Table 1.6a. Percentage distribution of elementary and secondary students, by control of school and locale: 2003–04

Status of Education in Rural America

NCES 2007-040
June 2007

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Table 1.6a.

Percentage distribution of elementary and secondary students, by control of school and locale: 2003–04

Locale	All	Public	Private
Locale	All	Public	Total	Catholic	Non-Catholic religious	Non-sectarian
Total	100.0	88.8	11.2	4.6	4.1	2.5
City	100.0	85.0	15.0	6.7	5.0	3.3
Suburban	100.0	87.5	12.5	5.3	4.3	2.9
Town	100.0	93.3	6.7	3.2	2.6	0.9
Rural	100.0	94.3	5.7	1.0	3.1	1.5
NOTE: Includes kindergarten-terminal schools, in which the highest grade is kindergarten. 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), 2003–2004; Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2003–04.