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| Number of private school students, by program emphasis and grade level: United States, 2001-02 (Standard Errors for this table) | ||||||||
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| Grade level | Total | Regular ele- mentary/ secondary |
Montessori | Special program emphasis |
Special education | Vo- cational/ technical education |
Alternative | Early childhood |
| Total | 5,341,513 | 4,932,957 | 84,525 | 127,179 | 115,164 | ‡ | 74,695 | 4,672 |
| Kindergarten1 | 508,906 | 463,892 | 21,363 | 12,187 | 2,726 | ‡ | 7,038 | 1,699 |
| First | 479,355 | 449,098 | 12,052 | 10,283 | 2,373 | ‡ | 5,550 | 0 |
| Second | 453,611 | 428,498 | 9,239 | 9,134 | 2,596 | ‡ | 4,145 | 0 |
| Third | 439,920 | 416,728 | 7,153 | 8,877 | 3,310 | ‡ | 3,852 | 0 |
| Fourth | 428,688 | 407,665 | 5,582 | 8,127 | 3,670 | ‡ | 3,644 | 0 |
| Fifth | 421,617 | 400,900 | 4,462 | 8,358 | 4,388 | ‡ | 3,508 | 0 |
| Sixth | 424,651 | 404,296 | 3,049 | 7,964 | 5,392 | ‡ | 3,951 | 0 |
| Seventh | 404,797 | 384,288 | 1,788 | 7,976 | 6,603 | ‡ | 4,138 | 0 |
| Eighth | 389,386 | 368,083 | 1,337 | 7,833 | 7,347 | ‡ | 4,776 | 0 |
| Ninth | 350,424 | 322,323 | 184 | 11,559 | 8,814 | ‡ | 7,150 | 0 |
| Tenth | 333,397 | 307,109 | 103 | 10,531 | 8,129 | ‡ | 7,158 | 0 |
| Eleventh | 316,330 | 292,212 | 126 | 10,226 | 6,824 | ‡ | 6,293 | 0 |
| Twelfth | 293,305 | 272,057 | 113 | 9,055 | 5,819 | ‡ | 5,621 | 0 |
| Ungraded | 97,126 | 15,807 | 17,974 | 5,068! | 47,174 | ‡ | 7,870 | 2,973 |
| ! Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation for this estimate is larger than 25 percent. The standard error for this estimate is presented in the corresponding table in appendix C. | ||||||||
| ‡ Reporting standards not met. | ||||||||
| 1The count for kindergarten students also includes transitional kindergarten and transitional first grade students. | ||||||||
| 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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