Table 5. Number and percentage of private schools that had limited-English-proficient (LEP) students, percentage of enrolled students who were LEP, and percentage of schools with LEP students that used various ways of determining LEP status, by affiliation stratum: 2003

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Table 5. Number and percentage of private schools that had limited-English-proficient (LEP) students, percentage of enrolled students who were LEP, and percentage of schools with LEP students that used various ways of determining LEP status, by affiliation stratum: 2003–04

Affiliation stratum	Number of schools that had any LEP students		Percent of all schools that had any LEP students		Percent of enrolled students who were LEP		Percent of schools with LEP students that used various ways of determining LEP status
Affiliation stratum	Number of schools that had any LEP students		Percent of all schools that had any LEP students		Percent of enrolled students who were LEP		Information provided by parent		Teacher observation or referral	Home language survey		Student interview		Student records		Achieve- ment test		Language proficiency test
All private schools	3,706		13.1		5.5		91.3		94.5	25.9		81.7		76.7		43.1		31.7

Catholic- Parochial	672		16.5		4.3		92.5		96.2	43.6		86.1		81.3		45.6		26.1
Catholic- Diocesan	483		16.4		1.9		94.9		96.5	23.9		87.1		79.2		55.8		43.9
Catholic- Private	196		21.8		3.6		100.0		97.7	21.9		94.0		80.8		37.4		28.3
Amish	50		6.8		12.2		46.8		100.0	34.4	!	#		#		#		18.2	!
Assembly of God	82		18.8		1.6		96.5		96.5	35.8	!	80.0		76.0		59.7		#
Baptist	159		7.2		1.6		87.1		100.0	11.0	!	79.0		70.4		55.2		16.5	!
Episcopal	48		14.1		2.9		100.0		93.4	38.0		100.0		100.0		67.8		55.8
Jewish	189		23.3		26.1		87.0		100.0	24.6		100.0		76.9		53.3		11.0	!
Lutheran Church- Missouri Synod	63	!	5.7	!	2.3	!	100.0		100.0	5.6	!	96.1		62.2		43.3	!	18.2	!
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	20		5.5		23.3	!	93.0		100.0	13.9	!	70.2		100.0		53.2		41.3	!
Mennonite	19	!	4.1	!	5.2	!	42.1	!	100.0	25.2	!	42.1	!	42.1	!	#		28.0	!
Pentecostal	32	!	8.2	!	1.2		100.0		91.2	8.8	!	62.6		46.0	!	11.1	!	#
Seventh-Day Adventist	145		15.1		6.1		86.3		91.6	27.5	!	85.3		73.1		35.7	!	47.7
Other Religious	635		10.8		3.2		93.4		91.6	13.4		77.7		72.4		38.3		33.0
Nonsectarian- Regular	436		14.7		4.1		90.3		85.8	18.5		78.8		82.7		41.5		47.6
Nonsectarian- Special Emphasis	322		13.5		5.4		90.0		93.6	19.4		65.9		69.8		32.1		21.7
Nonsectarian- Special Education	156		10.7		14.2	!	83.2		100.0	61.7		89.7		100.0		37.1		42.9

# Rounds to zero.
! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is equal to 50 percent or more of the estimate's value.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey, Private School Date File, 2003–04.

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