Type of school program: Percentage distribution of private K–12 schools, by type of school program and affiliation: 2020–21

Affliliation	Regular school		Special program emphasis¹		Special education²		Career/ technical/ vocational³	Alternative/other⁴	Montessori school		Early childhood program or day care center⁵
All private schools	80.5		2.8		7.4		‡	3.2	5.1		0.8	!

Catholic, Parochial	100.0	⁶	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡		‡
Catholic, Diocesan	96.2		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡		‡
Catholic, Private	85.8		‡		‡		‡	‡	9.3	!	‡
Baptist	99.5		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡		‡
Jewish	79.2		10.8	!	‡		‡	‡	‡		‡

Lutheran	99.0		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡		‡
Seventh-Day Adventist	100.0	⁶	‡		‡		‡	‡	‡		‡
All Other Religious	89.4		1.7	!	2.5	!	‡	3.8	‡		‡
Non-sectarian, Regular	96.0		‡		‡		‡	‡	‡		‡
Non-sectarian, Special Emphasis	‡		23.3		‡		‡	24.0	52.4		‡
Non-sectarian, Special Education	‡		‡		100.0		‡	‡	‡		‡

! Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 percent and 50 percent (i.e., the standard error is at least 30 percent and less than 50 percent of the estimate).

‡ Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases for a reliable analysis, or the coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is 50 percent or greater (i.e., the standard error is 50 percent or more of the estimate).

¹Special program emphasis includes schools such as a science or math schools, performing arts schools, talented or gifted schools, foreign language immersion schools, etc.

²Special education school primarily serves students with disabilities.

³Career/technical/vocational school primarily serves students being trained for occupations.

⁴Alternative/other school offers a curriculum designed to provide alternative or nontraditional education; does not specifically fall into the categories of regular, special program emphasis, special education, or vocational school.

⁵Early childhood program or day care center includes such as kindergarten only, prekindergarten and kindergarten and transitional first grade only, day care and transitional kindergarten only, etc.

⁶Rounds to 100.

NOTE: Data are weighted estimates of the population. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS), "Private School Data File," 2020–21