Table 14. Number and percentage of private schools that had teaching vacancies for the current school year, by methods used for covering teaching vacancies at the school, and affiliation stratum: 2003

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Table 14. Number and percentage of private schools that had teaching vacancies for the current school year, by methods used for covering teaching vacancies at the school, and affiliation stratum: 2003–04

			Of schools that had teaching vacancies for the current school year, percent of schools that used various methods for covering vacancies
Affiliation stratum	Number	Percent	Hired a fully qualified teacher	Hired a less than fully qualified teacher		Used long-term or short-term substitutes		Cancelled planned course offerings		Expanded some class sizes		Added sections to other teachers' normal teaching loads		Assigned a teacher of another subject or grade level to cover vacancy		Assigned an administrator or counselor to teach those classes
All private schools	18,767	66.1	89.5	19.2		11.0		2.4		8.8		11.7		11.7		11.2

Catholic- Parochial	3,017	74.0	92.3	14.5		8.9		0.7	!	6.1		4.2		6.6		4.4
Catholic- Diocesan	2,057	69.8	94.3	16.4		10.2		1.3		6.8		8.1		9.2		1.9
Catholic- Private	822	91.6	90.3	21.8		12.0		7.0		2.4	!	18.5		11.1		7.7
Amish	114	15.5	78.8	15.8	!	30.9		#		#		#		5.4	!	#
Assembly of God	283	64.3	76.8	27.8		5.4	!	6.4	!	24.3		14.7		12.8		17.5
Baptist	1,360	62.0	92.0	14.9		12.8		2.1		15.1		17.7		17.9		26.8
Episcopal	281	82.3	98.3	14.7		5.1	!	3.3	!	6.1		8.3		9.8		8.5
Jewish	640	78.9	85.8	25.2		21.1		2.3	!	7.1	!	26.0		12.6		13.5
Lutheran Church- Missouri Synod	638	58.0	88.4	11.9		3.3	!	#		11.3	!	9.0	!	18.7		21.0
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	71	19.3	100.0	#		15.1	!	#		#		1.8	!	#		3.8	!
Mennonite	248	54.2	72.9	42.5		11.2		#		6.7	!	3.0	!	4.2		6.8	!
Pentecostal	142	36.5	94.7	11.0	!	9.1	!	1.5	!	19.7	!	9.1	!	9.1	!	15.9	!
Seventh-Day Adventist	438	45.8	85.2	16.8		7.8	!	3.6	!	7.3	!	4.0	!	2.2	!	7.9	!
Other Religious	4,002	68.2	90.1	24.0		11.1		4.4		12.4		17.4		17.3		18.2
Nonsectarian- Regular	2,200	74.2	93.2	15.9		10.5		1.1	!	10.0		10.9		12.5		11.0
Nonsectarian- Special Emphasis	1,477	61.8	80.2	21.5		7.3		3.8	!	4.4	!	11.5		9.7		3.9
Nonsectarian- Special Education	977	67.4	79.6	25.2		23.3		#		3.7	!	7.2		7.0	!	10.8

# 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.

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey, Private School Data File, 2003–04.

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