Estimated enrollment and number of private facilities for difficult-to-educate students
Type of Education | Number of Schools | Number of Students |
Special education | 3,000a |
100,700d |
Catholic special education schools | 195b |
15,366e |
Homeschools | At least 4,100c |
30,000c |
At-risk education | Not Available |
Not Available |
Shelters, halfway houses, group homesf | 1,868g |
24,500l |
Ranches, camps, farmsf | 90h |
3,551m |
Training schoolsf | 70i |
6,275n |
Reception centersf | 15j |
340o |
Detention centersf | 25k |
590p |
Notes: These figures underestimate actual numbers of schools and students because of the lack of comprehensive data about private-sector providers. See Endnotes for sources and references.