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Table 63. Private elementary and secondary schools, enrollment, teachers, and high school graduates, by state: 1991 to 1999

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                     |  Number of   |                      Enrollment\1\                                        |   Teachers    |  High school
                     |  schools     |___________________________________________________________________________|               |  graduates
                     |______________|    Fall 1991     |    Fall 1993     |    Fall 1997     |    Fall 1999     |               |
        State        |1999\2\|      |__________________|__________________|__________________|__________________|_______________|_______________
                     |       |      |          |       |          |       |          |       |          |       |        |      |        |
                     |       |Stan- |          | Stan- |          | Stan- |          | Stan- |          | Stan- |  Fall  |Stan- |1998-99 |Stan-
                     |       | dard |Enrollment| dard  |Enrollment| dard  |Enrollment| dard  |Enrollment| dard  |  1999  | dard |        | dard
                     |       |error |          | error |          | error |          | error |          | error |        |error |        |error
_____________________|_______|______|__________|_______|__________|_______|__________|_______|__________|_______|________|______|________|______
          1          |   2   |  3   |    4     |   5   |    6     |   7   |    8     |   9   |    10    |  11   |   12   |  13  |   14   |  15
_____________________|_______|______|__________|_______|__________|_______|__________|_______|__________|_______|________|______|________|______
   United States\3\..|27,223 |238.6 |4,889,545 |26,471 |4,836,442 |12,875 |5,076,118 |15,549 |5,162,684 |25,410 |395,317 |2,881 |273,025 |2,054
                     |_______|______|__________|_______|__________|_______|__________|_______|__________|_______|________|______|________|______
Alabama..............|   374 | 21.6 |   69,441 | 8,390 |   72,630 | 4,724 |   72,486 |   682 |   73,352 | 2,527 |  5,934 |  170 |  4,324 |  194
Alaska...............|    69 |  1.6 |    5,520 |   543 |    5,884 |     0 |    6,253 |   220 |    6,172 |    63 |    572 |   51 |    245 |    8
Arizona..............|   276 |  4.4 |   39,460 | (\4\) |   41,957 |     0 |   44,991 |   652 |   44,060 |   428 |  3,319 |   63 |  2,399 |   39
Arkansas.............|   192 | 14.0 |   22,792 | (\4\) |   29,011 | 3,995 |   26,645 |   290 |   26,424 | 1,233 |  2,075 |   90 |  1,320 |   86
California...........| 3,318 | 27.8 |  613,067 |16,643 |  569,062 | 1,987 |  609,506 | 3,730 |  619,067 | 1,533 | 43,159 |  503 | 28,097 |  253
                     |       |      |          |       |          |       |          |       |          |       |        |      |        |
Colorado.............|   339 |  5.5 |   57,352 |11,374 |   53,732 | 7,798 |   52,563 | 1,109 |   52,142 |   397 |  4,353 |  115 |  2,470 |   79
Connecticut..........|   348 |  5.7 |   67,374 | (\4\) |   70,198 | 1,875 |   69,293 |   494 |   70,058 |   224 |  6,879 |   87 |  5,141 |  142
Delaware.............|    96 |  2.7 |   22,803 | (\4\) |   22,308 |     0 |   24,193 |   911 |   22,779 |   303 |  1,784 |   28 |  1,151 |   18
District of Columbia.|    89 |  4.4 |   17,776 |   322 |   15,854 |     0 |   16,671 |   155 |   16,690 |   701 |  1,898 |   31 |  1,231 |   83
Florida..............| 1,545 | 79.1 |  205,600 | 2,988 |  233,743 | 3,789 |  273,628 | 2,359 |  290,872 | 8,152 | 22,929 |  776 | 12,866 |  279
                     |       |      |          |       |          |       |          |       |          |       |        |      |        |
Georgia..............|   592 | 31.4 |   96,683 | 4,078 |   97,726 | 3,586 |  107,065 | 1,477 |  116,407 | 4,157 | 10,677 |  591 |  6,819 |  317
