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| Pupil/teacher ratio of private schools, by school level and selected characteristics: United States, 2001-02 (Standard Errors for this table) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selected characteristics | Total | Elementary | Secondary | Combined |
| Total | 12.6 | 14.3 | 12.4 | 10.4 |
| NCES typology | ||||
| Catholic | 16.2 | 17.3 | 14.4 | 11.9 |
| Parochial | 17.2 | 17.6 | 13.5 | 13.7 |
| Diocesan | 16.4 | 17.3 | 15.1 | 13.6 |
| Private | 13.1 | 12.7 | 14.0 | 10.6 |
| Other religious | 11.6 | 12.1 | 10.2 | 11.4 |
| Conservative Christian | 12.3 | 12.6 | 12.2 | 12.2 |
| Affiliated | 11.0 | 11.6 | 9.9 | 10.7 |
| Unaffiliated | 11.3 | 12.3 | 9.4 | 10.6 |
| Nonsectarian | 8.7 | 9.1 | 7.6 | 8.7 |
| Regular | 9.3 | 9.9 | 7.8 | 9.3 |
| Special emphasis | 8.7 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 9.3 |
| Special education | 6.3 | 5.7 | 6.0 | 6.4 |
| Program emphasis | ||||
| Regular elementary/secondary | 13.2 | 14.9 | 12.8 | 10.9 |
| Montessori | 8.6 | 8.4 | 0.0 | 9.8 |
| Special program emphasis | 9.6 | 9.2 | 9.8 | 9.9 |
| Special education | 6.4 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 6.5 |
| Vocational/technical | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ |
| Alternative | 8.8 | 8.5 | 9.4 | 8.7 |
| Early childhood | 8.7 | 8.7 | † | ‡ |
| Size (number of students) | ||||
| Less than 50 | 7.2 | 8.1 | 5.7 | 6.4 |
| 50-149 | 9.5 | 10.6 | 8.0 | 8.2 |
| 150-299 | 13.4 | 15.0 | 10.0 | 10.8 |
| 300-499 | 14.0 | 16.1 | 11.7 | 11.4 |
| 500-749 | 14.5 | 19.2 | 13.4 | 11.3 |
| 750 or more | 14.0 | 19.8 | 15.5 | 12.1 |
| Region | ||||
| Northeast | 12.0 | 14.4 | 11.6 | 8.7 |
| Midwest | 14.2 | 15.4 | 13.8 | 11.4 |
| South | 11.5 | 12.6 | 12.1 | 10.6 |
| West | 13.3 | 14.8 | 12.4 | 11.3 |
| Community type | ||||
| Central city | 12.9 | 14.3 | 13.2 | 10.7 |
| Urban fringe/large town | 12.9 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 10.4 |
| Rural/small town | 10.8 | 12.8 | 9.1 | 9.8 |
| † Not applicable. | ||||
| ‡ 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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