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Digest of Education Statistics: 2018
Digest of Education Statistics: 2018

NCES 2020-009
December 2019


Table 205.90. Private elementary and secondary schools and enrollment, percentage distribution of private schools and enrollment, and private schools and enrollment as a percentage of total public and private schools and enrollment, by locale: 2009-10 and 2015-16
[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Locale Number of private schools Private school enrollment
Number Percentage
distribution
Percent of
total public
and private
schools
Enrollment Percentage
distribution
Percent of
total public
and private
enrollment
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
2009-10                                    
Total 33,370   (834) 100.0   (†) 25.2   (0.47) 5,488,490   (35,857) 100.0   (†) 10.1   (0.06)
City 10,810   (171) 32.4   (0.88) 29.6   (0.33) 2,252,780   (12,708) 41.0   (0.31) 13.5   (0.07)
Large 5,720   (157) 17.1   (0.59) 30.2   (0.58) 1,295,770   (12,556) 23.6   (0.25) 14.7   (0.12)
Midsize 2,330   (43) 7.0   (0.21) 29.0   (0.38) 467,450   (3,255) 8.5   (0.08) 12.8   (0.08)
Small 2,770   (53) 8.3   (0.25) 28.8   (0.40) 489,560   (2,569) 8.9   (0.07) 11.7   (0.05)
                                     
Suburban 11,610   (176) 34.8   (0.94) 30.0   (0.32) 2,137,800   (20,891) 39.0   (0.34) 11.2   (0.10)
Large 10,100   (168) 30.3   (0.82) 31.1   (0.36) 1,906,300   (19,948) 34.7   (0.31) 11.8   (0.11)
Midsize 830   (17) 2.5   (0.08) 23.1   (0.36) 133,270   (3,597) 2.4   (0.06) 7.8   (0.19)
Small 670   (58) 2.0   (0.18) 26.4   (1.68) 98,230   (5,743) 1.8   (0.11) 8.9   (0.47)
                                     
Town 3,340   (154) 10.0   (0.50) 19.3   (0.72) 387,920   (9,565) 7.1   (0.17) 6.2   (0.14)
Fringe 380   (29) 1.2   (0.09) 16.6   (1.05) 48,310   (926) 0.9   (0.02) 4.8   (0.09)
Distant 1,660   (154) 5.0   (0.47) 19.0   (1.43) 208,230   (9,049) 3.8   (0.16) 6.3   (0.26)
Remote 1,300   (105) 3.9   (0.32) 20.6   (1.32) 131,380   (3,313) 2.4   (0.06) 6.6   (0.16)
                                     
Rural 7,610   (799) 22.8   (1.86) 19.2   (1.63) 709,990   (26,462) 12.9   (0.42) 5.6   (0.20)
Fringe 3,940   (153) 11.8   (0.43) 23.1   (0.69) 498,680   (10,578) 9.1   (0.18) 6.4   (0.13)
Distant 2,910   (740) 8.7   (2.02) 19.9   (4.08) 168,250   (23,189) 3.1   (0.41) 4.6   (0.60)
Remote 750   (109) 2.3   (0.33) 9.6   (1.26) 43,060   (3,275) 0.8   (0.06) 3.5   (0.26)
                                     
2015-16                                    
Total 34,580   (953) 100.0   (†) 26.0   (0.53) 5,750,520   (85,729) 100.0   (†) 10.3   (0.14)
City 11,480   (398) 33.2   (1.04) 30.1   (0.73) 2,470,840   (53,027) 43.0   (0.77) 13.9   (0.26)
Large 5,790   (301) 16.7   (0.82) 28.9   (1.07) 1,409,430   (27,019) 24.5   (0.52) 14.6   (0.24)
Midsize 2,400   (135) 7.0   (0.40) 29.2   (1.16) 517,100   (36,450) 9.0   (0.59) 13.3   (0.81)
Small 3,280   (224) 9.5   (0.62) 33.2   (1.51) 544,310   (28,756) 9.5   (0.49) 13.0   (0.60)
                                     
Suburban 12,660   (273) 36.6   (1.06) 28.9   (0.44) 2,309,860   (57,410) 40.2   (0.82) 10.4   (0.23)
Large 10,900   (309) 31.5   (1.12) 29.6   (0.59) 2,071,320   (62,505) 36.0   (0.89) 10.8   (0.29)
Midsize 1,170   (144) 3.4   (0.41) 26.7   (2.43) 146,160   (8,785) 2.5   (0.17) 7.4   (0.41)
Small 600   (68) 1.7   (0.20) 24.0   (2.06) 92,390   (6,361) 1.6   (0.11) 8.5   (0.54)
                                     
Town 2,900   (216) 8.4   (0.60) 17.9   (1.10) 355,410   (34,093) 6.2   (0.56) 5.9   (0.54)
Fringe 590   (50) 1.7   (0.12) 16.8   (1.18) 69,450   (1,032) 1.2   (0.02) 4.7   (0.07)
Distant 1,500   (194) 4.3   (0.56) 19.3   (2.02) 194,740   (34,063) 3.4   (0.57) 6.8   (1.11)
Remote 810   (82) 2.3   (0.24) 16.5   (1.40) 91,220   (1,009) 1.6   (0.03) 5.6   (0.06)
                                     
Rural 7,540   (725) 21.8   (1.64) 21.7   (1.64) 614,410   (34,188) 10.7   (0.57) 6.2   (0.32)
Fringe 4,260   (562) 12.3   (1.38) 28.8   (2.71) 416,340   (21,362) 7.2   (0.37) 7.1   (0.34)
Distant 2,520   (242) 7.3   (0.61) 19.7   (1.53) 155,420   (22,860) 2.7   (0.39) 5.2   (0.72)
Remote 760   (187) 2.2   (0.53) 10.7   (2.36) 42,650   (6,559) 0.7   (0.11) 4.0   (0.60)
NOTE: Includes special education, vocational/technical education, and alternative schools. Tabulation includes private schools that offer kindergarten or higher grade. Includes enrollment of private school students in prekindergarten through grade 12 in schools that offer kindergarten or higher grade. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 2009-10 and 2015-16; Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2009-10 and 2015-16; and Education Demographic and Geographic Estimates (EDGE), “Public School File,” 2015-16. (This table was prepared May 2019.)