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Percentage of private schools and students that participated in the Title I and federal free or reduced–price lunch programs, by affiliation: 2017–18

  Title I services1   Federal free or reduced–price lunch program  
Affiliation Percent of all schools with students that received services   Percent of all K–12 students that received services2   Percent of all schools that participated   Among schools that participated, percent of students approved for free or reduced–price lunches3   Percent of K–12 students approved for free or reduced–price lunch in all schools3, 4  
All private schools 24.3   4.0   18.8   42.0   8.7
                   
Catholic, Parochial 55.0   7.4   47.8   28.2   12.1
Catholic, Diocesan 62.7   7.0   41.4   30.3   11.3
Catholic, Private 29.9   3.3   22.7   44.9   6.7
Baptist 5.4 ! ‡   ‡   41.6   ‡
Jewish ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡
                   
Lutheran 56.0   3.7 ! 25.8 ! 33.4   ‡
Seventh-Day Adventist ‡   ‡   ‡   99.5   ‡
All Other Religious 15.1   2.1   9.0   35.4   3.8
Non-sectarian, Regular ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡
Non-sectarian, Special Emphasis 7.8 ! 1.6 ! 5.2 ! ‡   ‡
Non-sectarian, Special Education 11.5   7.3   27.1   75.2   25.6
! 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. 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) or the response rate is below 50 percent.
1 Respondents were provided the following explanation on the questionnaire for Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act: "Title I is a federally funded program that provides educational services, such as remedial reading or remedial math, to children who live in areas with high concentrations of low-income families." These services were received at the school or at any other location.
2 Percentages are based on all students, including those in schools that did not receive Title I services.
3 The 2017–18 NTPS collects information on the percentage of students in each school who are approved for free or reduced–price lunches. To calculate the percentage of students approved for free or reduced–price lunches in this table, a count of students approved for free or reduced–price lunches was estimated by multiplying the proportion of approved students (S0427/100) by the K–12 enrollment of the school (ENRK12UG). The weighted sum of students approved for free and reduced–price lunches was then divided by the weighted sum of K–12 enrollment to obtain an overall percentage of students approved for free and reduced–price lunches.
4 Schools that did not participate in the federal free or reduced–price lunch program were considered to have zero students approved for the federal free or reduced–price lunch program.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS), "Preliminary Private School Restricted-Use Data File," 2017–18.

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