Table 1. Percentage of private school students ages 5-17, enrolled in grades 1–12, by poverty status and parents' highest level of education: 2007

Table 1.

Percentage of private school students ages 5-17, enrolled in grades 1–12, by poverty status and parents' highest level of education: 2007

Student and household characteristics	Number of private school students in grades 1-12 (thousands)	Percentage		Standard Error of Percentage
Total	5,172	100.0		0.00

Poverty status¹
Poor	287	5.6		1.03
Near-poor	481	9.3		1.26
Nonpoor	4,403	85.1		1.52

Parents' highest level of education²
Less than high school diploma or GED	68	1.3	!	0.51
High school diploma or GED	470	9.1		1.24
Some college/vocational/technical	1,119	21.6		1.53
Bachelor's degree	1,430	27.7		1.76
Graduate/professional school	2,086	40.3		1.97
! Interpret data with caution; the estimates are unstable; coefficient of variation is 30 percent or more. ¹Poor students are defined as those with household incomes below 100 percent of the poverty threshold; near-poor students as those with household incomes from 100 through 199 percent of the poverty threshold; and nonpoor students as those with household incomes at or above 200 percent of the poverty threshold. ² GED is General Educational Development. NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Parent and Family Involvement in Education Survey of the National Household Education Survey, 2007.