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Table 205.80. Private elementary and secondary schools, enrollment, teachers, and high school graduates, by state: Selected years, 2001 through 2011
[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
State Schools, fall 2011 Enrollment in prekindergarten through grade 12 Teachers,1 fall 2011 High school graduates, 2010–11
Fall 2001 Fall 2003 Fall 2005 Fall 2007 Fall 2009 Fall 2011
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
United States 30,860   (542) 6,319,650   (40,272) 6,099,220   (41,219) 6,073,240   (42,446) 5,910,210   (28,363) 5,488,490   (35,857) 5,268,090   (24,908) 420,880   (1,836) 305,840   (3,479)
Alabama 400   (1) 92,380   (3,926) 99,580   (12,130) 92,280   (5,892) 83,840   (103) 95,570   (11,745) 81,070   (49) 6,210   (1) 4,720   (†)
Alaska 50   (†) 7,420   (†) 7,370   (424) 7,500   (1,028) 4,990   (†) 7,510 ! (2,740) 5,170   (†) 420   (†) 220   (†)
Arizona 340   (5) 78,660   (18,218) 75,360   (16,426) 66,840   (†) 64,910   (†) 55,390   (†) 53,120   (229) 3,810   (16) 2,650   (†)
Arkansas 230 ! (73) 32,570   (†) 31,300   (†) 35,390   (5,858) 40,120   (11,961) 28,900   (1,371) 29,930   (1,245) 2,640   (337) 1,490   (†)
California 3,480   (2) 757,750   (8,415) 740,460   (8,703) 737,490   (15,529) 703,810   (6,129) 623,150   (4,185) 608,070   (69) 44,270   (12) 34,380   (1)
                                                       
Colorado 410   (2) 64,700   (†) 62,080   (476) 70,770   (1,160) 64,740   (†) 63,720   (3,486) 61,140   (148) 4,880   (4) 2,890   (†)
Connecticut 410   (18) 82,320   (†) 102,960   (25,024) 76,220   (1,619) 85,150   (9,241) 72,540   (464) 66,320   (142) 7,080   (68) 5,960   (†)
Delaware 120   (†) 31,690   (1,023) 33,020   (2,649) 29,830   (†) 32,520   (2,701) 26,640   (†) 25,090   (†) 2,060   (†) 1,770   (†)
District of Columbia 80   (†) 33,660 ! (14,373) 23,510   (6,121) 19,880   (†) 19,640   (†) 17,810   (†) 16,950   (†) 1,960   (†) 1,510   (†)
Florida 1,880   (2) 365,890   (8,301) 398,720   (14,590) 396,790   (7,429) 391,660   (6,123) 343,990   (1,023) 340,960   (230) 26,430   (37) 20,060   (†)
                                                       
Georgia 710   (†) 137,060   (4,550) 144,850   (6,527) 152,600   (10,394) 157,430   (9,185) 150,300   (6,251) 138,080   (†) 13,010   (†) 7,760   (†)
Hawaii 130   (†) 42,980   (220) 39,940   (†) 32,810   (†) 37,300   (290) 37,130   (†) 37,530   (†) 3,010   (†) 2,760   (†)
Idaho 120   (4) 12,050   (†) 12,570   (†) 15,320   (2,518) 24,700 ! (11,608) 18,680   (4,814) 13,670   (193) 990   (17) 580   (4)
Illinois 1,570   (53) 357,390   (19,293) 316,430   (1,698) 317,940   (4,263) 312,270   (6,638) 289,720   (9,237) 271,030   (1,289) 19,150   (221) 14,500   (49)
Indiana 970   (198) 129,240   (326) 124,500   (455) 139,370   (17,870) 119,910   (2,284) 120,770   (5,919) 129,120   (12,177) 8,900   (995) 5,620   (374)
                                                       
