Table 1. Number of students, teachers, schools, and principals, by affiliation stratum: 2003

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Table 1. Number of students, teachers, schools, and principals, by affiliation stratum: 2003–04

Affiliation stratum	Students	Teachers¹	Schools	Principals¹
All private schools	5,059,400	467,400	28,384	27,690

Catholic- Parochial	1,092,000	73,500	4,074	4,061
Catholic- Diocesan	894,100	61,300	2,947	2,960
Catholic- Private	334,000	29,200	897	878
Amish	20,300	1,000	736	‡
Assembly of God	63,200	5,700	440	440
Baptist	246,300	24,900	2,195	2,178
Episcopal	89,800	10,700	342	342
Jewish	216,900	28,600	811	811
Lutheran Church- Missouri Synod	150,000	12,400	1,100	1,100
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	29,200	2,300	367	362
Mennonite	28,300	2,800	458	408
Pentecostal	19,600	2,700	389	389
Seventh-Day Adventist	52,200	4,900	956	930
Other Religious	830,800	82,200	5,865	5,825
Nonsectarian- Regular	710,200	81,500	2,963	2,964
Nonsectarian- Special Emphasis	192,800	27,100	2,392	2,310
Nonsectarian- Special Education	89,900	16,600	1,451	1,424
‡ Reporting standards not met. The base-weighted unit response rate was below 50 percent.
¹ Includes full- and part-time head counts.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. The total number of principals listed above includes a suppressed number for principals in Amish schools due to reporting standards not being met.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey, Private School, Private School Teacher, and Private School Principal Data Files, 2003–04.

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