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| Standard errors for number and percentage distribution of private school students, by school level and selected characteristics: United States, 2001-02 (see the data table) | |||||||||||
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| Selected characteristics | Total | Elementary | Secondary | Combined | |||||||
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | ||||
| Total | 26,746.8 | † | 14,519.5 | † | 3,438.2 | † | 15,716.5 | † | |||
| NCES typology | |||||||||||
| Catholic | 11,607.2 | 0.21 | 9,608.4 | 0.26 | 2,292.7 | 0.29 | 1,758.9 | 0.11 | |||
| Parochial | 5,275.6 | 0.11 | 4,148.8 | 0.17 | 2,292.7 | 0.26 | # | 0.01 | |||
| Diocesan | 6,690.0 | 0.12 | 6,675.5 | 0.20 | # | 0.14 | 441.2 | 0.03 | |||
| Private | 2,308.7 | 0.03 | 1,517.2 | 0.05 | # | 0.12 | 1,702.6 | 0.10 | |||
| Other religious | 12,812.8 | 0.19 | 5,813.3 | 0.18 | 2,004.7 | 0.20 | 11,080.2 | 0.52 | |||
| Conservative Christian | 4,919.9 | 0.11 | 3,382.4 | 0.13 | 1,934.0 | 0.22 | 3,168.2 | 0.37 | |||
| Affiliated | 7,147.7 | 0.13 | 1,487.3 | 0.06 | # | 0.03 | 6,983.2 | 0.38 | |||
| Unaffiliated | 9,272.1 | 0.15 | 5,766.7 | 0.18 | 527.8 | 0.06 | 6,840.3 | 0.36 | |||
| Nonsectarian | 15,869.1 | 0.24 | 8,303.5 | 0.26 | 2,001.1 | 0.22 | 11,019.0 | 0.52 | |||
| Regular | 11,737.9 | 0.19 | 5,972.4 | 0.19 | 887.7 | 0.12 | 8,600.4 | 0.44 | |||
| Special emphasis | 4,957.6 | 0.09 | 3,471.7 | 0.11 | 1,719.0 | 0.20 | 2,401.6 | 0.14 | |||
| Special education | 3,944.6 | 0.07 | 37.8 | # | 511.3 | 0.06 | 3,911.1 | 0.22 | |||
| Program emphasis | |||||||||||
| Regular elementary/ secondary | 21,990.1 | 0.15 | 12,382.1 | 0.12 | 2,192.5 | 0.33 | 13,843.7 | 0.38 | |||
| Montessori | 2,876.4 | 0.05 | 2,469.7 | 0.08 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1,474.4 | 0.09 | |||
| Special program emphasis | 3,759.8 | 0.07 | 463.9 | 0.02 | 2,588.2 | 0.30 | 2,624.4 | 0.15 | |||
| Special education | 4,661.7 | 0.08 | 1,510.6 | 0.05 | 511.3 | 0.06 | 3,940.1 | 0.22 | |||
| Vocational/ technical | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | |||
| Alternative | 4,088.1 | 0.07 | 2,432.2 | 0.08 | 1,253.2 | 0.15 | 2,942.6 | 0.18 | |||
| Early childhood | 116.9 | # | # | # | † | † | ‡ | ‡ | |||
| Size (number of students) | |||||||||||
| Less than 50 | 5,591.2 | 0.10 | 4,123.5 | 0.13 | 1,848.9 | 0.22 | 3,850.3 | 0.22 | |||
| 50-149 | 10,884.8 | 0.17 | 6,197.6 | 0.19 | 1,233.9 | 0.14 | 8,804.7 | 0.47 | |||
| 150-299 | 8,751.8 | 0.13 | 7,359.0 | 0.16 | 803.8 | 0.14 | 4,121.5 | 0.25 | |||
| 300-499 | 6,561.4 | 0.12 | 5,966.9 | 0.19 | 2,278.0 | 0.24 | 2,879.1 | 0.21 | |||
| 500-749 | 5,053.4 | 0.10 | # | 0.07 | # | 0.09 | 5,053.4 | 0.30 | |||
| 750 or more | 11,013.5 | 0.17 | 5,418.6 | 0.18 | 2,415.1 | 0.24 | 8,108.7 | 0.42 | |||
| Region | |||||||||||
| Northeast | 5,074.1 | 0.14 | 4,493.6 | 0.17 | 511.3 | 0.14 | 1,936.9 | 0.20 | |||
| Midwest | 13,006.4 | 0.21 | 8,048.6 | 0.23 | 423.7 | 0.12 | 8,008.3 | 0.44 | |||
| South | 17,494.9 | 0.26 | 7,588.3 | 0.23 | 1,759.0 | 0.18 | 12,301.3 | 0.49 | |||
| West | 14,642.6 | 0.24 | 8,262.0 | 0.24 | 2,878.6 | 0.28 | 5,272.8 | 0.31 | |||
| Community type | |||||||||||
| Central city | 23,936.4 | 0.30 | 12,776.2 | 0.29 | 3,447.5 | 0.28 | 10,684.3 | 0.51 | |||
| Urban fringe/large town | 11,361.1 | 0.26 | 6,711.2 | 0.25 | 1,061.2 | 0.24 | 7,826.3 | 0.47 | |||
| Rural/small town | 10,437.7 | 0.18 | 3,743.1 | 0.13 | 1,701.7 | 0.18 | 9,382.4 | 0.48 | |||
| † 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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