California law (California Education Code Section 33190) requires private schools offering or conducting a full-time elementary or secondary level day school for students between the ages of 6 and 18 to file an affidavit with the California Department of Education (CDE). Filing an affidavit with CDE does not constitute certification of status as a private school. The Private School Data information, below, lists only private schools reporting enrollments of six or more students on their Private School Affidavits.
Inclusion of a school in this directory should not be interpreted as meaning that the State of California, the State Superintendent of Public Instruction (SSPI), the State Board of Education, CDE, or any other agency has made any evaluation, approval, or endorsement of any school listed.
These are the final data for the 2007-2008 year.
The downloadable Excel files contain contact and demographic information collected from private schools that have submitted affidavits to the SSPI from 1999 to 2007. If you cannot download the files, contact the Elementary Education Office noted below.
Private School Data
- 2007-2008 (Posted 28-July 2008; XLS; 3MB; 272pp.) NEW
- 2006-2007 (Revised 20-Apr-2007; XLS; 3MB; 544pp.)
- 2005-2006 (Posted 23-May-2006; XLS; 3MB; 606pp.)
- 2004-2005 (Posted 25-Mar-2005; XLS; 3MB; 707pp.)
- 2003-2004 (Revised 07-Apr-2004; XLS; 3MB; 730pp.)
- 2002-2003 (Revised 24-Jul-2003; XLS; 3MB; 684pp.)
- 2001-2002 (Revised 17-Aug-2004; XLS; 3MB; 948pp.)
- 2000-2001 (Revised 17-Oct-2004; XLS; 2MB; 1065pp.)
- 1999-2000 (Revised 17-Aug-2004; XLS; 3MB; 718pp.)
Statistics
Following are reports of selected information submitted by the private schools.
- 2006-2007 Enrollment and Staff in California Private Schools
(Posted 8-Aug-2007; DOC; 1MB; 25pp.)
- 2005-2006 Enrollment and Staff in California Private Schools
(Posted 20-Jun-2006; DOC; 1MB; 20pp.)
- 2004-2005 Enrollment and Staff in California Private Schools
(Posted 30-Sep-2005; DOC; 1MB; 20pp.)
- 2003-2004 Enrollment and Staff in California Private Schools
(Posted 30-Mar-2004; DOC; 1MB; 19pp.)
- 2002-2003 Enrollment and Staff in California Private Schools
(Posted 2-Jul-2004; DOC; 1MB; 19pp.)
