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| Average school size, by school level and selected characteristics: United States, 2003–04 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selected characteristic | Average number of students | |||
| Total | Elementary | Secondary | Combined | |
| Total | 180.5 | 156.7 | 313.7 | 186.4 |
| NCES typology | ||||
| Catholic | 298.7 | 253.7 | 556.3 | 341.1 |
| Parochial | 269.4 | 261.2 | 435.7 | 329.4 |
| Diocesan | 308.3 | 250.4 | 576.8 | 328.5 |
| Private | 400.4 | 187.6 | 580.7 | 350.9 |
| Other religious | 134.4 | 100.9 | 154.3 | 175.0 |
| Conservative Christian | 152.9 | 117.5 | 126.6 | 176.2 |
| Affiliated | 162.8 | 125.0 | 185.1 | 238.5 |
| Unaffiliated | 97.7 | 76.5 | 134.1 | 135.8 |
| Nonsectarian | 135.5 | 89.1 | 141.1 | 194.1 |
| Regular | 203.6 | 111.2 | 272.8 | 325.6 |
| Special emphasis | 89.5 | 70.1 | 70.4 | 155.6 |
| Special education | 72.1 | 62.7 | 45.2 | 79.9 |
| Program emphasis | ||||
| Regular elementary/secondary | 202.6 | 170.7 | 395.5 | 216.7 |
| Montessori | 63.0 | 60.5 | ‡ | 82.1 |
| Special program emphasis | 177.1 | 126.5 | 218.7 | 226.5 |
| Special education | 70.3 | 58.6 | 45.4 | 78.2 |
| Vocational/technical | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ |
| Alternative | 75.6 | 72.1 | 61.7 | 85.1 |
| Early childhood | 39.1 | 39.3 | † | ‡ |
| Size (number of students) | ||||
| Less than 50 | 25.6 | 25.6 | 24.5 | 25.9 |
| 50–149 | 92.6 | 94.5 | 90.4 | 89.0 |
| 150–299 | 213.9 | 213.5 | 217.9 | 213.9 |
| 300–499 | 384.6 | 383.3 | 388.4 | 385.4 |
| 500–749 | 598.8 | 583.4 | 607.5 | 612.3 |
| 750 or more | 1,049.5 | 915.5 | 1,073.9 | 1,064.6 |
| Region | ||||
| Northeast | 194.1 | 169.3 | 350.8 | 174.8 |
| Midwest | 175.9 | 158.2 | 362.6 | 155.5 |
| South | 182.7 | 147.0 | 280.1 | 210.2 |
| West | 167.3 | 152.3 | 245.1 | 169.7 |
| Community type | ||||
| Central city | 227.5 | 185.4 | 393.3 | 258.8 |
| Urban fringe/large town | 193.9 | 175.3 | 308.8 | 198.1 |
| Rural/small town | 93.1 | 73.8 | 148.4 | 109.4 |
| † Not applicable. | ||||
| ‡ Reporting standards not met. | ||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 2003–2004. | ||||
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