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Table 61. -  Private elementary and secondary staff and student/staff ratios, by level and orientation of school: 1993-94 
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                             |         Full-time-equivalent staff   |   Students per full-time-equivalent
       Orientation and       |______________________________________|_____________________________________
        type of staff        |          | Elemen- | Secon- |  Com-  |        | Elemen- | Secon- |  Com-
                             |  Total   | tary\1\ |dary\2\ |bined\3\| Total  | tary\1\ |dary\2\ |bined\3\
_____________________________|__________|_________|________|________|________|_________|________|_________
              1              |    2     |    3    |   4    |   5    |   6    |    7    |   8    |    9
_____________________________|__________|_________|________|________|________|_________|________|_________
    Total ...................|  534,636 | 240,894 |104,213 |189,529 |    9.3 |    11.6 |    7.8 |     7.2
                             |__________|_________|________|________|________|_________|________|_________
Principals ................. |   23,589 |  13,180 |  2,459 |  7,950 |  210.7 |   212.7 |  329.8 |   170.6
Assistant principals ........|    8,361 |   3,094 |  2,113 |  3,154 |  594.5 |   906.1 |  383.9 |   430.0
Other managers ..............|    7,801 |   1,510 |  3,483 |  2,808 |  637.2 | 1,856.5 |  232.9 |   483.0
Instruction coordinators ....|    6,063 |   1,837 |  1,293 |  2,933 |  819.8 | 1,526.1 |  627.3 |   462.4
Teachers ....................|  330,838 | 155,220 | 60,644 |114,974 |   15.0 |    18.1 |   13.4 |    11.8
Teacher aides ...............|   33,905 |  16,516 |  2,566 | 14,823 |  146.6 |   169.7 |  316.1 |    91.5
Guidance counselors .........|    8,640 |   1,713 |  3,758 |  3,169 |  575.3 | 1,636.5 |  215.8 |   428.0
Librarians/media specialists |    8,946 |   4,320 |  1,950 |  2,676 |  555.6 |   648.9 |  415.9 |   506.8
Library/media center aides ..|    3,768 |   1,942 |    588 |  1,238 |1,319.2 | 1,443.5 |1,379.4 | 1,095.5
Student support staff\4\ ....|   11,003 |   2,207 |  2,684 |  6,112 |  451.8 | 1,270.2 |  302.2 |   221.9
Secretaries/clerical staff ..|   37,634 |  15,170 |  9,061 | 13,403 |  132.1 |   184.8 |   89.5 |   101.2
Other employees\5\ ..........|   54,092 |  24,187 | 13,615 | 16,290 |   91.9 |   115.9 |   59.6 |    83.3
                             |==========|=========|========|========|========|=========|========|=========
          Catholic           |          |         |        |        |        |         |        |
  Total .....................|  206,094 | 135,831 | 59,239 | 11,024 |   12.2 |    13.6 |   10.0 |     6.9
Principals ................. |    8,186 |   6,702 |  1,177 |    307 |  307.4 |   275.8 |  503.0 |   247.1
Assistant principals ........|    2,854 |   1,210 |  1,475 |    169 |  881.6 | 1,527.5 |  401.4 |   448.9
Other managers ..............|    3,139 |     717 |  2,168 |    254 |  801.6 | 2,577.8 |  273.1 |   298.7
Instruction coordinators ....|    1,138 |     619 |    477 |     42 |2,211.0 | 2,985.9 |1,241.1 | 1,806.2
Teachers ....................|  132,240 |  88,524 | 37,132 |  6,584 |   19.0 |    20.9 |   15.9 |    11.5
Teacher aides ...............|    9,078 |   8,144 |    176 |    758 |  277.2 |   226.9 |3,363.7 |   100.1
Guidance counselors .........|    3,843 |   1,144 |  2,341 |    358 |  654.7 | 1,615.6 |  252.9 |   211.9
Librarians/media specialists |    4,291 |   2,836 |  1,230 |    225 |  586.4 |   651.7 |  481.3 |   337.2
Library/media center aides ..|    1,969 |   1,489 |    363 |    117 |1,277.9 | 1,241.3 |1,630.9 |   648.4
Student support staff\4\ ....|    2,287 |   1,418 |    568 |    301 |1,100.2 | 1,303.4 |1,042.3 |   252.0
Secretaries/clerical staff ..|   13,731 |   8,139 |  4,841 |    751 |  183.2 |   227.1 |  122.3 |   101.0
Other employees\5\ ..........|   23,338 |  14,889 |  7,291 |  1,158 |  107.8 |   124.1 |   81.2 |    65.5
