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| Standard errors for number and percentage distribution of private schools, by community type and selected characteristics: United States, 2001-02 (see the data table) | |||||||||||
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| Selected characteristics | Total | Central city | Urban fringe/ large town |
Rural/small town | |||||||
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | ||||
| Total | 336.4 | † | 202.7 | † | 126.8 | † | 222.1 | † | |||
| NCES typology | |||||||||||
| Catholic | 48.6 | 0.30 | 36.5 | 0.54 | 28.0 | 0.33 | # | 0.45 | |||
| Parochial | 17.3 | 0.17 | 12.9 | 0.31 | 10.5 | 0.21 | # | 0.24 | |||
| Diocesan | 21.0 | 0.12 | 12.9 | 0.21 | 13.6 | 0.15 | # | 0.17 | |||
| Private | 26.0 | 0.08 | 17.6 | 0.14 | 18.5 | 0.16 | # | 0.04 | |||
| Other religious | 227.7 | 0.50 | 82.7 | 0.56 | 60.7 | 0.44 | 206.8 | 1.07 | |||
| Conservative Christian | 102.3 | 0.36 | 40.9 | 0.38 | 54.1 | 0.42 | 80.0 | 0.94 | |||
| Affiliated | 86.5 | 0.28 | 17.5 | 0.25 | 28.1 | 0.32 | 80.2 | 0.80 | |||
| Unaffiliated | 159.2 | 0.42 | 53.6 | 0.37 | 53.1 | 0.45 | 131.9 | 1.06 | |||
| Nonsectarian | 193.1 | 0.50 | 133.0 | 0.90 | 87.0 | 0.57 | 81.2 | 0.93 | |||
| Regular | 117.6 | 0.35 | 69.2 | 0.57 | 61.3 | 0.50 | 62.0 | 0.69 | |||
| Special emphasis | 100.9 | 0.31 | 67.1 | 0.54 | 46.1 | 0.37 | 50.5 | 0.63 | |||
| Special education | 47.5 | 0.15 | 37.0 | 0.32 | 16.7 | 0.14 | 11.9 | 0.16 | |||
| School level | |||||||||||
| Elementary | 184.6 | 0.45 | 108.0 | 0.48 | 67.2 | 0.43 | 115.1 | 1.31 | |||
| Secondary | 62.7 | 0.23 | 26.3 | 0.24 | 25.7 | 0.23 | 42.7 | 0.56 | |||
| Combined | 232.5 | 0.55 | 101.5 | 0.60 | 76.9 | 0.46 | 193.2 | 1.52 | |||
| Program emphasis | |||||||||||
| Regular elementary/ secondary | 292.1 | 0.49 | 119.0 | 0.65 | 95.5 | 0.43 | 250.9 | 1.33 | |||
| Montessori | 70.0 | 0.22 | 51.1 | 0.45 | 10.3 | 0.09 | 44.7 | 0.56 | |||
| Special program emphasis | 67.0 | 0.23 | 16.2 | 0.16 | 21.6 | 0.18 | 61.6 | 0.77 | |||
| Special education | 54.8 | 0.17 | 44.5 | 0.38 | 19.8 | 0.15 | 11.9 | 0.17 | |||
| Vocational/ technical | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | |||
| Alternative | 81.1 | 0.27 | 40.0 | 0.35 | 31.1 | 0.27 | 63.9 | 0.79 | |||
| Early childhood | 11.7 | 0.04 | # | 0.01 | # | 0.01 | 11.7 | 0.14 | |||
| Size (number of students) | |||||||||||
| Less than 50 | 235.6 | 0.50 | 127.4 | 0.87 | 71.5 | 0.42 | 179.6 | 1.16 | |||
| 50-149 | 140.5 | 0.33 | 74.8 | 0.52 | 68.2 | 0.40 | 100.1 | 0.97 | |||
| 150-299 | 44.2 | 0.25 | 32.9 | 0.35 | 32.2 | 0.42 | 6.9 | 0.38 | |||
| 300-499 | 17.6 | 0.13 | 13.2 | 0.27 | 12.4 | 0.14 | # | 0.12 | |||
| 500-749 | 8.4 | 0.06 | 3.5 | 0.12 | 7.7 | 0.10 | # | 0.03 | |||
| 750 or more | 10.0 | 0.05 | 10.0 | 0.10 | # | 0.04 | # | 0.01 | |||
| Region | |||||||||||
| Northeast | 36.0 | 0.27 | 14.0 | 0.42 | 25.7 | 0.34 | 21.6 | 0.61 | |||
| Midwest | 146.9 | 0.46 | 52.9 | 0.60 | 53.2 | 0.44 | 123.2 | 1.25 | |||
| South | 225.9 | 0.59 | 134.9 | 1.02 | 82.7 | 0.60 | 173.1 | 1.52 | |||
| West | 198.2 | 0.57 | 141.1 | 1.11 | 75.9 | 0.57 | 60.9 | 0.74 | |||
| † 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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