Catholic schools in US hit by unprecedented enrollment drop

NEW YORK (AP) — Enrollment in Roman Catholic schools in the United States has dropped more than 6% from the previous academic year amid the pandemic and economic stresses. Catholic education officials say that’s the largest single-year decline in at least five decades. One key factor is the difficulty for many parents of paying tuition fees averaging more than $5,000 for grades K-8 and over $10,000 for secondary schools. Nationwide enrollment has fallen by 110,000 students from the 2