Mendel Jacobson: "Jewish Education in the US by Numbers"

It is almost true by definition that most deeply committed Jews are Orthodox, but non-Orthodox Jews are placing more emphasis on education these days,as the following shows:

40% of all Jewish Day Schools have fewer than a hundred students.

1,500 students enrolled in non-Orthodox Jewish high schools in 1992.

2,200 students enrolled in non-Orthodox Jewish high schools in 1999.

4,100 students enrolled in non-Orthodox Jewish high schools in 2004.

7% growth rate of non-Orthodox Jewish Day Schools in the last five years.

68% of all Jewish Day Schools in the United States are in New York and New Jersey.

97% of the Jewish schools in New York (more than 300 Yeshivas and Day Schools) are Orthodox.