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

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Number and percentage distribution of private school FTE teachers, by school level and religious orientation of school: United States, 2001-02 (Standard Errors for this table)
Religious or nonsectarian category	Total		Elementary		Secondary		Combined
Religious or nonsectarian category	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

Religious orientation	321,519	75.6	168,446	83.4	54,767	81.4	98,307	63.0
Roman Catholic	155,514	36.6	103,897	51.4	42,671	63.4	8,946	5.7
African Methodist Episcopal	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
Amish	1,170	0.3	1,112	0.6	0	0.0	58	#
Assembly of God	5,196	1.2	2,084	1.0	‡	‡	3,059	2.0
Baptist	26,670	6.3	6,434	3.2	609	0.9	19,627	12.6
Brethren	625	0.1	248	0.1	‡	‡	350	0.2
Calvinist	2,616	0.6	1,131	0.6	412	0.6	1,073	0.7
Christian (unspecified)	52,414	12.3	14,687	7.3	2,830	4.2	34,897	22.4
Church of Christ	3,728	0.9	735	0.4	‡	‡	2,637	1.7
Church of God	1,099	0.3	382	0.2	‡	‡	702	0.5
Church of God in Christ	281	0.1	137	0.1	‡	‡	‡	‡
Disciples of Christ	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
Episcopal	11,053	2.6	4,622	2.3	1,427	2.1	5,004	3.2
Friends	2,481	0.6	636	0.3	‡	‡	1,687	1.1
Greek Orthodox	493	0.1	370	0.2	0	0.0	‡	‡
Islamic	2,388	0.6	1,065	0.5	‡	‡	1,317	0.8
Jewish	19,813	4.7	10,176	5.0	3,089	4.6	6,548	4.2
Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod	10,914	2.6	9,353	4.6	1,100	1.6	461	0.3
Evangelical Lutheran Church In America	1,158	0.3	1,060	0.5	‡	‡	‡	‡
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	2,419	0.6	1,913	0.9	453	0.7	‡	‡
Other Lutheran	374	0.1	251	0.1	‡	‡	‡	‡
Latter Day Saints	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
Mennonite	1,913	0.5	821	0.4	‡	‡	1,006	0.6
Methodist	1,675	0.4	731	0.4	‡	‡	811	0.5
Pentecostal	3,961	0.9	829	0.4	‡	‡	3,119	2.0
Presbyterian	3,469	0.8	1,493	0.7	‡	‡	1,725	1.1
Seventh-Day Adventist	4,636	1.1	2,139	1.1	711	1.1	1,786	1.1
Other	5,458	1.3	2,139	1.1	317	0.5	3,002	1.9

Nonsectarian	103,887	24.4	33,625	16.6	12,551	18.6	57,711	37.0
# Rounds to zero.
‡ 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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