Tallahassee, Fla., Jan 26, 2008 / 19:03 pm
Amid an unstable housing market that is changing demographics, Florida Catholic Schools are still enrolling nearly 91,000 students.
Total enrollment in the 221 Florida Catholic schools is 90,739, which is a 2,439 decline from a year ago. Click here for current statistics.
“What our figures suggest is stability of our collective student bodies despite economic factors relating to projections that there might be a precipitous decline in enrollment,” said Larry Keough, associate director of education at the Florida Catholic Conference.
"Although enrollment has declined for the second consecutive year," Keough said, "the actual net loss of 5,336 students indicates a core base of families who are unwavering in their support of Florida Catholic schools in hard-economic times."