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United States: School enrollment, primary, private

9.72percent · 2023+17.7% since 2013

Private enrollment refers to pupils or students enrolled in institutions that are not operated by a public authority but controlled and managed, whether for profit or not, by a private body such as a nongovernmental organization, religious body, special interest group, foundation or business enterprise. Annual figures for United States from 1971 to 2023.

19712023

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20239.716
20229.074
20219.399
20208.311
20198.844
20188.788
20178.983
20168.9
20158.292
20148.074
20138.253
199911.576
199811.578
199611.562
199511.75
19949.832
199310.486
199110.442
199011.989
198711.245
198611.739
198510.67
198411.462
197619.295
197317.053
197218.131
197119.195

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). School enrollment, primary, private. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-school-enrollment-primary-private (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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