| Total |
29,727 |
|
100.0 |
|
4,731,303 |
|
100.0 |
|
482,571 |
|
100.0 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Religious orientation |
19,628 |
|
66.0 |
|
3,627,886 |
|
76.7 |
|
328,737 |
|
68.1 |
| Roman Catholic |
6,122 |
|
20.6 |
|
1,665,003 |
|
35.2 |
|
134,859 |
|
27.9 |
| African Methodist Episcopal |
‡ |
|
‡ |
|
‡ |
|
‡ |
|
‡ |
|
‡ |
| Amish |
1,418 |
|
4.8 |
|
42,128 |
|
0.9 |
|
2,628 |
|
0.5 |
| Assembly of God |
192 |
|
0.6 |
|
35,789 |
|
0.8 |
|
3,118 |
|
0.6 |
| Baptist |
1,476 |
|
5.0 |
|
190,257 |
|
4.0 |
|
18,646 |
|
3.9 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Brethren |
50 |
|
0.2 |
|
5,223 |
|
0.1 |
|
502 |
|
0.1 |
| Calvinist |
80 |
|
0.3 |
|
20,586 |
|
0.4 |
|
1,661 |
|
0.3 |
| Christian (unspecified) |
4,013 |
|
13.5 |
|
725,958 |
|
15.3 |
|
66,624 |
|
13.8 |
| Church of Christ |
109 |
|
0.4 |
|
27,245 |
|
0.6 |
|
2,375 |
|
0.5 |
| Church of God |
63 |
|
0.2 |
|
6,983 |
|
0.1 |
|
617 |
|
0.1 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Church of God in Christ |
‡ |
|
‡ |
|
‡ |
|
‡ |
|
‡ |
|
‡ |
| Church of the Nazarene |
50 |
|
0.2 |
|
6,568 |
|
0.1 |
|
613 |
|
0.1 |
| Disciples of Christ |
‡ |
|
‡ |
|
‡ |
|
‡ |
|
‡ |
|
‡ |
| Episcopal |
362 |
|
1.2 |
|
96,309 |
|
2.0 |
|
12,404 |
|
2.6 |
| Friends |
82 |
|
0.3 |
|
18,829 |
|
0.4 |
|
2,759 |
|
0.6 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Greek Orthodox |
28 |
|
0.1 |
|
2,799 |
|
0.1 |
|
333 |
|
0.1 |
| Islamic |
327 |
|
1.1 |
|
54,019 |
|
1.1 |
|
6,654 |
|
1.4 |
| Jewish |
1,168 |
|
3.9 |
|
298,971 |
|
6.3 |
|
34,187 |
|
7.1 |
| Latter Day Saints |
‡ |
|
‡ |
|
‡ |
|
‡ |
|
‡ |
|
‡ |
| Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod |
853 |
|
2.9 |
|
113,268 |
|
2.4 |
|
9,270 |
|
1.9 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Evangelical Lutheran Church In America |
85 |
|
0.3 |
|
8,663 |
|
0.2 |
|
851 |
|
0.2 |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
326 |
|
1.1 |
|
33,444 |
|
0.7 |
|
2,512 |
|
0.5 |
| Other Lutheran |
62 |
|
0.2 |
|
5,420 |
|
0.1 |
|
450 |
|
0.1 |
| Mennonite |
478 |
|
1.6 |
|
28,292 |
|
0.6 |
|
2,859 |
|
0.6 |
| Methodist |
234 |
|
0.8 |
|
15,315 |
|
0.3 |
|
1,906 |
|
0.4 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Pentecostal |
259 |
|
0.9 |
|
17,325 |
|
0.4 |
|
1,822 |
|
0.4 |
| Presbyterian |
210 |
|
0.7 |
|
37,847 |
|
0.8 |
|
4,092 |
|
0.8 |
| Seventh-Day Adventist |
671 |
|
2.3 |
|
42,066 |
|
0.9 |
|
3,432 |
|
0.7 |
| Other |
875 |
|
2.9 |
|
126,409 |
|
2.7 |
|
13,224 |
|
2.7 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Nonsectarian |
10,099 |
|
34.0 |
|
1,103,417 |
|
23.3 |
|
153,834 |
|
31.9 |
| ‡ Reporting standards not met. There are too few cases for a reliable analysis. |
| 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 which provide instruction for one or more of grades kindergarten through twelve (or comparable ungraded levels). Any prekindergarten students enrolled in these schools are excluded from the table. |
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 2021–22. |
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