Private School Universe Survey (PSS) - Percentage distribution of private school students, by program emphasis and selected characteristics: United States, 2001

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Percentage distribution of private school students, by program emphasis and selected characteristics: United States, 2001-02 (Standard Errors for this table)
Selected characteristics	Total	Regular ele- mentary/ secondary	Montessori	Special program emphasis	Special education	Vo- cational/ technical programs	Alternative	Early childhood
Total	100.0	92.4	1.6	2.4	2.2	‡	1.4	0.1

NCES typology
Catholic	100.0	98.3	0.2	1.1	0.3	‡	0.1	‡
Parochial	100.0	99.2	‡	0.6!	‡	‡	‡	‡
Diocesan	100.0	98.4	‡	1.0	0.3	‡	‡	‡
Private	100.0	95.3	0.4	2.6	1.1!	‡	‡	0.0

Other religious	100.0	95.6	0.3	2.3	0.3	‡	1.4	0.1
Conservative Christian	100.0	96.8	‡	2.2	0.1	‡	0.8	‡
Affiliated	100.0	96.0	‡	2.0	0.3	‡	1.5	‡
Unaffiliated	100.0	93.5	0.9	2.7	0.6	‡	2.2	0.1

Nonsectarian	100.0	68.7	8.2	6.3	11.3	‡	5.0	0.4
Regular	100.0	99.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	‡	0.0	0.6
Special emphasis	100.0	0.0	42.0	32.0	0.0	‡	25.6	0.0
Special education	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	100.0	‡	0.0	0.0

School level
Elementary	100.0	94.5	2.4	1.6	0.5	‡	0.9	0.1
Secondary	100.0	93.1	0.0	3.2	1.4	‡	2.1	0.0
Combined	100.0	88.1	1.0	3.4	5.5	‡	2.0	‡

Size (number of students)
Less than 50	100.0	68.6	8.7	6.0	8.9	‡	6.7	0.9
50-149	100.0	79.5	5.8	3.4	7.1	‡	3.9	0.3
150-299	100.0	93.9	1.1	2.1	1.9	‡	0.9	‡
300-499	100.0	96.7	‡	1.7	0.8!	‡	0.6	0.0
500-749	100.0	96.8	0.0	2.4	‡	‡	‡	0.0
750 or more	100.0	97.1	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	0.0

Region
Northeast	100.0	92.0	1.0	1.9	3.8	‡	0.9	0.2
Midwest	100.0	95.0	1.3	1.6	1.1	‡	1.0	#
South	100.0	92.4	1.8	2.2	1.8	‡	1.8	0.1
West	100.0	89.1	2.5	4.4	2.0	‡	2.0	0.1

Community type
Central city	100.0	92.9	1.4	2.4	1.9	‡	1.3	#
Urban fringe/large town	100.0	92.3	1.8	2.2	2.6	‡	1.1	0.1
Rural/small town	100.0	90.8	1.7	2.9	1.8	‡	2.6	0.1
# Rounds to zero.
! Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation for this estimate is larger than 25 percent. The standard error for this estimate is presented in the corresponding table in appendix C.
‡ 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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