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| Table 7. Average private school size, by school level and selected school characteristics: United States, 2017–18 |
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| Average number of students | ||||||||
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| Selected school characteristic |
Total | Elementary | Secondary | Combined | ||||
| Total | 150.9 | 108.0 | 284.2 | 201.5 | ||||
| Private school typology | ||||||||
| Catholic | 278.4 | 218.6 | 509.7 | 397.8 | ||||
| Parochial | 240.1 | 222.7 | 427.9 | 432.6 | ||||
| Diocesan | 276.2 | 222.2 | 522.8 | 304.3 | ||||
| Private | 365.7 | 176.3 | 509.2 | 439.6 | ||||
| Other Religious | 128.1 | 79.5 | 147.5 | 193.9 | ||||
| Conservative Christian | 158.2 | 104.1 | 144.0 | 181.9 | ||||
| Other affiliated | 187.1 | 123.5 | 180.0 | 293.2 | ||||
| Unaffiliated | 90.7 | 60.4 | 124.7 | 160.2 | ||||
| Nonsectarian | 98.8 | 52.6 | 123.0 | 184.6 | ||||
| Regular | 166.1 | 76.7 | 195.1 | 334.9 | ||||
| Special emphasis | 53.6 | 37.1 | 87.6 | 121.7 | ||||
| Special education | 62.6 | 45.5 | 39.7 | 70.7 | ||||
| Program emphasis | ||||||||
| Regular elementary/ secondary | 196.7 | 148.3 | 341.2 | 242.3 | ||||
| Montessori | 39.5 | 32.9 | ‡ | 92.9 | ||||
| Special program emphasis | 158.0 | 106.5 | 177.1 | 214.3 | ||||
| Special education | 61.5 | 46.1 | 40.8 | 68.6 | ||||
| Vocational/technical | 131.1 | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ||||
| Alternative | 47.6 | 28.6 | 82.7 | 98.6 | ||||
| Early childhood | 17.7 | 17.3 | † | 25.8 | ! | |||
| Size (number of students) | ||||||||
| Less than 50 | 21.4 | 19.8 | 23.5 | 25.8 | ||||
| 50 -149 | 91.8 | 93.1 | 94.8 | 88.7 | ||||
| 150- 299 | 210.5 | 207.6 | 220.2 | 214.3 | ||||
| 300-499 | 383.9 | 383.7 | 388.4 | 382.1 | ||||
| 500-749 | 606.0 | 591.3 | 608.4 | 612.0 | ||||
| 750 or more | 1,122.3 | 1,053.9 | 1,058.3 | 1,167.7 | ||||
| Region | ||||||||
| Northeast | 153.6 | 103.8 | 279.1 | 215.5 | ||||
| Midwest | 150.6 | 117.7 | 338.3 | 196.8 | ||||
| South | 152.9 | 102.5 | 253.1 | 201.3 | ||||
| West | 144.7 | 106.9 | 276.1 | 191.7 | ||||
| Urbancity type | ||||||||
| City | 204.4 | 141.8 | 350.6 | 289.8 | ||||
| Suburban | 156.9 | 115.2 | 318.5 | 208.4 | ||||
| Town | 113.3 | 95.7 | 168.6 | 133.5 | ||||
| Rural | 75.0 | 44.0 | 124.7 | 114.6 | ||||
| ! 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). | ||||||||
| † Not applicable. | ||||||||
| ‡ 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. | ||||||||
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