Table 5.

Number of educational institutions, by level and control of institution: Selected years, 1980–81 through 2005–06

Level and control of institution	1980–81	1990–91	1994–95	1995–96	1996–97	1997–98	1998–99	1999–2000	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05	2005–06
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
All institutions	—	—	—	—	—	129,997	—	131,414	—	136,465	—	136,819	—	—
Elementary and secondary schools	106,746	109,228	—	122,059	—	123,403	—	125,007	—	130,007	—	130,407	—	—
Elementary	72,659	74,716	—	85,157	—	85,855	—	86,433	—	89,277	—	89,252	—	—
Secondary	24,856	23,602	—	23,530	—	24,169	—	24,903	—	24,884	—	25,476	—	—
Combined	5,202	8,847	—	11,205	—	11,412	—	12,197	—	14,430	—	13,931	—	—
Other1	4,029	2,063	—	2,167	—	1,967	—	1,474	—	1,416	—	1,749	—	—
Public schools	85,982	84,538	86,221	87,125	88,223	89,508	90,874	92,012	93,273	94,112	95,615	95,726	96,513	97,382
Elementary	59,326	59,015	60,808	61,165	61,805	62,739	63,462	64,131	64,601	65,228	65,718	65,758	65,984	67,291
Secondary	22,619	21,135	20,904	20,997	21,307	21,682	22,076	22,365	21,994	22,180	22,599	22,782	23,445	23,800
Combined	1,743	2,325	2,764	2,796	2,980	3,120	3,721	4,042	5,096	5,288	5,552	5,437	5,572	5,707
Other1	2,294	2,063	1,745	2,167	2,131	1,967	1,615	1,474	1,582	1,416	1,746	1,749	1,512	584
Private schools2	20,764	24,690	—	34,394	—	33,895	—	32,995	—	35,895	—	34,681	—	—
Elementary	13,333	15,701	—	23,992	—	23,116	—	22,302	—	24,049	—	23,494	—	—
Schools with highest grade of kindergarten	†	†	—	7,249	—	6,493	—	5,952	—	6,622	—	6,297	—	—
Secondary	2,237	2,467	—	2,533	—	2,487	—	2,538	—	2,704	—	2,694	—	—
Combined	3,459	6,522	—	8,409	—	8,292	—	8,155	—	9,142	—	8,494	—	—
Other1	1,735	(3)	—	(3)	—	(3)	—	(3)	—	(3)	—	(3)	—	—
Postsecondary Title IV institutions	—	—	—	—	6,669	6,594	6,431	6,407	6,479	6,458	6,354	6,412	6,383	6,463
Public	—	—	—	—	2,069	2,163	2,090	2,078	2,084	2,099	2,051	2,047	2,027	2,013
Private	—	—	—	—	4,600	4,431	4,341	4,329	4,395	4,359	4,303	4,365	4,356	4,450
Not-for-profit	—	—	—	—	2,027	2,007	1,986	1,936	1,950	1,941	1,921	1,913	1,875	1,866
For-profit	—	—	—	—	2,573	2,424	2,355	2,393	2,445	2,418	2,382	2,452	2,481	2,584
Title IV non-degree-granting institutions	—	—	—	—	2,660	2,530	2,383	2,323	2,297	2,261	2,186	2,176	2,167	2,187
Public	—	—	—	—	367	456	409	396	386	386	339	327	327	320
Private	—	—	—	—	2,293	2,074	1,974	1,927	1,911	1,875	1,847	1,849	1,840	1,867
Not-for-profit	—	—	—	—	334	300	291	255	255	265	256	249	238	219
For-profit	—	—	—	—	1,959	1,774	1,683	1,672	1,656	1,610	1,591	1,600	1,602	1,648
Title IV degree-granting institutions	3,231	3,559	3,688	3,706	4,009	4,064	4,048	4,084	4,182	4,197	4,168	4,236	4,216	4,276
2-year colleges	1,274	1,418	1,473	1,462	1,742	1,755	1,713	1,721	1,732	1,710	1,702	1,706	1,683	1,694
Public	945	972	1,036	1,047	1,088	1,092	1,069	1,068	1,076	1,085	1,081	1,086	1,061	1,053
Private	329	446	437	415	654	663	644	653	656	625	621	620	622	641
Not-for-profit	182	167	192	187	184	179	164	150	144	135	127	118	112	113
For-profit	147	279	245	228	470	484	480	503	512	490	494	502	510	528
4-year colleges	1,957	2,141	2,215	2,244	2,267	2,309	2,335	2,363	2,450	2,487	2,466	2,530	2,533	2,582
Public	552	595	605	608	614	615	612	614	622	628	631	634	639	640
Private	1,405	1,546	1,610	1,636	1,653	1,694	1,723	1,749	1,828	1,859	1,835	1,896	1,894	1,942
Not-for-profit	1,387	1,482	1,510	1,519	1,509	1,528	1,531	1,531	1,551	1,541	1,538	1,546	1,525	1,534
For-profit	18	64	100	117	144	166	192	218	277	318	297	350	369	408

— Not available. † Not applicable. 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 for 1980–81 and 1990–91 include schools with first or higher grades. Data for 1995–96 and later years include schools with kindergarten or higher grades. 3 Included in other private school categories. NOTE: Postsecondary data through 1994–95 are for institutions of higher education, while later data are for Title IV degree-granting and non-degree-granting institutions. Degree-granting institutions grant associate's or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. The degree-granting classification is very similar to the earlier higher education classification, but it includes more 2-year colleges and excludes a few higher education institutions that did not grant degrees. (See Guide to Sources for details.) Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 1989–90 through 2005–06; Private Schools in American Education; Statistics of Public Elementary and Secondary Day Schools, 1980–81; Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Private School Data File," 1990–91; Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 1995–96 through 2003–04; Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Institutional Characteristics of Colleges and Universities" survey, 1980–81; and 1990–91 through 2005–06 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Institutional Characteristics Survey" (IPEDS-IC:90–99), and Fall 2001 through Fall 2005. (This table was prepared August 2007.)