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Table 59. Private elementary and secondary enrollment, teachers, and schools, by selected characteristics: Fall 1999

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                           | Kindergarten to 12th-grade enrollment    |              Teachers               |             Schools
         Selected          |__________________________________________|_____________________________________|____________________________________
          school           |  Total   | Catholic |  Other   |  Non-   | Total  |Catholic|  Other  |  Non-   | Total |Catholic|  Other  |  Non-
      characteristics      |          |          |religious |sectarian|        |        |religious|sectarian|       |        |religious|sectarian
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             1             |    2     |    3     |    4     |    5    |   6    |   7    |    8    |    9    |  10   |   11   |   12    |   13
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    Total .................|5,162,684 |2,511,040 |1,843,580 | 808,063 |395,317 |149,600 | 152,915 |  92,801 |27,223 |  8,102 |  13,232 |   5,889
    Standard error ........|   25,410 |    4,787 |   24,799 |   5,428 |  2,881 |    210 |   2,759 |     722 |   239 |     24 |     228 |      68
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Level of school            |          |          |          |         |        |        |         |         |       |        |         |
  Elementary ..............|2,831,372 |1,814,676 |  750,026 | 266,669 |187,833 |100,565 |  58,386 |  28,882 |16,530 |  6,707 |   6,843 |   2,981
  Secondary ...............|  806,639 |  607,682 |  112,132 |  86,825 | 62,737 | 41,301 |  10,586 |  10,849 | 2,538 |  1,114 |     718 |     707
  Combined ................|1,524,673 |   88,682 |  981,422 | 454,569 |144,746 |  7,734 |  83,943 |  53,070 | 8,155 |    282 |   5,672 |   2,201
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School enrollment          |          |          |          |         |        |        |         |         |       |        |         |
  Less than 50 ............|  196,309 |    5,497 |  128,007 |  62,806 | 26,329 |    769 |  15,898 |   9,662 | 7,565 |    172 |   5,031 |   2,362
  50 to 149 ...............|  716,129 |  149,542 |  385,184 | 181,403 | 71,676 | 12,543 |  36,431 |  22,702 | 7,738 |  1,408 |   4,280 |   2,050
  150 to 299 ..............|1,424,018 |  767,888 |  496,825 | 159,306 |102,457 | 45,928 |  38,371 |  18,157 | 6,571 |  3,450 |   2,364 |     757
  300 to 499 ..............|1,228,631 |  720,044 |  357,479 | 151,109 | 84,086 | 41,439 |  26,627 |  16,020 | 3,219 |  1,876 |     946 |     397
  500 to 749 ..............|  805,490 |  477,806 |  215,910 | 111,774 | 54,078 | 26,057 |  15,964 |  12,057 | 1,352 |    805 |     360 |     187
  750 or more .............|  792,106 |  390,264 |  260,177 | 141,666 | 56,691 | 22,864 |  19,624 |  14,203 |   778 |    391 |     250 |     136
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Percent minority students  |          |          |          |         |        |        |         |         |       |        |         |
  None ....................|  291,838 |   61,442 |  212,771 |  17,624 | 25,578 |  4,053 |  19,613 |   1,912 | 4,012 |    415 |   3,228 |     368
  1 to 9 percent ..........|2,282,659 |1,216,054 |  806,530 | 260,075 |164,869 | 72,015 |  64,951 |  27,903 | 9,219 |  3,737 |   4,149 |   1,332
  10 to 29 percent ........|1,360,769 |  589,224 |  433,044 | 338,502 |115,605 | 37,070 |  37,304 |  41,231 | 6,435 |  1,733 |   2,702 |   1,999
  30 to 49 percent ........|  414,323 |  190,783 |  139,742 |  83,798 | 32,424 | 11,471 |  10,994 |   9,959 | 2,455 |    604 |   1,007 |     844
  50 percent or more ......|  813,095 |  453,537 |  251,494 | 108,064 | 56,841 | 24,991 |  20,053 |  11,797 | 5,103 |  1,613 |   2,145 |   1,345
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Community type             |          |          |          |         |        |        |         |         |       |        |         |
  Central city ............|2,540,516 |1,293,629 |  870,219 | 376,668 |189,984 | 76,118 |  71,244 |  42,622 |10,825 |  3,737 |   4,550 |   2,538
  Urban fringe/large town .|2,051,094 |1,022,949 |  714,090 | 314,056 |155,436 | 59,815 |  58,053 |  37,568 |10,359 |  3,142 |   4,725 |   2,492
  Rural/small town ........|  571,074 |  194,463 |  259,272 | 117,340 | 49,897 | 13,667 |  23,619 |  12,611 | 6,040 |  1,223 |   3,958 |     859
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NOTE: Includes only schools that offer the first grade or a higher grade. Excludes kindergarten students. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Private School Universe Survey, 1999-2000." (This table was prepared September 2001.)


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