Table 4. Number and percentage distribution of private schools, by urbanicity type and selected characteristics: United States, 2009

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Table 4. Number and percentage distribution of private schools, by urbanicity type and selected characteristics: United States, 2009–10
Selected characteristic	Total		City		Suburban		Town				Rural
Selected characteristic	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number		Percent		Number		Percent
Total	33,366	100.0	10,810	100.0	11,609	100.0	3,340		100.0		7,607		100.0

Private school typology
Catholic	7,115	21.3	2,969	27.5	2,577	22.2	960		28.7		608		8.0
Parochial	3,111	9.3	1,209	11.2	1,161	10.0	471		14.1		270		3.6
Diocesan	2,969	8.9	1,210	11.2	1,081	9.3	443		13.3		234		3.1
Private	1,035	3.1	550	5.1	335	2.9	46		1.4		104		1.4

Other religious	15,616	46.8	4,202	38.9	4,392	37.8	1,671		50.0		5,351		70.3
Conservative Christian	4,614	13.8	1,213	11.2	1,487	12.8	643		19.3		1,271		16.7
Other affiliated	2,882	8.6	1,077	10.0	915	7.9	323		9.7		567		7.5
Unaffiliated	8,120	24.3	1,912	17.7	1,991	17.2	704		21.1		3,512		46.2

Nonsectarian	10,635	31.9	3,638	33.7	4,640	40.0	709		21.2		1,647		21.7
Regular	5,231	15.7	1,741	16.1	2,497	21.5	233		7.0		760		10.0
Special emphasis	3,821	11.5	1,341	12.4	1,502	12.9	324	!	9.7		654		8.6
Special education	1,582	4.7	557	5.2	640	5.5	152	!	4.6	!	233		3.1

School level
Elementary	21,425	64.2	7,120	65.9	8,029	69.2	2,039		61.1		4,236		55.7
Secondary	2,776	8.3	1,163	10.8	910	7.8	174		5.2		529		7.0
Combined	9,165	27.5	2,527	23.4	2,669	23.0	1,127		33.7		2,842		37.4

Program emphasis
Regular elementary/secondary	22,565	67.6	7,120	65.9	6,842	58.9	2,478		74.2		6,125		80.5
Montessori	2,653	8.0	943	8.7	1,179	10.2	192		5.7		339		4.5
Special program emphasis	917	2.7	336	3.1	270	2.3	136	!	4.1	!	175	!	2.3	!
Special education	1,779	5.3	633	5.9	723	6.2	157	!	4.7	!	266		3.5
Vocational/technical	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡		‡		‡		‡
Alternative	1,327	4.0	445	4.1	407	3.5	126	!	3.8	!	348		4.6
Early childhood	4,122	12.4	1,333	12.3	2,187	18.8	250	!	7.5	!	352		4.6

Size (number of students)
Less than 50	15,127	45.3	3,928	36.3	5,031	43.3	1,516		45.4		4,653		61.2
50–149	8,229	24.7	2,630	24.3	2,642	22.8	1,132		33.9		1,825		24.0
150–299	5,600	16.8	2,281	21.1	2,127	18.3	476		14.2		717		9.4
300–499	2,570	7.7	1,076	10.0	1,054	9.1	169		5.1		271		3.6
500–749	1,105	3.3	500	4.6	467	4.0	41		1.2		98		1.3
750 or more	736	2.2	396	3.7	288	2.5	‡		‡		44		0.6

Region
Northeast	7,643	22.9	2,018	18.7	3,610	31.1	376		11.3		1,639		21.5
Midwest	8,419	25.2	2,158	20.0	2,321	20.0	1,063		31.8		2,877	!	37.8
South	10,483	31.4	3,660	33.9	3,378	29.1	1,201		36.0		2,244		29.5
West	6,821	20.4	2,974	27.5	2,301	19.8	700		20.9		847		11.1
! 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 include private schools which provide instruction for one or more of grades kindergarten through twelve (or comparable ungraded levels).
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 2009–10.

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