Number of private schools, students, and teachers headcount, by school membership in private school associations: United States, 2011

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Number of private schools, students, and teachers (headcount), by school membership in private school associations: United States, 2011–12

Association	Schools	Students	Teachers
Total	30,861	4,494,845	466,467

None	10,212	710,000	82,644

Religious
Accelerated Christian Education	1,073	43,026	6,060
American Association of Christian Schools	719	77,367	8,929
Association of Christian Schools International	2,948	524,299	53,757
Association of Christian Teachers and Schools	195	26,440	2,704
Association of Classical and Christian Schools	189	31,169	3,853

Christian Schools International	321	69,740	6,698
Evangelical Lutheran Education Association	163	15,217	1,477
Friends Council on Education	67	16,859	2,402
General Conference of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church	549	36,355	3,410
Islamic School League of America	78	11,510	1,452

Jesuit Secondary Education Association	50	44,268	3,411
National Association of Episcopal Schools	282	80,019	9,970
National Catholic Educational Association	5,740	1,682,048	128,513
National Christian School Association	141	33,637	3,181
National Society of Hebrew Day Schools	262	76,865	10,193

Oral Roberts University Educational Fellowship	53	10,403	1,053
The Jewish Community Day School Network	108	20,588	3,662
Solomon Schechter Day School Assocation	44	9,762	1,645
Southern Baptist Association of Christian Schools	119	25,112	2,555
Other religious school associations	1,945	340,521	33,626

Special emphasis
American Montessori Society	1,334	61,729	11,567
Association Montessori International	587	25,151	3,340
Other Montessori associations	693	28,638	5,335
Association of Military Colleges and Schools	21	4,335	583
Association of Waldorf Schools of North America	112	16,491	2,536

National Association of Private Special Education Centers	247	27,435	4,036
Other associations for exceptional children	291	27,750	4,567
European Council for International Schools	‡	‡	‡
National Association for the Education of Young Children	1,378	106,953	13,158
National Association of Laboratory Schools	21	2,613	378
National Coalition of Girls' Schools	89	33,907	4,830
Other special emphasis school associations	796	108,296	12,632

Other school associations or organizations
Alternative School Network	25	2,317	449
National Association of Independent Schools	1,472	601,970	79,874
State or regional independent school association	2,259	656,934	77,862
National Coalition of Alternative Community Schools	32	1,968	333
National Independent Private School Association	201	34,374	4,269
The Association of Boarding Schools	238	77,704	11,404
Other school associations	3,587	707,505	74,208

‡ Reporting standards not met.
NOTE: Details do not sum to total because private schools may belong to more than one association. 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), 2011–12.

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