Private School Universe Survey (PSS) - Number and percentage distribution of private school full-time-equivalent (FTE) teachers, by school level and selected characteristics: United States, 2001

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Number and percentage distribution of private school FTE teachers, by school level and selected characteristics: United States, 2001-02 (Standard Errors for this table)
Selected characteristics	Total		Elementary		Secondary		Combined
Selected characteristics	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	425,406	100.0	202,071	100.0	67,318	100.0	156,017	100.0

NCES typology
Catholic	155,514	36.6	103,897	51.4	42,671	63.4	8,946	5.7
Parochial	71,058	16.7	63,410	31.4	5,979	8.9	1,669	1.1
Diocesan	56,343	13.3	35,127	17.4	19,155	28.5	2,061	1.3
Private	28,113	6.6	5,360	2.7	17,537	26.1	5,216	3.3

Other religious	166,005	39.0	64,549	31.9	12,096	18.0	89,361	57.3
Conservative Christian	66,963	15.7	19,453	9.6	2,788	4.1	44,722	28.7
Affiliated	51,184	12.0	23,149	11.5	5,412	8.0	22,623	14.5
Unaffiliated	47,858	11.3	21,946	10.9	3,896	5.8	22,016	14.1

Nonsectarian	103,887	24.4	33,625	16.6	12,551	18.7	57,711	37.0
Regular	67,326	15.8	19,641	9.7	8,531	12.7	39,153	25.1
Special emphasis	20,433	4.8	11,997	5.9	2,277	3.4	6,159	4.0
Special education	16,128	3.8	1,987	1.0	1,743	2.6	12,398	8.0

Program emphasis
Regular elementary/ secondary	374,977	88.2	182,899	90.5	60,711	90.2	131,368	84.2
Montessori	9,828	2.3	8,251	4.1	0	0.0	1,578	1.0
Special program emphasis	13,228	3.1	4,997	2.5	2,683	4.0	5,547	3.6
Special education	18,121	4.3	2,560	1.3	1,896	2.8	13,665	8.8
Vocational/ technical	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
Alternative	8,531	2.0	2,886	1.4	1,864	2.8	3,780	2.4
Early childhood	535	0.1	477	0.2	†	†	‡	‡

Size (number of students)
Less than 50	32,476	7.6	15,468	7.7	3,016	4.5	13,992	9.0
50-149	80,269	18.9	45,502	22.5	6,193	9.2	28,574	18.3
150-299	104,858	24.7	68,338	33.8	9,760	14.5	26,760	17.2
300-499	87,317	20.5	47,442	23.5	13,747	20.4	26,128	16.8
500-749	57,324	13.5	19,532	9.7	12,871	19.1	24,922	16.0
750 or more	63,161	14.9	5,789	2.9	21,732	32.3	35,641	22.8

Region
Northeast	111,127	26.1	52,220	25.8	23,973	35.6	34,934	22.4
Midwest	95,501	22.5	56,968	28.2	17,267	25.7	21,266	13.6
South	142,650	33.5	54,588	27.0	13,422	19.9	74,640	47.8
West	76,128	17.9	38,294	19.0	12,656	18.8	25,177	16.1

Community type
Central city	176,559	41.5	83,961	41.6	31,995	47.5	60,604	38.8
Urban fringe/large town	176,173	41.4	90,263	44.7	25,905	38.5	60,005	38.5
Rural/small town	72,674	17.1	27,847	13.8	9,419	14.0	35,408	22.7
† Not applicable.
‡ Reporting standards not met.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding or missing values in cells with too few sample cases.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 2001-2002.

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