       |        |       |       |        |       |
  tutions ..............|\4\  10,961 |    ---|     12,362 | 12,056 |11,389 |10,606 | 10,014 | 9,983 |10,601 | 10,369 |10,246 | 9,962
    Public .............|\4\   2,393 |    ---|      2,363 |  2,250 | 2,169 | 2,120 |  2,096 | 2,129 | 2,146 |  2,152 | 2,179 | 2,189
    Private nonprofit ..|\4\   2,359 |    ---|      3,432 |  3,254 | 3,092 | 2,942 |  2,808 | 2,810 | 2,926 |  2,890 | 2,916 | 2,877
    Proprietary ........|\4\   6,209 |    ---|      6,567 |  6,552 | 6,128 | 5,544 |  5,110 | 5,044 | 5,529 |  5,327 | 5,151 | 4,896
                        |            |       |            |        |       |       |        |       |       |        |       |
  Noncollegiate insti-  |            |       |            |        |       |       |        |       |       |        |       |
    tutions ............|\4\   7,730 |    ---|      8,956 |  8,469 | 7,824 | 7,071 |  6,455 | 6,382 | 6,963 |  6,737 | 6,558 | 6,256
    Public .............|\4\     896 |    ---|        830 |    659 |   587 |   557 |    529 |   531 |   522 |    527 |   538 |   534
    Private nonprofit ..|\4\     790 |    ---|      1,797 |  1,581 | 1,434 | 1,286 |  1,159 | 1,148 | 1,254 |  1,203 | 1,214 | 1,171
    Proprietary ........|\4\   6,044 |    ---|      6,329 |  6,229 | 5,803 | 5,228 |  4,767 | 4,703 | 5,187 |  5,007 | 4,806 | 4,551
                        |            |       |            |        |       |       |        |       |       |        |       |
  Institutions of higher|            |       |            |        |       |       |        |       |       |        |       |
   education\5\ ........|      3,231 | 3,331 |      3,406 |  3,587 | 3,565 | 3,535 |  3,559 | 3,601 | 3,638 |  3,632 | 3,688 | 3,706
    2-year colleges ....|      1,274 | 1,306 |      1,336 |  1,452 | 1,436 | 1,408 |  1,418 | 1,444 | 1,469 |  1,442 | 1,473 | 1,462
      Public ...........|        945 |   935 |        960 |    992 |   984 |   968 |    972 |   999 | 1,024 |  1,021 | 1,036 | 1,047
      Private nonprofit |        182 |   186 |        173 |    186 |   180 |   177 |    167 |   176 |   179 |    181 |   192 |   187
      Proprietary ......|        147 |   185 |        203 |    274 |   272 |   263 |    279 |   269 |   266 |    240 |   245 |   228
                        |            |       |            |        |       |       |        |       |       |        |       |
    4-year colleges ....|      1,957 | 2,025 |      2,070 |  2,135 | 2,129 | 2,127 |  2,141 | 2,157 | 2,169 |  2,190 | 2,215 | 2,244
      Public ...........|        552 |   566 |        573 |    599 |   598 |   595 |    595 |   599 |   600 |    604 |   605 |   608
      Private nonprofit |      1,387 | 1,430 |      1,462 |  1,487 | 1,478 | 1,479 |  1,482 | 1,486 | 1,493 |  1,506 | 1,510 | 1,519
      Proprietary ......|         18 |    29 |         35 |     49 |    53 |    53 |     64 |    72 |    76 |     80 |   100 |   117
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\1\Includes special education, alternative, and other schools not classified by grade span. Because of changes in survey definitions, figures for "other" schools are not comparable from year to year.

\2\Data are for 1985-86. Data were collected from a sample survey that differed significantly from earlier surveys. The sample survey was designed to correct an undercount of about 10 percent that was known to have occurred in earlier surveys.

\3\Included in other categories.

\4\Because of changes in survey procedures, figures are not directly comparable with data for later years.

\5\Includes those colleges designated as institutions of higher education by the Higher Education General Information Survey system, even if they have a less than 2-year program. Includes branch campuses. Beginning in 1980, total includes some schools accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology.

---Data not available.

NOTE.--Some data revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data and Private School surveys; Higher Education General Information Survey, "Institutional Characteristics of Colleges and Universities;" and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Institutional Characteristics" surveys. (This table was prepared October 1997.)



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