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| Average school size, by school level and selected characteristics: United States, 2001-02 (Standard Errors for this table) | ||||
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| Selected characteristics | Total | Average number of students | ||
| Elementary | Secondary | Combined | ||
| Total | 182.5 | 165.4 | 308.9 | 177.6 |
| NCES typology | ||||
| Catholic | 306.5 | 265.2 | 554.9 | 317.5 |
| Parochial | 281.0 | 273.7 | 402.6 | 376.0 |
| Diocesan | 315.5 | 258.3 | 584.9 | 326.2 |
| Private | 397.5 | 208.7 | 592.5 | 294.7 |
| Other religious | 133.8 | 106.4 | 165.8 | 162.1 |
| Conservative Christian | 149.0 | 122.5 | 167.3 | 163.9 |
| Affiliated | 165.2 | 124.4 | 188.2 | 249.7 |
| Unaffiliated | 98.8 | 84.3 | 140.2 | 116.7 |
| Nonsectarian | 134.9 | 92.7 | 113.0 | 197.2 |
| Regular | 211.9 | 123.0 | 195.7 | 353.4 |
| Special emphasis | 74.3 | 65.2 | 63.3 | 107.0 |
| Special education | 74.7 | 64.3 | 49.9 | 81.9 |
| Program emphasis | ||||
| Regular elementary/ secondary | 205.6 | 180.6 | 379.5 | 208.6 |
| Montessori | 61.4 | 61.4 | 0.0 | 61.2 |
| Special program emphasis | 118.2 | 98.6 | 168.7 | 120.8 |
| Special education | 74.2 | 64.5 | 51.0 | 81.0 |
| Vocational/ technical | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ |
| Alternative | 65.1 | 58.0 | 65.6 | 71.3 |
| Early childhood | 38.8 | 41.2 | † | ‡ |
| Size (number of students) | ||||
| Less than 50 | 25.9 | 26.4 | 25.0 | 25.5 |
| 50-149 | 91.8 | 93.9 | 89.1 | 88.2 |
| 150-299 | 214.8 | 214.5 | 218.3 | 214.8 |
| 300-499 | 382.4 | 381.1 | 391.6 | 380.8 |
| 500-749 | 595.9 | 583.7 | 605.8 | 606.8 |
| 750 or more | 1,056.1 | 968.7 | 1,039.5 | 1,096.3 |
| Region | ||||
| Northeast | 203.9 | 186.0 | 339.5 | 181.0 |
| Midwest | 181.7 | 167.1 | 372.4 | 153.2 |
| South | 179.0 | 150.3 | 290.6 | 195.9 |
| West | 165.5 | 159.0 | 228.2 | 154.9 |
| Community type | ||||
| Central city | 225.1 | 188.6 | 367.4 | 251.8 |
| Urban fringe/large town | 208.0 | 191.3 | 337.6 | 204.7 |
| Rural/small town | 96.0 | 86.3 | 146.4 | 99.0 |
| † 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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