Private School Universe Survey (PSS) - Standard errors for Number and percentage distribution of private school full-time-equivalent (FTE) teachers, by school level and selected characteristics: United States, 2001

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Standard errors for number and percentage distribution of private school FTE teachers, by school level and selected characteristics: United States, 2001-02 (see the data table)
Selected characteristics	Total		Elementary		Secondary		Combined
Selected characteristics	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	3,022.3	†	1,137.6	†	362.8	†	2,333.4	†

NCES typology
Catholic	822.3	0.24	603.0	0.26	262.5	0.29	179.4	0.13
Parochial	393.9	0.13	250.3	0.16	262.5	0.36	#	0.02
Diocesan	387.0	0.11	382.5	0.17	#	0.15	58.8	0.04
Private	277.1	0.05	213.2	0.10	#	0.14	169.5	0.11

Other religious	1,857.4	0.33	452.1	0.19	101.5	0.13	1,779.3	0.77
Conservative Christian	502.6	0.15	343.8	0.17	68.6	0.10	376.7	0.49
Affiliated	1,386.4	0.29	115.9	0.08	#	0.04	1,381.2	0.75
Unaffiliated	874.4	0.18	433.9	0.19	74.8	0.10	708.3	0.39

Nonsectarian	1,849.7	0.32	701.5	0.29	199.7	0.25	1,550.2	0.77
Regular	1,572.9	0.30	420.4	0.18	58.6	0.12	1,434.9	0.75
Special emphasis	509.6	0.11	432.0	0.20	186.3	0.26	181.7	0.13
Special education	259.0	0.05	9.5	0.01	41.7	0.06	255.4	0.16

Program emphasis
Regular elementary/ secondary	2,625.3	0.17	860.1	0.22	117.2	0.44	2,266.8	0.34
Montessori	327.0	0.07	252.6	0.12	0.0	0.00	207.7	0.13
Special program emphasis	340.5	0.08	46.5	0.02	303.7	0.43	106.0	0.08
Special education	409.5	0.08	213.2	0.10	41.7	0.06	262.5	0.17
Vocational/ technical	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
Alternative	482.7	0.11	371.4	0.18	108.4	0.16	282.1	0.18
Early childhood	22.2	0.01	#	#	†	†	‡	‡

Size (number of students)
Less than 50	726.8	0.15	347.4	0.16	241.2	0.34	636.5	0.36
50-149	1,648.4	0.30	636.7	0.25	105.6	0.15	1,499.4	0.79
150-299	564.4	0.17	472.8	0.17	52.7	0.13	241.1	0.28
300-499	478.7	0.15	431.8	0.19	258.3	0.32	122.9	0.26
500-749	408.3	0.12	#	0.05	#	0.10	408.3	0.32
750 or more	1,468.1	0.29	313.6	0.15	112.1	0.22	1,383.7	0.74

Region
Northeast	514.9	0.20	478.1	0.22	41.7	0.19	123.5	0.34
Midwest	892.3	0.22	498.2	0.23	38.8	0.14	598.9	0.38
South	2,542.1	0.42	653.7	0.27	242.9	0.30	2,147.1	0.77
West	1,269.2	0.27	624.6	0.27	263.3	0.33	678.9	0.43

Community type
Central city	2,487.2	0.41	959.7	0.30	309.5	0.33	1,596.6	0.80
Urban fringe/large town	868.5	0.34	542.1	0.26	118.4	0.25	590.0	0.65
Rural/small town	1,743.5	0.35	263.8	0.14	182.2	0.23	1,703.2	0.87
† Not applicable.
# Rounds to zero.
‡ Reporting standards not met.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 2001-2002.

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