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Table 14. Number of private schools, students, and teachers (headcount), by school membership in private school associations: United States, 2017–18
             
Association Schools   Students   Teachers  
Total 32,461   4,898,154   531,962  
             
None 10,750   850,252   98,767  
             
Religious 833   39,147   5,121  
Accelerated Christian Education 706   74,344   8,790  
American Association of Christian Schools 2,372   499,447   51,604  
Association of Christian Schools International 181   31,814   2,974  
Association of Christian Teachers and Schools 330   57,417   8,350  
Association of Classical and Christian Schools            
  294   75,761   7,315  
Christian Schools International 33   6,044   796  
Evangelical Lutheran Education Association 130   12,627   1,359  
Friends Council on Education 63   15,289   2,386  
General Conference of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church 461   34,861   3,217  
Islamic School League of America 84   15,406   2,030  
             
Jesuit Secondary Education Association 78   52,760   4,444  
National Association of Episcopal Schools 256   93,367   12,096  
National Catholic Educational Association 5,259   1,532,426   125,759  
National Christian School Association 144   31,462   3,063  
National Society of Hebrew Day Schools 275   82,868   11,568  
             
Oral Roberts University Educational Fellowship 43   7,566   874  
The Jewish Community Day School Network 101   21,918   3,732  
Solomon Schechter Day School Assocation 44   9,178   1,464  
Southern Baptist Association of Christian Schools 118   28,162   2,974  
Other religious school associations 1,691   320,934   32,519  
             
Special emphasis            
American Montessori Society 1,186   64,246   12,458  
Association Montessori International 715   41,817   5,124  
Other Montessori associations 750   23,751   5,535  
Association of Military Colleges and Schools ‡   ‡   ‡  
Association of Waldorf Schools of North America 161   17,051   2,977  
National Association of Private Special Education Centers            
210   18,407   3,369  
Other associations for exceptional children 116   9,642   1,832  
European Council for International Schools ‡   ‡   ‡  
National Association for the Education of Young Children 940   77,161   9,968  
National Association of Laboratory Schools ‡   ‡   ‡  
National Coalition of Girls' Schools 145   65,241   8,530  
Other special emphasis school associations 904   133,834   16,722  
             
Other school associations or organizations            
Alternative School Network 23   1,680   200  
National Association of Independent Schools 1,573   657,218   89,919  
State or regional independent school association 1,850   569,945   69,946  
National Independent Private School Association 220   37,153   4,508  
The Association of Boarding Schools 282   101,113   15,271  
Other school associations 4,846   895,536   98,228  
‡ 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), 2017–18.

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