Catholic School Facts 2019-20
6,543 students PK-12 in 44 Catholic schools;
Types of schools: 42 elementary (PK-8), 1 middle (6-8), 1 classical
academy (6-12), 1 int’l boarding school (6-9), 1 high school (9-12);
99.8% of students in our Catholic high schools graduate, and
95% of those graduates go on to college;
 25% of teachers hold a master’s degree or higher;
Average student/teacher ratio:     Elementary schools….. 11:1
                                                           High schools………….......12:1
15% of all students are non-Catholic.

Value
Avg. parish elementary school tuition for parishioners…...$ 2,568
This is 60% below the average cost per student of .…….…$ 6,342
Avg. cost per Catholic school student 2018-19 (PK-12)......$ 7,171
Avg. cost per public school student 2017-18 (DPI)……………$13,505
Avg. cost per Catholic school student 2017-2018………….$ 6,592
Savings for Wisconsin Taxpayers 2017-18 .............$90.29 million

Diversity
Students of color comprise over 15% of total enrollment
and 19% of the total enrollment of Catholic schools in Dane County.
St. James School, Madison: 47% Holy Family, Waterloo: 38%
Edgewood Campus, Madison: 36% St. John, the Baptist Princeton: 36%
Nativity of Mary, Janesville: 36%
Our Lady of the Assumption, Beloit: 35%
St. Dennis, Madison: 30%
Edgewood High School, Madison: 24%

Enrollment by the Numbers
Diocese of Madison: 6,543*
Edgewood High School, Madison: 484
Largest Elementary Our Lady Queen of Peace, Madison: 450
Smallest Elementary St. Charles Borromeo, Cassville: 11