Hawaii...............|   130 |  1.5 |   36,306 | (\4\) |   30,537 |     0 |   33,300 |   350 |   32,193 |   169 |  2,475 |   23 |  2,533 |   31
Idaho................|    94 |  2.0 |    6,644 | (\4\) |    8,019 |     0 |    9,635 |   203 |   10,209 |    96 |    790 |   29 |    459 |    8
Illinois.............| 1,354 | 11.8 |  301,374 | 1,158 |  293,038 |   794 |  298,620 | 1,101 |  299,871 | 1,365 | 19,589 |  142 | 16,652 |  122
Indiana..............|   677 | 13.9 |   99,450 | 7,004 |   91,986 |     0 |  105,358 | 1,836 |  105,533 | 1,461 |  7,362 |  198 |  4,597 |  133
                     |       |      |          |       |          |       |          |       |          |       |        |      |        |
Iowa.................|   265 |  4.8 |   51,431 | (\4\) |   50,602 |   211 |   50,138 |   520 |   49,565 |   446 |  3,545 |   46 |  2,693 |   69
Kansas...............|   237 | 16.7 |   35,077 | (\4\) |   37,045 |     0 |   40,573 |   363 |   43,113 | 1,731 |  3,166 |  158 |  2,071 |   64
Kentucky.............|   368 | 17.0 |   65,990 | (\4\) |   58,058 |     0 |   70,731 |   413 |   75,084 | 1,927 |  5,478 |  193 |  3,997 |  191
Louisiana............|   434 | 12.8 |  139,248 | (\4\) |  145,512 | 4,036 |  141,633 |   696 |  138,135 | 1,982 |  9,206 |  113 |  8,716 |  296
Maine................|   139 |  4.6 |   14,854 | (\4\) |   16,999 |     0 |   17,187 |   292 |   18,287 |   133 |  1,760 |   51 |  2,050 |   43
                     |       |      |          |       |          |       |          |       |          |       |        |      |        |
Maryland.............|   701 | 36.9 |  113,774 | (\4\) |  112,481 |     0 |  129,898 |   937 |  144,131 | 4,700 | 12,152 |  288 |  7,596 |  329
Massachusetts........|   694 | 13.1 |  125,006 | 3,419 |  126,744 | 1,362 |  127,165 | 1,163 |  132,154 |   506 | 12,497 |  149 |  9,632 |  192
Michigan.............| 1,012 | 13.9 |  187,095 |   710 |  187,741 |     0 |  187,740 | 1,538 |  179,579 | 1,554 | 11,771 |  179 |  9,114 |  167
Minnesota............|   530 |  8.7 |   93,404 | 2,401 |   86,051 |     0 |   90,400 |   918 |   92,795 | 1,047 |  6,467 |  129 |  4,010 |  114
Mississippi..........|   207 |  9.1 |   58,757 | 1,377 |   58,655 | 1,564 |   54,529 |   457 |   51,369 | 1,357 |  3,884 |  106 |  3,649 |  159
                     |       |      |          |       |          |       |          |       |          |       |        |      |        |
Missouri.............|   576 |  7.2 |  116,440 | 1,884 |  117,466 |   616 |  119,534 |   964 |  122,387 | 1,076 |  9,105 |  114 |  6,851 |  170
Montana..............|    90 |  2.0 |    9,644 | (\4\) |    9,111 |     0 |    8,341 |   220 |    8,711 |    88 |    740 |   37 |    395 |   23
Nebraska.............|   237 |  4.2 |   39,673 | (\4\) |   39,564 |     0 |   40,943 |   320 |   42,141 |   415 |  2,963 |   67 |  2,303 |   74
Nevada...............|    80 |  1.3 |    8,482 | (\4\) |   10,723 |     0 |   12,847 |   241 |   13,926 |    81 |    973 |   24 |    639 |    6
New Hampshire........|   171 |  5.7 |   18,712 | 1,330 |   18,386 |     0 |   21,143 |   297 |   23,383 |   193 |  2,208 |   72 |  1,894 |   46
                     |       |      |          |       |          |       |          |       |          |       |        |      |        |
New Jersey...........|   905 | 14.1 |  209,913 | 8,195 |  195,921 |     0 |  205,126 | 1,535 |  198,631 |   785 | 15,496 |  198 | 11,072 |  339
New Mexico...........|   182 |  3.5 |   23,236 | (\4\) |   20,007 |     0 |   19,251 |   534 |   23,055 |   195 |  1,992 |   73 |  1,361 |   46
New York.............| 1,981 | 22.0 |  498,668 | 7,158 |  473,119 | 4,776 |  467,520 | 1,821 |  475,942 | 1,227 | 37,190 |  404 | 26,314 |  338
North Carolina.......|   588 | 37.1 |   63,255 | 5,224 |   69,000 | 1,803 |   88,127 | 1,260 |   96,262 | 3,775 |  8,962 |  422 |  4,256 |  160
