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| 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 (Standard Errors for this 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 | 27.3 | 278,772 | 98.1 | 56.5 |
| NCES typology | ||||
| Catholic | 15.8 | 142,876 | 99.1 | 78.3 |
| Parochial | 5.3 | 99 | 99.0 | 74.8 |
| Diocesan | 18.2 | 64,912 | 98.9 | 74.9 |
| Private | 57.1 | 59,143 | 99.2 | 83.4 |
| Other religious | 32.6 | 83,391 | 97.7 | 51.8 |
| Conservative Christian | 46.2 | 34,911 | 97.5 | 49.2 |
| Affiliated | 26.5 | 27,483 | 98.1 | 65.9 |
| Unaffiliated | 22.7 | 20,997 | 97.7 | 46.9 |
| Nonsectarian | 29.9 | 52,506 | 96.3 | 53.0 |
| Regular | 35.1 | 43,288 | 98.6 | 75.2 |
| Special emphasis | 17.5 | 5,731 | 92.7 | 38.1 |
| Special education | 40.4 | 3,487 | 78.3 | 16.0 |
| School level | ||||
| Elementary | † | † | † | † |
| Secondary | 88.8 | 177,509 | 98.6 | 65.9 |
| Combined | 60.81 | 101,263 | 97.4 | 52.4 |
| Program emphasis | ||||
| Regular elementary/secondary | 27.1 | 260,190 | 98.6 | 62.0 |
| Montessori | 1.6! | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ |
| Special program emphasis | 37.8 | 8,945 | 98.3 | 48.6 |
| Special education | 38.1 | 3,892 | 79.0 | 16.2 |
| Vocational/technical | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ |
| Alternative | 39.7 | 5,006 | 91.2 | 28.0 |
| Early childhood | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Size (number of students) | ||||
| Less than 50 | 19.2 | 5,882 | 88.9 | 29.4 |
| 50-149 | 27.1 | 19,540 | 93.8 | 45.8 |
| 150-299 | 22.6 | 34,683 | 97.6 | 62.5 |
| 300-499 | 34.7 | 53,836 | 98.6 | 75.8 |
| 500-749 | 51.4 | 56,834 | 98.9 | 80.0 |
| 750 or more | 84.4 | 107,999 | 99.0 | 83.9 |
| Region | ||||
| Northeast | 25.4 | 79,036 | 98.1 | 63.9 |
| Midwest | 22.2 | 67,971 | 98.5 | 55.6 |
| South | 33.8 | 83,459 | 98.2 | 57.8 |
| West | 25.8 | 48,306 | 97.4 | 46.9 |
| Community type | ||||
| Central city | 26.4 | 131,592 | 98.3 | 62.4 |
| Urban fringe/large town | 25.6 | 108,984 | 98.3 | 58.0 |
| Rural/small town | 30.5 | 38,196 | 97.0 | 48.6 |
| ! 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. | ||||
| † Not applicable. | ||||
| ‡ Reporting standards not met. | ||||
| 1 Includes the schools that were combined in 2000-01, but were elementary in 2001-02 (less than 1 percent). | ||||
| NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. | ||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 2001-2002. | ||||
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