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    Table 57. Private elementary and secondary enrollment, teachers, and schools, by orientation of private schools and selected school characteristics: Fall 2001
    _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                              |       Kindergarten to grade 12 enrollment    |                  Teachers\1\            |                  Schools
                              |______________________________________________|_________________________________________|_____________________________________
    Selected school           |           |           |     Other|       Non-|          |        |     Other|      Non-|        |        |    Other|    Non-
    characteristic            |      Total|   Catholic| religious|  sectarian|     Total|Catholic| religious| sectarian|   Total|Catholic|religious|sectarian
    __________________________|___________|___________|__________|___________|__________|________|__________|__________|________|________|_________|_________
    1                         |          2|          3|         4|          5|         6|       7|         8|         9|      10|      11|       12|       13
    __________________________|___________|___________|__________|___________|__________|________|__________|__________|________|________|_________|_________
                              |                                                                Number 
                              |______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
       Total .................|  5,341,513|  2,515,524| 1,924,874|    901,114|   425,406| 155,514|   166,005|   103,887|  29,273|   8,207|   14,388|    6,678
                              |___________|___________|__________|___________|__________|________|__________|__________|________|________|_________|_________
    Level of school           |           |           |          |           |          |        |          |          |        |        |         |
      Elementary .............|  2,883,010|  1,793,593|   783,676|    305,741|   202,071| 103,897|    64,549|    33,625|  17,427|   6,763|    7,367|    3,297
      Secondary ..............|    835,328|    615,711|   123,843|     95,773|    67,318|  42,671|    12,096|    12,551|   2,704|   1,110|      747|      847
      Combined ...............|  1,623,175|    106,220| 1,017,355|    499,600|   156,017|   8,946|    89,361|    57,711|   9,142|     335|    6,275|    2,533
                              |           |           |          |           |          |        |          |          |        |        |         |
    School enrollment         |           |           |          |           |          |        |          |          |        |        |         |
      Less than 50 ...........|    232,342|      7,026|   150,807|     74,509|    32,476|     977|    19,856|    11,643|   8,955|     210|    5,938|    2,808
      50 to 149 ..............|    765,056|    163,222|   407,906|    193,927|    80,269|  14,247|    40,744|    25,279|   8,336|   1,562|    4,529|    2,245
      150 to 299 .............|  1,408,132|    748,451|   479,634|    180,047|   104,858|  46,542|    38,544|    19,772|   6,554|   3,398|    2,302|      854
      300 to 499 .............|  1,223,135|    699,302|   361,396|    162,436|    87,317|  41,890|    28,303|    17,124|   3,199|   1,813|      958|      427
      500 to 749 .............|    829,642|    480,667|   240,301|    108,674|    57,324|  27,160|    18,315|    11,849|   1,392|     810|      400|      182
      750 or more ............|    883,205|    416,856|   284,829|    181,520|    63,161|  24,698|    20,243|    18,221|     836|     415|      261|      161
                              |           |           |          |           |          |        |          |          |        |        |         |
    Percent minority students |           |           |          |           |          |        |          |          |        |        |         |
      None ...................|    303,880|     49,725|   236,288|     17,867|    27,013|   3,502|    21,425|     2,085|   3,961|     368|    3,131|      462
      1 to 9 percent .........|  2,232,596|  1,181,229|   795,358|    256,008|   169,073|  72,785|    67,820|    28,468|   9,592|   3,658|    4,510|    1,423
      10 to 29 percent .......|  1,458,232|    598,849|   470,477|    388,907|   125,852|  38,782|    40,492|    46,578|   7,163|   1,784|    3,007|    2,372
      30 to 49 percent .......|    433,749|    208,004|   136,020|     89,726|    34,833|  12,566|    11,389|    10,878|   2,560|     644|    1,034|      882
      50 percent or more .....|    913,056|    477,718|   286,732|    148,606|    68,636|  27,880|    24,879|    15,877|   5,997|   1,753|    2,706|    1,539
                              |           |           |          |           |          |        |          |          |        |        |         |
    Community type            |           |           |          |           |          |        |          |          |        |        |         |
      Central city ...........|  2,276,808|  1,142,738|   745,261|    388,809|   176,559|  70,187|    62,523|    43,849|  10,117|   3,415|    4,136|    2,566
