Table 16. Of private schools that had teaching vacancies in various fields for the current school year, percentage that found it very difficult or were not able to fill the vacancies in these fields, by affiliation stratum: 2003

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Table 16. Of private schools that had teaching vacancies in various fields for the current school year, percentage that found it very difficult or were not able to fill the vacancies in these fields, by affiliation stratum: 2003–04

Affiliation stratum	General elemen- tary		Special education		English/ language arts		Social studies		Computer science		Math- ematics		Biology or life sciences		Physical sciences		English as a Second Language (ESL)¹		Foreign lang- uages		Music or art		Vocational or technical education
All private schools	4.8		33.9		5.5		2.4		20.6		20.8		18.8		24.1		16.3		22.1		13.8		24.6

Catholic- Parochial	3.9		8.9	!	3.9	!	#		18.2		27.0		24.9		17.5		#		20.5		16.2		#
Catholic- Diocesan	4.0		24.9	!	10.0		1.3	!	27.1		22.7		23.7		31.4		#		24.4		23.6		100.0
Catholic- Private	15.2	!	18.5	!	2.0	!	#		17.5	!	15.1		12.8		20.4		#		21.2		7.2	!	81.1
Amish	#		#		#		†		†		#		†		†		#		64.7		#		†
Assembly of God	8.9	!	†		7.5	!	9.2	!	27.1	!	23.3	!	12.9	!	17.8	!	†		27.1	!	9.7	!	#
Baptist	5.4	!	15.0	!	13.0		7.3	!	18.7		24.3		23.8		29.4		31.5	!	22.6		20.4		#
Episcopal	4.3	!	†		10.7	!	#		6.6	!	20.7		12.2	!	13.5	!	#		9.9	!	5.1	!	†
Jewish	8.7		14.9	!	16.4		11.0	!	11.7	!	24.5		31.4		22.2		71.9	!	19.7		#		#
Lutheran Church- Missouri Synod	10.0		#		#		#		14.0	!	2.0	!	18.3	!	29.3	!	†		20.4	!	1.6	!	†
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	4.9	!	†		#		#		#		#		100.0		100.0		†		#		#		†
Mennonite	11.8	!	#		#		#		49.8	!	35.2	!	15.6	!	17.6	!	†		55.8	!	#		30.0	!
Pentecostal	#		#		#		#		7.4	!	#		25.1	!	4.3	!	#		#		3.2	!	34.8	!
Seventh-Day Adventist	1.7	!	†		#		#		39.6	!	22.8	!	23.0	!	22.2	!	#		42.5	!	#		#
Other Religious	3.5		9.7	!	2.2	!	2.2	!	28.3		18.5		16.6		25.6		20.8	!	26.8		20.6		10.3	!
Nonsectarian- Regular	0.9	!	13.8	!	1.6	!	1.4	!	11.1		21.7		17.3		27.5		21.7	!	20.0		7.8	!	54.8	!
Nonsectarian- Special Emphasis	9.6		58.8		2.7	!	3.0	!	45.1		21.0		12.3	!	15.4	!	#		15.8		5.8	!	#
Nonsectarian- Special Education	8.9	!	55.1		14.4	!	#		6.3	!	20.0	!	10.4	!	15.1	!	#		#		3.3	!	32.5	!

† Not applicable.

# 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.

¹ English as a Second Language (ESL) also includes English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) and/or bilingual education.

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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