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| Standard errors for number and percentage distribution of private schools, students, and FTE teachers, by selected characteristics: United States, 2001-02 (see the data table) | ||||||||
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| Selected characteristics | Schools | Students | FTE teachers | |||||
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |||
| Total | 336.4 | † | 26,746.8 | † | 3,022.3 | † | ||
| NCES typology | ||||||||
| Catholic | 48.6 | 0.30 | 11,607.2 | 0.21 | 822.3 | 0.24 | ||
| Parochial | 17.3 | 0.17 | 5,275.6 | 0.11 | 393.9 | 0.13 | ||
| Diocesan | 21.0 | 0.12 | 6,690.0 | 0.12 | 387.0 | 0.11 | ||
| Private | 26.0 | 0.08 | 2,308.7 | 0.03 | 277.1 | 0.05 | ||
| Other religious | 227.7 | 0.50 | 12,812.8 | 0.19 | 1,857.4 | 0.33 | ||
| Conservative Christian | 102.3 | 0.36 | 4,919.9 | 0.11 | 502.6 | 0.15 | ||
| Affiliated | 86.5 | 0.28 | 7,147.7 | 0.13 | 1,386.4 | 0.29 | ||
| Unaffiliated | 159.2 | 0.42 | 9,272.1 | 0.15 | 874.4 | 0.18 | ||
| Nonsectarian | 193.1 | 0.50 | 15,869.1 | 0.24 | 1,849.7 | 0.32 | ||
| Regular | 117.6 | 0.35 | 11,737.9 | 0.19 | 1,572.9 | 0.30 | ||
| Special emphasis | 100.9 | 0.31 | 4,957.6 | 0.09 | 509.6 | 0.11 | ||
| Special education | 47.5 | 0.15 | 3,944.6 | 0.07 | 259.0 | 0.05 | ||
| School level | ||||||||
| Elementary | 184.6 | 0.45 | 14,519.5 | 0.16 | 1,137.6 | 0.24 | ||
| Secondary | 62.7 | 0.23 | 3,438.2 | 0.08 | 362.8 | 0.13 | ||
| Combined | 232.5 | 0.55 | 15,716.5 | 0.19 | 2,333.4 | 0.33 | ||
| Program emphasis | ||||||||
| Regular elementary/ secondary | 292.1 | 0.49 | 21,990.1 | 0.15 | 2,625.3 | 0.17 | ||
| Montessori | 69.9 | 0.22 | 2,876.4 | 0.05 | 327.0 | 0.07 | ||
| Special program emphasis | 67.0 | 0.23 | 3,759.8 | 0.07 | 340.5 | 0.08 | ||
| Special education | 54.8 | 0.17 | 4,661.7 | 0.08 | 409.5 | 0.08 | ||
| Vocational/ technical | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ||
| Alternative | 81.1 | 0.27 | 4,088.1 | 0.07 | 482.7 | 0.11 | ||
| Early childhood | 11.7 | 0.04 | 116.9 | # | 22.2 | 0.01 | ||
| Size (number of students) | ||||||||
| Less than 50 | 235.6 | 0.50 | 5,591.2 | 0.10 | 726.8 | 0.15 | ||
| 50-149 | 140.5 | 0.33 | 10,884.8 | 0.17 | 1,648.4 | 0.30 | ||
| 150-299 | 44.2 | 0.25 | 8,751.8 | 0.13 | 564.4 | 0.17 | ||
| 300-499 | 17.6 | 0.13 | 6,561.4 | 0.12 | 478.7 | 0.15 | ||
| 500-749 | 8.4 | 0.06 | 5,053.4 | 0.10 | 408.3 | 0.12 | ||
| 750 or more | 10.0 | 0.05 | 11,013.5 | 0.17 | 1,468.1 | 0.29 | ||
| Region | ||||||||
| Northeast | 36.0 | 0.27 | 5,074.1 | 0.14 | 514.9 | 0.20 | ||
| Midwest | 146.9 | 0.46 | 13,006.4 | 0.21 | 892.3 | 0.22 | ||
| South | 225.9 | 0.59 | 17,494.9 | 0.26 | 2,542.1 | 0.42 | ||
| West | 198.2 | 0.57 | 14,642.6 | 0.24 | 1,269.2 | 0.27 | ||
| Community type | ||||||||
| Central city | 202.7 | 0.53 | 23,936.4 | 0.30 | 2,487.2 | 0.41 | ||
| Urban fringe/large town | 126.8 | 0.44 | 11,361.1 | 0.26 | 868.5 | 0.34 | ||
| Rural/small town | 222.1 | 0.60 | 10,437.7 | 0.18 | 1,743.5 | 0.35 | ||
| † Not applicable. | ||||||||
| # Rounds to zero. | ||||||||
| ‡ Reporting standards not met. | ||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 2001-2002. | ||||||||
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