Table 59. | Private elementary and secondary school staff and student to staff ratios, by school level, orientation of school, and type of staff: 1999-2000 |
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Full-time-equivalent staff | Students per full-time-equivalent | | staff member Orientation of school 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 ....................|662,524 (15,864)|309,282 |106,572 |246,671 | 7.9 (0.07)| 9.4 | 7.7 | 6.2 |_________________|________|________|________|________________|________|________|________ Principals ...................| 24,430 (414)| 13,484 | 2,509 | 8,437 | 215.4 (4.81)| 216.6 | 326.4 | 180.5 Assistant principals .........| 10,159 (455)| 4,112 | 2,262 | 3,784 | 518.1 (15.44)| 710.2 | 362.1 | 402.5 Other managers ...............| 16,628 (612)| 6,024 | 4,261 | 6,343 | 316.5 (7.93)| 484.9 | 192.2 | 240.1 Instruction coordinators .....| 5,446 (319)| 1,973 | 1,212 | 2,261 | 966.4 (46.87)|1,480.4 | 675.7 | 673.7 Teachers .....................|402,475 (10,037)|193,614 | 64,665 |144,196 | 13.1 (0.09)| 15.1 | 12.7 | 10.6 Teacher aides ................| 42,877 (2,289)| 20,878 | 1,285 | 20,713 | 122.7 (6.59)| 139.9 | 637.1 | 73.5 Guidance counselors ..........| 10,477 (520)| 2,972 | 3,404 | 4,100 | 502.3 (21.89)| 982.7 | 240.6 | 371.5 Librarians/media specialists .| 10,540 (374)| 5,444 | 1,814 | 3,281 | 499.3 (12.05)| 536.5 | 451.3 | 464.2 Library/media center aides ...| 4,990 (332)| 2,488 | 715 | 1,787 |1,054.8 (74.09)|1,173.7 |1,145.7 | 852.6 Nurses .......................| 6,598 (297)| 2,631 | 990 | 2,977 | 797.6 (30.69)|1,110.0 | 827.4 | 511.6 Student support staff\4\ .....| 19,114 (1,264)| 6,413 | 2,016 | 10,685 | 275.3 (18.38)| 455.5 | 406.1 | 142.6 Secretaries/clerical staff ...| 38,918 (992)| 16,900 | 7,755 | 14,263 | 135.2 (2.21)| 172.8 | 105.6 | 106.8 Food service personnel .......| 24,397 (766)| 11,251 | 5,048 | 8,098 | 215.7 (5.96)| 259.6 | 162.2 | 188.1 Custodial and maintenance ....| 36,990 (1,193)| 16,780 | 7,075 | 13,135 | 142.3 (2.86)| 174.1 | 115.7 | 116.0 Other employees\5\ ...........| 8,486 (1,053)| 4,318 | 1,559 | 2,610 | 620.1 (75.81)| 676.4 | 525.3 | 583.7 |=================|========|========|========|================|========|========|======== Catholic | | | | | | | | Total ......................|234,928 (2,717)|153,807 | 64,508 | 16,612 | 10.8 (0.07)| 11.8 | 9.6 | 7.4 Principals ...................| 7,317 (96)| 5,822 | 1,094 | 401 | 348.3 (4.87)| 310.9 | 563.1 | 304.7 Assistant principals .........| 3,389 (133)| 1,712 | 1,374 | 303 | 752.1 (28.57)|1,057.7 | 448.5 | 402.7 Other managers ...............| 4,739 (163)| 1,825 | 2,443 | 471 | 537.9 (15.95)| 991.9 | 252.3 | 259.5 Instruction coordinators .....| 1,306 (119)| 480 | 647 | 179 |1,951.7 (177.42)|3,775.0 | 951.8 | 682.9 Teachers .....................|151,594 (1,749)| 98,883 | 41,868 | 10,843 | 16.8 (0.11)| 18.3 | 14.7 | 11.3 Teacher aides ................| 10,168 (426)| 9,184 | 187 | 797 | 250.7 (11.43)| 197.1 |3,297.5 | 153.4 Guidance counselors ..........| 4,323 (198)| 1,661 | 2,318 | 344 | 589.5 (24.15)|1,089.8 | 265.8 | 355.2 Librarians/media specialists .| 4,808 (102)| 3,325 | 1,192 | 292 | 530.1 (10.83)| 544.4 | 517.1 | 419.1 Library/media center aides ...| 2,112 (130)| 1,514 | 474 | 123 |1,207.0 (77.02)|1,195.5 |1,299.9 | 991.3 Nurses .......................| 2,246 (84)| 1,684 | 456 | 105 |1,134.8 (42.68)|1,074.7 |1,350.7 |1,159.8 Student support staff\4\ .....| 4,493 (204)| 3,337 | 684 | 473 | 567.3 (27.00)| 542.5 | 901.4 | 258.6 Secretaries/clerical staff ...| 13,559 (307)| 7,936 | 4,553 | 1,070 | 188.0 (3.29)| 228.1 | 135.3 | 114.2 Food service personnel .......| 10,024 (322)| 6,647 | 2,929 | 448 | 254.3 (7.91)| 272.3 | 210.3 | 273.0 Custodial and maintenance ....| 13,217 (329)| 8,617 | 3,876 | 724 | 192.8 (3.95)| 210.1 | 159.0 | 168.7 Other employees\5\ ...........| 1,634 (173)| 1,181 | 414 | 39 |1,560.0 (172.78)|1,533.1 |1,490.0 |3,103.3 | | | | | | | | Other religious | | | | | | | | orientation | | | | | | | | Total ......................