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Standard errors for number and percentage distribution of private schools, students, and FTE teachers, by religious orientation of school: United States, 2001-02 (see the data table) | ||||||||
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Religious or nonsectarian category | Schools | Students | FTE teachers | |||||
Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |||
Total | 336.4 | † | 26,746.8 | † | 3,022.3 | † | ||
Religious orientation | 232.9 | 0.50 | 17,904.3 | 0.24 | 2,019.9 | 0.32 | ||
Roman Catholic | 48.6 | 0.30 | 11,607.2 | 0.21 | 822.3 | 0.24 | ||
African Methodist Episcopal | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ||
Amish | 94.5 | 0.31 | 3,286.2 | 0.06 | 151.8 | 0.04 | ||
Assembly of God | 3.8 | 0.02 | 75.1 | 0.01 | 8.6 | 0.01 | ||
Baptist | 139.4 | 0.45 | 6,058.3 | 0.11 | 676.4 | 0.15 | ||
Brethren | # | # | # | # | # | # | ||
Calvinist | # | 0.01 | # | # | # | # | ||
Christian (unspecified) | 129.4 | 0.39 | 10,249.1 | 0.17 | 1,554.5 | 0.32 | ||
Church of Christ | # | 0.01 | # | # | # | 0.01 | ||
Church of God | 49.4 | 0.17 | 1,512.1 | 0.03 | 62.1 | 0.01 | ||
Church of God in Christ | # | # | # | # | # | # | ||
Disciples of Christ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ||
Episcopal | 4.9 | 0.02 | 285.5 | 0.01 | 15.3 | 0.02 | ||
Friends | # | # | # | # | # | # | ||
Greek Orthodox | # | # | # | # | # | # | ||
Islamic | 10.3 | 0.04 | 494.2 | 0.01 | 51.8 | 0.01 | ||
Jewish | 6.6 | 0.04 | 1,504.3 | 0.03 | 197.6 | 0.05 | ||
Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod | 9.9 | 0.05 | 722.0 | 0.02 | 50.5 | 0.02 | ||
Evangelical Lutheran Church In America | # | # | # | # | # | # | ||
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod | 32.0 | 0.11 | 955.4 | 0.02 | 77.5 | 0.02 | ||
Other Lutheran | 6.0 | 0.02 | 96.6 | # | 13.9 | # | ||
Latter Day Saints | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ||
Mennonite | 37.0 | 0.13 | 651.8 | 0.01 | 52.7 | 0.01 | ||
Methodist | # | 0.01 | # | # | # | # | ||
Pentecostal | 82.1 | 0.28 | 2,509.3 | 0.05 | 303.2 | 0.07 | ||
Presbyterian | # | 0.01 | # | # | # | 0.01 | ||
Seventh-Day Adventist | 24.1 | 0.09 | 341.4 | 0.01 | 34.7 | 0.01 | ||
Other | 45.1 | 0.15 | 1,530.7 | 0.03 | 300.8 | 0.07 | ||
Nonsectarian | 193.1 | 0.50 | 15,869.1 | 0.24 | 1,849.7 | 0.32 | ||
† 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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