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Table 12. Pupil/teacher ratio of private schools, by school level and selected characteristics: United States, 2019–20 |
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School level1 | ||||||||
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Selected characteristic | Total | Elementary/Middle | Secondary/High | Combined/Other | ||||
Total | 9.7 | 10.1 | 10.2 | 9.0 | ||||
Private school typology | ||||||||
Catholic | 12.5 | 12.7 | 12.4 | 11.1 | ||||
Parochial | 12.8 | 13.1 | 11.8 | 11.2 | ||||
Diocesan | 12.8 | 12.9 | 13.0 | 10.3 | ||||
Private | 11.5 | 10.2 | 11.9 | 11.5 | ||||
Other religious | 9.7 | 9.7 | 9.3 | 9.8 | ||||
Conservative Christian | 10.2 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 10.3 | ||||
Other affiliated | 9.3 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 9.7 | ||||
Unaffiliated | 9.8 | 10.4 | 9.2 | 9.3 | ||||
Nonsectarian | 7.1 | 6.5 | 7.1 | 7.5 | ||||
Regular | 7.6 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 8.1 | ||||
Special emphasis | 6.9 | 5.8 | 8.7 | 8.4 | ||||
Special education | 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.2 | ||||
Program emphasis | ||||||||
Regular elementary/secondary | 10.3 | 11.0 | 10.5 | 9.4 | ||||
Montessori | 5.6 | 5.3 | ‡ | 6.9 | ||||
Special program emphasis | 8.6 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 9.4 | ||||
Special education | 5.2 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 5.3 | ||||
Vocational/technical | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ||||
Alternative | 9.9 | 6.9 | 11.0 | 10.5 | ||||
Early childhood | 5.7 | 5.7 | † | ‡ | ||||
Size (number of students) | ||||||||
Less than 50 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 4.4 | 5.3 | ||||
50 -149 | 7.9 | 8.7 | 6.6 | 7.1 | ||||
150- 299 | 10.2 | 11.2 | 9.1 | 8.9 | ||||
300-499 | 10.8 | 12.2 | 9.9 | 9.6 | ||||
500-749 | 10.6 | 13.5 | 11.3 | 9.2 | ||||
750 or more | 11.5 | 13.0 | 13.3 | 10.5 | ||||
Region | ||||||||
Northeast | 8.6 | 9.5 | 9.0 | 7.2 | ||||
Midwest | 10.9 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 9.2 | ||||
South | 9.4 | 9.0 | 10.3 | 9.4 | ||||
West | 10.3 | 10.5 | 10.3 | 10.0 | ||||
Urbancity type | ||||||||
City | 9.8 | 10.1 | 10.7 | 9.0 | ||||
Suburban | 9.7 | 10.1 | 10.4 | 8.9 | ||||
Town | 9.9 | 10.2 | 9.3 | 9.7 | ||||
Rural | 9.2 | 10.3 | 7.9 | 9.0 | ||||
† Not applicable. | ||||||||
‡ Reporting standards not met. There are fewer than 15 sample cases. | ||||||||
1 Schools are assigned to one of three school level categories in the 2019–20 PSS: Elementary/Middle, High/secondary, and Combined/other. Elementary/middle schools are defined as schools that enroll students in more of grades K through 4 than in higher grades or that enroll students in more of grades 5 through 8 than in higher or lower grades. High/secondary schools are defined as schools that enroll students in more of grades 9 through 12 than in lower grades. Combined/other schools include all other combinations of grades, including K-12 schools. School level categories in the 2019–20 PSS differ from those in previous survey administrations; caution should be exercised when comparing estimates by level over time. | ||||||||
NOTE: These estimates include private schools which provide instruction for one or more of grades kindergarten through twelve (or comparable ungraded levels). | ||||||||
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 2019–20. |
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