Private School Universe Survey (PSS) - Standard errors for Number and percentage distribution of private schools, by school size and selected characteristics: United States, 2001

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Standard errors for number and percentage distribution of private schools, by school size and selected characteristics: United States, 2001-02 (see the data table)
Selected characteristics	Less than 50 students		50-149 students		150-299 students		300-499 students		500-749 students		750 or more students
Selected characteristics	Number	Per- cent	Number	Per- cent	Number	Per- cent	Number	Per- cent	Number	Per- cent	Number	Per- cent
Total	235.6	0.50	140.5	0.33	44.2	0.25	17.6	0.13	8.4	0.06	10.0	0.05

NCES typology
Catholic	11.0	0.13	26.1	0.25	19.5	0.15	11.9	0.14	#	0.06	5.1	0.05
Parochial	#	0.01	3.7	0.10	12.2	0.15	7.9	0.13	#	0.04	#	0.01
Diocesan	#	0.02	17.4	0.48	5.6	0.29	8.9	0.28	#	0.07	5.1	0.17
Private	11.0	1.09	19.1	1.67	9.7	0.87	#	0.56	#	0.37	#	0.45

Other religious	187.6	0.80	115.8	0.68	28.5	0.32	4.0	0.11	8.4	0.07	2.2	0.03
Conservative Christian	84.9	1.06	57.0	0.86	6.6	0.35	2.2	0.16	3.5	0.10	2.2	0.06
Affiliated	44.9	1.14	73.7	1.53	#	0.48	#	0.22	#	0.10	#	0.07
Unaffiliated	160.3	1.75	71.6	1.43	27.8	0.56	3.3	0.13	7.7	0.14	#	0.03

Nonsectarian	154.7	1.26	59.1	0.96	25.6	0.30	12.1	0.23	#	0.08	7.6	0.12
Regular	98.9	2.28	27.9	1.20	22.2	0.67	6.1	0.50	#	0.22	7.6	0.31
Special emphasis	85.1	1.88	45.4	1.75	8.2	0.39	2.8	0.15	#	0.03	‡	‡
Special education	34.0	1.16	16.0	0.90	9.8	0.73	9.4	0.68	‡	‡	‡	‡

School level
Elementary	152.8	0.64	83.5	0.46	38.5	0.28	15.5	0.14	#	0.04	5.1	0.03
Secondary	58.6	1.63	20.1	0.73	5.2	0.43	5.1	0.40	#	0.25	2.2	0.29
Combined	187.7	1.28	109.4	0.98	19.4	0.40	9.4	0.23	8.4	0.15	7.6	0.13

Program emphasis
Regular elementary/ secondary	223.0	0.65	110.9	0.33	41.1	0.33	14.3	0.16	8.4	0.07	10.0	0.06
Montessori	62.6	2.25	27.4	2.07	#	0.29	‡	‡	0.0	0.00	‡	‡
Special program emphasis	64.9	3.19	10.7	1.90	8.2	1.08	5.1	0.53	#	0.19	‡	‡
Special education	34.8	1.19	22.6	0.90	11.3	0.65	9.4	0.60	‡	‡	‡	‡
Vocational/ technical	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
Alternative	44.2	3.80	67.7	4.11	#	0.41	2.8	0.27	‡	‡	‡	‡
Early childhood	11.7	2.47	#	2.30	‡	‡	0.0	0.00	0.0	0.00	0.0	0.00

Region
Northeast	21.5	0.23	12.6	0.12	10.5	0.19	8.6	0.09	#	0.03	#	0.02
Midwest	120.1	1.12	30.5	0.48	21.0	0.48	13.4	0.24	8.4	0.12	#	0.05
South	159.4	1.12	123.1	0.95	29.6	0.58	0.9	0.24	#	0.13	8.7	0.12
West	123.3	0.94	59.1	0.32	23.0	0.37	7.5	0.35	#	0.12	5.0	0.11

Community type
Central city	127.4	0.87	74.8	0.52	32.9	0.35	13.2	0.27	3.5	0.12	10.0	0.10
Urban fringe/large town	71.5	0.42	68.2	0.40	32.2	0.42	12.4	0.14	7.7	0.10	#	0.04
Rural/small town	179.6	1.16	100.1	0.97	6.9	0.38	#	0.12	#	0.03	#	0.01
# 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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