Percentage of private schools with 12th-graders, number of graduates, graduation rate, and percentage of graduates who attended 4-year colleges, by selected characteristics: United States, 2002

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Percentage of private schools with 12th-graders, number of graduates, graduation rate, and percentage of graduates who attended 4-year colleges, by selected characteristics: United States, 2002–03
Selected characteristic	Percent of schools with 12th-graders in 2002–03		Number of 2002–03 graduates	2002–03 graduation rate	Percent of 2002–03 graduates who attended 4-year colleges by fall 2003
Total	28.6		295,755	98.1	58.1

NCES typology
Catholic	16.1		146,561	99.1	80.5
Parochial	4.9		17,722	99.3	77.2
Diocesan	18.5		67,780	99.0	77.5
Private	58.9		61,059	99.2	84.9

Other religious	33.8		86,341	98.1	55.0
Conservative Christian	48.7		35,752	97.8	52.2
Affiliated	26.8		29,040	98.7	67.5
Unaffiliated	24.0		21,549	97.7	51.4

Nonsectarian	32.7		62,854	96.1	51.3
Regular	34.7		48,486	97.8	76.9
Special emphasis	22.4		9,859	95.3	39.1
Special education	45.5		4,509	82.2	16.3

School level
Elementary	†		†	†	†
Secondary	90.0		187,226	98.3	66.8
Combined	66.7	¹	108,529	97.8	54.4

Program emphasis
Regular elementary/secondary	27.7		269,994	98.6	64.1
Montessori	1.5		317	98.0	62.9
Special program emphasis	37.4		11,935	98.3	59.9
Special education	42.7		4,788	81.8	16.4
Vocational/technical	‡		‡	‡	‡
Alternative	47.6		8,540	93.5	37.7
Early childhood	0.0		0	0.0	0.0

Size (number of students)
Less than 50	21.1		6,307	87.7	33.8
50–149	26.9		22,158	94.1	44.8
150–299	24.8		39,473	98.4	65.4
300–499	36.4		54,437	98.8	78.1
500–749	54.1		59,062	99.0	82.6
750 or more	86.2		114,318	98.8	85.8

Region
Northeast	26.8		86,229	97.7	62.4
Midwest	21.8		69,743	98.9	60.5
South	36.3		89,316	98.3	58.7
West	27.4		50,467	97.6	49.9

Community type
Central city	26.9		140,818	98.1	64.3
Urban fringe/large town	28.6		118,146	98.4	58.0
Rural/small town	31.0		36,792	97.5	51.1
† Not applicable.
‡ Reporting standards not met.
¹ Includes the schools that were combined in 2002–03, but were elementary in 2003–04 (less than 1 percent).
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), 2003–2004.

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