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Murnane, Richard J.; Reardon, Sean F. – Stanford Center for Education Policy Analysis, 2017
We use data from multiple national surveys to describe trends in private elementary school enrollment by family income from 1968-2013. We note several important trends. First, the private school enrollment rate of middle-income families declined substantially over the last five decades, while that of high-income families remained quite stable.…
Descriptors: Enrollment Trends, Trend Analysis, Private Schools, Family Income
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Murnane, Richard J.; Reardon, Sean F.; Mbekeani, Preeya P.; Lamb, Anne – Education Next, 2018
Researchers examined enrollment and family income data from the past 50 years at Catholic, other religious, and nonsectarian private elementary schools (that is, schools serving grades K-8). The study used data on families' incomes and elementary-school choices from the decennial census, Current Population Survey, U.S. Department of Education…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Family Income, Enrollment Trends, Catholic Schools