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A parochial school is a private elementary school run by the [[Catholic Church]].  Since the 1960s the number of students in parochial schools in the [[United States]] has been declining, and many have closed.

A '''parochial school''' is a private elementary school run by the [[Catholic Church]].  Since the 1960s the number of students in parochial schools in the [[United States]] has been declining, and many have closed.

The number of students in Catholic schools is only 2.27 million, compared with 5.25 million in the 1960s.  Now there are only 7,378 '''parochial school'''s, while in the 1960s there were 12,893.<ref>http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CATHOLIC_SCHOOL_CLOSURES?SITE=NCAGW&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT</ref>

The number of students in Catholic schools is only 2.27 million, compared with 5.25 million in the 1960s.  Now there are only 7,378 '''parochial school'''s, while in the 1960s there were 12,893.<ref>http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CATHOLIC_SCHOOL_CLOSURES?SITE=NCAGW&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT</ref>