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| Table 69. | Percentage distribution of students enrolled in private elementary and secondary schools, by school orientation and selected characteristics: Fall 2009 |
| [Standard errors appear in parentheses] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Selected characteristic | Total | Catholic | Other religious | Nonsectarian | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | Parochial | Diocesan | Private (indepen- dent) |
Total | Conserva- tive Christian |
Affiliated1 | Unaffiliated1 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Total | 100.0 | (†) | 39.4 | (0.25) | 15.6 | (0.11) | 16.6 | (0.13) | 7.2 | (0.05) | 37.8 | (0.37) | 13.4 | (0.09) | 9.4 | (0.07) | 15.0 | (0.48) | 22.8 | (0.16) |
| School level2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Elementary | 100.0 | (†) | 49.5 | (0.44) | 25.9 | (0.24) | 20.9 | (0.19) | 2.7 | (0.03) | 30.1 | (0.58) | 7.1 | (0.08) | 8.4 | (0.12) | 14.6 | (0.68) | 20.4 | (0.22) |
| Secondary | 100.0 | (†) | 74.7 | (0.25) | 8.5 | (0.05) | 33.2 | (0.38) | 33.0 | (0.22) | 13.6 | (0.22) | 2.3 | (0.01) | 5.5 | (0.03) | 5.8 | (0.23) | 11.7 | (0.13) |
| Combined | 100.0 | (†) | 6.7 | (0.06) | 1.6 | (0.02) | 2.0 | (0.02) | 3.1 | (0.03) | 61.5 | (0.35) | 28.9 | (0.26) | 12.8 | (0.15) | 19.7 | (0.68) | 31.8 | (0.31) |
| Student race/ethnicity3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| White | 100.0 | (†) | 41.7 | (0.38) | 16.2 | (0.16) | 17.9 | (0.20) | 7.6 | (0.07) | 39.2 | (0.54) | 13.7 | (0.13) | 10.1 | (0.11) | 15.5 | (0.72) | 19.0 | (0.18) |
| Black | 100.0 | (†) | 35.1 | (0.21) | 13.1 | (0.08) | 13.8 | (0.08) | 8.2 | (0.05) | 41.8 | (0.20) | 18.0 | (0.14) | 8.9 | (0.09) | 14.8 | (0.27) | 23.1 | (0.24) |
| Hispanic | 100.0 | (†) | 60.3 | (0.55) | 25.1 | (0.24) | 23.5 | (0.22) | 11.7 | (0.11) | 24.3 | (0.14) | 10.4 | (0.11) | 6.2 | (0.10) | 7.7 | (0.21) | 15.4 | (0.53) |
| Asian | 100.0 | (†) | 38.1 | (0.29) | 15.1 | (0.12) | 15.5 | (0.12) | 7.5 | (0.06) | 30.3 | (0.25) | 11.5 | (0.09) | 9.7 | (0.08) | 9.1 | (0.14) | 31.6 | (0.52) |
| Pacific Islander | 100.0 | (†) | 40.3 | (1.28) | 17.7 | (0.56) | 16.7 | (0.53) | 5.9 | (0.19) | 44.6 | (1.75) | 12.5 | (0.40) | 5.4 | (0.17) | 26.7 | (2.32) | 15.1 | (0.48) |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 100.0 | (†) | 41.0 | (0.32) | 10.3 | (0.08) | 18.2 | (0.14) | 12.5 | (0.10) | 34.1 | (0.40) | 17.1 | (0.32) | 5.6 | (0.25) | 11.4 | (0.29) | 24.9 | (0.43) |
| Two or more races | 100.0 | (†) | 44.8 | (0.26) | 16.5 | (0.10) | 19.7 | (0.11) | 8.7 | (0.09) | 27.0 | (0.39) | 9.8 | (0.07) | 8.0 | (0.05) | 9.2 | (0.48) | 28.2 | (0.21) |
| School enrollment | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Less than 50 | 100.0 | (†) | 2.3 | (0.26) | 0.7 | (0.10) | 0.7 | (0.06) | 0.9 | (0.19) | 57.7 | (3.20) | 12.1 | (0.97) | 6.9 | (0.86) | 38.8 | (4.56) | 40.0 | (3.04) |
| 50 to 149 | 100.0 | (†) | 15.6 | (0.21) | 6.9 | (0.09) | 6.6 | (0.12) | 2.1 | (0.06) | 47.2 | (0.42) | 16.3 | (0.21) | 9.2 | (0.12) | 21.7 | (0.65) | 37.2 | (0.36) |
