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Table 60. Private elementary and secondary enrollment, teachers, and schools, by selected characteristics: Fall 1997 
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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 .................|5,076,119 |2,514,699 |1,764,447 | 796,972 |376,544 |144,642 | 143,073 |  88,829 |27,402 |  8,182 |  13,195 |   6,025
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Level of school            |          |          |          |         |        |        |         |         |       |        |         |
  Elementary ..............|2,824,844 |1,833,053 |  731,324 | 260,466 |180,452 | 97,692 |  55,168 |  27,592 |16,623 |  6,800 |   6,830 |   2,993
  Secondary ...............|  798,339 |  606,447 |  112,167 |  79,725 | 60,885 | 40,226 |  10,190 |  10,469 | 2,487 |  1,121 |     697 |     670
  Combined ................|1,452,937 |   75,199 |  920,957 | 456,781 |135,207 |  6,724 |  77,716 |  50,767 | 8,292 |    262 |   5,668 |   2,362
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School enrollment          |          |          |          |         |        |        |         |         |       |        |         |
  Less than 150 ...........|  918,907 |  155,184 |  515,679 | 248,044 | 96,241 | 12,712 |  51,149 |  32,379 |15,573 |  1,586 |   9,436 |   4,550
  150 to 299 ..............|1,439,334 |  788,049 |  484,778 | 166,506 | 99,344 | 45,143 |  36,176 |  18,026 | 6,657 |  3,543 |   2,319 |     793
  300 to 499 ..............|1,197,240 |  717,509 |  339,727 | 140,004 | 78,641 | 39,860 |  24,524 |  14,257 | 3,124 |  1,865 |     893 |     367
  500 to 749 ..............|  800,437 |  485,115 |  199,077 | 116,246 | 53,089 | 26,280 |  14,947 |  11,863 | 1,339 |    820 |     327 |     191
  750 or more .............|  720,201 |  368,842 |  225,186 | 126,173 | 49,229 | 20,648 |  16,278 |  12,304 |   711 |    368 |     220 |     123
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Percent minority students  |          |          |          |         |        |        |         |         |       |        |         |
  None ....................|  316,873 |   59,819 |  232,854 |  24,200 | 28,009 |  3,927 |  21,953 |   2,129 | 4,206 |    419 |   3,408 |     379
  1 to 9 percent ..........|2,320,589 |1,262,788 |  796,592 | 261,209 |160,636 | 71,835 |  61,559 |  27,242 | 9,752 |  3,928 |   4,390 |   1,434
  10 to 29 percent ........|1,272,008 |  557,659 |  392,178 | 322,171 |104,475 | 33,932 |  32,386 |  38,157 | 6,280 |  1,671 |   2,538 |   2,071
  30 to 49 percent ........|  396,478 |  194,779 |  123,202 |  78,498 | 30,333 | 11,284 |   9,772 |   9,276 | 2,279 |    593 |     900 |     785
  50 percent or more ......|  770,170 |  439,654 |  219,622 | 110,895 | 53,091 | 23,664 |  17,403 |  12,024 | 4,886 |  1,571 |   1,959 |   1,356
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Community type             |          |          |          |         |        |        |         |         |       |        |         |
  Central city ............|2,472,859 |1,309,795 |  789,441 | 373,623 |178,074 | 74,299 |  63,324 |  40,451 |10,902 |  3,799 |   4,422 |   2,681
  Urban fringe/large town .|2,018,085 |1,006,623 |  711,728 | 299,734 |148,850 | 57,109 |  56,105 |  35,636 |10,263 |  3,148 |   4,643 |   2,473
  Rural/small town ........|  585,175 |  198,281 |  263,278 | 123,616 | 49,620 | 13,235 |  23,644 |  12,741 | 6,236 |  1,235 |   4,130 |     871
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NOTE: Kindergarten to 12th grade enrollment includes only kindergarten pupils who attend schools that offer first or higher grade. Includes only schools that offer first grade or above. Excludes prekindergarten students. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Private School Survey, 1997-98." (This table was prepared October 1999.)


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