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| Standard errors for pupil/teacher ratio of private schools, by school level and selected characteristics: United States, 2001-02 (see the data table) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selected characteristics | Total | Elementary | Secondary | Combined |
| Total | # | # | # | # |
| NCES typology | ||||
| Catholic | # | # | # | 0.05 |
| Parochial | # | # | 0.21 | # |
| Diocesan | # | # | # | 0.17 |
| Private | 0.05 | 0.22 | # | # |
| Other religious | 0.07 | # | 0.11 | 0.12 |
| Conservative Christian | # | 0.09 | 0.41 | 0.06 |
| Affiliated | 0.16 | # | # | 0.34 |
| Unaffiliated | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.18 |
| Nonsectarian | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.09 |
| Regular | 0.08 | 0.12 | 0.06 | 0.13 |
| Special emphasis | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.19 | 0.28 |
| Special education | 0.16 | # | 0.15 | 0.21 |
| Program emphasis | ||||
| Regular elementary/secondary | # | # | # | 0.09 |
| Montessori | # | # | 0.00 | 0.39 |
| Special program emphasis | 0.15 | # | 0.18 | 0.34 |
| Special education | 0.14 | 0.11 | 0.14 | 0.19 |
| Vocational/technical | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ |
| Alternative | 0.16 | 0.39 | 0.17 | 0.14 |
| Early childhood | 0.14 | # | † | ‡ |
| Size (number of students) | ||||
| Less than 50 | 0.10 | 0.14 | 0.19 | 0.15 |
| 50-149 | 0.08 | # | 0.07 | 0.17 |
| 150-299 | # | # | # | 0.08 |
| 300-499 | # | # | 0.05 | 0.06 |
| 500-749 | # | # | # | # |
| 750 or more | 0.18 | 0.14 | # | 0.25 |
| Region | ||||
| Northeast | # | 0.05 | # | # |
| Midwest | # | # | # | 0.17 |
| South | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.15 |
| West | 0.05 | # | 0.14 | 0.14 |
| Community type | ||||
| Central city | 0.07 | # | 0.05 | 0.12 |
| Urban fringe/large town | # | # | # | 0.07 |
| Rural/small town | 0.14 | 0.08 | # | 0.24 |
| † 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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