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| Table 7. Average private school size, by school level and selected characteristics: United States, 2009–10 |
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| Selected characteristic | Average number of students | |||||||
| Total | Elementary | Secondary | Combined | |||||
| Total | 140.9 | 105.9 | 282.9 | 179.5 | ||||
| Private school typology | ||||||||
| Catholic | 282.5 | 230.7 | 535.3 | 331.4 | ||||
| Parochial | 252.0 | 238.9 | 460.4 | 354.6 | ||||
| Diocesan | 284.5 | 230.9 | 536.4 | 339.5 | ||||
| Private | 368.1 | 170.5 | 557.4 | 316.6 | ||||
| Other religious | 112.2 | 72.6 | 137.7 | 168.3 | ||||
| Conservative Christian | 138.1 | 94.0 | 121.5 | 164.7 | ||||
| Other affiliated | 154.6 | 107.1 | 167.2 | 252.5 | ||||
| Unaffiliated | 82.4 | 54.9 | 123.5 | 141.8 | ||||
| Nonsectarian | 88.2 | 45.7 | 101.2 | 184.9 | ||||
| Regular | 120.4 | 49.1 | 201.6 | 369.0 | ||||
| Special emphasis | 54.3 | 40.4 | 48.3 | 103.7 | ||||
| Special education | 63.8 | 49.6 | 44.1 | 71.8 | ||||
| Program emphasis | ||||||||
| Regular elementary/secondary | 187.2 | 148.4 | 362.0 | 213.7 | ||||
| Montessori | 37.1 | 33.8 | ‡ | 74.7 | ||||
| Special program emphasis | 125.9 | 99.5 | 119.2 | 154.5 | ||||
| Special education | 62.9 | 48.9 | 43.8 | 70.4 | ||||
| Vocational/technical | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ||||
| Alternative | 64.0 | 50.1 | 55.0 | 77.1 | ||||
| Early childhood | 15.6 | 15.6 | † | 0.0 | ||||
| Size (number of students) | ||||||||
| Less than 50 | 21.0 | 19.7 | 22.6 | 25.3 | ||||
| 50–149 | 91.8 | 94.0 | 89.0 | 88.7 | ||||
| 150–299 | 212.1 | 210.8 | 221.4 | 212.4 | ||||
| 300–499 | 383.9 | 383.4 | 392.5 | 380.7 | ||||
| 500–749 | 608.2 | 591.0 | 618.2 | 616.8 | ||||
| 750 or more | 1,060.5 | 889.8 | 1,052.4 | 1,091.0 | ||||
| Region | ||||||||
| Northeast | 148.8 | 107.4 | 292.7 | 190.8 | ||||
| Midwest | 134.8 | 111.9 | 333.8 | 144.9 | ||||
| South | 147.9 | 103.0 | 264.5 | 190.6 | ||||
| West | 128.7 | 99.7 | 233.8 | 171.5 | ||||
| Urbanicity type | ||||||||
| City | 181.3 | 132.3 | 341.0 | 246.3 | ||||
| Suburban | 153.8 | 117.4 | 310.6 | 209.6 | ||||
| Town | 97.4 | 84.0 | 170.9 | 110.5 | ||||
| Rural | 82.7 | 50.4 | 144.7 | 119.3 | ||||
| † Not applicable. | ||||||||
| ‡ Reporting standards not met. | ||||||||
| NOTE: 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. | ||||||||
