| Total |
51.8 |
|
95.3 |
|
2.1 |
|
2.6 |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Private school typology |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Catholic |
51.5 |
|
93.1 |
|
3.5 |
|
3.4 |
|
| Parochial |
51.1 |
|
99.0 |
|
‡ |
|
‡ |
|
| Diocesan |
50.7 |
|
97.7 |
|
1.1 |
|
1.2 |
|
| Private |
53.5 |
|
69.8 |
|
15.4 |
|
14.9 |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Other religious |
51.3 |
|
95.5 |
|
1.9 |
|
2.6 |
|
| Conservative Christian |
51.7 |
|
99.0 |
|
‡ |
|
0.6 |
|
| Other affiliated |
51.7 |
|
92.4 |
|
3.6 |
|
4.1 |
|
| Unaffiliated |
50.7 |
|
95.0 |
|
2.0 |
|
3.1 |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Nonsectarian |
53.0 |
|
96.6 |
|
1.4 |
|
2.0 |
|
| Regular |
50.7 |
|
96.1 |
|
1.8 |
|
2.1 |
|
| Special emphasis |
52.4 |
|
97.5 |
|
1.0 |
|
1.5 |
|
| Special education |
69.0 |
|
96.3 |
|
‡ |
|
2.9 |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| School level1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Elementary/Middle |
51.4 |
|
98.4 |
|
0.7 |
|
0.9 |
|
| Secondary/High |
52.4 |
|
74.3 |
|
11.4 |
|
14.2 |
|
| Combined/Other |
51.9 |
|
97.3 |
|
1.2 |
|
1.6 |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Program emphasis |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Regular elementary/secondary |
51.4 |
|
94.5 |
|
2.5 |
|
3.0 |
|
| Montessori |
50.6 |
|
99.5 |
|
‡ |
|
‡ |
|
| Special program emphasis |
51.2 |
|
94.3 |
|
‡ |
|
3.6 |
|
| Special education |
68.3 |
|
95.8 |
|
‡ |
|
3.3 |
|
| Vocational/technical |
‡ |
|
‡ |
|
‡ |
|
‡ |
|
| Alternative |
50.6 |
|
88.3 |
|
4.0 |
|
7.7 |
|
| Early childhood |
43.9 |
|
99.5 |
|
‡ |
|
‡ |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Size (number of students) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Less than 50 |
53.1 |
|
96.8 |
|
1.3 |
|
1.9 |
|
| 50 -149 |
53.7 |
|
96.4 |
|
1.2 |
|
2.4 |
|
| 150- 299 |
51.1 |
|
95.7 |
|
2.3 |
|
2.0 |
|
| 300-499 |
49.9 |
|
92.8 |
|
4.6 |
|
2.5 |
|
| 500-749 |
49.5 |
|
85.2 |
|
8.2 |
|
6.7 |
|
| 750 or more |
54.1 |
|
81.5 |
|
5.1 |
|
13.4 |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Region |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Northeast |
52.3 |
|
90.0 |
|
4.2 |
|
5.8 |
|
| Midwest |
51.4 |
|
97.2 |
|
1.2 |
|
1.5 |
|
| South |
52.3 |
|
96.6 |
|
1.4 |
|
2.0 |
|
| West |
50.7 |
|
96.8 |
|
1.7 |
|
1.4 |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Urbancity type |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| City |
51.1 |
|
93.5 |
|
3.2 |
|
3.3 |
|
| Suburban |
52.3 |
|
95.8 |
|
1.8 |
|
2.5 |
|
| Town |
52.1 |
|
98.9 |
|
‡ |
|
‡ |
|
| Rural |
52.3 |
|
96.4 |
|
1.2 |
|
2.5 |
|
| ‡ Reporting standards not met. There are fewer than 15 sample cases or the coefficient of variation for this estimate is 50 percent or greater. |
| 1 Schools are assigned to one of three school level categories in the 2019–20 PSS: Elementary/Middle, High/secondary, and Combined/other. Elementary/middle schools are defined as schools that enroll students in more of grades K through 4 than in higher grades or that enroll students in more of grades 5 through 8 than in higher or lower grades. High/secondary schools are defined as schools that enroll students in more of grades 9 through 12 than in lower grades. Combined/other schools include all other combinations of grades, including K-12 schools. School level categories in the 2019–20 PSS differ from those in previous survey administrations; caution should be exercised when comparing estimates by level over time. |
| 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). |
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 2019–20. |
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