Iowa 300   (51) 51,540   (†) 53,850   (4,634) 60,960   (8,311) 47,820   (†) 45,160   (†) 63,840   (14,665) 4,700   (1,078)   (†)
Kansas 400 ! (193) 51,540   (8,341) 47,710   (2,151) 47,130   (1,654) 47,780   (2,414) 44,680   (1,668) 43,100   (1,640) 3,530   (446) 2,260   (†)
Kentucky 330   (1) 85,230   (3,227) 82,100   (1,525) 78,880   (1,228) 76,140   (2,074) 70,590   (2,132) 69,410   (12) 5,240   (1) 4,130   (†)
Louisiana 390   (2) 159,910   (11,381) 155,780   (3,515) 138,270   (525) 137,460   (†) 147,040   (9,890) 125,720   (108) 8,830   (5) 7,510   (†)
Maine 160   (†) 20,820   (174) 24,740   (3,629) 20,680   (337) 21,260   (143) 18,310   (†) 18,350   (†) 2,000   (†) 2,600   (†)
                                                       
Maryland 740   (8) 175,740   (†) 172,360   (†) 170,350   (4,201) 165,760   (1,160) 145,690   (160) 137,450   (564) 12,430   (42) 8,830   (†)
Massachusetts 800   (44) 177,490   (9,836) 164,390   (6,636) 157,770   (3,273) 151,640   (2,516) 137,110   (1,169) 130,940   (1,596) 14,060   (323) 10,130   (†)
Michigan 790   (7) 198,380   (†) 180,080   (†) 166,950   (407) 159,100   (2,047) 153,230   (5,828) 135,580   (544) 9,290   (52) 7,290   (†)
Minnesota 500   (†) 112,310   (2,993) 106,010   (3,011) 104,730   (3,467) 101,740   (3,903) 89,530   (†) 87,620   (†) 6,420   (†) 4,710   (†)
Mississippi 220   (†) 67,380   (10,106) 57,110   (2,981) 57,930   (4,104) 55,270   (†) 54,650   (2,458) 52,060   (†) 4,120   (†) 3,250   (†)
                                                       
Missouri 1,270 ! (468) 138,140   (4,321) 141,530   (9,966) 137,810   (10,580) 125,610   (3,685) 117,970   (2,065) 130,130   (8,715) 10,510   (951) 7,530   (89)
Montana 110   (†) 12,930   (1,895) 12,510   (2,091)   (†) 15,030 ! (5,465) 10,390   (1,221) 10,550   (†) 980   (†) 430   (†)
Nebraska 220   (†) 45,590   (618) 41,650   (†) 42,420   (†) 40,320   (†) 39,040   (†) 40,750   (†) 2,840   (†) 2,300   (†)
Nevada 160   (†) 20,370   (385) 23,930   (†) 29,120   (†) 29,820   (2,009) 25,060   (†) 26,130   (†) 1,590   (†) 900   (†)
New Hampshire 280   (†) 38,650   (†) 33,780   (†) 33,220   (†) 30,920   (†) 26,470   (†) 27,350   (†) 2,670   (†) 2,520   (†)
                                                       
New Jersey 1,290   (18) 282,450   (4,182) 269,530   (7,577) 256,160   (8,439) 253,250   (5,016) 232,020   (16,536) 210,220   (1,211) 16,850   (208) 12,980   (71)
New Mexico 170   (1) 26,510   (†) 29,310   (3,928) 25,030   (141) 27,290   (1,388) 23,730   (507) 22,680   (10) 1,940   (2) 1,280   (†)
New York 1,930   (31) 559,670   (1,669) 515,620   (4,071) 510,750   (3,596) 518,850   (7,196) 486,310   (5,211) 487,810   (19,574) 41,450   (821) 30,440   (1,462)
North Carolina 640   (†) 116,500   (4,112) 126,230   (11,439) 117,280   (11,681) 121,660   (2,226) 110,740   (1,851) 119,070   (†) 10,680   (†) 6,310   (†)
North Dakota 50   (†) 7,180   (†) 6,840   (†) 7,290   (†) 7,430   (†) 7,750   (†) 7,770   (†) 590   (†) 410   (†)
                                                       
