Number of private schools, students, full-time equivalent (FTE) teachers, and 2018–19 high school graduates, by state: United States, 2019

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Table 15. Number of private schools, students, full-time equivalent (FTE) teachers, and 2018–19 high school graduates, by state: United States, 2019–20


State	Schools		Students	FTE teachers	High school graduates 2018-19
United States	30,492		4,652,904	481,200	340,609

Alabama	403		64,810	6,362	5,003
Alaska	43		3,058	387	‡
Arizona	402		59,171	5,631	4,152
Arkansas	171		24,234	2,662	1,684
California	3,222		541,646	51,344	38,851

Colorado	358		45,900	5,100	3,206
Connecticut	315		53,047	7,309	6,920
Delaware	139	!	20,199	2,120	1,300
District of Columbia	72		14,752	1,929	1,387
Florida	2,506		395,043	37,480	27,085

Georgia	858		145,135	17,031	11,096
Hawaii	165		41,191	3,756	3,305
Idaho	155		15,084	1,423	878
Illinois	1,282		191,454	17,905	12,649
Indiana	869		115,421	9,580	6,849

Iowa	217		42,573	4,096	2,713
Kansas	216		41,014	3,669	2,575
Kentucky	409		72,565	7,160	5,417
Louisana	406		117,465	11,050	10,196
Maine	152		18,357	2,084	2,998

Maryland	705		129,476	14,424	10,551
Massachusetts	657		104,405	15,217	11,303
Michigan	798		125,206	11,093	8,664
Minnesota	521		71,734	6,556	5,120
Mississippi	183		37,015	3,651	2,978

Missouri	642		94,062	9,502	6,681
Montana	121		8,350	949	414
Nebraska	194		35,456	2,804	2,473
Nevada	130		20,626	1,776	1,424
New Hampshire	209		17,934	2,573	2,174

New Jersey	1,068		162,354	19,014	13,432
New Mexico	174		18,201	1,956	1,194
New York	1,656		355,784	40,008	26,890
North Carolina	757		121,525	13,358	8,252
North Dakota	57		9,552	904	‡

Ohio	1,290		195,894	18,809	12,640
Oklahoma	177		32,650	3,421	2,239
Oregon	375		45,487	4,415	3,440
Pennsylvania	2,458		245,171	25,276	18,130
Rhode Island	112		16,071	1,825	1,606

South Carolina	427		50,367	5,597	3,401
South Dakota	80		11,563	1,007	763
Tennessee	566		99,832	11,547	8,336
Texas	1,738		246,706	28,563	16,788
Utah	169		16,223	1,790	1,388

Vermont	112		9,142	1,205	952
Virginia	1,024		111,427	13,116	7,560
Washington	672		94,937	9,682	5,552	!
West Virginia	130		12,530	1,373	838
Wisconsin	890		128,987	11,412	6,549
Wyoming	40		2,120	301	‡
! 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: 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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