|237,799 (9,461)|100,215 | 17,750 |119,834 | 7.9 (0.12)| 8.3 | 6.5 | 7.7 Principals ...................| 11,286 (317)| 5,015 | 676 | 5,595 | 165.9 (6.18)| 165.7 | 170.3 | 165.5 Assistant principals .........| 3,759 (262)| 1,543 | 357 | 1,859 | 498.0 (26.71)| 538.7 | 322.3 | 497.9 Other managers ...............| 5,821 (373)| 2,214 | 764 | 2,842 | 321.6 (15.01)| 375.4 | 150.5 | 325.7 Instruction coordinators .....| 1,837 (126)| 719 | 187 | 930 |1,019.0 (66.66)|1,155.2 | 614.0 | 995.2 Teachers .....................|152,335 (6,417)| 63,722 | 10,893 | 77,720 | 12.3 (0.17)| 13.0 | 10.6 | 11.9 Teacher aides ................| 11,029 (720)| 5,896 | 102 | 5,031 | 169.7 (9.55)| 141.0 |1,126.4 | 184.0 Guidance counselors ..........| 3,034 (214)| 651 | 560 | 1,822 | 617.0 (41.20)|1,276.1 | 205.3 | 508.0 Librarians/media specialists .| 3,558 (245)| 1,546 | 290 | 1,722 | 526.1 (25.88)| 537.5 | 397.0 | 537.6 Library/media center aides ...| 2,058 (298)| 762 | 138 | 1,158 | 909.3 (151.55)|1,090.7 | 832.1 | 799.3 Nurses .......................| 1,641 (114)| 614 | 155 | 872 |1,141.0 (71.34)|1,354.2 | 743.1 |1,061.6 Student support staff\4\ .....| 4,090 (596)| 1,757 | 335 | 1,998 | 457.7 (79.87)| 473.1 | 342.9 | 463.3 Secretaries/clerical staff ...| 14,420 (679)| 5,645 | 1,276 | 7,499 | 129.8 (3.50)| 147.2 | 90.1 | 123.5 Food service personnel .......| 7,649 (461)| 2,988 | 715 | 3,946 | 244.7 (12.40)| 278.1 | 161.0 | 234.6 Custodial and maintenance ....| 12,187 (576)| 5,344 | 1,221 | 5,622 | 153.6 (5.56)| 155.5 | 94.2 | 164.7 Other employees\5\ ...........| 3,096 (483)| 1,799 | 81 | 1,216 | 604.7 (85.12)| 462.0 |1,411.9 | 761.6 | | | | | | | | Non-sectarian | | | | | | | | Total ......................|189,798 (9,078)| 55,260 | 24,313 |110,225 | 4.4 (0.16)| 5.1 | 3.6 | 4.3 Principals ...................| 5,827 (268)| 2,647 | 739 | 2,441 | 144.5 (10.10)| 105.5 | 118.7 | 194.7 Assistant principals .........| 3,011 (315)| 858 | 531 | 1,622 | 279.7 (18.70)| 325.5 | 165.2 | 293.0 Other managers ...............| 6,069 (344)| 1,985 | 1,054 | 3,030 | 138.8 (8.84)| 140.7 | 83.2 | 156.9 Instruction coordinators .....| 2,303 (248)| 774 | 377 | 1,152 | 365.7 (33.06)| 360.9 | 232.6 | 412.6 Teachers .....................| 98,546 (5,271)| 31,009 | 11,904 | 55,633 | 8.5 (0.21)| 9.0 | 7.4 | 8.5 Teacher aides ................| 21,680 (2,074)| 5,799 | 996 | 14,885 | 38.9 (4.44)| 48.2 | 88.0 | 31.9 Guidance counselors ..........| 3,120 (370)| 660 | 526 | 1,934 | 270.0 (31.16)| 423.3 | 166.8 | 245.7 Librarians/media specialists .| 2,174 (155)| 573 | 333 | 1,268 | 387.5 (21.85)| 487.6 | 263.4 | 374.9 Library/media center aides ...| 820 (87)| 212 | 103 | 505 |1,027.8 (89.82)|1,317.1 | 855.8 | 941.2 Nurses .......................| 2,712 (251)| 333 | 379 | 2,000 | 310.6 (29.93)| 838.5 | 231.6 | 237.6 Student support staff\4\ .....| 10,530 (1,056)| 1,319 | 997 | 8,214 | 80.0 (8.55)| 211.7 | 88.0 | 57.9 Secretaries/clerical staff ...| 10,939 (509)| 3,318 | 1,926 | 5,694 | 77.0 (4.55)| 84.2 | 45.5 | 83.5 Food service personnel .......| 6,724 (547)| 1,616 | 1,404 | 3,704 | 125.3 (10.86)| 172.8 | 62.5 | 128.3 Custodial and maintenance ....| 11,587 (882)| 2,819 | 1,978 | 6,789 | 72.7 (3.43)| 99.1 | 44.3 | 70.0 Other employees\5\ ...........| 3,757 (891)| 1,338 | 1,064 | 1,355 | 224.2 (66.13)| 208.7 | 82.4 | 350.9 ______________________________|_________________|________|________|________|________________|________|________|________ |
\1\Includes schools beginning with grade 6 or below and with no grade higher than 8. NOTE: Data are based upon a sample survey and may not be strictly comparable with data reported elsewhere. Excludes prekindergarten students from calculations. Includes only schools that offer first or higher grade. Standard errors appear in parentheses. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. 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 September 2002.)
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