Private School Universe Survey (PSS) - Standard errors for Pupil/teacher ratio of private schools, by school level and selected characteristics: United States, 2001

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Standard errors for pupil/teacher ratio of private schools, by school level and selected characteristics: United States, 2001-02 (see the data table)
Selected characteristics	Total	Elementary	Secondary	Combined
Total	#	#	#	#

NCES typology
Catholic	#	#	#	0.05
Parochial	#	#	0.21	#
Diocesan	#	#	#	0.17
Private	0.05	0.22	#	#

Other religious	0.07	#	0.11	0.12
Conservative Christian	#	0.09	0.41	0.06
Affiliated	0.16	#	#	0.34
Unaffiliated	0.10	0.10	0.07	0.18

Nonsectarian	0.06	0.08	0.06	0.09
Regular	0.08	0.12	0.06	0.13
Special emphasis	0.10	0.06	0.19	0.28
Special education	0.16	#	0.15	0.21

Program emphasis
Regular elementary/secondary	#	#	#	0.09
Montessori	#	#	0.00	0.39
Special program emphasis	0.15	#	0.18	0.34
Special education	0.14	0.11	0.14	0.19
Vocational/technical	‡	‡	‡	‡
Alternative	0.16	0.39	0.17	0.14
Early childhood	0.14	#	†	‡

Size (number of students)
Less than 50	0.10	0.14	0.19	0.15
50-149	0.08	#	0.07	0.17
150-299	#	#	#	0.08
300-499	#	#	0.05	0.06
500-749	#	#	#	#
750 or more	0.18	0.14	#	0.25

Region
Northeast	#	0.05	#	#
Midwest	#	#	#	0.17
South	0.10	0.07	0.09	0.15
West	0.05	#	0.14	0.14

Community type
Central city	0.07	#	0.05	0.12
Urban fringe/large town	#	#	#	0.07
Rural/small town	0.14	0.08	#	0.24
† 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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