Table 2. Number and percentage distribution of private schools, students, and full-time equivalent (FTE) teachers, by religious or nonsectarian orientation of school: United States, 2005

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Table 2. Number and percentage distribution of private schools, students, and full-time equivalent (FTE) teachers, by religious or nonsectarian orientation of school: United States, 2005–06
Religious or nonsectarian orientation	Schools				Students		FTE teachers
Religious or nonsectarian orientation	Number		Percent		Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	28,996		100.0		5,057,520	100.0	435,485	100.0

Religious orientation	22,079		76.1		4,130,856	81.7	324,252	74.5
Roman Catholic	7,634		26.3		2,246,240	44.4	149,436	34.3
African Methodist Episcopal	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡	‡
Amish	824		2.8		25,589	0.5	1,368	0.3
Assembly of God	379		1.3		56,683	1.1	4,554	1.0
Baptist	2,511		8.7		278,921	5.5	25,599	5.9

Brethren	84		0.3		11,512	0.2	946	0.2
Calvinist	132		0.5		32,642	0.6	2,254	0.5
Christian (unspecified)	4,338		15.0		633,861	12.5	57,495	13.2
Church of Christ	160		0.6		37,549	0.7	2,943	0.7
Church of God	110		0.4		11,436	0.2	1,083	0.2

Church of God in Christ	50	!	0.2	!	3,698	0.1	314	0.1
Church of the Nazarene	76		0.3		9,440	0.2	779	0.2
Disciples of Christ	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡	‡
Episcopal	334		1.2		100,961	2.0	11,533	2.6
Friends	82		0.3		20,222	0.4	2,419	0.6

Greek Orthodox	34		0.1		4,163	0.1	472	0.1
Islamic	202		0.7		26,209	0.5	2,969	0.7
Jewish	853		2.9		204,847	4.1	23,856	5.5
Latter Day Saints	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡	‡
Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod	1,098		3.8		144,669	2.9	10,768	2.5

Evangelical Lutheran Church In America	111		0.4		17,672	0.3	1,352	0.3
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	365		1.3		31,267	0.6	2,265	0.5
Other Lutheran	58		0.2		4,996	0.1	413	0.1
Mennonite	473		1.6		27,795	0.5	2,365	0.5
Methodist	163		0.6		19,394	0.4	1,793	0.4

Pentecostal	410		1.4		22,971	0.5	2,510	0.6
Presbyterian	168		0.6		38,314	0.8	3,510	0.8
Seventh-Day Adventist	883		3.0		55,488	1.1	4,394	1.0
Other	521		1.8		61,473	1.2	6,528	1.5

Nonsectarian	6,916		23.9		926,664	18.3	111,233	25.5
! Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation for this estimate is larger than 25 percent.
‡ Reporting standards not met.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding or missing values in cells with too few sample cases. These estimates do not include private schools for which kindergarten is the highest grade.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 2005–2006.

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