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Table 10. Percentage male enrollment in private schools and percentage distribution of private schools by coeducational category and selected characteristics: United States, 2005–06 |
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Selected characteristic | Male enrollment | Coeducational category | ||||||
Coed schools | All-girls schools | All-boys schools | ||||||
Total | 50.8 | 95.4 | 1.9 | 2.6 | ||||
NCES typology | ||||||||
Catholic | 50.1 | 94.0 | 3.2 | 2.7 | ||||
Parochial | 49.7 | 99.0 | 0.8 | ‡ | ||||
Diocesan | 50.0 | 97.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 | ||||
Private | 51.4 | 65.7 | 18.3 | 16.0 | ||||
Other religious | 50.7 | 96.6 | 1.4 | 2.1 | ||||
Conservative Christian | 50.2 | 99.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | ||||
Affiliated | 50.2 | 92.0 | 3.3 | 4.6 | ||||
Unaffiliated | 52.3 | 96.6 | 1.2 | 2.2 | ||||
Nonsectarian | 53.0 | 94.6 | 1.7 | 3.7 | ||||
Regular | 50.7 | 94.7 | 2.5 | 2.8 | ||||
Special emphasis | 51.5 | 97.3 | 0.8 | 2.0 | ||||
Special education | 69.3 | 89.7 | 2.0 | 8.3 | ! | |||
School level | ||||||||
Elementary | 50.7 | 98.8 | 0.5 | 0.8 | ||||
Secondary | 51.7 | 75.0 | 11.5 | 13.5 | ||||
Combined | 50.7 | 95.8 | 1.6 | 2.6 | ||||
Program emphasis | ||||||||
Regular elementary/secondary | 50.4 | 95.8 | 2.0 | 2.2 | ||||
Montessori | 50.1 | 99.9 | 0.0 | ‡ | ||||
Special program emphasis | 51.1 | 94.0 | 2.1 | 3.8 | ||||
Special education | 68.7 | 89.9 | 2.0 | 8.1 | ||||
Vocational/technical | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ||||
Alternative | 55.0 | 90.8 | 3.1 | 6.1 | ||||
Early childhood | 32.3 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||
Size (number of students) | ||||||||
Less than 50 | 53.1 | 96.2 | 1.2 | 2.6 | ||||
50–149 | 53.2 | 96.8 | 0.9 | 2.2 | ||||
150–299 | 50.5 | 96.6 | 1.7 | 1.8 | ||||
300–499 | 49.2 | 93.3 | 4.5 | 2.2 | ||||
500–749 | 48.2 | 88.6 | 7.2 | 4.2 | ||||
750 or more | 53.2 | 81.9 | 5.9 | 12.2 | ||||
Region | ||||||||
Northeast | 50.8 | 90.0 | 4.2 | 5.8 | ||||
Midwest | 51.1 | 97.7 | 1.1 | 1.2 | ||||
South | 51.1 | 96.5 | 1.4 | 2.1 | ||||
West | 50.2 | 97.0 | 1.5 | 1.6 | ||||
Urbanicity type | ||||||||
City | 50.6 | 93.0 | 3.2 | 3.8 | ||||
Suburban | 50.8 | 95.7 | 2.0 | 2.3 | ||||
Town | 50.8 | 99.2 | ‡ | 0.6 | ||||
Rural | 52.0 | 96.8 | 0.8 | 2.3 | ||||
! Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation for this estimate is larger than 25 percent. | ||||||||
‡ Reporting standards not met. | ||||||||
NOTE: These estimates do not include private schools for which kindergarten is the highest grade. 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), 2005–2006. |
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