Table 8. Percentage of private schools that had various special requirements for admission other than proof of immunization, age, or residence, by affiliation stratum: 2003

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Table 8. Percentage of private schools that had various special requirements for admission other than proof of immunization, age, or residence, by affiliation stratum: 2003–04

Affiliation stratum	Percent of schools that had special requirements for admission	Of schools that had special requirements for admission, percent of schools that used various requirements
Affiliation stratum		Admission test		Standardized achievement test		Academic record		Special student needs		Special student aptitudes, skills, or talents		Personal interview		Recom- mendations
All private schools	71.0	47.7		40.4		74.5		34.2		18.0		85.2		58.5

Catholic- Parochial	57.0	38.2		40.4		86.2		35.6		13.2		78.9		50.9
Catholic- Diocesan	60.2	59.1		53.2		91.8		42.3		21.6		73.6		59.9
Catholic- Private	97.7	74.2		56.7		92.2		33.0		26.5		72.2		73.4
Amish	18.5	6.7	!	8.4	!	6.7	!	8.4	!	#		6.7	!	#
Assembly of God	82.7	65.8		46.1		79.8		34.8		17.1		100.0		66.3
Baptist	84.7	46.6		47.3		86.1		15.2		13.8		95.2		58.2
Episcopal	80.5	83.4		69.2		98.5		26.2		39.0		90.4		85.9
Jewish	93.8	54.8		34.7		64.8		30.9		20.9		91.4		76.7
Lutheran Church- Missouri Synod	62.0	48.9		40.6		72.2		38.4		17.7		93.1		44.3
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	53.4	7.7		19.0		47.8		21.5		8.0		73.9		32.0
Mennonite	72.1	20.3		17.6		33.2		19.3		4.7	!	71.5		33.7
Pentecostal	75.7	57.5		29.7		58.4		19.1		19.5	!	98.0		45.9
Seventh-Day Adventist	52.0	31.9		27.5		86.1		42.9		27.2		92.8		82.3
Other Religious	81.3	56.8		41.5		76.0		30.7		13.3		92.9		58.2
Nonsectarian- Regular	72.4	60.1		55.5		85.4		14.1		27.1		90.2		73.6
Nonsectarian- Special Emphasis	59.7	23.3		13.1		44.3		31.2		23.9		85.3		51.8
Nonsectarian- Special Education	100.0	13.2		20.3		37.0		100.0		14.6		67.1		44.3

# 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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