Private School Universe Survey (PSS) - Number and percentage distribution of private schools, by school level and selected characteristics: United States, 2001

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Number and percentage distribution of private schools, by school level and selected characteristics: United States, 2001-02 (Standard Errors for this table)
Selected characteristics	Total		Elementary		Secondary		Combined
Selected characteristics	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	29,273	100.0	17,427	100.0	2,704	100.0	9,142	100.0

NCES typology
Catholic	8,207	28.0	6,763	38.8	1,110	41.0	335	3.7
Parochial	4,347	14.9	4,087	23.5	200	7.4	61	0.7
Diocesan	2,933	10.0	2,351	13.5	496	18.3	86	0.9
Private	927	3.2	325	1.9	414	15.3	188	2.1

Other religious	14,388	49.2	7,367	42.3	747	27.6	6,275	68.6
Conservative Christian	5,527	18.9	2,005	11.5	203	7.5	3,319	36.3
Affiliated	3,406	11.6	2,156	12.4	284	10.5	966	10.6
Unaffiliated	5,455	18.6	3,206	18.4	260	9.6	1,989	21.8

Nonsectarian	6,678	22.8	3,297	18.9	847	31.3	2,533	27.7
Regular	2,939	10.0	1,573	9.0	340	12.6	1,027	11.2
Special emphasis	2,381	8.1	1,550	8.9	299	11.1	533	5.8
Special education	1,358	4.6	175	1.0	209	7.7	973	10.7

Program emphasis
Secondary	23,991	82.0	15,082	86.6	2,050	75.8	6,858	75.0
Montessori	1,377	4.7	1,124	6.5	0	0.0	252	2.8
Special program emphasis	1,076	3.7	465	2.7	156	5.8	455	5.0
Special education	1,552	5.3	233	1.3	223	8.2	1,096	12.0
Vocational/ technical	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
Alternative	1,148	3.9	421	2.4	266	9.9	460	5.0
Early childhood	120	0.4	101	0.6	†	†	‡	‡

Size (number of students)
Less than 50	8,955	30.6	4,770	27.4	682	25.2	3,503	38.3
50-149	8,336	28.5	5,127	29.4	553	20.5	2,656	29.1
150-299	6,554	22.4	4,765	27.3	449	16.6	1,341	14.7
300-499	3,199	10.9	2,005	11.5	410	15.2	784	8.6
500-749	1,392	4.8	642	3.7	285	10.6	465	5.1
750 or more	836	2.9	118	0.7	325	12.0	393	4.3

Region
Northeast	6,556	22.4	4,052	23.3	819	30.3	1,685	18.4
Midwest	7,455	25.5	5,239	30.1	639	23.7	1,576	17.2
South	9,171	31.3	4,563	26.2	559	20.7	4,049	44.3
West	6,092	20.8	3,573	20.5	686	25.4	1,833	20.1

Community type
Central city	10,117	34.6	6,382	36.6	1,150	42.5	2,584	28.3
Urban fringe/large town	10,948	37.4	6,921	39.7	969	35.8	3,057	33.4
Rural/small town	8,209	28.0	4,123	23.7	585	21.6	3,501	38.3

† Not applicable.
‡ Reporting standards not met.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding or missing values in cells with too few sample cases.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 2001-2002.

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