| 150 to 299 | 100.0 | (†) | 44.8 | (0.32) | 21.8 | (0.15) | 19.6 | (0.14) | 3.5 | (0.06) | 36.5 | (0.40) | 12.8 | (0.12) | 9.2 | (0.14) | 14.4 | (0.51) | 18.7 | (0.25) |
| 300 to 499 | 100.0 | (†) | 50.0 | (0.46) | 23.3 | (0.33) | 20.1 | (0.38) | 6.7 | (0.06) | 32.6 | (0.58) | 12.7 | (0.12) | 9.4 | (0.26) | 10.6 | (0.71) | 17.3 | (0.27) |
| 500 to 749 | 100.0 | (†) | 53.7 | (#) | 19.7 | (#) | 23.3 | (#) | 10.7 | (#) | 30.4 | (#) | 13.4 | (#) | 9.3 | (#) | 7.8 | (#) | 15.9 | (#) |
| 750 or more | 100.0 | (†) | 42.0 | (0.31) | 6.6 | (0.05) | 17.3 | (0.13) | 18.2 | (0.13) | 36.5 | (0.46) | 12.7 | (0.09) | 11.0 | (0.08) | 12.8 | (0.64) | 21.5 | (0.16) |
| Region | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Northeast | 100.0 | (†) | 45.6 | (0.57) | 19.4 | (0.28) | 16.8 | (0.38) | 9.4 | (0.13) | 28.0 | (0.80) | 4.9 | (0.09) | 9.5 | (0.11) | 13.6 | (0.77) | 26.4 | (0.28) |
| Midwest | 100.0 | (†) | 56.1 | (1.08) | 23.3 | (0.44) | 24.3 | (0.49) | 8.5 | (0.18) | 32.3 | (1.26) | 9.2 | (0.19) | 8.0 | (0.22) | 15.1 | (1.58) | 11.6 | (0.35) |
| South | 100.0 | (†) | 26.8 | (0.25) | 9.9 | (0.09) | 12.0 | (0.11) | 5.0 | (0.05) | 48.7 | (0.42) | 19.4 | (0.19) | 11.3 | (0.11) | 18.0 | (0.65) | 24.5 | (0.25) |
| West | 100.0 | (†) | 32.9 | (0.25) | 11.4 | (0.09) | 14.7 | (0.11) | 6.8 | (0.05) | 37.8 | (0.35) | 18.9 | (0.15) | 7.7 | (0.13) | 11.3 | (0.39) | 29.2 | (0.34) |
| School locale | ||||||||||||||||||||
| City | 100.0 | (†) | 44.2 | (0.23) | 16.0 | (0.10) | 18.2 | (0.10) | 10.0 | (0.06) | 33.8 | (0.09) | 10.8 | (0.07) | 10.2 | (0.07) | 12.8 | (0.11) | 21.9 | (0.26) |
| Suburban | 100.0 | (†) | 40.6 | (0.38) | 17.0 | (0.16) | 17.0 | (0.24) | 6.6 | (0.06) | 35.4 | (0.48) | 13.2 | (0.13) | 9.2 | (0.12) | 13.0 | (0.54) | 23.9 | (0.28) |
| Town | 100.0 | (†) | 47.1 | (1.16) | 22.5 | (0.56) | 22.4 | (0.55) | 2.2 | (0.05) | 39.6 | (1.45) | 15.1 | (0.40) | 7.7 | (0.40) | 16.7 | (1.94) | 13.3 | (0.72) |
| Rural | 100.0 | (†) | 15.8 | (0.59) | 6.2 | (0.23) | 6.8 | (0.25) | 2.9 | (0.11) | 56.7 | (1.50) | 21.6 | (0.81) | 8.2 | (0.36) | 26.9 | (2.56) | 27.5 | (0.97) |
| †Not applicable. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| #Rounds to zero. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 Affiliated schools belong to associations of schools with a specific religious orientation other than Catholic or conservative Christian. Unaffiliated schools have a religious orientation or purpose but are not classified as Catholic, conservative Christian, or affiliated. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 Elementary schools have grade 6 or lower and no grade higher than 8. Secondary schools have no grade lower than 7. Combined schools have grades lower than 7 and higher than 8. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 Race/ethnicity was not collected for prekindergarten students (788,000 out of 5,488,490 students). Percentage distribution is based on the students for whom race/ethnicity was reported. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Includes enrollment 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. (This table was prepared August 2012.) |