      Urban fringe/large town |  2,276,823|  1,140,523|   783,038|    353,262|   176,173|  68,597|    66,066|    41,511|  10,948|   3,420|    4,779|    2,749
      Rural/small town .......|    787,882|    232,263|   396,575|    159,044|    72,674|  16,730|    37,417|    18,527|   8,209|   1,372|    5,473|    1,363
                              |===========|===========|==========|===========|==========|========|==========|==========|========|========|=========|=========
                              |                                                           Standard errors 
                              |______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
       Total .................| (26,746.8)| (11,607.2)|(12,812.8)| (15,869.1)| (3,022.3)| (822.3)| (1,857.3)| (1,849.7)| (336.4)|  (48.6)|  (227.7)|  (193.0)
                              |___________|___________|__________|___________|__________|________|__________|__________|________|________|_________|________
    Level of school           |           |           |          |           |          |        |          |          |        |        |         |
      Elementary .............| (14,519.5)|  (9,608.4)| (5,813.3)|  (8,303.5)| (1,137.6)| (603.0)|   (452.1)|   (701.5)| (184.6)|  (38.0)|  (124.2)|  (121.7)
      Secondary ..............|  (3,438.2)|  (2,292.7)| (2,004.7)|  (2,001.1)|   (362.7)| (262.5)|   (101.5)|   (199.7)|  (62.7)|   (6.3)|   (20.2)|   (47.6)
      Combined ...............| (15,716.5)|  (1,758.9)|(11,080.2)| (11,019.0)| (2,333.4)| (179.4)| (1,779.3)| (1,550.2)| (232.5)|  (21.2)|  (199.7)|   (96.5)
                              |           |           |          |           |          |        |          |          |        |        |         |
    School enrollment         |           |           |          |           |          |        |          |          |        |        |         |
      Less than 50  ..........|  (5,591.1)|    (277.8)| (4,112.5)|  (4,136.5)|   (726.8)|  (23.2)|   (552.6)|   (497.4)| (235.6)|  (11.0)|  (187.6)|  (154.7)
      50 to 149 ..............| (10,884.8)|  (2,086.5)| (9,146.9)|  (4,094.4)| (1,648.4)| (207.7)| (1,517.5)|   (506.5)| (140.5)|  (26.1)|  (115.8)|   (59.1)
      150 to 299 .............|  (8,751.8)|  (4,036.9)| (4,831.0)|  (5,509.4)|   (564.4)| (297.2)|   (332.0)|   (288.6)|  (44.2)|  (19.5)|   (28.5)|   (25.6)
      300 to 499 .............|  (6,561.4)|  (4,750.7)| (1,510.7)|  (4,074.1)|   (478.7)| (343.5)|   (160.8)|   (251.0)|  (17.6)|  (11.9)|    (4.0)|   (12.1)
      500 to 749 .............|  (5,053.4)|      (0.0)| (5,053.4)|      (0.0)|   (408.3)|   (0.0)|   (408.3)|     (0.0)|   (8.4)|   (0.0)|    (8.4)|    (0.0)
      750 or more ............| (11,013.5)|  (5,418.6)| (2,415.1)|  (8,108.7)| (1,468.1)| (313.5)|   (112.1)| (1,383.6)|  (10.0)|   (5.1)|    (2.2)|    (7.6)
                              |           |           |          |           |          |        |          |          |        |        |         |
    Percent minority students |           |           |          |           |          |        |          |          |        |        |         |
      None ...................|  (6,606.9)|  (2,302.9)| (6,051.9)|  (1,655.6)|   (437.2)| (149.3)|   (410.4)|   (129.4)| (139.1)|   (8.5)|  (115.8)|   (65.9)
      1 to 9 percent .........| (12,911.9)|  (4,829.2)| (9,178.1)|  (5,600.6)| (1,684.9)| (286.7)| (1,544.5)|   (480.3)| (143.0)|  (25.5)|  (105.6)|   (69.7)
      10 to 29 percent .......|  (9,345.5)|  (7,103.4)| (3,192.6)|  (6,535.2)|   (726.9)| (413.6)|   (342.8)|   (525.0)| (126.6)|  (17.8)|   (89.4)|   (88.0)
      30 to 49 percent .......|  (4,739.3)|    (258.5)| (2,184.6)|  (3,606.8)|   (349.0)|  (47.3)|   (108.8)|   (305.2)|  (50.7)|   (3.7)|   (20.2)|   (42.5)
      50 percent or more .....| (15,930.5)|  (3,918.4)| (4,164.5)| (11,139.0)| (2,050.8)| (410.7)|   (385.7)| (1,610.1)| (123.3)|  (25.6)|   (89.2)|   (53.8)
                              |           |           |          |           |          |        |          |          |        |        |         |
    Community type            |           |           |          |           |          |        |          |          |        |        |         |
      Central city ...........| (23,936.4)| (10,430.4)| (6,096.5)| (14,174.0)| (2,487.2)| (742.6)| (1,807.1)|   (460.9)| (202.7)|  (36.5)|   (82.7)|  (133.0)
      Urban fringe/large town | (11,361.1)|  (4,477.7)| (6,384.6)|  (7,314.4)|   (868.5)| (320.9)|   (497.1)|   (575.7)| (126.8)|  (28.0)|   (60.7)|   (87.0)
      Rural/small town .......| (10,437.7)|      (0.0)| (9,971.6)|  (2,237.8)| (1,743.5)|   (0.0)|   (233.1)| (1,720.0)| (222.1)|   (0.0)|  (206.8)|   (81.2)
    __________________________|___________|___________|__________|___________|__________|________|__________|__________|________|________|_________|_________
    \1\The teacher estimates are for full-time-equivalent (FTE) teachers.
    NOTE: Includes special education, vocational/technical education, and alternative schools. Includes only schools that offer first or higher grade. Excludes prekindergarten students. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Standard errors appear in par
    SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 2000-2001." (This table was prepared September 2004.)

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