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| Standard errors for percentage distribution of private school students, by program emphasis and selected characteristics: United States, 2001-02 (see the data table) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selected characteristics | Total |
Regular ele- mentary/ secondary |
Montessori | Special program emphasis | Special education | Vo- cational/ technical programs |
Alternative | Early childhood |
| Total | †
| 0.15 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.08 | ‡ | 0.07 | # |
| NCES typology | ||||||||
| Catholic | †
| 0.11 | 0.02 | 0.09 | 0.06 | ‡ | # | ‡ |
| Parochial | †
| 0.19 | ‡ | 0.19 | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ |
| Diocesan | †
| 0.07 | ‡ | 0.01 | 0.05 | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ |
| Private | †
| 0.39 | # | 0.02 | 0.40 | ‡ | ‡ | 0.00 |
| Other religious | †
| 0.18 | 0.05 | 0.08 | 0.02 | ‡ | 0.15 | # |
| Conservative Christian | †
| 0.19 | ‡ | 0.18 | # | ‡ | 0.05 | ‡ |
| Affiliated | †
| 0.06 | ‡ | 0.03 | 0.04 | ‡ | 0.02 | ‡ |
| Unaffiliated | †
| 0.56 | 0.19 | 0.05 | 0.04 | ‡ | 0.53 | # |
| Nonsectarian | †
| 0.61 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.36 | ‡ | 0.29 | 0.01 |
| Regular | †
| 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ‡ | 0.00 | 0.02 |
| Special emphasis | †
| 0.00 | 1.28 | 1.01 | 0.00 | ‡ | 1.22 | 0.00 |
| Special education | †
| 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | † | ‡ | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| School level | ||||||||
| Elementary | †
| 0.12 | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.05 | ‡ | 0.08 | # |
| Secondary | †
| 0.33 | 0.00 | 0.30 | 0.06 | ‡ | 0.15 | 0.00 |
| Combined | †
| 0.38 | 0.09 | 0.15 | 0.22 | ‡ | 0.18 | ‡ |
| Size (number of students) | ||||||||
| Less than 50 | †
| 1.23 | 0.72 | 0.80 | 0.44 | ‡ | 0.44 | 0.06 |
| 50-149 | †
| 0.54 | 0.26 | 0.13 | 0.21 | ‡ | 0.48 | # |
| 150-299 | †
| 0.20 | 0.01 | 0.14 | 0.15 | ‡ | 0.01 | ‡ |
| 300-499 | †
| 0.30 | ‡ | 0.19 | 0.23 | ‡ | 0.09 | 0.00 |
| 500-749 | †
| 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.01 | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | 0.00 |
| 750 or more | †
| 0.04 | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | 0.00 |
| Region | ||||||||
| Northeast | †
| 0.16 | # | 0.04 | 0.15 | ‡ | 0.03 | # |
| Midwest | †
| 0.42 | 0.07 | 0.18 | 0.21 | ‡ | 0.06 | # |
| South | †
| 0.27 | 0.09 | 0.13 | 0.15 | ‡ | 0.22 | # |
| West | †
| 0.32 | 0.20 | 0.13 | 0.11 | ‡ | 0.14 | 0.01 |
| Community type | ||||||||
| Central city | †
| 0.19 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.12 | ‡ | 0.11 | # |
| Urban fringe/large town | †
| 0.25 | 0.03 | 0.09 | 0.15 | ‡ | 0.04 | # |
| Rural/small town | †
| 0.48 | 0.14 | 0.25 | 0.07 | ‡ | 0.39 | 0.01 |
| † 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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