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As of 1995 in the [[United States of America]], 89% of children attend taxpayer-funded [[atheistic]] schools that censor classroom [[prayer]].<ref>http://www.eagleforum.org/psr/1995/psroct95.html</ref> But the "percentage of white children enrolled in America's public schools -- 60 percent in 2001-2002 -- is 7 percentage points less than a decade before, according to the National Center for Education Statistics."<ref>Kevin Drew, "Today's battle in classrooms: Resegregation," CNN.com (May 15, 2004).</ref> Public school teachers decide against sending their own children to public schools in higher percentages than the general population.<ref>"An analysis of 2000 Census data by the Fordham Institute showed that 21.5% of public school teachers nationwide choose private schooling for their children vs. 17.5% for other families." "Class Warfare," Investor's Business Daily A16 (July 7, 2005).</ref> "Of the eight million youngsters in grades K-12 who come from families with annual incomes of $100,000 or more, 80 percent (6.4 million) attend public schools and 20 percent (1.6 million) attend private schools."<ref>Council for American Private Education[http://www.capenet.org/facts.html]</ref> $489.4 billion in taxpayer dollars<ref>http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=372</ref>, or about $10,000 per student<ref>Using numbers referenced elsewhere in this article, $489.4 billion dollars divided by 49.6 million public school students = $9867 per student.</ref>, will be spent on [[American]] elementary and secondary [[public schools]] for the 2007-2008 school year, and that figure may not include costly pensions. In comparison, the average non-sectarian private school costs $10,992 per year. <ref>Council for American Private Education[http://www.capenet.org/facts.html]</ref>

== Types of schools ==