Number of private schools, students, and teachers (headcount), by school membership in private school associations: United States, 2015

Private School Universe Survey (PSS)

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Table 14. Number of private schools, students, and teachers (headcount), by school membership in private school associations: United States, 2015–16

Association	Schools		Students	Teachers
Total	34,576		4,903,596	532,922

None	11,341		783,562	91,647

Religious
Accelerated Christian Education	814		35,442	4,963
American Association of Christian Schools	765		73,428	8,925
Association of Christian Schools International	2,745		572,519	60,161
Association of Christian Teachers and Schools	166		18,675	2,227
Association of Classical and Christian Schools	359	!	39,912	5,530

Christian Schools International	279		65,531	6,334
Evangelical Lutheran Education Association	142		12,632	1,339
Friends Council on Education	66		17,339	2,635
General Conference of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church	551		38,485	3,387
Islamic School League of America	88		14,778	1,925

Jesuit Secondary Education Association	72		51,030	4,164
National Association of Episcopal Schools	234		69,461	9,581
National Catholic Educational Association	5,331		1,531,053	121,827
National Christian School Association	131		34,772	3,374
National Society of Hebrew Day Schools	265		86,136	11,359

Oral Roberts University Educational Fellowship	40		7,797	842
The Jewish Community Day School Network	143		29,812	5,012
Solomon Schechter Day School Assocation	39		8,580	1,365
Southern Baptist Association of Christian Schools	112		33,248	3,292
Other religious school associations	1,608		295,282	32,251

Special emphasis
American Montessori Society	1,491		74,269	13,823
Association Montessori International	696		25,454	3,591
Other Montessori associations	711		29,190	5,778
Association of Military Colleges and Schools	26		5,607	554
Association of Waldorf Schools of North America	128		21,476	3,561
National Association of Private Special Education Centers	238		23,467	3,968

Other associations for exceptional children	158		15,035	2,514
European Council for International Schools	‡		‡	‡
National Association for the Education of Young Children	1,156		81,243	11,313
National Association of Laboratory Schools	‡		‡	‡
National Coalition of Girls' Schools	117		45,525	5,956
Other special emphasis school associations	1,183		153,787	19,139

Other school associations or organizations
Alternative School Network	22		2,234	262
National Association of Independent Schools	1,597		673,248	93,091
State or regional independent school association	1,911		600,525	72,493
National Independent Private School Association	212		33,139	3,730
The Association of Boarding Schools	254		90,534	13,182
Other school associations	6,407		1,117,333	126,126
! 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: Details do not sum to total because private schools may belong to more than one association. 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), 2015–16.

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