Ohio 970   (59) 290,370   (7,180) 270,660   (7,094) 254,530   (9,821) 239,520   (2,741) 246,250   (24,214) 213,990   (3,419) 15,270   (396) 12,860   (124)
Oklahoma 180   (10) 46,570   (8,723) 34,300   (2,013) 35,350   (1,194) 40,320   (5,032) 34,000   (716) 35,750   (847) 3,000   (72) 1,760   (17)
Oregon 430   (†) 71,500   (15,519) 54,320   (†) 69,620   (14,139) 66,260   (5,188) 56,820   (3,502) 53,200   (†) 3,820   (†) 2,970   (†)
Pennsylvania 2,320   (60) 374,490   (†) 357,580   (3,364) 332,740   (3,918) 324,020   (6,253) 301,640   (5,036) 276,300   (3,668) 21,960   (468) 16,370   (90)
Rhode Island 140   (†) 30,970   (†) 31,960   (†) 30,600   (†) 28,260   (1,096) 24,940   (†) 25,420   (†) 2,360   (†) 2,020   (†)
                                                       
South Carolina 380   (†) 70,950   (†) 73,800   (†) 70,240   (1,797) 71,430   (1,043) 62,320   (311) 60,890   (†) 5,000   (†) 2,960   (†)
South Dakota 70   (†) 11,740   (†) 11,980   (†) 12,700   (†) 12,280   (†) 11,470   (†) 12,490   (†) 970   (†) 650   (†)
Tennessee 510   (1) 98,790   (†) 93,390   (†) 105,240   (2,531) 117,540   (12,851) 98,310   (4,176) 92,430   (34) 8,150   (2) 5,860   (†)
Texas 1,500   (18) 314,210   (12,244) 271,380   (2,758) 304,170   (20,453) 296,540   (4,132) 313,360   (11,968) 285,320   (2,046) 23,360   (101) 12,840   (489)
Utah 160   (2) 20,040   (†) 19,990   (†) 21,220   (†) 20,860   (†) 21,990   (1,558) 18,660   (55) 1,620   (6) 1,210   (1)
                                                       
Vermont 110   (†) 14,090   (†) 12,730   (†) 11,530   (†) 12,600   (232) 10,350   (†) 9,030   (†) 1,200   (†) 1,000   (†)
Virginia 750   (2) 129,470   (†) 131,160   (6,936) 155,220   (14,290) 143,140   (7,988) 128,140   (2,581) 123,780   (82) 10,980   (11) 6,400   (1)
Washington 630   (5) 91,150   (2,028) 101,130   (7,935) 119,640   (13,187) 104,070   (3,054) 94,340   (625) 93,630   (234) 7,130   (21) 4,210   (30)
West Virginia 120   (1) 16,560   (†) 15,300   (†) 16,120   (†) 14,980   (†) 13,860   (†) 13,430   (1) 1,130   (1) 660   (1)
Wisconsin 840   (†) 162,220   (9,080) 159,240   (11,743) 142,280   (137) 138,290   (1,597) 130,510   (†) 127,250   (†) 9,150   (†) 5,420   (†)
Wyoming 40   (†) 2,430   (†) 2,600   (†) 2,310   (†) 2,930   (†) 2,910   (†) 2,740   (†) 260   (†) 30   (†)
†Not applicable.
!Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent.
‡Reporting standards not met. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is 50 percent or greater.
1 Reported in full-time equivalents (FTE). Excludes teachers who teach only prekindergarten students.
NOTE: Includes special education, vocational/technical education, and alternative schools. Tabulation includes schools that offer kindergarten or higher grade. Includes enrollment of students in prekindergarten through grade 12 in schools that offer kindergarten or higher grade. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 2001–02 through 2011–12. (This table was prepared May 2013.)

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