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Table 59. Private elementary and secondary enrollment and schools, by level, orientation of school, and amount of tuition: 1999-2000
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                      |                 Kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment\1\        |                    Schools                  |   Average tuition paid by students\2\ (in current dollars)
School orientation    |______________________________________________________________________|_____________________________________________|______________________________________________________________
and tuition           |             Total|       Elementary|      Secondary|         Combined|      Total| Elementary| Secondary|  Combined|         Total|     Elementary|      Secondary|       Combined
______________________|__________________|_________________|_______________|_________________|___________|___________|__________|__________|______________|_______________|_______________|_______________
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)|$3,267  (128.3)|$6,053(1,529.3)|$6,779  (798.1)
                      |__________________|_________________|_______________|_________________|___________|___________|__________|__________|______________|_______________|_______________|_______________
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 (439.8)| 2,451  (109.4)| 4,845  (253.7)| 6,780(1,159.7)
  Less than $1,000 ...|   96,005 (11,831)|   90,239(11,668)|     ‡     (†) |       ‡     (†) |   637 (71)|   599 (70)|   ‡  (†) |   ‡  (†) |  ---     (†) |  ---      (†) |  ---      (†) |  ---      (†)
  $1,000 to $2,499 ...|  896,722 (35,364)|  864,768(34,819)|     ‡     (†) |       ‡     (†) | 3,372(130)| 3,234(130)|   ‡  (†) |   ‡  (†) |  ---     (†) |  ---      (†) |  ---      (†) |  ---      (†)
  $2,500 to $4,999 ...|1,187,064 (38,390)|  811,753(36,781)|340,114(13,927)|       ‡     (†) | 3,290(115)| 2,595(117)|  610 (29)|   ‡  (†) |  ---     (†) |  ---      (†) |  ---      (†) |  ---      (†)
  $5,000 or more .....|  343,100 (25,947)|       ‡     (†) |248,441(22,456)|       ‡     (†) |   635 (53)|    ‡  (†) |  390 (43)|   ‡  (†) |  ---     (†) |  ---      (†) |  ---      (†) |  ---      (†)
                      |                  |                 |               |                 |           |           |          |          |              |               |               |
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 (936.7)| 3,503  (609.1)| 6,536  (787.7)| 4,260(1,240.4)
  Less than $1,000 ...|   46,076  (9,241)|   21,441 (4,698)|     ‡     (†) |       ‡     (†) | 1,073(187)|   656(175)|   ‡  (†) |   ‡  (†) |  ---     (†) |  ---      (†) |  ---      (†) |  ---      (†)
  $1,000 to $2,499 ...|  470,294 (35,589)|  206,454(31,093)|     ‡     (†) |  256,317(22,430)| 5,160(293)| 2,317(196)|   ‡  (†) |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 (928.4)| 7,884(1,727.8)|14,638(1,279.2)|12,363(3,043.5)
  Less than $1,000 ...|       ‡      (†) |       ‡     (†) |     ‡     (†) |       ‡     (†) |    ‡  (†) |    ‡  (†) |   ‡  (†) |   ‡  (†) |  ---     (†) |  ---      (†) |  ---      (†) |  ---      (†)
  $1,000 to $2,499 ...|       ‡      (†) |       ‡     (†) |     ‡     (†) |       ‡     (†) |    ‡  (†) |    ‡  (†) |   ‡  (†) |   ‡  (†) |  ---     (†) |  ---      (†) |  ---      (†) |  ---      (†)
  $2,500 to $4,999 ...|  123,021 (15,855)|   61,568(10,615)|     ‡     (†) |       ‡     (†) | 1,384(184)| 1,084(200)|   ‡  (†) |   ‡  (†) |  ---     (†) |  ---      (†) |  ---      (†) |  ---      (†)
  $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.
†Not applicable.
‡Reporting standards not met.
\1\Only includes kindergarten students who attend schools that offer first or higher grade.
\2\Tuition weighted by the number of students enrolled in schools.
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 because of 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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