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| Standard errors for percentage of private schools with 12th-graders, number of graduates, graduation rate, and percentage of graduates who attended 4-year colleges, by selected characteristics: United States, 2000-01 (see the data table) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selected characteristics | Percent of schools with 12th-graders in 2000-01 |
Number of 2000-01 graduates |
2000-01 graduation rate |
Percent of 2000-01 graduates who attended 4-year colleges |
| Total | 0.41 | 1,270.3 | 0.03 | 0.74 |
| NCES typology | ||||
| Catholic | 0.08 | 600.5 | # | 0.12 |
| Parochial | 0.11 | # | 0.02 | 0.51 |
| Diocesan | 0.13 | # | # | # |
| Private | 1.55 | 46.8 | # | 0.29 |
| Other religious | 0.75 | 757.3 | 0.05 | 1.07 |
| Conservative Christian | 0.92 | 591.3 | 0.03 | 1.02 |
| Affiliated | 1.63 | 294.8 | 0.15 | 2.91 |
| Unaffiliated | 1.45 | 397.1 | 0.06 | 1.60 |
| Nonsectarian | 0.93 | 912.9 | 0.11 | 1.23 |
| Regular | 1.47 | 845.0 | 0.05 | 2.26 |
| Special emphasis | 1.60 | 152.8 | 0.22 | 2.46 |
| Special education | 0.99 | 171.4 | 1.03 | 1.37 |
| School level | ||||
| Elementary | † | † | † | † |
| Secondary | 0.63 | 771.9 | 0.02 | 0.79 |
| Combined | 1.15 | 984.5 | 0.06 | 0.98 |
| Program emphasis | ||||
| Regular elementary/secondary | 0.34 | 1,058.9 | 0.02 | 0.68 |
| Montessori | 0.50 | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ |
| Special program emphasis | 3.74 | 617.9 | 0.19 | 6.45 |
| Special education | 0.94 | 171.4 | 0.92 | 1.27 |
| Vocational/technical | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ |
| Alternative | 3.56 | 306.0 | 0.49 | 2.29 |
| Early childhood | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Size (number of students) | ||||
| Less than 50 | 0.96 | 269.9 | 0.41 | 1.36 |
| 50-149 | 0.92 | 435.4 | 0.30 | 1.95 |
| 150-299 | 0.23 | 64.5 | 0.06 | 0.61 |
| 300-499 | 0.29 | 615.0 | 0.01 | 0.17 |
| 500-749 | 0.29 | 214.2 | # | 0.44 |
| 750 or more | 0.58 | 997.4 | 0.01 | 0.16 |
| Region | ||||
| Northeast | 0.23 | 88.5 | 0.01 | 0.51 |
| Midwest | 0.77 | 301.8 | 0.02 | 2.11 |
| South | 0.99 | 1,088.8 | 0.08 | 1.29 |
| West | 0.89 | 573.7 | 0.09 | 1.19 |
| Community type | ||||
| Central city | 0.40 | 1,250.3 | 0.04 | 0.85 |
| Urban fringe/large town | 0.24 | 326.3 | 0.06 | 0.60 |
| Rural/small town | 1.30 | 479.7 | 0.05 | 2.10 |
| † 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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