Table 60. | Private elementary and secondary enrollment, teachers, and schools, by selected characteristics: Fall 1997 |
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Kindergarten to 12th grade enrollment | Teachers | Schools Selected |__________________________________________|_____________________________________|____________________________________ school | Total | Catholic | Other | Non- | Total |Catholic| Other | Non- | Total |Catholic| Other | Non- characteristics | | |religious |sectarian| | |religious|sectarian| | |religious|sectarian ___________________________|__________|__________|__________|_________|________|________|_________|_________|_______|________|_________|_________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 ___________________________|__________|__________|__________|_________|________|________|_________|_________|_______|________|_________|_________ Total .................|5,076,119 |2,514,699 |1,764,447 | 796,972 |376,544 |144,642 | 143,073 | 88,829 |27,402 | 8,182 | 13,195 | 6,025 |__________|__________|__________|_________|________|________|_________|_________|_______|________|_________|_________ Level of school | | | | | | | | | | | | Elementary ..............|2,824,844 |1,833,053 | 731,324 | 260,466 |180,452 | 97,692 | 55,168 | 27,592 |16,623 | 6,800 | 6,830 | 2,993 Secondary ...............| 798,339 | 606,447 | 112,167 | 79,725 | 60,885 | 40,226 | 10,190 | 10,469 | 2,487 | 1,121 | 697 | 670 Combined ................|1,452,937 | 75,199 | 920,957 | 456,781 |135,207 | 6,724 | 77,716 | 50,767 | 8,292 | 262 | 5,668 | 2,362 | | | | | | | | | | | | School enrollment | | | | | | | | | | | | Less than 150 ...........| 918,907 | 155,184 | 515,679 | 248,044 | 96,241 | 12,712 | 51,149 | 32,379 |15,573 | 1,586 | 9,436 | 4,550 150 to 299 ..............|1,439,334 | 788,049 | 484,778 | 166,506 | 99,344 | 45,143 | 36,176 | 18,026 | 6,657 | 3,543 | 2,319 | 793 300 to 499 ..............|1,197,240 | 717,509 | 339,727 | 140,004 | 78,641 | 39,860 | 24,524 | 14,257 | 3,124 | 1,865 | 893 | 367 500 to 749 ..............| 800,437 | 485,115 | 199,077 | 116,246 | 53,089 | 26,280 | 14,947 | 11,863 | 1,339 | 820 | 327 | 191 750 or more .............| 720,201 | 368,842 | 225,186 | 126,173 | 49,229 | 20,648 | 16,278 | 12,304 | 711 | 368 | 220 | 123 | | | | | | | | | | | | Percent minority students | | | | | | | | | | | | None ....................| 316,873 | 59,819 | 232,854 | 24,200 | 28,009 | 3,927 | 21,953 | 2,129 | 4,206 | 419 | 3,408 | 379 1 to 9 percent ..........|2,320,589 |1,262,788 | 796,592 | 261,209 |160,636 | 71,835 | 61,559 | 27,242 | 9,752 | 3,928 | 4,390 | 1,434 10 to 29 percent ........|1,272,008 | 557,659 | 392,178 | 322,171 |104,475 | 33,932 | 32,386 | 38,157 | 6,280 | 1,671 | 2,538 | 2,071 30 to 49 percent ........| 396,478 | 194,779 | 123,202 | 78,498 | 30,333 | 11,284 | 9,772 | 9,276 | 2,279 | 593 | 900 | 785 50 percent or more ......| 770,170 | 439,654 | 219,622 | 110,895 | 53,091 | 23,664 | 17,403 | 12,024 | 4,886 | 1,571 | 1,959 | 1,356 | | | | | | | | | | | | Community type | | | | | | | | | | | | Central city ............|2,472,859 |1,309,795 | 789,441 | 373,623 |178,074 | 74,299 | 63,324 | 40,451 |10,902 | 3,799 | 4,422 | 2,681 Urban fringe/large town .|2,018,085 |1,006,623 | 711,728 | 299,734 |148,850 | 57,109 | 56,105 | 35,636 |10,263 | 3,148 | 4,643 | 2,473 Rural/small town ........| 585,175 | 198,281 | 263,278 | 123,616 | 49,620 | 13,235 | 23,644 | 12,741 | 6,236 | 1,235 | 4,130 | 871 ___________________________|__________|__________|__________|_________|________|________|_________|_________________|________|_________|_________ |
NOTE: Kindergarten to 12th grade enrollment includes only kindergarten pupils who attend schools that offer first or higher grade. Includes only schools that offer first grade or above. Excludes prekindergarten students. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Private School Survey, 1997-98." (This table was prepared October 1999.)
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