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Private School Universe Survey (PSS)



Table 2. Number and percentage distribution of private schools, students, and full-time equivalent (FTE) teachers, by religious or nonsectarian orientation of school: United States, 2017–18
 
Religious or
nonsectarian orientation
Schools   Students   FTE teachers
Number   Percent   Number   Percent   Number   Percent
Total 32,461   100.0   4,898,154   100.0   482,325   100.0
            
Religious orientation 21,548   66.4   3,819,450   78.0   335,764   69.6
Roman Catholic 7,047   21.7   1,961,673   40.0   152,901   31.7
African Methodist Episcopal 223   0.7   46,861   1.0   4,229   0.9
Amish 1,474   4.5   45,277   0.9   2,561   0.5
Assembly of God 333   1.0   40,335   0.8   3,894   0.8
Baptist 1,727   5.3   172,912   3.5   18,474   3.8
             
Brethren 50   0.2   3,612   0.1   417   0.1
Calvinist 93   0.3   19,459   0.4   1,565   0.3
Christian (unspecified) 4,545   14.0   693,387   14.2   66,062   13.7
Church of Christ 191 ! 0.6 ! 22,611   0.5   2,096   0.4
Church of God 85   0.3   8,033   0.2   705   0.1
             
Church of God in Christ          
Church of the Nazarene 65   0.2   5,327   0.1   543   0.1
Disciples of Christ          
Episcopal 352   1.1   106,544   2.2   13,080   2.7
Friends 74   0.2   18,233   0.4   2,524   0.5
            
Greek Orthodox 28   0.1   2,948   0.1   346   0.1
Islamic 251   0.8   39,292   0.8   4,624   1.0
Jewish 967   3.0   284,757   5.8   29,455   6.1
Latter Day Saints          
Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod 929   2.9   111,925   2.3   9,169   1.9
            
Evangelical Lutheran Church In America 109   0.3   9,425   0.2   971   0.2
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod 391   1.2   29,633   0.6   2,533   0.5
Other Lutheran 54   0.2   4,106   0.1   455   0.1
Mennonite 770   2.4   45,385 ! 0.9 ! 4,393   0.9
Methodist 299   0.9   20,130   0.4   1,701   0.4
            
Pentecostal 279   0.9   15,511   0.3   1,645   0.3
Presbyterian 196   0.6   26,909   0.5   2,834   0.6
Seventh-Day Adventist 717   2.2   48,713   1.0   4,189   0.9
Other 278   0.9   33,846   0.7   4,147   0.9
Nonsectarian 10,913   33.6   1,078,704   22.0   146,561   30.4
! Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent (i.e. the standard error is at least 30 percent and less than 50 percent of the estimate).
‡ Reporting standards not met. There are fewer than 15 sample cases.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding or missing values in cells with too few sample cases. These estimates include private schools that provide instruction for one or more of grades kindergarten through twelve (or comparable ungraded levels).
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 2017–18.