                             |          |         |        |        |        |         |        |
       Other religious       |          |         |        |        |        |         |        |
         orientation         |          |         |        |        |        |         |        |
  Total .....................|  184,521 |  72,798 | 16,970 | 94,753 |    9.1 |     9.9 |    7.3 |     8.9
Principals ................. |    9,917 |   4,535 |    573 |  4,809 |  170.0 |   158.4 |  217.2 |   175.4
Assistant principals ........|    3,184 |   1,102 |    278 |  1,804 |  529.5 |   651.7 |  447.7 |   467.5
Other managers ..............|    1,932 |     584 |    340 |  1,008 |  872.7 | 1,229.7 |  366.0 |   836.8
Instruction coordinators ....|    2,298 |     775 |    153 |  1,370 |  733.7 |   926.7 |  813.4 |   615.7
Teachers ....................|  120,253 |  46,973 | 10,366 | 62,914 |   14.0 |    15.3 |   12.0 |    13.4
Teacher aides ...............|   10,021 |   4,827 |    171 |  5,023 |  168.3 |   148.8 |  727.8 |   167.9
Guidance counselors .........|    2,001 |     473 |    403 |  1,125 |  842.6 | 1,518.3 |  308.8 |   749.7
Librarians/media specialists |    2,596 |     977 |    349 |  1,270 |  649.5 |   735.1 |  356.6 |   664.1
Library/media center aides ..|      990 |     330 |    112 |    548 |1,703.1 | 2,176.3 |1,111.1 | 1,539.1
Student support staff\4\ ....|    1,318 |     489 |    231 |    598 |1,279.3 | 1,468.7 |  538.7 | 1,410.4
Secretaries/clerical staff ..|   13,551 |   5,033 |  1,637 |  6,881 |  124.4 |   142.7 |   76.0 |   122.6
Other employees\5\ ..........|   16,460 |   6,700 |  2,357 |  7,403 |  102.4 |   107.2 |   52.8 |   113.9
                             |          |         |        |        |        |         |        |
        Non-sectarian        |          |         |        |        |        |         |        |
  Total .....................|  144,025 |  32,267 | 28,005 | 83,753 |    5.3 |     7.3 |    3.4 |     5.2
Principals ................. |    5,486 |   1,943 |    709 |  2,834 |  140.1 |   121.9 |  133.5 |   154.2
Assistant principals ........|    2,323 |     782 |    360 |  1,181 |  330.8 |   303.0 |  262.9 |   369.9
Other managers ..............|    2,730 |     209 |    975 |  1,546 |  281.5 | 1,133.6 |   97.1 |   282.6
Instruction coordinators ....|    2,627 |     443 |    663 |  1,521 |  292.5 |   534.8 |  142.7 |   287.2
Teachers ....................|   78,345 |  19,723 | 13,146 | 45,476 |    9.8 |    12.0 |    7.2 |     9.6
Teacher aides ...............|   14,806 |   3,545 |  2,219 |  9,042 |   51.9 |    66.8 |   42.6 |    48.3
Guidance counselors .........|    2,796 |      96 |  1,014 |  1,686 |  274.8 | 2,468.0 |   93.3 |   259.1
Librarians/media specialists |    2,059 |     507 |    371 |  1,181 |  373.2 |   467.3 |  255.1 |   369.9
Library/media center aides ..|      809 |     123 |    113 |    573 |  949.9 | 1,926.3 |  837.4 |   762.5
Student support staff\4\ ....|    7,398 |     300 |  1,885 |  5,213 |  103.9 |   789.8 |   50.2 |    83.8
Secretaries/clerical staff ..|   10,352 |   1,998 |  2,583 |  5,771 |   74.2 |   118.6 |   36.6 |    75.7
Other employees\5\ ..........|   14,294 |   2,598 |  3,967 |  7,729 |   53.8 |    91.2 |   23.9 |    56.5
_____________________________|__________|_________|________|________|________|_________|________|_________

\1\Includes schools beginning with grade 6 or below and with no grade higher than 8.
\2\Schools have no grade lower than 7.
\3\Schools have grades lower than 7 and higher than 8.
\4\Includes student support services professional staff, such as school psychologists, social workers, occupational therapists, speech therapists, and nurses.
\5\Includes cafeteria workers and maintenance staff.

NOTE.--Data are based upon a sample survey and may not be strictly comparable with data reported elsewhere. Includes only schools that offer first grade or above.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Schools and Staffing Survey, 1993-94." (This table was prepared August 1995.)


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