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Table 15. Number of private schools, students, full-time equivalent (FTE) teachers, and 2016-17 high school graduates, by state: United States, 2017–18
 
                 
State Schools   Students   FTE
teachers		   High school
graduates
2016-17		  
United States 32,461   4,898,154   482,325   348,234  
                 
Alabama 370 60,554 5,893 4,584
Alaska 54   3,422   408   ‡  
Arizona 333   48,039   4,304   3,565  
Arkansas 231 ! 24,565   2,456   1,681  
California 3,339   559,217   51,491   41,309  
                 
Colorado 406   42,562   5,070   2,961  
Connecticut 366   56,600   7,837   5,951  
Delaware 162 ! 22,679 ! 2,531 ! 1,389  
District of Columbia 58   13,208   1,697   1,059  
Florida 2,869   401,068   37,964   26,903  
                 
Georgia 841   136,174   14,991   10,101  
Hawaii 132   37,270   3,566   3,510  
Idaho 279   16,844   1,824   890  
Illinois 1,352   215,524   19,195   14,446  
Indiana 907   128,032   10,370   6,612  
                 
Iowa 318   45,115   4,033   2,810  
Kansas 203   39,190   3,345   2,869  
Kentucky 425   74,925   7,300   7,256 !
Louisana 534   129,206   10,944   8,698  
Maine 139   16,977   1,988   2,529  
                 
Maryland 754   133,796   14,055   9,833  
Massachusetts 661   107,482   14,537   10,697  
Michigan 837   126,967   10,936   7,932  
Minnesota 805   113,829   9,636   6,259  
Mississippi 201   41,492   3,800   3,028  
                 
Missouri 778   116,760   10,104   8,251  
Montana 117   8,420   1,041   530  
Nebraska 272   46,301   4,424 ! 3,897 !
Nevada 138   20,723   1,830   1,332  
New Hampshire 351   25,482   3,461   2,836  
                 
New Jersey 1,096 178,864 18,993 15,071  
New Mexico ‡   ‡   ‡   1,085  
New York 1,688   419,145   43,291   31,022  
North Carolina 644   109,461   11,730   6,816  
North Dakota 50   7,676   791   ‡  
                 
Ohio 1,425   212,807   18,188   14,641  
Oklahoma 152   26,916   2,789   1,769  
Oregon 403   43,642   4,414   3,262  
Pennsylvania 2,502   246,773   23,630   18,062  
Rhode Island 105   16,666   1,751   1,776  
                 
South Carolina 391 49,788 5,622 3,260  
South Dakota 76   10,166   1,001   686  
Tennessee 490   85,576   9,204   7,786  
Texas 2,090   278,641   31,300   17,385  
Utah 152   19,091   1,818   1,687  
                 
Vermont 99 8,404 1,123 873  
Virginia 823   105,335   11,714   7,439  
Washington 622   82,486   7,869   4,330  
West Virginia 123   12,538   1,278   856  
Wisconsin 914   133,103   11,278   6,157  
Wyoming 35   1,608   220   ‡  
! 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 casesor the coefficient of variation for this estimate is 50 percent or greater.
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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