Average length of school year and average length of school day, by selected characteristics: United States, 2011

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Average length of school year and average length of school day, by selected characteristics: United States, 2011–12

Selected characteristic	Average length of school year in days	Average length of school year in hours
Total	181.0	6.7

Private school typology
Catholic	179.3	6.8
Parochial	179.1	6.8
Diocesan	179.3	6.8
Private	179.6	6.9

Other religious	177.4	6.8
Conservative Christian	177.7	6.8
Other affiliated	178.5	7.0
Unaffiliated	176.6	6.6

Nonsectarian	187.5	6.6
Regular	187.3	6.7
Special emhasis	185.3	6.6
Special education	192.8	6.2

School level
Elementary	181.1	6.7
Secondary	183.2	6.9
Combined	180.2	6.8

Program emphasis
Regular elementary/ secondary	177.7	6.9
Montessori	185.0	6.6
Special program emphasis	176.5	6.8
Special education	191.8	6.2
Vocational/technical	‡	‡
Alternative	191.7	6.3
Early childhood	191.1	6.2

Size (number of students)
Less than 50	183.6	6.5
50-149	179.8	6.8
150-299	178.8	6.9
300-499	178.0	6.9
500-749	177.7	7.0
750 or more	178.5	7.0

Region
Northeast	183.2	6.7
Midwest	177.5	6.7
South	180.4	6.8
West	183.9	6.7

Urbancity type
City	182.4	6.8
Suburban	182.6	6.6
Town	178.2	6.7
Rural	177.7	6.7

‡ Reporting standards not met. There are fewer than 15 sample cases.
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), 2011–12.

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