Number of private schools, students, and teachers (headcount), by private school associations: United States, school year 2021

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Table 14. Number of private schools, students, and teachers (headcount), by private school associations: United States, school year 2021–22


Private school associations	Schools	Students	Teachers
Total	29,727	4,731,303	526,416

None	9,727	779,058	93,790

Religious
Accelerated Christian Education	671	46,673	4,602
Agudath Israel of America	194	78,185	9,809
American Association of Christian Schools	727	95,444	10,735
Association of Christian Schools International	2,298	586,647	56,392
Association of Christian Teachers and Schools	198	32,551	3,296
Association of Classical and Christian Schools	288	57,024	6,750

Christian Schools International	315	88,058	7,948
Council of Islamic Schools in North America	72	13,189	1,649
Evangelical Lutheran Education Association	104	13,065	1,305
Friends Council on Education	68	14,268	2,289
General Conference of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church	498	33,468	3,047
Islamic School League of America	118	20,738	2,655

Jesuit Schools Network¹	88	52,344	4,433
National Alliance of Christian Schools	82	25,695	2,516
National Association of Episcopal Schools	260	82,680	11,006
National Catholic Educational Association	4,613	1,298,997	109,759
National Christian School Association	146	36,353	3,432
National Society of Hebrew Day Schools	283	94,179	12,938

Oral Roberts University Educational Fellowship	37	7,604	830
Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools	282	70,113	12,318
Other religious school associations	1,810	346,152	35,596

Special emphasis
American Montessori Society	1,260	62,935	12,506
Association Montessori International	591	26,808	3,846
Other Montessori associations	594	24,718	4,989
Association of Military Colleges and Schools	‡	‡	‡
Association of Waldorf Schools of North America	135	18,291	3,258

National Association of Private Special Education Centers	176	16,851	2,880
Other associations for exceptional children	118	11,525	2,203
European Council for International Schools	‡	‡	‡
National Association for the Education of Young Children	861	67,930	9,017
National Association of Laboratory Schools	‡	‡	‡
National Coalition of Girls' Schools	143	61,630	8,140
Other special emphasis school associations	968	143,434	18,782

Other school associations or organizations
Alternative School Network	‡	‡	‡
National Association of Independent Schools	1,680	698,630	97,207
State or regional independent school association	1,960	615,067	76,295
National Independent Private School Association	242	39,116	4,487
The Association of Boarding Schools	246	93,019	13,232
Other school associations	3,409	738,173	85,885
‡ Reporting standards not met. There are too few cases for a reliable analysis.
¹ Formerly "Jesuit Secondary Education Association."
NOTE: Details do not sum to total because private schools may belong to more than one association. 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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