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Murnane, Richard J.; Reardon, Sean F. – AERA Open, 2018
We use data from multiple national surveys to describe trends in private elementary school enrollment by family income from 1968 to 2013. We find several important trends. First, the private school enrollment rate of middle-income families declined substantially over the past five decades while that of high-income families remained quite stable.…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Enrollment Trends, Private Schools, Family Income
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