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| Percentage distribution of private schools, by percentage minority students, and average percentage minority students, by selected characteristics: United States, 2001-02 (Standard Errors for this table) | ||||||
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| Selected characteristics | Percent minority students | Average percent minority students1 |
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| None | 1-9 percent | 10-29 percent | 30-49 percent | 50 percent or more |
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| Total | 13.5 | 32.8 | 24.5 | 8.8 | 20.5 | 26.3 |
| NCES typology | ||||||
| Catholic | 4.5 | 44.6 | 21.7 | 7.9 | 21.4 | 27.0 |
| Parochial | 4.6 | 46.1 | 20.2 | 7.9 | 21.1 | 26.7 |
| Diocesan | 4.9 | 45.9 | 21.5 | 6.7 | 21.0 | 26.2 |
| Private | 2.7 | 33.2 | 29.6 | 11.1 | 23.4 | 31.1 |
| Other religious | 21.8 | 31.4 | 20.9 | 7.2 | 18.8 | 23.9 |
| Conservative Christian | 11.9 | 34.9 | 25.2 | 8.1 | 20.0 | 26.2 |
| Affiliated | 18.5 | 32.8 | 21.6 | 8.3 | 18.8 | 24.2 |
| Unaffiliated | 33.8 | 26.9 | 16.1 | 5.6 | 17.7 | 21.5 |
| Nonsectarian | 6.9 | 21.3 | 35.5 | 13.2 | 23.1 | 30.7 |
| Regular | 8.0 | 26.2 | 36.5 | 9.7 | 19.6 | 27.9 |
| Special emphasis | 7.3 | 20.2 | 38.6 | 14.7 | 19.3 | 28.8 |
| Special education | 4.0 | 12.7 | 28.0 | 18.2 | 37.1 | 40.3 |
| School level | ||||||
| Elementary | 12.8 | 33.8 | 22.6 | 8.6 | 22.1 | 27.8 |
| Secondary | 11.1 | 32.3 | 27.9 | 10.3 | 18.3 | 25.0 |
| Combined | 15.6 | 30.9 | 26.9 | 8.6 | 18.1 | 24.1 |
| Program emphasis | ||||||
| Regular elementary/ secondary | 14.1 | 35.8 | 23.1 | 7.5 | 19.5 | 25.2 |
| Montessori | 5.2 | 19.2 | 38.7 | 17.3 | 19.6 | 29.7 |
| Special program emphasis | 16.1 | 25.2 | 30.6 | 11.3 | 16.8 | 25.3 |
| Special education | 4.7 | 12.3 | 28.9 | 17.4 | 36.8 | 40.0 |
| Vocational/ technical | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ |
| Alternative | 19.5 | 23.3 | 24.2 | 9.1 | 23.8 | 28.5 |
| Early childhood | 26.3! | 14.9 | 23.4 | ‡ | 23.2 | 27.0 |
| Size (number of students) | ||||||
| Less than 50 | 29.3 | 17.5 | 21.9 | 9.2 | 22.0 | 26.7 |
| 50-149 | 10.3 | 34.0 | 24.7 | 8.8 | 22.3 | 27.9 |
| 150-299 | 4.4 | 40.1 | 24.3 | 9.0 | 22.2 | 28.3 |
| 300-499 | 3.3 | 46.9 | 27.1 | 8.3 | 14.5 | 22.0 |
| 500-749 | 3.7 | 49.8 | 28.2 | 6.2 | 12.1 | 19.7 |
| 750 or more | 3.6 | 44.4 | 34.4 | 7.4 | 10.1 | 19.1 |
| Region | ||||||
| Northeast | 18.9 | 32.3 | 21.0 | 7.9 | 20.0 | 25.1 |
| Midwest | 19.0 | 45.4 | 18.4 | 4.9 | 12.4 | 17.4 |
| South | 10.4 | 32.6 | 27.5 | 8.4 | 21.0 | 27.5 |
| West | 5.8 | 18.0 | 31.1 | 15.0 | 30.1 | 36.9 |
| Community type | ||||||
| Central city | 5.2 | 24.1 | 26.4 | 10.7 | 33.6 | 39.1 |
| Urban fringe/large town | 7.4 | 35.4 | 28.0 | 10.5 | 18.8 | 25.7 |
| Rural/small town | 32.0 | 40.0 | 17.5 | 4.0 | 6.6 | 11.5 |
| ! 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. | ||||||
| 1These averages are based on the school-level percentages, while those in the last column of table 20 are based on the total percentages. | ||||||
| NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. | ||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 2001-2002. | ||||||
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