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Table 61. Private elementary and secondary enrollment and schools, by amount of tuition, level, and orientation of school: 1999-2000

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                        |   Kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment\1\                            |            Schools                                   |Average tuition paid by students\2\
                        |____________________________________________________________________________|______________________________________________________|_____________________________________________________________
      Orientation       |                   |                  |                  |                  |             |              |            |            |             |              |                |
      and tuition       |  Total            |Elementary        |Secondary         | Combined         |Total        |Elementary    |Secondary   |Combined    |Total        |Elementary    |Secondary       |Combined
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           1            |    2              |    3             |    4             |    5             |   6         |   7          |   8        |   9        |  10         |  11          |   12           |   13
________________________|___________________|__________________|__________________|__________________|_____________|______________|____________|____________|_____________|______________|________________|_______________
    Total...............|5,262,849 (131,001)|2,920,685 (55,056)|  818,924 (34,102)|1,523,240 (88,816)|27,223  (239)|16,562   (278)| 2,583 (126)| 8,078 (276)|$4,689 ($254)|$3,267  ($128)| $6,053 ($1,529)| $6,779  ($798)
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Catholic ...............|2,548,710  (23,352)|1,810,329 (18,134)|  616,195 (25,935)|  122,187 (15,613)| 7,934   (41)| 6,534    (68)| 1,099  (56)|   300  (28)|  3,236 (440)|  2,451  (109)|   4,845   (254)|   6,780(1,160)
  Less than $1,000 .....|   96,005  (11,831)|   90,239 (11,668)|    (\3\)   (\3\) |    (\3\)   (\3\) |   637   (71)|   599    (70)| (\3\) (\3\)| (\3\) (\3\)|   ---   --- |   ---    --- |    ---     --- |    ---    ---
  $1,000 to $2,499 .....|  896,722  (35,364)|  864,768 (34,819)|    (\3\)   (\3\) |    (\3\)   (\3\) | 3,372  (130)| 3,234   (130)| (\3\) (\3\)| (\3\) (\3\)|   ---   --- |   ---    --- |    ---     --- |    ---    ---
  $2,500 to $4,999 .....|1,187,064  (38,390)|  811,753 (36,781)|  340,114 (13,927)|    (\3\)   (\3\) | 3,290  (115)| 2,595   (117)|   610  (29)| (\3\) (\3\)|   ---   --- |   ---    --- |    ---     --- |    ---    ---
  $5,000 or more .......|  343,100  (25,947)|    (\3\)   (\3\) |  248,441 (22,456)|    (\3\)   (\3\) |   635   (53)| (\3\)  (\3\) |   390  (43)| (\3\) (\3\)|   ---   --- |   ---    --- |    ---     --- |    ---    ---
                        |                   |                  |                  |                  |             |              |            |            |             |              |                |
Other religious ........|1,871,851  (86,781)|  831,062 (41,035)|  115,008 (10,980)|  925,780 (66,926)|12,518  (271)| 6,614   (231)|   718  (76)| 5,186 (243)|  4,063 (937)|  3,503  (609)|   6,536   (788)|   4,260(1,240)
  Less than $1,000 .....|   46,076   (9,241)|   21,441  (4,698)|    (\3\)   (\3\) |    (\3\)   (\3\) | 1,073  (187)|   656   (175)| (\3\) (\3\)| (\3\) (\3\)|   ---   --- |   ---    --- |    ---     --- |    ---    ---
  $1,000 to $2,499 .....|  470,294  (35,589)|  206,454 (31,093)|    (\3\)   (\3\) |  256,317 (22,430)| 5,160  (293)| 2,317   (196)| (\3\) (\3\)| 2,753 (242)|   ---   --- |   ---    --- |    ---     --- |    ---    ---
  $2,500 to $4,999 .....|  974,322  (66,674)|  482,069 (27,490)|   44,830  (7,544)|  447,424 (59,108)| 4,971  (223)| 3,072   (174)|   249  (38)| 1,649 (139)|   ---   --- |   ---    --- |    ---     --- |    ---    ---
  $5,000 or more .......|  347,241  (30,691)|  108,075 (12,268)|   54,962  (8,719)|  184,204 (21,425)| 1,314   (88)|   569    (73)|   301  (32)|   444  (55)|   ---   --- |   ---    --- |    ---     --- |    ---    ---
                        |                   |                  |                  |                  |             |              |            |            |             |              |                |
Non-sectarian ..........|  842,288  (61,373)|  279,294 (28,987)|   87,721 (11,774)|  475,273 (43,377)| 5,135  (156)| 2,781   (153)|   586  (90)| 1,769 (151)| 10,992 (928)|  7,884(1,728)|  14,638 (1,279)|  12,363(3,043)
  Less than $1,000 .....|    (\3\)    (\3\) |    (\3\)   (\3\) |    (\3\)   (\3\) |    (\3\)   (\3\) | (\3\) (\3\) | (\3\)  (\3\) | (\3\) (\3\)| (\3\) (\3\)|   ---   --- |   ---    --- |    ---     --- |    ---    ---
  $1,000 to $2,499 .....|    (\3\)    (\3\) |    (\3\)   (\3\) |    (\3\)   (\3\) |    (\3\)   (\3\) | (\3\) (\3\) | (\3\)  (\3\) | (\3\) (\3\)| (\3\) (\3\)|   ---   --- |   ---    --- |    ---     --- |    ---    ---
  $2,500 to $4,999 .....|  123,021  (15,855)|   61,568 (10,615)|    (\3\)   (\3\) |    (\3\)   (\3\) | 1,384  (184)| 1,084   (200)| (\3\) (\3\)| (\3\) (\3\)|   ---   --- |   ---    --- |    ---     --- |    ---    ---
  $5,000 or more .......|  594,785  (41,506)|  193,555 (30,243)|   70,634 (10,962)|  330,597 (15,481)| 3,302  (202)| 1,350   (149)|   521  (94)| 1,431 (129)|   ---   --- |   ---    --- |    ---     --- |    ---    ---
                        |                   |                  |                  |                  |             |              |            |            |             |              |                |
Not reported/missing ...|  137,927      --- |   37,752     --- |   11,118     --- |   89,057     --- | 1,637   --- |   634    --- |   180  --- |   823  --- |   ---   --- |   ---    --- |    ---     --- |    ---    ---
________________________|___________________|__________________|__________________|__________________|_____________|______________|____________|____________|_____________|______________|________________|_______________

---Not available.
\1\Only includes kindergarten students who attend schools that offer first grade or above.
\2\Tuition weighted by the number of students enrolled in schools.
\3\Too few sample cases (fewer than 30 schools) for reliable estimates.

NOTE: Data are based upon a sample survey and may not be strictly comparable with data reported elsewhere. Elementary schools have grade 6 or lower and no grade higher than 8. Secondary schools have no grade lower than 7. Combined schools have grades lower than 7 and higher than 8. Excludes prekindergarten students. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding and missing values in cells with too few sample sizes. Standard errors appear in parentheses.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Private School Questionnaire," 1999-2000. (This table was prepared in June 2002.)


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