North Dakota.........|    55 |  1.3 |    7,518 | (\4\) |    7,577 |     0 |    7,332 |    72 |    7,148 |    97 |    545 |   12 |    448 |   20
                     |       |      |          |       |          |       |          |       |          |       |        |      |        |
Ohio.................|   974 | 11.2 |  269,064 |13,362 |  246,805 | 3,480 |  251,543 | 1,528 |  254,494 | 1,694 | 16,165 |  134 | 13,394 |  173
Oklahoma.............|   179 | 11.0 |   34,025 | 9,317 |   25,837 | 3,584 |   27,675 |   345 |   31,276 | 1,049 |  2,727 |   83 |  1,635 |   49
Oregon...............|   347 | 12.4 |   30,918 | 1,003 |   34,092 |     0 |   44,290 | 1,364 |   45,352 | 1,287 |  3,473 |   92 |  2,376 |   75
Pennsylvania.........| 1,964 | 51.8 |  359,440 | 6,920 |  342,298 | 4,260 |  343,191 | 4,401 |  339,484 | 2,954 | 24,453 |  848 | 18,002 |  414
Rhode Island.........|   127 |  3.0 |   21,242 | (\4\) |   23,153 |     0 |   25,597 |   195 |   24,738 |   127 |  1,961 |   26 |  1,404 |   56
                     |       |      |          |       |          |       |          |       |          |       |        |      |        |
South Carolina.......|   326 | 19.0 |   46,086 | 2,013 |   51,600 | 1,819 |   56,169 |   700 |   55,612 | 2,506 |  4,912 |  281 |  2,915 |  202
South Dakota.........|    83 |  2.6 |   10,539 | (\4\) |    9,575 |     0 |    9,794 |   143 |    9,364 |   232 |    743 |   24 |    442 |   19
Tennessee............|   533 | 39.9 |   82,969 | 2,953 |   84,538 | 2,909 |   84,651 |   746 |   93,680 | 3,519 |  7,921 |  265 |  6,717 |  162
Texas................| 1,281 | 52.6 |  170,670 |   472 |  211,337 | 7,591 |  223,294 | 1,703 |  227,645 | 7,260 | 19,777 |  410 |  9,988 |  353
Utah.................|    78 |  1.4 |    9,836 | (\4\) |    9,793 |     0 |   12,653 |   201 |   12,614 |   114 |  1,091 |   29 |    792 |   42
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Vermont..............|   122 |  4.9 |    8,351 | (\4\) |    9,107 |     0 |   10,823 |   196 |   12,170 |   199 |  1,361 |   65 |  1,273 |   57
Virginia.............|   582 | 34.2 |   80,887 | 1,872 |   84,438 | 4,584 |   98,307 | 1,071 |  100,171 | 4,171 |  9,389 |  248 |  5,010 |  178
Washington...........|   494 |  8.8 |   66,556 | 2,798 |   70,205 | 1,858 |   76,956 | 1,462 |   76,885 |   519 |  5,697 |  144 |  3,262 |   48
West Virginia........|   151 | 11.8 |   12,908 | (\4\) |   13,539 |     0 |   14,640 |   225 |   15,895 |   974 |  1,486 |  151 |    883 |   96
Wisconsin............|   991 | 16.6 |  142,399 |   220 |  141,762 |     0 |  143,577 | 1,748 |  139,455 | 1,828 | 10,025 |  241 |  5,525 |  168
Wyoming..............|    41 |  1.4 |    1,840 | (\4\) |    1,919 |     0 |    2,593 |   110 |    2,221 |    45 |    241 |   28 |     41 |    5
_____________________|_______|______|__________|_______|__________|_______|__________|_______|__________|_______|________|______|________|______

\1\Excludes prekindergarten enrollment.
\2\The estimates for 1999 were computed using a different procedure from that used prior to 1997-98.
\3\NCES employed an area frame sample to account for noninclusion of schools at the national level. However, caution should be exercised in interpreting state by state characteristics since the samples were not designed to produce such numbers.
\4\Insufficient data to compute a standard error.

NOTE: Includes special education, vocational/technical education, and alternative schools. Standard errors for states are root mean squared errors to correct for bias in model based estimates. Tabulation includes only schools that offer first grade or above. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Private School Universe Survey, 1999-2000;" and Indirect State-Level Estimation for the Private School Survey, 1999. (This table was prepared August 2001.)


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