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Percentage of private schools with a library media center, percentage with students attending across 12 months, percentage that offered any courses entirely online, and percentage that offered a foreign language immersion program, by affiliation: 2017–18

          Percent of schools that offered
Affiliation Percent of schools with a library media center1   Percent of schools with students attending across 12 months   Any courses entirely online   A dual–language or foreign language immersion program2  
All private schools 76.4   7.3   13.0   19.7  
                 
Catholic, Parochial 92.3     5.4   9.2  
Catholic, Diocesan 93.0     9.9   14.2  
Catholic, Private 85.7     17.3   20.1  
Baptist 79.3     23.3   14.4 !
Jewish        
                 
Lutheran 84.4   #      
Seventh-Day Adventist 61.2   #      
All Other Religious 68.9   3.1   15.3   22.5  
Non-sectarian, Regular        
Non-sectarian, Special Emphasis 65.4   10.3   5.0 ! 29.6  
Non-sectarian, Special Education 60.3   44.6   7.9   3.5 !
# Rounds to zero
! 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 A library media center is an organized collection of printed and/or audiovisual and/or computer resources which is administered as a unit, is located in a designated place or places, and makes resources and services available to students, teachers, and administrators. A library media center may be called a school library, media center, information center, instructional materials center, learning resource center, or any other similar name.
2 A dual–language or foreign language immersion is a program in which the goal of instruction is that students are proficient in two languages. It doesn't include English as a Second Language (ESL) programs or classes.
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.